The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-18
WASHINGTON.
The Scrip Dividend Tar.

WASHINGTON, July 16.-Mr. Fairfield
attorney, and Mr.. Worchester, Treasurer
Of the New York Central Railroad Com,
pany, called on Assistant Secretary Rich.
Rrdson and Commissioner Douglas this
morning, ip relation to scrip dividend
tax amounting to nearly 100000. The
representatives Of the company want the
Department 10 bring suit for the recovery
Of the money instead Of collecting Il by
summary process. They were informed
that the Department could not assent "a
that proposition, butii they would deposit
United States bonds TO the amount Of
tax claimed, they might bring suit against
the collector at Albany just as Il the
money had been obtained by distraini
Of the Company's property, and promis.
ing that on trial the department would
interpose no technical objection-that
money had been raised by distraint. This
disposition oil the department Is with the
view TO facilitate the action In the prem.
ises. Therepresentatives Of the Company
will return TO New York without DELAY
and have the promised response in few
days.
The Treasury regulations Of the 20th Of
June concerning the exemption from duty
Of imported materials going into the con.
struction or repair Of vessels, will be so
modified as 10 require payment Of duty
upon manila, cordage, iron, brass, copper
and composition sheatiDg, on their entry
and when itshall be shown that such arti.
cles have been manufactured into material
going into the construction or repair oi
American vessels, duty paid will be re.
funded by the War Department.
The details OF the massacre OF the Lee
family, on Clear Fork; sixteen miles be.
low Fort Griffin, Texas show the father,
mother and little girl eight years of age
were killed by arrows, then scalped and
the bodies left with arrows sticking in
them. Mrs. Lees ears were cutoff. Cor
della, aged fifteen years, Susannah, aged
seventeen and John Lee, aged six years
was taken prisoners. The Commander Of
Fort Griffin sent scouting parties after
the Indians but was greatly delayed in
their starting owing 70 a flood In the
river and there is but small hopes OF
ONeItdhluB Tue uuIQereEs.
Gen. Augur fears that more extensive
operations will have to be taken against
these Indians before they will remain
peaceable, with Mexico on one side and
the reservations on the other as places OF
refuge and security for themselves and
their plunder, the present defensive sys.
tenn will not effect much.
ANOTHER INDIAN DELEGATION COMING.
Spotted Tail, chief of the Brule Sioux
Indians, with twelve or more OF his prin.
cipal chiefs, will arrive at Washington
the latter part Of the present week, to
settle with the government the questions
in regard the location Of an agency, &c.
PHIL sHERIDAN's INDIAN POLICY.
General Sheridan in communication
to the War Department says: "We can
never stop the wild Indian from murder
ing and stealing until we punish them.
If white man in this country commits
murder we hang him; Il he steals horse
we put him in the penitentiary. II an
Indian commits these crimes we give him
better fare and more blankets. think l
may, with reason, say that under this
policy the civilization Of the wild red
man will progress slowly"