Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-04
NEWS ITEMS, Sc.

| LONG SHoT.-Ex- United States Senator James, of Rhode Island, has invented can. non, which, board of army officers report will carry shot with accuracy distance ol over six miles.
 An Ohio abolitionist named Day was arrested by the vigilance committee in Ken lucky few days ago. He had incendary pa- pers on his person. As he had been caught | in the attempt to circulate these documents previously, and warned that he should be hanged if caught at it again, he was this time swung up without further ado
 Silk dresses made with a high plain corsage, and rounded body and waistband, are in fashion in Paris. The sleeves are tight, and are ornamented at the top by jock ey, which is slit up in the middle, and edged with ruche of ribben to match the colors of the robe,
 "GwINE BACK TO DE OLE PLANTATION" D. The steamer Cicile is advertised to leave Charleston on Thursday next for Whining ton, &c., the object of the trip being to con- vey the negroes employed on the Charleston and Savannah railroad to their homes in North Carolina and Virginia, where they will spend and enjoy the Christmas holidays with their families and friends. We wish them a happy time with sfthe old (and young) folks at home."-[Savannah Rep, 17th.
 DIsARM1Na OF CoLoREp PERSONS. The Port Tobacco (Md.) Times publishes an order from Judge Grain, together with the concur renee of the grand jury of Charles county, withdrawing all licenses granting to the free coored persons the use of firearms, and also authorizing the sheriff and constables to search for and seize upon such arms, wherev- CT found, and dispose of the same according to law.
 ITINERAHT PEpLARs.-A bill has passed both houses of the Georgia Legislature to prevent itinerant peddling of every descrip- tion in that State, except in certain articles of home production and manufacture, and agri- cultural and mechanical implements, books by agents, under the direction of any confer ence, synod, presbytery, association or con- vention.
 DISTRIBUTION OF THE BUCHANAN PooR FUND.-Several years ago President Buchan- an invested $4,0t0, the interest of which is annually disbursed in the purchase of fuel for ''poor and indgent females'' in Lancaster, Penn. The annual distribution took place recently, and the Lancaster papers report a large number of worthy and deserving claim ants.
 A resolution has been adopted by the legislature of Texas to print five hundred cop ies of the Governors message in Spanish, five hundred in German, and two hundred in the Norwegian language.
 --The State of Mississippi has not yet organized regular system of popular educa- ton at public expense, but the idea is becom- ing more and more popular, so that the adop- tion of the public system is spreading in the more populous counties.
 An act for the further protection of married women is before the general assem- bly, of Missouri. It provides that all prop erty bequeathed to the woman after marriage, or of which she becomes in any way possess ed, shall remain hers, independent of her hus- bands control.
 TIE LrNE.-Mason and Dixon's line is generally considered the true boundary be- tween the North and South The Richmond Enquirer is of different opinion. It says that, Sin the event of disunion, if we are wary and prudent, the dividing line will run a hundred and fifty miles north of Mason and Dixon's and of the Ohio."
 The Town Council OF Huntsville, Ala. have passed an ordinance expelling all free negroes from the corporate limits who may have come there since the year 1882.