New-York tribune., 1874-05-18
XLIIID CONGRESSES SESSION
REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSED by THE HOUSE.


Mr.. HOLMAN Dem. Ind.), from the Com
mittee on War Claims reported bill extending from
Jan 90 1914 to JAN sO 1875, the time for fling claims
for additional bounty. Passed.
Mr. LOWE Qlep.. Kan.) from the Committee on indian
Affairs reported bin for extending the time Tor the
nayment for lands purchased by actual settlers IN
| Kansas belonging TO the Mania and New YORK Dands
| After explanation the bill was passed .
Mr. TOWNSEND Rep., Pa. from the committee on
Public Lands reported bill TO legaze entries OF public
| lands nnder the Homestead Laws Ill certain caseS'
Passed
TIIK DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR APPROPRIATION
After conflict for precedence between the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill and the bill to repeal
moeties the former prevailed "a to 49, and the House
then, 70 o'clock, went Into Committee of the whole
Mr. BURROWS (Sep., MicbJ in the chair, on tho Dpo-
matte and Consular Appropriation Bill ,,.. u ,,o
Mr.. COX Dem, n. " addressed the House on Ine
cost OF the diplomatic system of the Government lie
declared that the people would give no % sigh lille II Tue
whole diplomatic system were uplurned. There woulu
s least be PRAYER OF gratitude TO me AmIlcah oo
eress would dispense with onehaf the foreign mis-
sions He read some ludcTous extraGts rom the uplo
matte correspondence and alluded to the class OF rowing
commissioners who travel at the expense OF the Govern
ment He referred to the Rev, Dr. Newman as probably
standing Oh the Chinese wall lnvestlgatng that re-
architects. and as ready to skip, OIL. clear
over TO Sptzbergen, from which he would write that
there dogs in the United states who came from
there. Thence he would probably jump to where
"Chmborazo stands. a landmark to the sea OF iime.
State Department, and prepared by remarkable man
called stenberger, giving descriptions OF the iGcaton
Islands, and of the religious notions OF their
inhabitants. The extracts which he a read Is1t
he said, the sort of information Tor which the GOV
ernment was paying over 100000 year and these
annexed TO the United States He thought that
the Government had had enough experlence &C. % suon
meadows OF Alaska One advantage OF anneHlng these
islands. 1900 miles from San Francisco might be that
they would new Botany Bay for the outgoing
Administration in 1876. After further ridculng this
stenberger report he declared In serious tone.
s2l3,O00 for any such absolute nonsense.
When the item for the Minister Resident at Bolivia
reached, Mr. sCHUMAKEk Dem. N, ~ called
attention to the failure of the Bolivian Government to
pay constituent of his Mr. Joseph h Cotton, for exc
oung map OF the Bolivian Republic. for which it
racted IN 1858 TO pay him S25OJO The amount due for
not propose particular remedy, but submitted the
matter to the Commttee on Foreign Affairs: . A..
item of $4,000 for the Minister Resident at Uruguay
who is also accredited to Paraguay and armed that
there was no possible use for maintaining such ms
except to furnish some politician with an ot1ce
There mad been only one occasion since the great war
of Paraguay when an American representative visited
After discussion the motion was rejected.
