Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-07-13

VALUABLE LEAD MrSEs.-A fine specin. of lead ore has been sent us by E. R. Alt" Esq, which was taken from Spadra p,'s Johnson County, Ark. Competent ;ua~' pronounce the article ssnt to us to be a ri.t eN quality than any discovered in Calforni, the Pacific Coast.-E Memphis .Avalanchs fa
 Gsg5-T The London Times considers the mi. lege granted by Louis Napoleon to priyat.a., of the belligerents, toremain twenty fo,. hours in French ports, as favorable toh. South, smart skipper being able in that tina to dispose of much of his prize goods.
 GyT-A letter from San Antonio to tho c., weston News says: ''Many of the old arnn officers are here prisoners of war. Wh.n they asked Van Dorn what he intended to do with them, he replied, keep you for retali,. ton, if Lincoln carries out his threats.n i, LINcoLN's FoREteN MINIsrERs.-A write, in one of the New York journals, after review ing the antecedents of MT. Lincoln's Mips. : ters to the principal courts of Europe--Adans. Dayton, Judd, Clay, Schurz, Burlingams and Harvey--remarks that the statesmen and di. plomats of Europe will conclude sthat our present batch of diplomats represent the last. run of the shad." #
 EgF At the last advices from San Francisco. over S3 00o,o in treasure had accumulated there over the usual deposits, it's shipment being delayed in consequence of fear of priva. teers.
 GTThe number of troops now in the kell from Louisiana, and those armed and waiting order, is fifteen thousand four hundred Thers are ten thousand and thirty in the feld- 1
 EY The Yankee officers are all at Efd5gg,r- heads in regard to the management of affairs at the battle of Great Bethel. The only thing they appear to agree in is that the Lincoln forces were most soundly beaten on that occa- sion. Af
 RV There are three candidates for Governor of Alabama-Hon. Thomas H. Watts, Hon. John E. Moore, and Judge Shorter.
 RgA Washington correspondent of the New York Times thinks it has been resolved to blockade the harbors of Charleston "rnost effectually,'' by sinking vessels loaded with stone across the entrance of the port. so as to prevent the passage of vessels in or out.
 A Coop NAME.--'The Yankee papers call the Confederate States Secessia. Not bad appellation. What name would be fit for the Yankees? Servia. or the land of serfs, would not be far wide of the mark but it would be doing injustice to the Turkish province of that name, which, though en-lav did not perpe- trate the folly of ensaving itself. That glory belongs to the Yankees alone. - Richmond Wbig
 RSFIt is said of Col. Ethan Allen. tbaths once attended church. when the minister made am estimate, the result of which Was that out of the whole human race. not one in a thousand would be saved. On the ahnuunce n.ent of this result, Allen took his hat and walked out saying as he went: '.Gentlemen, if any Of yoa want my chance, you are well come 10 it. It is not worth staying for"
 CROPS IN NCaTH LOUISIANA. The Monnt Lebanon Louisiana Baptist reports the corn and cotton cro}r in that section of the State ill very houri, sing condition.
 G1S- A large nimber of the planters of Bra zora county, Texas, have signed an agreement to loan half of their coming crop of cotton to the Confederate States government.
 icSy- The Selma Reporter says merchant Of that city eceived Treasury note for S30 last W week, for which he was oifered-three per cent. premium in few hours after he received 1t.
 Gyy The Secretary of war of the Northern Government, said in recent speech, that the war would not end, with the consent of the President, until there was no cause left for war.
 GY The Athens Baiiner says that the Hon. Howell Cobb has received the appointment ot Colonel, and will proceed to raise regiment in the Sixth District.
 GgaF The Confederaey possesses far more abundant supply of cai.non and ordnance mu- nitions thaD tine United States The enemy constantly lament the loss of Norfolk Navy Yard, that rich mine of war materials.
 WA A watch factory is soon to be estao- iished in or near Charleston by German citizen, who is fully acquainted with the pro- cess required.
 GV ole-Dabe says that there is scarcely a regiment in his army from which there cou'a not be selected President, Cabinet, and q Congress fully competent to administer us Government. We think regiment had better be called up, and the selection made by lot, as the present incumbents afs wofully incomRer