The Portland daily press., 1874-05-25

violations of the provisions of this act, and ac-
tons for the penalty given by the preceding
section may be prosecuted i'll the Territorial
District or Circuit Courts of the United States,
wherever the defendant may be found. without
regard to the party and their attorneys. Mar
shals and Deputy Marshals of the United
States and Commissioners appointed by the
Circuit or Territorial Courts OF the United
States with powers OF arresting ana lmprisoh'
ing or bailing offenders against the law OF the
United States, are hereby specially authorized
and required to institute proceedings against
every person who shall violate the.provisons OF
this act, and canse him to be arrested and I'M
prisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for
Territorial Court as by law has cognizance OF
the offence, except in respect of the right OF
action accrung to the person aggrieved, and
such District Attorneys shall cause such pro-
ceedingss to be prosecuted to their termination,
tanned in this section shall be construed to deny
or defeat any right or civil action accruing to
any person, whether by reason OF this act or
otherwise.
other qualifications, which are or may be pre-
scribed by law, shall be disqualified for service
| aa grand or petit juror in any Court of the
| United States or of any State, on account OF
race, color, or previous condition OF servltude,
and any officer or other person charged with
| any duty in the selection or summonng OF Ju-
rors, who shall exclude, or fail to summons
| any citizen, for the cause aforesaid, shall, on
| conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a mis-
| demeanor, and fined not more than one thou
| sand dollars
Section 5. That all cases arising under the
| provisions of this act in the Courts of the
| United States shall be renewable by the SUI
| preme Court of the United States without re-
| gard to the sum in controversy, under the same
| provisions and regulations as are now provided
| by law for the review Of other causes in said
| court. ----l
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
| Colonel Wright Rives. who has presented so
much testimony before the committee on the
District affairs in regard to the excessive
| charges and overmeasurement, has made a
statement in the interest of his friend and for
mer classmate, General Babcock. Colonel
Rives stated that he himself had formerly &C.
cupied, under President johnson, similar po-
sition to that which General Babcock now
holds, that of secretary to the President, and
| If the government had at that time directed
| him TO make such measurements as were en-
| trusted by the appropriation bill to General
BabcOck, he himself would have been totally
| unable to perform his duties as secretary and Ut
| the Same time attend to such measurements,
and on this account he would have been oblig-
ed to rely upon the work performed by others,
| as General Babcock has done in the present
case. A tremendous effort has been made
Il
stroy the testimony of Mr.. Cluss, the engineer
member of the board, but for the principal ma
terial points of his previous testimony the eff
fort was regarded BY the members of the com
mittee as failure.
| SECRETARY RICHARDSON WILL NOT RESIGN.
1t is understood that the Committee of Ways
and Means will not report to the House the
resolution of censure upon the Secretary of the
Treasury, which has been offered and discuss
ed in the committee. The resolution itself
could have no effect except to annoy the Sec
rotary. 1t is very well understood that tn
President has entire confidence in Judge Rich
ardson, and no action that might be takel
either by the Ways and Means Committee O
by the House on the subject of the Secretary
action in the:.Sanborn business would in an,
| way shake the Presidents faith in the Secfe
tary. General Grant has watched with clos
attention the investigation of the Sanborn bus
| mess, and he does not see wherein Secretary
Richardson is to blame for simply executing
an act of Congress. This is the opinion of q
large number OF members of the House, an(
the Ways and Means Committee have probabl
| discovered that there would be difficulty in Sc
curing the passage of the resolution CT censure
| even should it be reported. Whatever may bt
| said about Sanborn contracts, it is clear to al
| who have examined the matter that the abus
| lies back of the action of the Secretary, anG
belongs properly to Congress, which passed tn
| law under which the contracts were made
i Judge Richardson has no desire to remain il
the Treasury Department, and the President il
| at liberty, at any time, to accept his resgna
ton; but neither he nor his friends propos
that he shall retire in the face of the crusade
| that has been raised against him on account o
| this Sanborn business.