French Clainas.-lNe have received from Washington, copy fthe bill re- ported by MT. Livingston, in the Senate Feb. S2, which provides for the ratihca- ton ofclalms due to certain American citizens for spoliations committed on their commerce, by the French Goyern- ment, prior to 1900. Itproposest to make satisfaction, to the amount of fi0e millions of dolIars, to such citizens of the u. 5. or their legal representatives, as had val id claims to indemnity upon the trench Government arising out ofillegal cap lures, seizures, confiscations, &c. com mltted before the Both September, lSO0; but expressly excludes all claims de- scribed iii the Convention at Paris, ill 1903, between the U. S. and the First Consul ofthe French Republic, and all claims described i'll the Florida treaty between Spain and the U. S. To car ry the above provision into effect, and to ascertain the amountand validity of said claims, 1t is intended to appoint a Board ot three Commissioners, whose organiza- ton will be similar to that under the Florida Treaty with Spain in 1919. The payment of the claims when admit ted and adjusted by the Board, shall be made pro rata, in such manner as the President shall prescribe.

 This bill, five rememberright, is pre- cisely the same with that reported last year by MT. Chambers, except that the amount of satisfaction was then fixed at S2,0OO,OOO instead of S5,OOO,0OO.

 Counterfeit Ten Dollar Balls of the United States Branch at Savannah, have been recently put in circulation. Their general appearance is calculated to deceive most persons. file ink IS rather of a muddy cast; the engraving muchlarger k heavier than the genuine; the vignette rather coarse, particular ly the wings of the eagle, which are too large, the paper is quite new, and very indifferent, without the usual water marks. Those seen are payable to ?. " Heireman, signed Jno. Cum ming President, w. Hunter Cashier, and are dated Oct 1897 letter D.

 Charleston Courier.