Mr. GRIMES. As I shall be constrained to vote against this bill, I propose to say in a sin gle word why I shall vote against it. It seems from the letter of the dept which Ihold in my hand, and which shall presently read, that this consul at Cyprus, where we have no commerce at all and the necessity of having such an officer is no greater than that of having a 5th wheel to a coach without any authority fromJhe State Dept or from anybody else, employed dragomen and interpreters, and now after a lapse of 6 years, after having preferred no caiin for 6 years, he comes forward and prefers a claim of $600 a year, or something thereabouts. I will now read the letter of the Dept. It is a letter addressed to Hon. William A. Newman, of the HoRep, and dated April 10, 1866: closining Iancreerptilfiyctaotyeoouf rJ.leJtutdes roonf tBhaer1c2latyhulEtsimq.oluinte U.S. consulatey trus, relative tohis account for dragotncnand miard irc, and inquiring as to its correctness. I have the honor to inform you that the statementswhich he makes agreeWith the fundsand vouchers recordedin this Dept; and inasmuch asappropriations for interpreters.guards.anilother expenses are made for all other consulates in the Turkish dominions namely Constantine lc.Sinyrna, Candia. Alexandria, and Beirout, the dept knows of no reason why a discrimination should be made against eyprus, and therefore recommendthat it beplaced, in this respect, upon the same footingas the other consulatesin that country. Ilcrew'ith please find returned the certificate which accompaniesyour letter. I have the honor to be. sir our obedient servant. William H. SEWARD. Mr. President when we pass an appropriation bill we may 'e an appronation t o pay for dragomen, interpreters, another officers at Beirout, at Smyrna, and at Constantine ple; but we have never yet made one for Cyprus. The SecyState does not say that it is necessary that there should be such officers there; but he says inasmuch as we have hitherto done this in regard to these other places, he knows no reason why we should not do it in relation to this. But, Mr. President, my great objection to this claim is that it is a stale affair. The man held the place for 6 years, without preferring, so far as we know, any claim for any remuneration of this kind. Andmow, after the lapse of that period, lie comes in and asks to be paid this bflCK compensation. The question being taken by yeas&nays resulted yous 22, nays 8; as. So the bill was passed. PRINTING or arms. On motion of Mr. CHANDLER, it w. s Ordered, Thatthe bill (S. No, 399)rclative to collection districts in NCarolina, and the bill (S.No.400)to fix the compensation of certain collectors of customs and fur otlpr purposes, be printed.