Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-15
WAsmyGTON.

WASHINGTON, May 14.-Advioes from
Lexington, Va, state that considerable
apathy exists suo1g the people 10 the
valley concerning the coming election.
In many counties the precincts are 90
arranged that 8 considerable distance has
to be traversed to get TO the registration
Office or the polls, and many will refuse
to trouble themselves so much ss to reg
lister, and consequently viii not vote IN
that section. The crop prospects ere re-
por ted 8 good, and the wheat crop,
which Is the largest on record, is said 10
be from one end Of the valley to the
other, ard the ANTICIPATED yield Is enOr-
nous. Tobacco Il fi0urishing(?)
Gen. Lee arrived st Lexington, Va,
Oh Saturday evening, very much graft
fed 81 the result Of his trip North.
Admiral Hof writes to the Depart
ment from Havana to the Ga, snnoun-
cling that he would be absent from that
port for a few days, to relieve the Nara
gansett at Key West, and for 9 change of
sir for the officers and crew. He had
Just received information from Com.
! msndeF Brown that ths steamer Saliva
dor, q supposed Cuban privatesr, thst cur
naval forces have been watching for
some time at the Instance OF the Govern
ment, has cleared for St. Thomas, via
1 Nassau, without arms or munitions Of
war Of any description.
Everything at Havana is remarkably
.quiet, and the Spanish authorities seem
confident OF suppressing the rebellion be-
fore the expiration Of the year. The
season that is row coming on precludes
the possibility Of any active operations
of any importance by either party in the
interior for the present.
10 eonversiug with the Cnbaus, who
were at one time sanguine OF success,
Admiral Hof says those on tie Havana
end of the Island are dissatifsd from the
feet that the revolution has not been co.,
Quoted in a manner to coincide with
their views, and that there is little or no
organization among them, though they
elsim that the cause of their present in
activity is owing to the fact that their
forces are being exercised and Instructed
In the use Of arms, preparatory to q Cam
pgign st the close OF the ensuing season.
Gems. Cespedss and Q1esada sre acting
Independently and have their own sepE-
rate fore=s snd adherents. Mr.. Hail. our
Consul General, and the commander Of
the English fiset, seem 10 think
that the insurgents are be ug crushed,
and that ia a few weeks il viii
consist Of nothing %. irregular
bands Of outlaws scattered throughout
the interior.
A letter from q Treasury officer at
Beaufort, S. c., states that the steamer
GTapeshot, bound from New York for
Falmouth, Jamaica, put in there for re-
pairs on the 27lh uit., and IS sac was Ia
den with arms and munitions Of war,
and has SO passengers, the Collector Of
Beaufort tsIegraphed to Cslleetor Grin
neil, at New York, and received 3 reply
that the Gsapeshot was regularly cleared
for Falmouth, ard consequently she was
not detained. A few days after this a
new Collector YES appointed at Beaufort,
and lie was urged by Capt. Usher, Of tue
Revenue service, to Investigate the
matter, and be replied that il
had been thoroughly Inquired
intO by his predecessor, and therefore
declined TO do 90, AMI on the 18th Of
May the Grapasho. still lay there.
a delegation Of prominent citizens OF
Virginia, representing the Conservative
interest of that S5sts, and accO-~
MED by s. D. Washington, waited on the
President this morning and had 8 short
interview in regard to the adoption Ct
the 5 ate Constitution, snd especially to
ask that the clsCse relating to county
be submitted 10 ths people sepa-
rstely, il the same way as the test oath
and disability clauses.
A proclamation nas been prepared end
will be issued tomorrow, fixing the 9Th
Gay of July fo- the election IN Virginia.
II also provides for the submission Of the
Constitution with separate votes on the
disability and test oath clauses, bu. no
There is no dalbt bat that tbs Presl-
dent to-day determined to appoint Dan
es Minister to Spain, and his
commission viii sosn be prepared.
A number Of vessels, as different ports,
suspected of being Ia the Cuban interest,
are being watched clo5sly Oy the rave
nue. cutters and naval forces, as the as
sursnce has been given that the Govern
will enf0Ice the neutrality laws.