Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25
NEVIS ITEMS, Sc.

NEWS ITEMS, Sc.
 --The Governor oe Islorida sent a message to the Legislature on the 18th, ult., urging the passage of a law prohibiting the circu- iation of incepdiary publications in tha! State A billexcuding free colored persons from Florida passed the Senate on the i4th by vote of l5 to ?.
 "A printed circular dated, Derby, [ Com. and adiresscdto the s'Connecticut Man. ufacturers,o proposes Connecticut Man ufacturers' Convention,sto settle a line of pol icyswliich shall placeeaeh and every manufac- turer before the eyes of the world as he .h--s promoter of Union or Disunion.'
 - Vice President BreckinTidge is the grandson of the Rev. Samuel stanhope Smith one Of the most learned and elegant gentlemen and scholars of his day; and his great grand father was the celebrated Dr. Witherspoon, also President of the Princeton College, and sd one of the sgners of the Decaratonh of Inde- pendence from the State of New Jersey.
 - The vicksburg Whig learns that the Rev. Wm. Carey Crane, of that ssates has been elected President of the Mount Lebanon University, Louisiana, and has accepted He has, therefore, resigned the Presidency of semple Broaddus College, Miss. of
 The Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal says that Mrs Morgan, the wife of Morgan of Masonicffanfe. is at present a resident of the gsuburbs Of Memphis, and hasresided in that vicinity for some time.
 PETITIONS FROM FREE NEcRoEs.-Three c.. |. ed to the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, asking permission to enter the eon- dition of slavery Similar petitions have been offered to the Georgia and Mississippi I.egis- latures. -Concha, lat. Cover or General of Cuba, made fortune of seven millions of dollars during his administration.
 The Rt. Rev, Bishop, Payne, for twen- stystwo years "a missionary on the coast of Africa, preached in Mobile Alabama, recent iy.
 GorNg TO THE SIDE THAT PAys.--Among the signers for a Union meeting to be held in EIIavethill. Mass, which is understood to be bid for Southern shoe trade, is the man who presided at q meeting in tn same town to raise funds for old John Browns family. He is a boot .tand shoe maker,
 Mrs. Daniel Webster isleadlng quiet and dignifisd life in New York city, surround ed by relatives and friends, She deyotes her time toFseif- culture, and to the performance of the duties she owes to. her friends, her country and the church.
 The Supreme Court of Ohio recenty de- clded case brought up from Hooking nty, fn.Feiation to the question of the right of col : ssorsd children to be admitted into the common schools of the state.sTh decision of the Court was adverse to the right.
 .os s----A fire in Hickman, Ky, on the nighe of January 4th, consumed the Commeycia Hotel, i the Argas printing office, the store house and { contents of John Millett, Walker & Holconeps | ' drug stofe, and several small tenements. The | loss exceeds s8o,o0o. gesIg-la6Fw
 sraEAKtDs AND SrRfprD-A New York letter of the 2d says: "There are several ! Fellows intown, lately expelled from the South with long ro9 welts or stripes on their backs | and traceso of tar all over them, which they are showing b newspaper editors and AboH- tion capitalists, il the hope of raising sympa- ' thy and money.n TIA