Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-10-12
NEWS ITEMS.

the order of General Siekes, closing the bar-rpoms throughout the Second Military District. a
 Prom late tolegraphic reports we notice that the President has ordered the pardons- of Alex II Stephens and R. M T Hunter. who was ex rebel Secretary of State. to be made out The documents will bo signed in day or two
 "A Louisiana court lately rendered d strange legal decision In the case of a negro in Nonroe. charged with the thelt of watermelon, the justice sustained the plea that melon is ah ilDmovable, being a pat of the land upon which it grew. and unless it were pulled from the vine and then placed upon the ground. it was uot of that class of property the stealing Of which constituted larceny. In this case there beng no proof that the negro had laid the melon down after plueking it, the stealing was oDly trespass, and the rem cdya civil actioa.
 In speech at Columbus. Ohio, on the 9th inst Judge Chase said:
 ",.y vote, on Tuesday next. will be giy en to the candidates Of the great party whvsc proud distinction is that it demands equal rights and exact justice to all men. and insists on maintaining invioate the public faith Ny whole political liie snd my whole public conduct pledge me to 'hs. and rejoice in the beliet that the noble cople whom 1t has been my pride to serve in days not long past, will on the one hand sternly refuse their sanction tU any vlolatsun sot national contracts. and on the other generously extend the right of suflraee 10 all mcn to whom is is Ut present nnjustly denied z @
 rJEFF. DAVIS CAsE.-The National lntcligoncer of . late date says. 1t is almost useless to contradict the stories telsgraphed from here, relative to Judge Underwood and District At torney Chandler having been in con sultation with the Government on the Forthcoming trial Of Jeff. Davis. Ii adds, however. the following: s"We now state distinctly, upon authority, that the Government has notaonly not taken any action i'll this maticr, and contemplates none, bat that neither the ! ttridtul HUT tllt otHttti has been consulted upon the'subiect by either Judge Underwood or Mir Chafd- ler--in other words. that the whole story is a fabrication thyoughout,.y
 "A d9ughtei-in-iaw of Stcrimg Price died (of child hirth] the same day that he exp fred, and the funeral obsequios Of both were combined. In the funeral procession there were sixty or seventy carriagcssand . number. of buggies. The hearse bearing the re- mains of the General was drawn by six coal black horses, while that of Mrs. Price was drawn by six grays. The deceased daughtcr-in-Iaw was married less than q vchr ago. General Price leaves widow. four sons and n daugh- ter. His life was insured for S10,00o.
 Ras-The reconstruction law does not require that a majority 0 egistcred voters in therebel States shall vote in favor nfholding State Conventions, but that majority shall vote on thrf qucs- tion The following is the langn tge ot the law: If q majority Of the votes given on that question shall be for a Convention, then such Convention shall be held. as hereinafter provided: but if q majority of said votes be against q Conyention. them no such Convention shall be held under this act; provided that such Convention shall not be held unless n majority oT all such registered voters have voted on the question of holding such. Convention.' s
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 WHITE SOLDIERS ORGA Colu~bus (Ohio) Crisis says, at meet ing of some fifty or sixty Federal sol ders, who are opposed to nigger snf- trage, and iii favor ofa restored Union, held at Thurman Hall last Saturday night. tho following pf'eambis and res olntions were adopted:
 Whereas, This tfuveriment was founded by white men, and maintained and governed by white men for upward of eighty years. and believing that 1t should so continue, therefore, hs1s 1 RESOLVED. That we appeal to all the bows in this county, regardless ofparty, who fought for our flag and the Con stiiution. and the preservation of this Union, 10 join with us to defeat inc de signs of al. parties aud men who are at tempting 10 place the negro on equlli- ty with the white man.
 RESOLVED, That we, the undersigned, form ourselves into an organization, to be known as the .White Boys in Blue, with the object of using our best en- deayors to defeat negro suffrage, and carry out the principles for which we fought-.a white mans Government and an undivided Union.
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 CoLoREp RIaHrs CAsEIN BUFFALO. = Recently fpetition came rom colored people. asking permission to send their children to other schools than that set anart for them, was referred 10 the | Common Council Committee on l Schools. The committee reported that 1 tI.e Council had no authority to grant the permission asked. and the report was adcpted. Notwithstanding this action, tie parents ofihe Telfildreneon- l tjnued 10 send them to the scliools, and yesterdav Superintendent Fosdic!, went to districts Nos. II ald F anu ordered the colorea children Co leave This they reinsed to dc. when they were elected. This tRornlns the col pred children in No. g were also cjec- l ted by the Superintendent. IL is un- ] derstood that Mir. Fostfick has adopted ! this course in pursuance of the action ! Of the Council, and il is rismered that ' tho parties considering themselves az | yrieyad threaten to have him arrested ] and arraigned before ihesUniied States < rourt under tho Civil Rights Bill. The < eebool set apart for rolored children on Vine street. will nceonImodste tWe | hundred, we are told. thongh the aver age daily attendance is only about TOT