, 1872-10-15
WASHINGTON,


WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-At an auction sale ir
Staunton, Va, yesterday, 912, 900 in Confederate
notes in denominations ranging from 95 to 3100
we're sold for two dollars and fifty cents. The
purchaser was Frenchman, who bought them
as q memento.
TIE BATTLE MONUMENT
at the Antietam National Cemetery is now re-.
ported as to be completed at the eleventh ami
versary Of the battle. The material for its CON
struction has all been quarried, and the design
finished and agreed on. The monument is to
be forty-dve feet in heigth, the whole to be
constructed Of white granite. The statue sur
mounting the whole is q colossal American
soldier, the largest statue in existence.
THE w1NANs STEAMER.
Tho Messrs. Winans, Of Baltimore, have not
abandoned their enterprise Of build
ing the famous cigar-ahaped steamers
Their patent has been extended, and
The firm will build some more Of these vessels,
four Of which are in existence in England, one
in Russia, and the latest still on the stocks.
chAm MATTERS.
The number Of claims against The government
consequent on the cost for property taken, dam
aged, and premises occupied, &C., is being con-
tinually augmened, and although there
were four commissions established
to hear and adjudicate On, it Will be several years
before the list Of the claimants will be finally
erased. The British American claims, although
the Commission to try them has been in ex-
istence nearly two years, have not been re-
duced much in numbers though there ia q fair
prospect that, On the return Of the session Of
the Commissioners in the latter part Of this
month, large number Of the cases will be dig
posed Of.
The Mexican and Spanish Claims Commission
are unable to do much toward disposing Of the
many cases On their books on account Of q disa-
greement having arisen among themselves,
which will have to be settled through diplo-
matte channels, and by that course only. It is
expected that both will be in running order in q
month or two, but not before that time.
The Southern Claims Commissioners have dis
posed Of several Thousand claims Of loyal South
erners, on which Congress, at it's last session,
finally passed as approved by the members of
the Commission. OF those passed on the
amounts are comparatively small, but in the re-
naming cases. which the Commission are now
engaged upon, the amounts are very large, and
on that account much testimony has
to be taken. In number Of the claims, the
amounts are over S200, 600 each, while in one
case it reaches to $500, 900. The majority, how
ever, range about $4,000 each During the
summer months, the Commissioners disposed Of
q number Of small cases, which rest on docu-
mentary evidence tt will be two years, at least,
befora the Southern Claims Commission shall
have concluded its work.
ARKANsAs TROUBLES.
Advices received here to-day from Little Rock
indicate the peaceful settlement OF the disturb
ances in Pope County, which at one time threat
ened civil war between the Clayton-Hadley Gov
ernment and the people OF the State in general.
The indignation OF the whole county was turned
on the Clayton-Hadley band, and it is now
stated that they have sneaked out OF their
scrape by employing Democrats to con-
ciliate the people, and have dismissed Dodson,
who will not run for Office again. This disturb
ance has made the unfortunate county bank
rupt, and 8 lawless malitia have eaten up the
stock and provisions on every side and saddled
500, 600 Of debt on them.