The New York herald., 1876-01-22
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
Here the conversation ended.

than dozen OF the 800 members in their
when the last speaker closed at sundown. Messrs In
gals and Hamlins eulogies in tho Senate were the
finest In a literary sense, though Messrs Anthony and
Stevenson almost eloquent Mr.. Dawes spoke
longest and his eulogy is severely criticised, by
those OF his political faith There general
feeling Of good will among tho Senator'S who were
assembled TO express common for the
loss OF one who had served with them for
eighteen years and Mr. Dawes Is charged with showing
a lack OF good taste when he went of tho way to
quote the pointed and bitter expressions of the de-
ceased regarding the Southern members who had diff
fered with him in regard to slavery. An oil painting
of Mr.. Wilson was suspended above the Speakers
stand, and the kindly face looked down the repre-
sentatives of the nation IN mild reproof, while the
speech on especially Mr.. Stevenson had just
delivered beautiful tribute to the dead Senator and
hundreds Of eyes were moistened with tears Just
back Of Mr. Dawes, tho gallery, sat two ladies
deep mourning, knitting busiy during the whole Of
the solemn proceedings
In the House. Proctor Knott's eulogy considered
quaint and remarkable production. The Speakers
hammer fell at late hour and everybody was glad to
escape for most of the speeches were too long.
OUR FOREIGN MISUNDERSTANDING REDUCTIONS
OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SALARIES
CONSULTATIONS OF STATIONS APPRoPRIA-
ATIoNs FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR.
Tho following is a synopsis OF the bill introduced
to day making appropriations for the consular and
diplomatic service OF the government for the year
ending June 80 1S77-
For salaries OF ENJOYS extraordinary ministers plen-
ipotentary ministers resident secretaries legation
and interpreters already published in the HERALD
Wednesday last except that the salary OF the
lister resident to Chill and Bolivia consodatedl is to
be SO, 5OO not IS, 500 enormously stated.
The consular appropriations and consultations
as folows:-
For the Agent and Consul General at Cairo So 900;
for the Consuls General at London Paris, Havana and
klo Janero, each SO 500O Tor hel Consuls General ut
Calcutta and Shanghai, each $4,000 Tor the Consul
General Melbourne 81 0O0 TOR the Consuls General
at Kanagawa and Berlin each So 500 and for the Con-
sui General at Montreal 81 600; Tor the Consuls Gen
eral at Vienna, Frankfort Rome, Constantnople, ST.
Petersburg and Mexico each $1,000 for the Consul at
Liverpool, $4,000
For the salaries OF consuls general consuls vico
consuIs, commercial agents and thirteen consular
clerks the following Encouragement has been made,
salaries of schedule and classes being fixed by law
Class 2-Hawaian Island-Honoluiu
G ass 3-Grcat Britain-Hong Kong. China-Fow-
chow, Hankow, Canton Annoy, Ten'rsln. Peru
class 4-Great Observation-Disclosures, Glasgow Brad
ford, Demerara Birmingham, Sheffield Kingston,
LIamaca French Dominions-Havre, Lyons. Greece
Athens Spanish Observation-Disclosures. Barbary
Osaka and Hiopo Mexico-Vera Cruz Siam
Bangkok United States OF Coomba-Panama and
Colon (AspnwallJ. Argentine Republic-Buenos Ayres
ChilI--valparaiso.
Dundee, Leith, Toronto, Hamilton, Halifax, ST
John New Brunswickl, Belfast French Domin-
ions-Marseilles Bordeaux Austria, Hungnry-Prugue
Spanish Domnons-rrinidad dc Cuba, Santiago de
Cuba Belgum-Antwerp, Brussels. Switzerland
Zurich. Danish Dominions-st Thomas Germany
Hamburg, Bremen, Dresden. Chemnitz, Leipsic
Mexico-Matamoros Hayti-Cape Hayten Uru
Giass 6~Great Brtain-cork, Dublin. Prescott
Port Sarnia Windsor Canada Westl St. Johns
Canada Eastl, Barbados, Fort Ere, Coat-
cook, Nassau CNew Providcnce) Cardiff Port
Nice, Martinique Spanish Domlnions-San Juan
porto Rico) cadiz, Malaga Portuga-Lsbon. po
minion OF the Observation-Disclosures, Amsterdam.
