Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-10
Our Minister to Greece mmOrtallzed-
sEMaid Of Athens / am GOne"-COX
on The Consular System.
Sherman's Substitute for DaYis's Treas
ury ReSOlutiOn-The Centennial Ape
preparation Again Debated and
Laid Over-Etc., Etc.
HOUSE.


cavalry.
Mr.. rhornburg objected, on the ground
that the information called for would
occupy the whole clerical fCrce of the
department until the elise CT the session.
The speaker then called On the COM
mittees for reports.
MIR. Parsons, from the committee on
private land GLAZING, reported bill su-
thorizing the secretary Of the treasury
to sell at private sale such portion Of the
public property at Vincennes, Indisns,
as may be required for the tracks,
switches, shoIs, and other purposes OF
Ohio and Mississippi, Evansville and
Charlottesville, ard Indianapolis and
EVincennes railroad companies, this real
estate having been acquired by the gov
eminent for debt, and being commonly
known IS the steam-mill tract or Hall
Nelson property.
Mr.. Holman objected to that provision
of the bill allowing the transfer OF the
property at private sale, and argued
that it should be opened to public COM
petition.
Mr.. Parsons replied that Mr.. Hol-
mans proposition woul1 be unjust to
the railroad companies which were
already using the property.
Mr.. Holman insisted that at least that
portion of the property not needed by
the railroad companies should be dis
posed Of by public composition, not by
private sale. The property consists of
about eighty acres, OF which the rail-
road companies require about one-third.
After considerable discussion, the bill
was rejected-yeas, 112; nays, 119.
The house then went into committee
of the whole, Mr.. Haskins in the chair,
on the consu ar and diplomatic apPro-
priation bill, and was addressed by MIR.
Springer Ill., in defense OF the eco
nOmic features Of the bill.
Mr.. Springer said that the people, in
the election of1S74, had adellberate pun
pose in view. What was it? They had
deliberately made up their minds that
there must be retrenchment, economy
and reform in the government. They
had trusted long to the party in power
for it, and had been disappointed, SO
hey had gone deliberately to work and
sent a majority to the house which
would respect and carry out tie wishes
of the people. In reply TO Mr.. GaIheld's
encomium on the State department last
week, he [Springer1 undertook 10 prove
that that department was no exception
to the extravaganza and pecuiations OF
other departments OF the government.
In thai connection he resd items show
ing the amount of contingent expenses
charge by foreign ministers last year, in
which Minister Washburne figures at
thi1ty-six hundred and fifty dollaTs,
Minister Cushing at eight thousand dol
lars, Snd Minister S3henok at sixteen
thousand seven huLdred dollars. The
s..1 Ia Svno fkOVT u rN01n
hundred aid ninety-One dollars in gold
for telegla ans for one quarter, and four
hundred and eighty.seveD d Liars to
Adam Badeau as bearer Of dispatches to
Msdr d. He also showed an allowance
Of one thousand and sixty-sevep dollars
to Mr.. Baker, while minister to Turkey,
for presents made to Turkish officials.
1t used to be thought, he said, that pres
ents, like kisses, were reciprocal. be
did not know whether or not it was
60 in this instance. But it eeemed that
the Turkish officials had never once said
turkey to Baker. Laughter. Pass.
ing on to the criticism of State papers,
he ridiculed particularly the dispatches
of J. Merideth Read, resident minister
to Greece; in one OF which Read des.
cribed, in grandiioquent phases, a ball,
EIN6u ht AtdCLSy az 0O heAN bAAS
honor of leading in center dance with
Queen Anne, from which he returned
at five O'Clock, singing, as he Springer
supposed, that song, which must have
been Greek in the ears Of Athenians:
Wewon't go home till morning,
Till day light does appear.
What, he said, must have been the de-
Iightful sensation in the State depart.
ment, when this dispatch was received
from Read. Some Of the officials there
should have sent him dispatch:
On with the dance
joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn,
When youth and pleasure meet
Chase the hours with flying feet.
| TLsughter1. He then pictured Read
when hearing OF the abolition OF his o.
fee, and supposed him addressing the
queen as the
Maid OF Athens ,ere wespart,
Give, oh give me back my heart
loud laughter
And then as ]. Meredith was embarked
on some stately ship and saw the queen
standing on the shore, he would doubt
less 90 on with the song:
Maid Of Athens am gone,
Think OF me, sweet, when alone,
Though fly to lstamDoul-
Meaning, he supposed, Philadelphia
Athens holds my heart and soul,
| Hear me vow before go,
| ZQe mon Sds d0d77o.
LOUD laughter. He would like one o
| the New York members to pronounce
the last line in the GEEK style. Laugh
! ter.
Mar. Seelye suggested to Mr.. Springer
the latin maxim of On1ae ignGtuna pr
rdgnifco.
Mr.. Springer-Thank you, sir; thsnl
you. Laughter Passing on to tn
| question Of South American and Hay
! tIen missions, he read an article from
the Chicago Tribune charging the min
istsr to Hayti with turning his Iesidene
into sn asylum for rebels, and with is
suing, for pay, naturalization certiii
Gates, and stating that the minister t.
Peru bad 80 little to do that he set up
pawnbrokel's shop in Lima. He thel
criticised the extIavagant system OF tn
dispatch agency in London, and rea'
from the report of Mr.. Keim, the travel
ing consular inspector, drawing a dis
graceful picture 0i American consul
abroad. He spoke Of the large amour
of unofficial fees exscted by consuls ani
not accounted for to the government
specifying particularly the consulate q
London, where q fee OF sixty-cents wa
levied on over four thousand invoice
within the last quarter, such fees beiD
for affidavils, and going into the consul
own pocket; and the consulate at Liy
erpool, from which the incumbent ha
retired with q fortune Of over three hur
| Grad Thousand dollaTs. He also mer
toned the late consul at Cadiz Fal
reIl, who had broken up the wine rim
there, and had been rewarded for hi
fidelity and zeal by being dismissed an
being replaced by a man who said tht
be would not give the Cadiz merchant
any trouble. -,
Mr.. Cox IN. VI supported tt
bill as q bill of retrenchmenf. Som
portions Of his speech were very anu
ing, and was much enjoyed by tx
house. He concluded by declaring thi
commerce could not be revived by
miserable, raseslly consular system
Commerce didn't depend upon col
, sulsrs. 1t depended on the laws,
, rather tie repeal Of laws. Let taxes
taken off and commerce would com