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Show Cupltul Hems. Washington, 12. The director ol the mint in his annual report, expressed ex-pressed tbe opinion tint the trade dollar having obtained a favorable position In China, it would not be advisably to repeal tbo law authorizing authoriz-ing its coinage. At a cabinet meeting, tj-dsiy, several sev-eral nuportanteubjecls, to ba included in the president's message, were discussed dis-cussed and the interchange opinion took pUca concerning tbe violations of the t-lection laws, especially in Louisiana, during tbe recent eleaiioua, I lie United States attorney for thut tint-j, having furnished a list of tho ciiae, showing personal violence in-timiditinn, in-timiditinn, tc. Tbe sentiment of the cabinet waa that all eucb violations viola-tions should be inquired into with a view to the punishment ot the ollcnd-en ollcnd-en The secretary ef state presented telegrams (rom Minister Welch containing con-taining the main points of Lord Salisbury's Salis-bury's reply to the dispatches ot Secretary Sec-retary JSvartson the Canadian fishery question, but which tbe cecretary do-ciioei do-ciioei at present to make public. It is said here that Lord Sliubury, in his reply to Secretary Evarta, is as earnest in bis position that the Canadian Cana-dian fishery award was made in accordance ac-cordance ftilh the treaty of Washington, Washing-ton, as Fvarts is in maintaining too opposite view. The correspondence iB nut likely to be concluded by tbe 23d, when the award iB due and it will probably be paid under protest. The pestotfice department to cuy completed the adjustment of amounts to be paid the Union Pacific aDd Central Cen-tral Pacific railroad companies lor mail service during the regular term of four years from the 1-st of July, 1877, the a mount being compute J upon up-on Ibe bacis of the average weights oi mail matter transported by tue rt P'ittive companies during tbii ty sue cessivediy. The allowance l.ir the Union l'icific will be f 370, 000 ai.d tor the Ceutral Pacific t2SJ,000 per annum, being an increase of ubnii $50,000 a year !or each company. |