Germany-Sonneberg, Nuremberg, Barmen, AK xa-Cha-
pelle Mannheim. Austria. Hungary-Trcste. Italy
Leghorn, Florence, Palermo, hessna Brazil-Per
nainbuco. Venezuela-Laguayra
Class 7.--Great Britain-Bristol, New Castle, Auck
land, Gibraltar, Cape Town, St Helena, Charlotteown
prince Edward lsland) Port Stanley, Clifton Windsor
Nova ScotiaL Portuguese Domnions--Fayal (Azores,
FuncnaL Belgium-Vervcrs and Lcge Germany
Munich, Stuttgart switzerland-Gencva Italy-Ge-
noa Naples. Turkish Dominions-Jerusalem, Smyrna
BraziI-Bahia ST. DomngO-St Domingo.
SCHEDULE @
United States OF Colombia-Sabanllla Ecuador
GuyaquiL Netherlands-Baiavia hrazil-Para, Ba-
hal Mexico-Guaymas. Muscat-Zanzibar Portu-
gucse Dominions-santiago Cape Verde islands,, So
cely Islands-Tahit. Friendly and Navigator's ISL
anJs-Apia FIJI lslands-ovaLau.
Commercial l0ency.-St Paul de Loando.
For allowance for clerks at Consuaics, as follows-
For the Consul General at Havana aud tho Consul at
Liverpool each not exceeding the rate Of So 900
for any year and TO the COnsus General at Lon
don Paris and Shanghai, each not exceeding tho
Of 81 900 for any year to the Consus General
at Berlin, Vienna, Frankfort and Montreal and 10 the
Consus at Hamburg, Bremen. Leipsic, Lyons Manches
ter, Beirut Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Chonnitz,
Sheffield Sonneberg, Dresden, Havre, Marsees,
Fayal Nuremberg Leih, Naples, Stuttgart, Mann
helm and Iunstal, each sum not exceeding 81, 200 for
For salaries OF the interpreters to the copsulates,
viz AT Shanghai, $1,000 Ten-Tsin and Fowchow,
the interpreters 10 the consulates at Hankow, Annoy
Canton and Hong Kong $3.50 each For salaries Of the
interpreters TO other consuates In China, japan and
SIAM $500 each. For salaries Of the marshas for the
consular courts In Japan and China, Siam aud Turkey
including loss by exchange, sTI0o For interpreters
guards and other expenses at the consuiates at Con-
stantinople, smyrna Candia, Cairo, Jerusalem aud
Beirut In the Turkish domlnions $1,000 For
loss by exchange on consular SERVICE SIS, 000
For contingent expenses OF United States consuiates
such stationery bookcases arms OF the United States
seals presses and flags rent freight, postage and other
necessary miscellaneous matters including loss by ex
change Sl0OOOOi Tor salaries and expenses OF the
United States and spanish Claims Commission,
namely commissioner. So 600; for counsel
5000; for secretary ssl2 30; Tor messenger, $500
makingin all the sum OF $l1. .2l2 so; Tor rent OF
prisons for American convicis Turkey and for wages
Of keepers OF the same, including loss by exchange
81 900; for rent OF prison for American convicts IN
China 81 500; for wages of keepers, Of offenders
and expenses $4,000; for rent Of prison for
offenders and expenses. $500 for bringing home from
foreign countries persons charged with crimes aud cx
penses incidental thereto, including loss by exchange
SIS OO0 for relief and protection OF American seamen IN
fereign countries, $50 0O0 For expenses OF acknow
edgng the services Of masters and Of foreign ve
sells in rescuing American citizens from shlpwreck,
$4,000. To meet the necessary expenses attendant
upon the execution OF the Neutrality act TO De ex-
pended under the direction OF tho President pursuant
TO the third section Of the act OF Congress OF May l.
1870 entitled IAN act fixing tho compensation Of min
sters and consus residing the coast OF Barbary and
for other purposes $4,000 For annual proportion
OF the expenses OF Capo Spwtel light, the OF
Morocco, t2sjs For allowance 70 widows or heirs OF
deceased diplomatic and consular o1cors for the time
that would be necessarily occupied In making the tran
SIT from the post OF duty OF the deceased his resi-
dence In the United states, 5000.
THE PROSPECTS FOR THE CENTENNIAL ApPEo-
PRIATIoN-FEEIISo AMONG SOUTHERN MEM
BERs.
Tho friends Of the Centennial appropriation are stil
uneasy 10 the tAsc or The bill ExGovcrnor Swami,
q MaTyiand who advocated " says that the Southern
unttcu aa thov drat aoct,c