, 1866-08-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
tspccial Despatch 10 lhe Chicago Trihunc.l
WASHINGTON, August u

COMMISSION ON srEciAl CLAIMS.
An orilcs Wa Iss,.ca to-day by the War Depart
1ncnt organizing con,a,i-sion, consisting Of
tcnrEnl tonlcy, General Hunter, and Judge
.sttvoeatc General Holt. with Colonel De~itt
Clinton 1or recorder, whose duty Il shall be 10
examine and decide upon all special claims not
within llc Jurisdiction Of any l'urcau, which may
be referred to the Secretary Of War for adjust
Eent The Commission a.c also directed TO
t,ncw such claims hereafter rejected By any
IErcau III the War Dcrartment as shall he pre-
sentcd to the Secretary Of War, on appeal OF
review. All claims referred 10 The Commission
1unst be registered In order by the recorder, who
thaf' rreosd the decisions and the grounds there~
OF ard tsansnit them with the papers in eaeh case
10 the proper Durcau, giving notice to tho claim
nEts. The decision Of The Board will be held ~
the dnal decision Of the War Department. The
Commission j. a1to authorized to call upou heads
o: Eurfatie aud military commanders for Informs.
lion or papers concerning any claim before It,.
Such will be diligently examined and disposed oi,
in the order Of their dlin. before the Commission.
4 lrief statement Of Claims hled each month, and
ofthc action thereon, will be published By the re-
corder In the newspapers OF Washington author
ixcd y law 10 publish oflciat advertisements. Thc
pro, isIops OF Ills order will not reopen claims
heretofore decided. The os.cc Of the Commits.
e:onct viii bc 1T hcaiquattesr, Department ot
Washington.
TIE DAy1s TRIAL.
District Attorney yichaudlcr Of the Norfolk, Tir
sinia District. is expected here in few days, to
consult with Attorney General Stanbczry with ref
csence to tho trial Of JED. Davis.
4 number Of Wall street operators are cndcav.
oling 10 tnduec the Secretary Of The Treasury ia
sell more gold, The ground that 1t will relieve
the money market. but tlefr Efforts arc not likely
| to prove Successful.
GOVERNMENT uAT1oys issrEp
The AEketant Commissioner Of the FTecdrlen'e
| HnscAu for Missouri, Arkansas and the in1iA1
| Territory, forwards 10 General Howard an est
s1ate of the number of ratious required Tor issut
10 whltce and freedmen respectively during Ii.
month OF September 1850, as followe. White
1aHts'hse thousand; !; freedmen. tisc thousand.
AnAs ron MEXICO.
HIS reported that vessel laden with arms arf
aEannl'ttoh 1or the laber1l army In Mexico, eai1ct
from the port OF Baltimore few t1ayE since.
co1Al>slosEr COOLEY
E1orts arc being Msac 10 oust Commissions
Cooley from the Indian Office. Judge Embc,ry. a
Indiana. is the most prominent applicant for liz
position in casc Cooley Is removed.
Fop COMMISSIONER OF rCRlc HErLp1S1s
Montgomery El1fr, Postmaster General Ran
dali and Rcrcrdy johnson arc pushing W. II. Pnr
ucr. whose nomination ns rnstmastc: al Bill
more was rejected by the Senate. fur the posltio
Of Commissioner Of Public Buildings, now hcl
hy lion. b. u. French.
SECRETARY srwAnp
left this morning for Auburn, Nov York. Darin
bis ahseacc Attorney Gcncsa1 Stanbrrry will col
duct the bnelncss OF the State Department.
TIE DrroaAL or GENERAL rknnr.
Tic de7osal from command al Richmond