Des Arc citizen., 1866-10-20
NEWS ITEMS.

| tue Iuril1Dlcdi lONll or Ducklanu. Mass. one Joseph Spaulding, maniac, has been confined naked in cage for fifty one years !! O, fit were only in Misis- lsippi-how Humping philanthropists would howl with indignation.
 p@Thc Holly Springs Reporter says it is now well known to every planter in Marshall county that less than half a crop of corn will be raised this year. | But few of the planters will make more than an economical supply to last them until next summer.
 BSynThe Sheriff of Calhoun county. Alabama, has resigned because the peo- pie are too lenient to sue each other. and was about to starve to death on the proceeds of the office, which, he says, are just about nothing at all. I BarThe constitutional amendment has so far been ratified by the States of Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island. New Jersey and Tennessee. Oregon ratified the amendment, and then re- considered and gave it the go by.
 BeA Times Paris correspondent confirms the report that the French tGovernmcnt will recall its army of oc- cupation at once. It says there is a probability of Maximilian abdicating. and he will be appointed regent of the Austrian Empire.
 Bas> Among recent announcements of English books is that of "A History of the Art of Printing as Applied to Books, and of the Successive Methods used for Recording Events Previous to the h. vention of Printing" MT. Noel Hum- phreys is the author. The work will be a folio, and vii be copiously illustrated.
 B6@The commissioner of internal revenue has decided that rubber boots and shoes are subject to tax of five per cent, as articles of wearing apparel manufactured or produced from India rubber. The tax on boots and shoes manufactured of leather is only two per cent.
 Bg~Gen. Jubal A. Early will spend the winter in Toronto, Canada West He has completed his history of his valley campaign, and has it now in press. It will be issued in short time It is said to be written in good style.
 B1HMaximilian is said to have con-
 
 lotta.
 B@~Vermont, the first State admitted into the Union under the Constitutions and always noted for it's public men, has had but one member ofthe Cabinet, and he held the office for only short time.
 gB~Gen. Grants pay is S1S,67S per year, and Lieut. Gen. Sherman's S13,- 50S. Each is allowed fifty horses. A major-general gets S5S00 per year, and is allowed five horses. The pay of a brigadier is $394O 50.
 Fifty horses! We suppose the gener- al and ieutenant-general are expected to keep free livery stables. Judging from the generals course on political questions of late, some persons might think he was trying to ride all of his fifty,-[ [Yicksburg Herald.
 Bcg@ F. W. Gaines and N. W. Small, printers, were arrested in Norfolk, on Sunday morning, the former for send ing and the latter for carrying 8 chal- lenge to mortal combat, with pistols, to John k. Hathaway, editor and pro- prietor of the Norfolk Day Book. Gaines is editor, or attache, of the Nor folk Times, a paper conducted by print CTS. Hathaway's of1ense consisted in calling the Times employees rats"
 G@gMaximilian is determined to fight At the celebration of Mexican independence on the 10th ult., be made a speech, saving that he was still firm in his seat, notwithstanding all his difficulties, which the votes of the na- ton had caused him to occupy, and that it was not in troublous times that a true Hapsburg would abandon his post, and as majority of the nation had called upon him to defend their sacred rights, the Almighty ought to protect him.
 Bay~The Vidctte, of Salt Lake City. Utah. asks: "Who owns the land of this Territory-Brigham omg-the Churcl-the City-or the United Sta tes 2" and says: "Thousands and thou sands of acres are claimed by the Church, and by Brigham, without the shadow of title" It comes down on Brigham in this style: ''When Pro- phet of the Lord attempts to fence i'll and claim Territory, one cannot help being convinced that the motive comes from some other source than Heaven, and when he proclaims from the Bow cry that he will send to hell across lots any who interfere with land he claims, we want him to weigh well his words apd their influence"
 ACcEPTED.-IIon. William Byers has accepted the appointment as Superin- tendent of Indian Affairs for the South crn District, lately confered on him by the President.
 This will necessitate new election for member of Congress in the 1st District, as Judge Byers will, by ac- cepting this appointment, be compelled to resign the position of Congressman, to which he was but lately elected. It is rumorcd that he has already sent up his resignation.-[Li Little Rock Gazette.