Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-26


Lite New Orlesus papers have been received
at Mobile BY the Register. The steamer James
Battle, Cspt. Phillips, Arrived in New Orleans
on the eth from Alsxsndris, on Red river. She
reported that the Black Hawk had reached
Grand Ecore, 3 few miles sbove Nstehitochss,
and on the main Red river, with Nsjor-Genersl
Banks and staff on board, and ct this point the
general had made his headquarters.
The Black Hawk, on returning 10 Alexandra,
on Thursday morning last, when about twenty
five miles below Grand Reors, was fred into BY
q party Of about thirty gueTrillss. Msjor E..
Oxford, psymsSteF United States army, the en-
gineer, whose name we could not learn, aud =
neeress, were wour ded, but none Of them &C.
versly. The steamer received but tIiAiBg lam
age.
Major Clifford came dOwnon the Battle.
FROM THE FLEET Or MoBLE-TAe Rebel
Rsm Tsnnessss Not L0ss-Ths Era's cores
poadsn. from of Mobile eoutrsdicts under date
of the Goth ult., his previous statement Of the
sinking Of the ram Tennessee as Grants pass.
He says;
Dessrtsrs and refugees also reported the Ten
nassee lost, bat I have very good information
that the ram is yet safe and inside the bar.
The Tennessee has six guns; Two sTe Tiasd,
seven. inches in diameter, and throws shot
Weighing 165 pounds. Each OF these guns
commands three ports. The side guns are ten
inch smooth bore. Ga the ooh inst. our NOR
tar feet left the sound.
Dsssrters come in dsily. They report that =
great quantity of army shoes have been brought
in By blockade mgners.
The Bss copies the following from a Western
papeE:
STEAMBOAT BURNED BY GUERRILLAs-For.
tr JagAaIcksrs HpHg.-We learn from good
authority thst the propeller Golden Gate was
burned by gueIrilias on Saturday night, iu the
neighboThood Of Wspeenocks bar, about six
teen miles above this PLACE. She was q small
affair and of little value.
The neiehborinE portion of Arkansas to
where the Golden Gate was harmed, is infested
not only by the regular Confederate gusTriDss,
but By g ban3 of robbers and murdeTsTg, who
rob all they meet, friend or foe. Gen. McRAs,
who commands the ConfedeIste feEees in that
PARTON of ATkAnsas, has been hunting these
unauthorized muT5erTrs for some time, and re-
Gently hung forty Of them. He talks Of send
ing q Gag of tTnes to tho Federal authorities
hare, to ask f0r their cooperation in driving
/ kuc1B W4IhulcIh UUh u khd EluEAE. LAGLl
stronghold is in the Cache and St. Francis bet
toms.
They hsYs their currency troubles in New
Orleans as well ss We do here. The Bee of ths
1osh says;
We understand that considerable trouble wss
caused yesterday among the butchers Of this
city by the reluctance, II not absoluis rsfuss.
on the part of cattle dealers to take the local
currency in payment for beeves. We trust that
the difficulty will be only temporary. In fact
We have reason to believe thst effective measures
sEe now msturing which will Obvists in future
any serious Inconvenience arising from & com
PsrisOn of paper cuTFeuciss, as far as the notes
Of this city are concerned. Those aotss rest
upon the city taxes, the properties of the city,
and the eltire wealth of its cit zsns. Uader the
present system Of paper currency Whss other
notes ofpr batter fecurities7
Miss HERoN's BENEFIT Miss Matilda Her
on, whose Camille has drawn such crowded
houses at the st. Charles this week, is TO take
her benefit tonight in quite a different cbsrsc-
ter. But there is no fear that her versatility is
not equal TO the transaction. She viii appear
ss Florence Upperton in the Belle Of the SEASON,
supported by Mr. Chapain as HaTdtoil -Bss.
ADVANCES IN THE PRICE OF PAPERS The
continued rise in the prIes Of printing materials
and labor is having its effect upon ihs neUspa-
psrs generally in the North and West. The
Cincinnati journals adhered o~bstInately to old
Istes for q long period, bat were at last COM
Eeilea to follow the examples of their Chicago
and ST. Luis contemporaries, and add 80 per
cent. to their subscription prices and one Of
them remarks that this Increase is BY no means
squsl to the enhanced cost Of material and
labor necessary TO produce = nsWspsper.-Bss.
CINCINNATI, April 4.-By order Of Governor
Morton, the entire IudisDA legion is ordered
to hold itself in readiness 10 take the Fl Id at
any moment. TO Tepel invasion. A grand re-
view Of the whole legioR, numbering two hun
bred thousand men, fully armed and equipped,
will be hsld on the l5:R of April.