Des Arc citizen., 1860-06-23
Texas Items.

Ra;lroads.-The Central Texan says two hundred hands passed through Nava- soto last week. They are now operating upon the upper portion of the third section of the Central Road. The cars will be running in a few weeks to Millican's.
 The Beaumont Banner says that the connection of New Orleans with Houston, the centre of railroad system of Texas, is now fixed fact. The road from Beau- mont to the Trinity. A miles, has been completed.
 Sad Termination of an EditoraI Quar- rel.-The Galveston Civilian of the llth, says: Yesterday we had news of the pro. bable fatal termination of the recent spar ring between the editors of the Crockett papers. We have no direct account of the affair from Crockett, and cannot ven- ture to give particulars with any preten- tions to accuracy. The Huntsville Item, speaking also from report, says:
 One of those offences, getting too com. mon in our State as we'll as others, oc- cured in Crockett on Wednesday, in which Oscar Dalton. of the Printer-the wit of the Texas press-received ball in the mouth, fired from a pistol in the hands of J. c. Hepperla, one of the con- duc,ors of the Argus, another sheet pub- lished in the same town, and which, our informant tells us, will prove fatal ere this paragraph meets the eye of the reader. Both parties fired, Dalton's ball striking the forehead of Hepperla, and glancing off. The cause of the sad catastrophe is to be found in their papers. Several at- tacks on the Printer appeared in the Ar gus last week, and this week notice in reply states that the Printer man did not read, and hence knows nothing and cares less for what it says. A street encountre we presume was the upshot, and the re- suit is-death.
 The Wheat Crop.-The Austin Gazette of the 9th says: We are able to say that the wheat crop of Texas is the largest of any past year. We have many letters from Northern Texas. in which the crop is spoken of as far exceeding the yield of past harves,s. In this section our far mers have done we'll. We have heard of cases where thirty bushels of wheat to the acre have been cut. It is one of our most reliable crops.
 Sad Casualty.-From the State Rights { La Grange) Democrat, of the 7.h, we take the following:
 We regret to learn of the violent death of Col. B. B. Walker, of Hallettsville, Chief Justice of Lavaca county. He was killed by mere boy, named Pat Kelly, on the 18th of May. The circumstances connected with the case, so far as we can learn, appear to be these: Kelly had taken offence at Col. Walker for some rihing matter, and swore he would kill him. After the adjournment of court, Kelly asked Col. Walker to step one side with him, when Kelly pulled out his knife and made a lick at Walker. Walker then jerked out pistol and snapped at Kelly, but the pistol missing fire he threw it at Kelly. In the meantime Kelly had pulled out his pistol, and he then fired at Wal ker and shot him through the groin. Wal. ker then caught him and kept him from using his knife until the crowd came up, when letting him go he leisurely made his escape. Walker died in few hours after he was shot. The excitement about the condition of Walker appears to have been so great that no one thought of arresting Kelly. He was at large at last accounts.