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Ottoman Porte, allowing him nine Thousand
dollars, and his expenses, for his specia
services in Greece, and one thousand dollars
a year extra compensation lorjudicial services
during his mission at Constantinople. On
the 9th inst, Mr. Royce, from the Commute,
on Foreign Affairs, made the following report
which, with the bill, was ordered to be
printed Oar readers will be interested t,
see it, although its facts are not new to many
Of them
REPORT.
! The COMMITTEE on Foraya AfaUs, 10 rh5m H.D,
Bill No. s. entitled an act for The rsif,f0f Ge9rg,
p Marsh, Jef,rred, stsjaattbe t3Ha,rng 5ep,rt
Mr.. Marsh was appointed minister resident at
| the Ottoman Porte on the Goth day Of May. 1870
and having entered upon the duties Of his mission.
be continued in charge of the same until the 18Th
| day of December, 1853, when he had bis final
audience OF leave.
BY special instructions, under date of April %,
! 1852, the Department of State ordered Mr.. Marsh
to proceed to Athens in Greece to investigate GER
tain complaints made by Dir. 0nas King, an Amer
! lean citizen resident in Greece, against the q ov-
| eminent and judicial tribunals Of that country,
report upon them, and after transmitting his report
| TO remain at Athens Ut in its neighborhood until
| he heard from the department. In pursuance Of
| these instructions, Mr.. Marsh embarked for Ath-
ems a. soon as a ship was ready to receive him. and
arrived at that city the 3lst day Of July, l'52
/ He Immediately thereafter engaged in the iutri-
/ cate and laoorious Investigations committed 90
him. which required an extended study # the civil
| and criminal laws of that kingdom, and the per-
sona and critical examination of a great mass Of
! manuscript testimony. judicial records and other
] -, e try tyaI| as
the execution or revision Of Transitions Of many
| Of them, and were consequently attended with a
vast amount Of labor and difficulty.
Having completed his reports in the month Ut
| October following he transmitted them t. the
state Department, and in compliance with his in
structions awaited the further orders Of the De
| partment.
Upon the 9TH day Of February, 1888, the Prcsi-
! dent of the uitel States through the state DC
| partment, instructed Mr. Marsh To enter into
| communication with the Government Of Greece.
! and endeavor % obtain redress for the wrongs
which DR.. King had suffered at the hands Of that
Government and its judicial tribunals. He accord
| inGly commenced a negotiation with the Minister
If Foreign Affairs, and remained At Athens, in the
| prosecution of the same, until the 2jth et June,
1853, at which time the alarming posture of affairs
at Constantinople required his immediate return
thither, and be accordingly proceeded o. that city,
but the correspondence with the Greek Minister
was continued until hl- recall.
1t will thus be seen that Mr.. Marsh was absent
from Coustantiuople and engaged In the duties ul
this special mission for about one year; and al
though the Department has equeutly acknowledge
the Importance and value of the services rendered
10y Mr.. Marsh. he has never received any compcn-
satiun therefor for the reason that there never has
been any fund provided by law out of which he
could be paid.
In accepting the appointment If Minister resi-
dent 10 the Ottoman Porte. IL could NOT have been
Z oil Inv Mr. i, i..4
gured 20 perform the services above described, In
addition 70 the duties of his mission, for the COM
pensatiou attached e. said Office
Whenever our foreign ministers have been
required By toe Government to perform dutie, not
appertaining to their mission and at other points
than those to which they were accredited, the Gov
eminent has always recognized its liability TO pay
for such extra services. The amount 60 be paid
must, Of course, depend upon the nature and
character of the services rendered
Your committee do not feel called upon o. cite
precedents in support of this principle, and viii
only refer to the Of Mcssrs Schenck and Pen
dieton, who were paid 81 900 each, for uegotia-
ting treaties with the Republics Of Paraguay and
Uruguay, while they were Ministers to Brazil and
Buenos Ayres.-(See United states Statutes az
Large, volume y, ?. 659, and volume II, p. to)
Mr. Marsh's account for travelling expenses has
been allowed and paid by the department. But he
was subjected TO large ecunary losses account Of
this mission to Greece, which have not been repaid
and your committee believe that the sum of 600
would be no more than a just compensation for his
services on account of said mission to Greece, and
therefore recommend that he be paid that amount
in full for all claims on account of said mission.
Mr.. Marsh also claims to be allowed pay for
judicial services while Minister resident To the
Ottoman Porte. This claim is entirely distinct
from the one reported upon, and your committee
are not prepared at this time to make any recon-
mendat upon this portion of his claim.
Your committee recommend an amendment 10
the bill by striking out all after the cuactng
clause, and inserting the accompanying, and when
amended, recommend its passage.
The substitute reported is as follows:
That the Secretary of the Treasury be- and he is
hereby, authorized to pay George Z. Mar-h, late
Minister to the Ottoman Porte, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum
of nine thousand dollars, in full for all claims he
may have on account of special services rendered
by him in Greece, in the years eighteen hundred
and ffty-two and eighteen hundred and ifty-three,
under instructions from the State Department.
Generally speaking, so just a claim as that
of Mr.. Marsh has but slim chance of
success in Congress, of which, indeed, the
fate of this very claim in previous Congresses,
has furnished instances. We earnestly hope,
this appropriation Of about half the sum
claimed, will be done to Mr. Marsh by this
Congress. We presume the bill will pass the
House
The Sons OF VERMONT IN CHICAGO, are
preparing to give the Vermont delegation at
Chicago a warm welcome-as is evidenced
by the following letter, which we copy from
the Times of Saturday.
CHICAGO, March 20, 1860.
Hon. LUCIUs Z. CHITENDEN
Chairman Rep. State Com. of Vermont.
DEAR SIR
Pursuant to resolution adopted at
a meeting of the Republican of Vermont re-
sident in Chicago, | take pleasure in informing
you that a Committee have already secured suita-
bic apartments at the Briggs House for the
Vermont delegation to the National Convention,
to be held, in this city, the 10th Of May next.
VIII you have the kindness to communicate to the |
delegates the arrangements have made, re-
luesting them to inform US whether they meet |
with their approval, and assuring them that, |
while in Chicago, every courtesy will be extended
to the representatives of Vermont,-''THE STAR |
THAT NEVER SETS"
Respectfully yours.
NORMAN WILLIAMS, JR.
Corresponding Sec Rep. Sons
of Vermont, in Chicago.
Whatever the Republican Sons o Vermont
n Chicago undertake to do in the way of
will be sure to be done ''deceEtly
md in order"-that may be set down as
liked fact, and it will all undoubtedly be
luly appreciated, and heartily reciprocated
when occasion shall offer, by the Vermonters
Who receive it,