Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-19
NEWS ITEMS, Sc.

A negro woman in the service of MT Jacob Coles, of Pittsylvania county, Va. died few days ago, at the advanced age O one hundred and ten years.
 -Madame Miramon has blessed her lore with an heir, and the little fellow was baptize, in the Grand Cathedral of Mexico on the 1Stl of August, with great ceremony. !, "A weekly Presidential campaign papei has been started in Steubenville, Ohio, cal llet the Irrepressible Conflict
 The 'monied men' of New York are discussing the question of building steamer to eclipse the Great Eastern.
 We learn from.t the Memphis papers tha, Col. Robertson Topp, has qeen elected Presi- dent of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad Con- pany for the ensuing year.
 | There are 500 licensed drinking places in St. Louis The people there Sannot have many scrupes about taking dram, or so many spiritual mediums couldn't flourish. l "A bull race took place at the Hendricks county (Indiana) Fair. A bull was harnessed to light vehicle and driven around the track, |, to the great delight of thousands of spectators. A REPUBLICAN IN THE VIRGINIA LEGrsLA- TURE.-Hon. Alfred Caldwell, Virginia State Senator from the Wheeling District, is member of the National Republican Com mittee, whose headquarters is in Washington City.
 The Rev. c. H. Sturgeon has written let ter to his friends in America, in which he de- clares that in his belief, immersion is the only Christian baptism and that he believes that members of all Christian communities should be admitted to the communion.
 At the last account flour was selling on the Island of Hayti at two hundred and forty dollars barrel! That looks like high price. But the money.was Haytien currency, which is like our old continental money. About twenty dollars of it are worth one silver dol lar.
 MT. N. P. Willis publishes in the last Home Journal long letter which he designs as an apology for his foolish story about Prof. Maury's marriage to Princess of Owhywee
 Chief Justice Tanney, of the Supreme Court of the United States, is in the S3d year of his age, and all his eight Associate Justices, ex- cept one, are over 70 years.
 STRANGE FATALITY.-The Dallas (Texas) Herald says the granary of Col. Patton, of FL lis county, containing his entire crop ofgrain, together with his stable. containing several horses, was struck by lightning and destroyed, on the 10th ut. The accident occurred while the colonel was on visit to Waxahachie, for the purpose of purchasing lightning rods.
 -Major J. A. Kelly. the distinguished fillibuster, who died at Viczsburg few days since, was a native of Tennessee, and prin- ter by profession. He was soldier in the Mexican war, and an officer in the Lopez Gu ban expedition of 1851; was taken-con- demned to be shot, but pardoned by the Cap tain General Concha.
 The Austrians are building fourteen new vessels-frigates, sloops, and gun-boats-at Hoa. They mean to be ready to fight for and in the Adriatic, when the inevitable time shall have come. Austria never makes peace when she is beaten. A peace follows victory with her; a defeat is followed only by truce. Col. Colt should take measures to prevent the use of his navy revolvers in duels. The reputation of these arms will be sadly dam aged, if gentlemen can blaze away three or four shots at each other, and touch nowhere
 A man named Nelson has been convicted and sentenced to five years in the pententiary in Pendleton county, Va., on the charge oi having furnished ':passes" to slaves to run away.
 Some of the English papers exhibit considerable warmth in discussing the Sar Juan affair. One of them calls our souldiers the s'licensed rufians of the federal army, ; and Lord Palmerston's organ calls upon our government to disvow the act of Gen. Har- ney.