Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-04
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FROM WASHINGTON.

Gen. Dix Accepts the French Mission
Claims PRSsed--NO TidinEH from
mOnIhalOn's Som Dis sbu rsemeDts by
tho Treasury.
New York, Oct. 3.--A Herald Washing
ton special says: Gen. Dix will only hold
his appointment as Naval Officer for few
days. He has accepted the mission to
France, which | understand was offered to
him with Mr.. Stewards full and cordial ap-
probation. Whether this fact is Indicative
Of change in our foreign policy, must
leave you to infer from the Generals well
known opinions in regard to Mexico and
the Monroe doctrine.
Ddring the month of September the Sec
ond Comptroller received 6,043 claims, Of
which number 1858 were passed by the
Comptroller. The amount involved IN the
claims acted upon during the month was
$S1, $780, 17S.
The Marquis De Monthalon, Minister of
France to this country, has received no
further tidings regarding the fate of his
son, an officer in the French army, and re-
ported to have been captured and shot by
the Liberals. The absence of all infOrma-
tlon or intelligence from young MOnthalon
since July, added to the rumor of his cap
ture and death, creates the most painful
solicitation on the part of the distinguished
parents, who have the warm sympathy Of a
large circle OF friends.
The disbursements of the Treasury on
account. of the several named departments
during the first quarter of the present fiscal
year ending Sept. Both, were as follows:
War Department, $16,337, ,495; Interior De-
partment, $l2,1 $50; Navy Department,
Sl2,032 1855; total, $4O,490,70l.
Gen. SIOcum 10 Have a Foreign APP
pOIntment-Can the Paymaster GEN
eraI Ignore Powers of Attorney!
The Worlds Washington special says :
It is understood that Gen. Socum is to be
rendered an important foreign mission.
Santa Annals recent visit to Washington,
and his efforts in favor of Mexican inde-
pendence did not appear to meet with any
sympathy from the President or the Mexi-
can Legation.
The Herald's Washington special says :
A lively interest is manifested by the claim
agents and attorneys of this city In the
question as to whether the Paymaster Gen
eral can legally ignore powers of attorney
in the settlement of the additional bounty
claims, which is said to have been referred
to Attorney General Stanbery for his
| opinion. Since the matter has been an
nounced as being in the hands of Mr..
| Stanbery, the Attorney Generals Office
| has been visited daily by an unusual number
of claim collectors, evidently deeply inter-
ested in the repeal Of the law. 1t is stated
| this evening that the Attorney General
submitted his opinion to the Secretary of
War to-day, and that the question is de-
cided I'M favor OF claim agents. The report,
however, lacks confirmation.
The People of Alabama Anxious for
Peaceful settlement.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-MajOr j. Jones,
| Superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau
| for Northern Alabama, who Is now in
Washington, says the people of that section
are anxious for peaceful settlement of all
national difficulties, and accept the present
condition of affairs in good faith. Their
treatment of the freedmen is humane and
honorable, and they entertain no malice
toward Northern men who are not Of
tensivc. Business is being re-established
and the plantations have produced bOunti-
fully, and entcrprising men from the North
are prOspering.
The President has appointed Mr., Fit
nam, of the District of Columbia, Consul al
the Island of st. Helena. Mr.. Fitnam just
returned from Canada.
The following changes have so far beer
made in the State of Maine, and others viii
soon follow: A. G. Crosby, Collector of Gus
toms, Belfast, John Hanson, at SacO and g
p, Kimball, Surveyor at Portland.