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


 izcd band of horse thieves, composed of negroes, committing depradations in that locality, and extending their operations as far as Red river.
 - A call signed by 200 of the most citizens of Wake county, North Carolina, urges the people of the State to hold meetings and devise a plan and defeat, if possible, Radical throughout the State.
 - The Secretary of the Treasury has received notification from the executors of Captain Ralph s. Fritz, late of San Francisco, that said testa- tor has left to the United States S2O0,- poo in trust, to be applied toward can ceiling the public debt.
 The papers of the Mexican capi- tai announce that the Minister of Brazil offered to the French and Austrian sol- diers of the late Empire, to take them into the Brazilian service, with their grades, and that they have accepted. Steamers arc ready to take them to Rio de Janeiro.
 - In the past three months there has been remitted to the Northwest Memphis as stated by bankers and merchants, not less than fifteen millions in payment for bacon and Hence the unprecedented scarcity of money which has made it extremely difficult for the people to buy bread.
 - General Schofcld has decided that Congress has prescribed no oath to delegates to the State Convention, and that there is no other competent authority. The only restriction us to delegates is contained in the fifth sec- ton of the act of March 2d, that no person excluded from holding office by the proposed amendment to the shall be elegiblc as q of the Convention.
 - Judge Parker, of the Circuit Court for the State of Virginia, has decision that all banks that make assessments under act of Febru- ary, 1866 cannot give preference to any class of creditors; that note holders have no preference over depositors. ana ueposIts in Confederatc money to be treated as debts of the bank to the extent of their value at the time of de- posit.
 - Elder Sloan and Elder kimball. of the Utah army of Saints, have be- come loud in their abuse of the United States Government for the passage of laws prohibiting polygamy. Kimball declares that he already has seventy and in tifty years probably his family will exceed the present ag- gregate of Saints. If he could only live a little longer his family would be large enough to elect him to Con- gress.
 - The branch mint at Charlotte, North Carolina, will soon be put in full operation for assaying purposes, and it is represented that working operations have been recommended in the mines that were neglected during tho war, and that the receipts of gold of this mint are on the increase, not only from localities in North Carolina, but from contiguous states.
 Some idea of the style in which the courts in the Fifth Military Dis trict are being run may be formed from the following, m
 Judge Abell, counsel for Henry Smith, accused of perjury, filed an ex- ception yesterday. The case is being tried before assistant Recorder Dunn, of the Second District Court. Dunn is a negro, lately elected by the new Council. Judge Abell, in his exccp- ton, sets forth that Dunn being ne- gro, not recognized by the laws of Louisiana as citizen, is not legally an officer. Dunn overruled this excep- ton, tried the case, and discharged the prisoner. The prosecuting witness re- fused to take the stand or be sworn.-- The negro acting Recorder asked him if he intended to insult the court He replied he did, and was fined S25.
 --Congressman Shanks, of Indiana, addressed an assembly of blacks at Richmond, Va, on the 3d inst. He spoke as one of party who had the power, when he said "the southern states would have been in the union long ago if they had given the blacks their rights, and they would never get in until they did. President Johnson, if guilty, would be impeached, and, even with the aid of Maryland, the rebel militia, of which was armed, would be powerless to do anything. The men of the north were ready, at the tap of the drum. to quell him and his militia. He predicted 30,000 ma Jority, Tn Ono, Tor the repupilcahs'
 - A letter from the fast city oi ''Julcsburg (Ncbraska) on wheels says that in one day recently they had two street fights, hung man, rode three men out of town on rail, got up 8 quarter race, turkey shooting, gan der pulling, match dog fisht-had preaching by circus rider, who after ward ran foot race for applejack al around and, as that was not enough the Judge of tho Court, after losing hi fees at single-handed poker, and whip ping fellow for saying he didn't un derstand the game, went out and helped to lynch his grandfather for horse-steal ing,