Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-11

e6- The N. Y. Post decares that ",here is great deal of secession materi- al in New Jersey" and advises its friends to "mark the traitors.".
 gGy- The London Standard aptly char acterizes all the private armed vessels that Lincoln is employing to enforce his blockade, as "privateers." This IS excel. lent. They are privateers, and no such blockade, the Standard says, will be rec garded
 sGy% There are still two southerners on the bench of the United States Su- preme Court, both from seeded States Hon. James M. Wayne, of Georgia, and Hon. James Catron, of Tennessee.
 The capitol building was to be cleared of troops by the lst of June, and the work of renovation commenced, in preparation for the extra session of Congress.
 n6ay- The farmers of Ohio are putting in seed of the Chinese sugar cane, for the purpose of having supply of molasses and sugar independent of the south. THE WAY TEXAS RANGERS SHooT.- A Charleston correspondent of the Rich- mond Dispatch furnishes the following interesting item for the Northern merce- naries:
 A friend of mine, an officer ofhigh rank in the army of the Confederate States, has just returned from Montgomery, and says that while there, some twenty of these Rangers exhibited the following feat: A loaded revolver pistol was thrown upon the ground The Ranger puts his horse up to full speed, and as he passes picks it up without slackening speed; throw him. self, "a la Camanche,' on the side of the horse opposite 10 his enemy. being inyisl- ble to him, and under the horses neck, fires each barrel of his pistol excessively in the direction of the enemy.
 Will they not make the dandy troops of Broadway, the Wilson shoulder hitters, etc., open their eyes.
 eD The steamer Persia arrived at New York on the 2lst. By this vessel the Federal Government expected to re- ceive from Europe large amount of war freight. It was not, however, shipped, because the agents on the other side con. sdered it would vitiate the insurance, and they wish to keep in neutral position.
 EG9- It is stated that President Davis, in his recent visit to Pensacola. was sur- prised and delighted at the admirable con- dnon of the army, and complimented Gen. Bragg and his staff in tine highest terms for the energy, tact and vigor which they have displayed in organizing and dlsci- plining the large force concentrated at that point.
 A SOUTHERN FLEET.-Our Cairo cor respondent yesterday informed us that the Government was in the market for boats at that place. and that half dozen were wanted. The City of Louisiana has been taken up here, in addition to others, and rumor has it that at least thirty will be chartered or purchased. What use is to be made of them whither they are going If South, for what purpose-whether to take Memphis, or New Orleans, and thus open the way to the Gulf-are questions which exercise those who make themselves busy about such ,hings.-St. Louis Repub- lican, 26th.
 FRANCE AND THE SouTH.-The Paris correspondent of the London Chronicle, writes on the 1st of May, says: In consequence of the gravity of the po- ltical situation in the Southern part of the United States, the Government is, am Informed, about to send them an eminent dplomatist, to observe and report on what may there occur.
 gGs- A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch says that the Virginia cavalry company takep prisoners at Alexandria, were handcuffed, sent to Washington on boat, and marched through the streets of that city. When it is considered that five thousand men succeeded in capturing for ty-fve, the magnanimity of this treatment