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The Question or InfeFyenslon I'm Span
Nsh Affairs. 80
ESpesial telegram 70 the Dispatch.1
WAEHrSsToE, December 20 9.-There Is no
doubt OF the correctness Of the report; COM
ing from Vienna as special to the New York
Herald that a circular letter has. been adj
dressed By Secretary Fish to the European
governments for their opinion onthe ques.
tiorof intervention In Spanish afairs 10 Cubs.
Tie publication Of the dispatch excites great
comment, here and various opinions are
heard concerning the results Generally, there
Is, ,noridea that this Government intends any
thing thst will lead to unpleasant relations
with Spain, but Cabinet officers who have
been interviewed on the matter have no as.
surances to give either one way or the other,
and in fact, decline to admit that they nave
knowledge Of such "a circular having been
dispatched from the State Department,
notwithstanding the undoubtable evidences
that such 8 paper has been sent abroad. Of
course all the facts will be presented in the
supplementary message of the President,
which is expected soon after Congress re.
assemblies. 4. -. TIMoN.
~ ,t5sa fly Associated Press. =,
= WAsH1seroN, December 29.-The opinion
Of the Attorney .Generat as To whether the
s176,2 ,257 tax on dividends OF stock of The
Illinois Central railroad owned By non-
resident aliens should be paid to the ccm-
5pany or TO the nonresident aliens was given
to-day. 1t holds that the officers of the COM
pany are trustees of the, stockholders and
held the money named in trust for
the owners OF the stock after the
payment. of all legal claims against the
company. The stockholders can recover from
the company any. moneF due them, and the
company cannot defend itself in court Of
law on the5 ground that the money was paid
upon some unlawful exactioH, and espec ally
afterthe payment has been declared illegal
by the highest tribunal. The Government
unlawfulig ezacted the money from the
company, and I it should be paid back to the
cbnpanyl The money already psid TO the
stockholders may be dedueted and the bal
afce paid bsck TO the road. W. 'ss.g.s:}
The report of the Fort Sugg commission
will not be- published until Bristow and tbe
Cabinet have lread 1t. 2'2a - .ttS1.'z.i =
!. 1t is true, as stated in a special dispatch
from Vienna, that the Secretary Of State has
addressed circular to all the European gov
ernments ON the subject Of C,iban affairs,
enclosing a copy to Spain. Its contents cam
not be obsained from official sources here.
e. Collector Of Interna! Revenue Sbaughnes.
sy, at Jackson, Mississippi. telegraphs the
Commissioner or Internal Revenue that bis
deputy, W.. B. Redmond, had been driven
from bis Office and house, and from county
to county,in bis division, while dischargiDg
his official duties, by armed bodies, who pub.
licly defy the authority Of the United States
Government and threaten to resist. II
Redmond cannot discharge bis duties
without military interference, he asks il'
structions' how TO proceed. The Com.
missioner telegraphs: g Is your evidence
positive OF 81 Redmond d'sa A5pTrBuit by
armed bodies. How numerous are they,
and how large force do you require" TO
this, Collector Shaughnessy replied by telt.
graphing: as Evidence positive. Redmond
was notified By the mayor Of Summit, Pike
eounty,to leave at once, as he and the
peace.of1cers could not protect him. Armed
bodies numbering from fifty to seventy.five
men assert that he cannot remain In the di.
vision. a. commissioned officer and twenty.
five soldiers, If stationed at Liberty, Aurita
county, and instructed to- support him for
thirty days, or until the offending parties are
arrest ted, would be sufficient Cavalry pre-
pared as the escort could accompany him on
tour through the bad counties and have q
good effect.n GsZ2 - - - SIT go
The papers in the case were transmitted
to President Grant, who directed the mill
|tary officer commanding the Department OF
the South to furnish q sufficient force oi
cavalry to enable the proper officer TO collect
the revenue. . .t.hz
Deep-yea seundings.
WAsHINGToN, December 29.--Tbe Navy
Department has report from Commander
j. N. Miller, commanding the United States
steamer Tuscarora, dated tt'Of Honolulu, 40
of December, 1876" The Tuscarora LETT
San Francisco ON the Sd Of November and
| arrived of Honolulu on the 29th. Captain
Miller says: sI will leave here on the 9th
instant to carry out the Departments or
ders of October 14th In running line
of deep.sea soundipgs 4; to- Australia,
hoping to reach Brisbone, Australia,
by the middle Of February or before. I
have made Inquiries at this place, where
there is constant communication Wha tne
South Sea Islands, in regard to The kldnap'
ping of natives, and the impression 10 tnat
the practice has been broken up BY the
English government. A Captain Hayes,
who has been engaged for many years 70
kidnapping, has been arrested by the span
ish authorities at the badrone Islands"
Patent Case Decided, dc.
WASHINGTON, December 29.-In the case OF
Watkins. of New York city, us. McCuliocb,
of Richmond, Ind, both claiming patent for
the fire. and police.alarm telegraph gaDeraily
in use throughout the United States, the
Commissioners has awarded priority OF inven-
tion to Watkins.
Dispatches from many points north say
that the authorities OF respective cities lnteno
ushering IN the centennial year with firing OF
cannon, ringing OF bells at midnight, iliumi'
nations, decorations, DC. - -. ...
weather Probabilities.
WAsHIs GToE, December 29.-For the
South Atlantic and GuYi States, rising
barometer, southeast to southwest WINDS,
warmer and partly cloudy. weather.
For the Lower Lakes, Middle and Eastern
States, stationary or rising barometer, ex,
cept falling over the lower lakes, no rtheas1
to southeast winds, higher temperature, fog,
and rain. :, s.s. q, az -
Mrs. Mouafon and Plymouth Church
NEW ;YonK, December 29.-Mrs. Moulton
declined, to meet the Plymouth Church
special committee last evening to. confer
upon the preparation and issue. of letters
,missiye for the cali Of a mutual council.
She said In her note OF declination, That
the time given is altogether too brief for
the grave duty to be discharged. The better
nl,n. and the one prefer, is for Ply ymouth
Church to submit to me % proposed letter.
missiye aud a list of members OF the councii
;, detarmines TO summon, and then ] will