Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-01-08
Diplomatic Salaries,

A correspondence Of the Secretary OF
State with all the d llonaiic agents has just
been published, in relation TO an increase OF
their salaries. Like Oliver Twist, they all
task for mone," except the consul to Swe-
den. The proposition is TO increase the
salaries of ministers of the first grade, from
$4,000 10 $35,OOO! We append an extract
or two as n specimen of republican simpli-
city, after the pattern of these representatives.
MIR. Lawrence, the late minister 10 Eng
land says:
You arc perhaps aware that, possessing
private means, have not been as exact IN
my expenses AS | should have been lind j
been obliged to measure them by the amount
of my outfit and salary.
The house occupy is n situation central
and convenient for II legation. II was firn-
ished when took il, with the exception of
plate, linen aud cutlery, all which | was
obliged TO purchase, together with some
glass and china. The same would he the
cusc, probably, with any house that might
be lnken by foreign minister. have es-
teemcd IL myduiy to entertain my counlrymen
10 modern extent, aud TO nInininin the hos
piiable courtesies Of the great country which
| have the honor TO represent. But while
have endeovored TO perform these offices
without oslentatiom, nnd with an eye TO ju-
diciOus economy, am free 10 confess TINT
my expenses in these particulars should not
he taken us guide in fixing the salary for
this mission. Therefore, without troubling
you with them, | will only say that after
carefully examining tie items of my eXpcn-
Iiiurn with m yinNv N ngpprtatn fbp - nT
living in London III ihe position which q
minister Of the United Slntcs is Obliged to
Occupy, | am decidedly, of the opinion that
the present salary is inadequate.
The rent of furnished house in London,
in convenient aud proper location, would
not he less Than from f700 10 $500 year.
Horses and carriages would cost from E225 |
to E250 year. And to meet properly these |
and all other exposes growing out Of the |
position, would require, in my Judgment, nn
annual salary of twenty thouasnd dollars
deem it proper to add that my own expcns-
es have exceeded these sums.
have the honor TO he, sir
Your 0hedient servant.
ABBOTT LAWRENCE.
Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary of Stale, Washington, ID. c.
MIR. Rves writes from Paris:
"As you desire ihnt the information should
be "specific aud accurate" il will he ncces-
sary 10 enter into some detail of the p'uc-
pic items which enter into the expense of 4
residence here. The first aud most import
amt is that of house rent; u house of respect !
able size and appearance, neatly bur unos-
lenlatiously furnished, cannot be rented here |
in convenient quarter Of the city, for less |
I,,,, A,
The hire ofa plain carriage and pair of horses |
10y the year is from twelve 10 fourteen hun |
dred dollars. The expense of fuel is also a |
very heavy charge here; wood alone for the |
most part, is burnt here, aud the price OF that
is from fourteen to sixteen dollars the cord. !
Considering The heightened portion of the
year, from eight 10 nine monthsl dnrng !
which fires are kept up here, the expense of
this item alone, in household consisting OF
hnlt-a dozen persons, with the usual number
OF servants, averages, according to my cxpc-
rience, about twelve hundred dollars n year.
The expense of the daily subsistence OF
family III Paris may be judged by the price
of the common articles which enter into Iiis
consumption; butchers meat, for example,
heing fifteen cents per pound, ana double
that price for the delicate portions; llnm
from thirty to forty cents per pound, and a
pair of fowls niue francs, or dollar ald
seventy five cents of the currency of tie
United States, and other things in like or
even greater proportions. According TO this
scale Of rigorous and unavoidable expense,
The mere ordinary subsistence of house
hold constituted as above mentioned, could
not be short of the annual sum Of three
thousand dollars.
The four items above mentioned, house
rent, carriage hire, fuel and ordinary subsist-
ance, form nlOne an aggregate exceeding the
annual SALARY allowed 10 a minister OF the
Unites States But to these must he added
MS expenses equality obligatory aud inevitable,
the annual hire .Hnd clothing of servants,
which cannot be estimated at less than from
twelve to fifteen hundred dollars the expense
of lights, which, during the long nights OF
One-haif of the year in this latitude, is very
large item; wishing and common groceries
forming together, for family constituted AS
] have supposed, another aggregate of strict
ly necessary expense, not short of three
thousand dollars annually.
An IMMODEsT FIeHT.-We understand
that two gentlemen fought in their shirt'Inils
at Alexandria, aud were not arrested because
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