Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-12
New orIenns InteIIigenee.


From the Mobile Telegraph
Gen. Shepley, military commander OF Louis
lana, has been nominated for governor Of Maine.
He refuses IT,
On the 9th inst, gold was selling in New Or
teams at 12I a123 sterling at 130a132.
II. B NJ steam propeller Llndral anchored
opposite New Orleans on the 81.
The great crevaSse at Gen. McHatton's plan
tstion. below Baton Rouge has inundated the
greatest part Of twenty large estates, the water
having run down and submerged the rear ofthe
parish of st. James, say sixty miles below. Tee
Dopulous and productive parish of Point COupee
the rich lands Of Gross Teta, and the ne;ghbOr-
hood of False river have almost met similar dis
ssters from the crevasses above MorganzI. We
shall not for months learn Of the extreme losses
and distressss arising from the wrath Of the
mighty Mississippi this year.
The Pieaylsils in allusiOn to late news from
Mexico says:
If the news circulated IN this city and credit
cd by French and Spanish citizens, derived from
private letters, be reliable, the French have with
this small force succeeded in entering the capi-
tall If this result has been achieved by the
corps of Gen. LoTencez, Of less than five thou
sand men, it is certainly a brilliant exploit,
which carries us back to the days Of the old
Hidslgos, who, under COrtes penetrated TO the
palace of the Montezumas and subjuga,ed the
whole kingdom with less than thousand Span
ish soldiers.
The business of the city is entirely stagnAnt,
although the importation OF so many gunny
bags would look as though the Yankees were
| expecting an abundance of cotton. Buffers
organ gives the following account:
With the exception OF some tow transactions
in the great staples, sugar aud mOlasses, things
| commercial ard social are settling dowa into
! summer lassitude and ouietness. The great levee
! and landings-with the exception Of soma few
vessels discharging and others receiving sugar
and molssses, with some few bales Of cotton
presents scene Of dulness, glOOminess and
| dismalness, never before Witnessed in the most
devastating rsvages of sickness A few drogh-
ers come in daily and depart for the coast, bring
4 ing in some few hogshes1s Of sugar and barrels
of mOlassss, carrying, in return, some few ar.
ticles Of provisions to meet the requirements OF
| the almost fsmishing plantations AT the gres.
sugar depot there are few hOgskeads on sale.
A general desire is evineed on the part Of plan
ters and factors to meet the demand, particularly
as many planters are entirely out Of the necss-
saTy article, pork.
We have still to talk Of continued scarcity Of
breadstuffs. Flour is occasionally to be met
| with at from S30I $35; and corn, Of which
all the country journals last fall and winter
boosted was in abundance, is becoming as scarce
and now commands 50 per bushel. Nor have
our inhabitants much 10 expect in the way O
/ vegetables through the daily markets at anything
like reasonable prices ruling in previous years
There are very few families, even those wh,
have lived, as it were, in siiuence and plenty
but have reduced their disbursements econO
mized down to the last figure, and yet are una
bic to command the most ordinary kinds Of fOoC
and sustensnee of life.
HEALTH OF OUR SoLDIgRs-We are pleased