The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-19
Hitl'ntond 1ispattl1.
wrrNEsDAY.. FEBRUARY 10. 1873
= rrxsys OF THE UNITED STATES CouRrs-

,.>crxsrs OF THE UNITED STATES CouRrs-
,,ssr,>G CoarA RISoSS OF TIKI CosT IN Dr.
SKATES RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE at
'fa, Washington Correspond.
"N>' X,w York Tribune. 1.-The annual re-
'., - ,hc \itorncy-Gcneral. recently sent
i>H' scm,tr contains tabular statement Of
I" NV ',,,.,> NJ The United States courts for
INC WI ling June 80, 1878. From this 1t
'"' f' ,h,t fhc two courts in Arkansas cost
"I"', ,,an those in any other State. There
""' .,,, 10 that state during the year for
-, ,,nrroScs S29i 33i .15, while the three
'' '.r, V. N ,hc State OF New York cost the
,,,rrnmcnt only S2Sa.166.t3. The United
.-,l> court for the Western District OF
,.,7o.as. one Of the most slsirSelv lnhaohca
,,,us Of The whole country, spent S2b5,6ao,
..,.,.. ;br amount furnished TO the Southern
n,.,r,rf tnur, of New York was only Sl14,-
- 81 In explanation Of this enormous
,ranljrurc in the Western District OF
,,t,usas The Attorney General says:
90 , large sum is expended annually for
,,.i,,,.,>,,>' fees. a much larger sum than
..,.hf tn suffice. but am unable to control
eff I, practice has obtained in many Of the
,...,r,,t> Of >ummoninS At each term Of the
,...,rl = large number Of witnesses. many OF
:, aa:u are frequently not called on TO TESTIFY,
.uI m many other instances their testimony,
v,,u .iycn. is Of such little weight or inl-
...yiaucc that it does not Justify the en-
,,.i>,.> rcca>ioncd by their attendance. The
...,ntiun Of the marshais and district attor.
r..,> aud other officers of the court has fire.
4.u!v been called to this abuse. but appa-
....i, without the desired results. This is
...Itr.Iy The case in the Western District oil
,-l..,.l-. In that district the amount adj
.a,! "a The marShalS during the last fiscal
t,f reached the large sum Of S24S.S09; a
d, ~ ing" proportion of which was for wit
d. $780, Ices.
rthgr states in which the judicial expenses
size sgty heavy were Mississippi, S143,
,-,I1. North Carolina. S1S4,36S31 Soutf
-rulra. %iI0 ,%SI % and Tennessee, $165,
.i..I%. The expenses of the United States
.al', in Pennsylvania were Sl2l .115.3S, ant
ro rHio they were S?J,922.27. The courts o
: l.ii cost only SG3j.3Q.
In speaking of The operations Of his Dc
.,mrml the Attormy-Grneral says:
The appointment Of United States com
luj->iun,r> is hy law vested in the judges Of
r:n circuit courts. 10 whom alone they are
responsible. knowing better than those by
whom they are appointed as to the proceed
u.-, oi lhr>r commissioners, / think it would
;. well if they were made subject to remOya
uiH'u recommendation hy the head Of this
Department.. Possibly this would tend tc
&rcrrase tho expenses Of the courts by
i,>>rnin@ the number Of prcliminar,
examinations held before commissioners
These officers arc paid by fees, and it j
/" ll,ir interest to have as many cXamina
iit~, and issuc H. large n number of subpp
rn- tnr witnesses as possible, and frequent
iarr warrants are issued on frivolou
a.r;,ui-. thereby cntailing expense upol
iur Government without corresponding ben
''3. It they held their position subject t.
"a" rontroi Of this Department, and were liz
49,. :" removal. aS before mentioned. the
,,.nlii probably hc more careful us to tlI
..r'uuuEtnn 81 expenses"
Il should he remembered that the figure
-,,n in This report do not include the none
nj Ia the marSlals in the southern State
I,,' summer, rs that is included in the cX
ir'.-". 81 Inc current fiscal year. 1t was re
l|,ol that the marshal in North Carolin
'rr,Nrd urHriy q quarter Of Il million OF dol
hs, daring july. 1872.