Des Arc citizen., 1859-01-15
NEWS ITEMS, &c.


 ssy- The Secretary of war recom- mends the purchase of one thousand camels 10 be used in the military opera tons among the Indians.
 s1~ Rev. MT. Sturgeon expresses bis intention of visiting this country next spring. and will probably be in New York during the religious anniversaries in May next.
 ss9~ When Senator Douglas arrived at New York, the Custom House officials searched hls trunk and found seventy-hve dollars worth of cigars, purchased in Havana, upon which he was obliged to pay duty. So says an exchange.
 BANK OF MoReAS. GA.-The Angus ta Chronicle and Sentinel says there is no such institution in existence as ihe Bank of Morgan. Ga. The bills in circulation under that title are fraud upon the public.
 B1s- Dr.I. M. CHASE, of Memphis died of consumption at Mavatee, Florida, on the 2lst of December last. gGy~ It is understood that bill for the suppression of poIygamy in Utah and all the other Territories will be introduced at an early day in Congress and vigorously pressed
 ssy~ Without dissenting voice, the House of Representatives of Georgia has passed bill repeating all laws which au- l thorized lotteries in that State, and pre- scriblng certain penalties for all schemes and sale of tickets after the 1st of Janu- ary, 1860.
 MAKING A Fuss ABOUT Ir.-The Liv- erpoo papers are making a great noise about paupers being shipped to Liverpool from America. The paupers sent back were first sent here from Europe. They are sent back to Liverpool as the port from which they are shipped from all parts of Europe to American cities. If Liver pool does not want them back, it has only got to take measures to prevent their be- ing shipped at that port for America. LIBERAL Brqursrs. Miss Elizabeth Aull, who recently died at Lexington, Mo, made the following legacies: To the Educational and Domestic and For eign Mission Boards of the Presbyterian church, Old School, $5,000 each; to the American Bible and Tract Societies, $5,- 200 each; to the establishment of Pres l byterian Female Seminary in Lexington $2O, ,O0O of which $10000 is given on the condition that like sum is subscrib- ed by other persons. Other legacies, mostly to religious organizations, make the total of the bequests $42 300. A TouR.-It is stated that President Buchanan has determined to make toul through North Carolina next summer and to attend the commencement at Chap el Hill College.
 MORE MORMON TRoUBLEs.-A pri- vate dispatch from Washington says tha, the government has dispatches giving de. ta Is of more Mormon outrages. An out break is expected in the Spring.
 s9~ Col. A. Van Buren, of South Carolina, has sold all the slaves on his plantation, 2l0 in number, for $l47, ,000 Col. V. B. is the son of the "Sage oi Underwood"
 Rts~ In the Prussian standing army ol one hundred and twenty-six thousand men, but two soldiers are unable to read !; and of two million nine hundred thousan nd children between the ages of seven ard fourteen, at the last census, two million three hundred and twenty-eight thousand were actually attending the schools. gGy@ We were in error in stating some time since that the Mississippi Legisla- ture had passed an act granting divorces, on application, to parties who had lived apart for three years.
 BuRNINe.-A negro who murdered his master near Troy, Mo-, few days since, was taken by the populace and burned.