Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-06-22
NEVIS ITEMS.

--The champagne business, like thc wine, is lively. The sales for some years past nctted Sl2s,2io,0eo.
 The recent list of princely in- comes of New York journalists is de- clarcd by the Times 10 be a hoax.
 The potatoc bug is destroying the crop in parts ofIowa, and the Rock river region of Illinois.
 -The report that the President is suffering from Dright's disease of the kidncysis contradictcd.
 "A dispatch from Mobile states that General Swayno has appointed ne- groes as Aldermen of that citp.
 The Richmond Examiner says great damage is being done to the wheat crop in that vicinity by the weeyil.
 Hugh Marcus, discharged sol dier, imprisoned in Charleston, charged with . capital crime, hung himself in jail.
 The land telegraph line in Flori- da, which is to connect at Punta Rosa with the submarine cable to Cuba, is completed, The cable will soon be laid.
 The new Kingsssof Hungary has added to the eclat of his coronation by .I. ,l;et,;h,.;o,, ,.c fa roso s,,,,,s of ,,,o,, ey to the poor, and richly endowing charitable institutions.
 Department has brought suit against James R. Hood, late Postmaster at Chattanooga, and his surcties, for al legged performance of duty.
 The son of Senator Fcssenden, who indignantly denies charges of ne- potisin, has just been appointed Regis ter of Bankruptcy in Maine. So has Hannibal IIamlin's son.
 The body of Major Spratt, a con tractor on the Montgomery and Eufau- la railroad, was found on the Sth, in a creek near Oak Grove, Alabama. He had been murdered and robbed.
 "A mirage appeared over Lake Ontario, at Oswego, last Thursday. Vessels otherwise invisible were seen apparently suspended in mid heaven, some in proper position and otheas up- side down.
 The Democratic Convention of Carroll and Trimblc counties, Ken lucky, has nominated Jesse D. Bright, ex-United States Senator from Indiana to represent those counties in the Ken lucky Legislature.
 The rat cafchers of England, a class of men who supply rats for ter ricrs to kill at matches, have struck for higher wages. Their old rate was four shillings dozen. They now de- mand an additional sixpence.
 The Natchitoches Times is ecr- tain that General Richard Taylor has taken the largest amount of National Banks stock in America. The trans action happened near Mansfield, Lon isiana, some years ago.
 Just as we expected when we heard he had arrived in Nashville. The Union and Dispatch of Thursday says: 'Governor Henry s. Foote has removed from St. Louis to this city, and will enter upon the practice of law here"
 San Antonia, Texas, papers give accounts of extensive cattle stealing in the northwestern part of the State, by Indians. In one case a herd of thou sand head were taken, and one of the drivers was killed and skinned down to the waist by the red devils.
 - Chang and Eng, the Siamcse twins, say they were exempted from serving in the late war in this wise One of them was drafted, but was af- tcrwards exempted, on account of having a brother dependent upon him for support.
 A correspondent of the New York Express says that Horace Gree ley has not written to General Breck- inridge to come back 10 this country, but only to friend of General Breck- inridge that the latc Vice President probably could go back to Kentucky with impunity.
 -Another important removal from office, says the Cincinnati Commercial, has been made by the military author ities in Alabama. The sexton of the graveyard at Selma has been, it is sup posed, impeding the execution of the Reconstruction law by digging disloy- al graves, and has consequently been displaced.
 -The Coolie trade has become a regular epidemic among the Havana merchants. Everybody speoulates in Celestials. Every few days a ship ar rives with load of these "whitc nig- gers" and the vessels are consigned, in some instances, to firms that never went beyond calico and linen. The price of good healthy Chinaman is about $500. Those who don't pass muster as first class sell from Sl50 to S200--so says letter from Havana.
 The Omaha special says General Buford is there, en route to Washing ton, to represent to the Government that there is no hope for peace from the Sioux. General J. E. Smith, who formerly commanded at Memphis, was