Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-23
STATE NEWS.

The Camden llcfltu auu bdSic, oi the Sth inst, says:
 Some time during the night of last Friday iheatorc room attached 10 the residence of Gen. T. r. Dockcry, of this city. was entered by some unkoown visitor. who appropriated 10 his use a barrel of hams, @ barrel Of sugar. and nearly a sack of coffee. pretty good haul for one evening. The thief is still at large with no information as to his identity.
 The Monticello Gardian of the 9th inst, says:
 The locusts have suddenly made their appearance in myriads,. and the air is made dreary with their incessant song. They appear 10 be harmless, spending their brief existence in sing ing. Horticulturist had better look well to their orchards, as they are said to be destructive of apple trees,
 The Hamburg Times, of the 9th says ::
 From every part of our country we have the cheering news that the young corn and cotton never looked finer, and that the prospect was never more flat tering.
 The planted crop of corn is large larger we think than that of last year. We have urged our farmers to plant literally in corn and not to be deluded by the cotton syren. We rejoice to know that, under favorable circum- stances, the supply of this staple in our country will be most abundant this fall.
 Ans.s.,.,.,,o~- n, yVo1roo5ov lo of the body of a man was found on the Fort Smith road, about five miles from the city, on the north side of the city. Coroner Webb held an inquest over the body, and the jury returned verdict of death resulting from leadcn bullet, which entered the occipital part of the cranium, penetrating the lower lobe of the brain. The man appeared to De a Frenchman; he was roughly dressed and had with him q basket of eggs As yet his name has not been discov- cred, although it w6nld appear that he lives near enough the city to bring marketing hither. He was evidently assassinated by some unknown person. -[Little Rock Gazette 17th inst.
 CORN SHIPMENT.-The shipment of corn from this county is becoming to be quite an item, after taking into con sideration the fact that last year and the year before corn was brought here from Cincinnati and St. Louis to sup ply the demand.
 W. F. England has shipped up 10 this time 1000 sacks, equal to 4,0O0 bushels of corn, and is still sacking. A. M. Callahan x Co, have shipped 300 sacks equal to GOO bushels. They probably have three or four thousand more bushels to ship.
 John w. Wallace has shipped 55l 800 more to ship.
 II. c. Hayman has shipped 800 sacks and is still shipping.
 And not less than five or six thou sand bushels have been shipped from points below town in the county. It will be fair to presume that 10000 sacks will be shipped from Crawford county this spring. This, considering the disadvantages the people were put to, is doing very well. Next year we expect to see double the amount ship ped.-[Van Buren Press.
 DROWNED. Wednesday, about 12 o'clock, the steamer Cleaner left the wharf for Little Rock. Lieut.. Charles NJ. Clark, of the 18th, intantary, with two soldiers, took passage on her for Little Rock, for the purpose of briging to this place some dcserters confined in that city. When the boat was going down the bend below here, and not far above Van Buren, Lieut.. Clark fell overheard and was drowned. liter ! l,0 T 1;,a, thf he, g not seen to rise, as is usually the case with persons drowning. He had on a heavy pair ofcavalry boots and spurs, with his sword and pistols belted around his body. One of the soldiers who started with It. C returned in the afternoon of the same day, from Vau Buren, bringing the intelligence of his being drowned. A party was immedi- ately dispatched to search for the body, but their efforts were unayailing. The flag in the garrison was lowered to half mast on Thursday as a mark Of respect for the deceased.-Fort Smith Herald.
 DAYS OF GRACE-As the senate ad- journs to allow all attendance on the Chi. cago convention, which meets to morrow the bill for the admission of Arkansas meets with another delay. Iphen the Senate reassem5les on the 26th, impeach- ment must be disposed of. Then when tht bill comes up again Senator Hendricks has an amendment to offer, which, if it is even not adopted and does not cause the bill to be sent back to the house, will de lay its passage several days. After this the President may retain it ten days and then return it with his veto. It will be seen then that about thirty days must elaps before the Arkansas bill finally be- comes an act of congress.
 This calculation is made on the conees- sion that it will be the policy of the radi- cal party to admit the excluded states be- fore the presidential contest. This policy has not yet been determined upon, and possibly may not meet the sanction of the Chicago convention So, if even we are to be doomed to mis-rule, we shall have before the infiction of it at least thirty days of grace. Il k Gazette