Mr. ORTIZ utep, Ind), Chairman OF the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, offered substitute for the para
graphs relating to Consgates the substitute beng the
bill reported from that Committee two months ago. ana
containing almost an entire revision OF the whole Con
sular system He explained the necessity FOR TINS
revision, the present being mere patchwork The first
object the revision he said to cqualize the com
pensaton OF Consuls, and to do so without Increasing
expense diminished by over $4,000. He
nlmseH OeneVed tldt representatives or tne GOV-
ernment abroad ought 70 be PAID higher rates OF com
pensatiOD but be yielded that opinion OF his Own In
Difference to the known sentiment OF the House and
country IN favor of retrenchmen aud REFORM He re-
minded the Committee that the consular service was the
only branch OF the Government that was actually
muueratve. Thus, the amount of fees received at the
different cOnsuates accounted for 10 the Treasury,
during he pas year, was sIit6gi, WhLe @ tne expense
under the proposed amendment would Dc sjg2,5W The
salaries fixed III Mr. Orths amendment are as follows
Havana ana Rio Janro $1,000 at Calcutta and Shanghai 5000
melbourne "a 500; Kanagsva, Montreal anl Bra 81 OOO
Rome snI Melco $1,000 he Ccasal a, Liverpool 5000
An the other Gonsulaes are divided into seven classes
cl1.. 81 900. Class 2 $500 class 3, $1,000 class 4
s25OO class O. $1,000; : 300 class 7, $1,000 Glass
consists Of Hong Kong and Honolulu Class consists OF the g'
S%n C9 y 1d M.sG % ci 5 u al and Tsn @
sk, Oaca Vera Cruz Bangkok Panama and Aspnwal BuIcs
ssi sasapcfe Tunsa aafse, Lyons Trinidad
St. 1S SSa 'Id maSSas Ss@ss BS,u P and
Chs: n.$s a RsP E S9t RS
a JIla & M M1a g N as M AMOR q vd % San Ca Ja. Po
Rotterdam, sonnebc Nuremberg Banen Chemnil Lepsg
Acapulco Ma;amorss Pcrna, and MOnieyideo
Al the other Consulaes are embraced IN classes six
and seven. Allowance for clerk hire Is also made as
Cona General at London Paris. Hsvaos and Shanghai, 50 OoO
Bradford ard sheffield ~ 900 Consus at Sonnebeg Chmnil Bel
b an Focbd foo and Ksnagawa at 81 COO
and Han Kow Anoy Clnon az! oug Kong at 100 and fr otaer
Consulate IN China Japan 500 Consular ce: WHO have been
continuously tue service for DYE year. are 70 have u 1oQ year
Mr. SWAMI Dem, Md moved to amend the amend
In regard clerk hire by allowing the COisutTcn
era at Havana and the Consul at Liverpool clerk hire to
the amount Of 5000 year. Consnls,Geueral at London
Pas i9anea so & oDd Ga az Bsa a.
Hamburg, Lepsc, Lyons, Manchester Beirut, Belfast,
Birmingham Bradford, Chemnltz Sheffield, s0nnGoefg'
Naples Stuttgart. ana Tunsta. $500.
Mr. SWaun's amendment was adopted in lien OF that
portion OF Mr. Orths amendment IN regard to interpre
by making the compensation OF interpreters to the
consuates at shanghai, Ten-Tsin Foochow. aud Kama
Mr. WARD (Rep,, nj moved to increase by 90 per
all consular salaries under $1,000 year. and spoke
III support Of that proposition. Rejected
Mr. ORrH moved TO amend his own ainendment In
regard consular clerks who have remained continu
salary $3.50 instead OF $500. Agreed 10.
Mr.. Orth's general amendment as thus amended was
Nj ORTIZ then moved to insert the following item.
For The Goyemmcu. Of Brazil money oneous claimed
by and the United States $57 800 much thereof
Mr L. r. HoAR (Rep., Mass) explained the amend
men aud gave history OF the transaction which led to
rs necessity 1t arose out OF the condemnation in
Brazilian port of Peruvian vessel which had been in-
sured IN New-Eork and Philadelphia. The condemna-
Government Gen James Watson Webb, then Minister
to Brazil had been directed not to press the claim on
Brazil Dut while that Government was involved i'll ITS
war with Paraguay, and just before the departure of
steamer for Europe, MI Webb Informed the Brazilian
Government that he would break of diplomatic relations
unless the claim Immediately paid and the sum OF
was paid under protest draft for 5000
10 the State Department being the entire
ceiyed, and that amount invested pending an In
yesigatiOn. The result Of the investigation was a de-
csiOn by this Government that the Brazilian Govern
meut had not been liable the first instance and that
the amount should be restored with interest and then
IL discovered that the amount paid had been e4 252
and not 5000 Mr. Webb had declined TO give any K
planation, and he was HQY abroad and not under the
jurisdiction OF this Government. The item make
up the difference 10 the Brazilian Government. Mr.
Hoar regretted TO have 10 spread on the records ne
history OF this dsgraceu transaction. The lDept
was then agreed TO.
The bill was then laid asie to be reported to the
House, ami the Post 1cc Authorization bll was taken
up The bli approprates s9ftS3s9l, of which s563si2
Is 10 meet the derenet between the revenue the
expenses OF the Department
,,en ros ing any progress In the bill, the Com
hVee TVS" and reported back the Consular and Dlplo
mstc appropriation BILL which was thereupon passed.
L. II. ROBERTS rep, n. ", from the Committee
WAYS MeAns report Il the Dl 10 reneal mctles