The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S, 1873.
THE FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC sEIvICE--CoNMUNI-
CATIONS FROM SECRETARY EvARTs TO THE
HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
Secretary Evzrs has sent to the Foreign Affairs
Committee Of the House some communications
ating to foreign diplomatic service which have been
ordered printed and referred to . subcommittee,
consisting OF Msssrs. Wilson, Bridges and Monroe.
One Of these communications enclosed copies
Of correspondence with the United States Ministers
at London. Paris and Berlin in relation to the
sity for retaining in once the second secretaries to
those legations, the consular and diplomatic appro-
priation of June 4. 1873, having failed to make any
provision for their payment for the current fiscal
year. The ofhees. which were created by previous
law, were not abolished. and in Difference
to the urgent representations of the legations
ut these places that their retention was indispensable
TO their Efficient workings Of their legations, the
department represented to Messrs. Nada vignaud
and Coleman that il thsy willing to remain and
iischarGe the duties OF their respective positions
the attention Of Congress would be invited to the
subject with view TO obtain special appropriation
for tho payment Of their salaries and the restoration
Of the appropriation for the future. The letter
closes with very earnest Endorsement of the
menda.ipns OF the Ministers whose communications
are enclosed.
In another Of the communications Mr.. Evarts rec
ommends an increase in the amounts allowed for
clerk hire. &c. for the consulaies general and
sulates ut Rio J&neiro. Ksnagawa. Melbourne. Bor-
deaux Barmen. Calcutta. Hong Kong. Dundee and
Glasgow. The increase OF American commerce at
these places and the efforts being made to further
tend our trade make such appropriations especially
necessary.
Mr. Evarts in . third conlmends q restoration of
the appropriation of 5000 for the salary of q charge
d'anaires for Greece. He says
At this juncture in tho affairs of Eastern Europe.
when the hopes of peace and good will based on the
by reason of the evident discomfort of the Greeks the
presence of responsible diplomatic representative
ut Athens is deemed to DO very necessary
THE FREEDMAN's SAVINGS pASK-coMMUSIcA-
TON FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
The communication OF the Commissioners OF tho
Frecdmsn's Savings and Trust Company, which was
laid before tho House to-day calls attention 70 the
proposed largo sale Of property at auction.
which is now being extensively advcr-
tised, and recommends the purchase by tho
government OF the banking house in Washington at .
reasonable price; referring to former reports and
communications this subject. the Commissioners
suggest that the government should allow
bic interest on the balances remaining to the credit
Of the bank and say
bonds large part o. the expenses OF the Commission
could have been saved by the interest
They also suggest that some provision be made for
the distribution among the other deposi,ors OF
claimed dividends af.er reasonable time has elapsed.
The suggestion Is made that after the unencumbcrcd
real is disposed Of and the proceeds distributed
some simple mcthod OF administering the AZ
fairs of tho concern could DO devised. No plsn IT,
however. suggested to the wisdom of Congress.
TheGommission reports Is follows:-
Cash balance, January l. lS1s............ S3-T oe3
Icccipts TO November 10, Is7s........... 157 .5s7
Disbursements TO November 80, 1STS....... D2.3u3
tSo
or which there is dine follows:-
Unclaimed OF first dividend. ..........sl6.sI2
Unclaimed of second dividend. 1865
Temporarily unavailable. ............. 1926
1s0,3l6
. ,,.x,.rses 4tt -.
USE OF GOLD cxr1JrrcATys DISCONTINUED
The Treasury Department has discontinued the uso
Of gold certificates, st,*s4
THE NAVAL AND CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC APP