Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-06
ON the New York Herald of the 2d.j

From the New York Herald of the Id
Gen. Robert z. Lse, late commander
of the Confederate army, arrived here
st an early hour this morning from Bal
I timore, scoompsnied by Mr.. and Mrs.
D4ggart, cid J3AltiHors friends OF the
/ General. They proceeded at once Is
/ the residence Of friend in Georgetown.
/ About ii o'clock Gen. Lee drove TO the
Executive Mansion, and, sending in his
card, was admitted to ths President
without delay. When he entered the
! ante room at the White House there
were maRy persons present waiting TO
SEQ the President, among them several
members Of C0pgress. Lee was recog
niEsd by some Of them and gsnsFSl buEZ
ran around the room, THERE'S Gsn.
( Lee-wODdsr what he wants here ?"
Gen. Dent was assiduous in his sttsn-
tions ana lost no time in getting Lees
card before the President. Tnere were
some half dozen persons, mostly Con.
gressmen, in the Bresidenps room a. the
time, on various sorts OF business. Near
Iy all of them were after office and
wanted to press their claims upon the
President. As soon SO he got L .e's card,
however, be said the Congressional Office
hunters, gentlemen, you will have to
excuse He. / have an engagement with
Gen. Lse, who lie now waiting outside TO
keep il, and 1 wish our interview to be
priyats.' Tnis wss broad mint for the
CJngressmen to retire. They picked up
their hats and best hasty and some
what demoraTizsd retreat towards the
door, uttering curses not loud but deep
az the intrusion Of the Big rebel guest
when they were fixing up their little
buaiDess.
the President" said one Senator,
" sees Us in a crowd, and thereby exposes
our private business; but when rebel
comes along he is given private audi
ence."
YES" said another, and We are
driven out &C IL we had no SIsinsss here,
when we ara looking after the interests
OF the country"
That's toe way" said q member OF
the House, resignedly.
Being rebel is good card Of sdmis-
sion here, it spp&& - observed an indig
nsnt citizen who had been waiting paLi
emily f0g some time 20 see the President.
The fssling in the crowd was one Of
uadisguised Indignation that Lee should
Z ia ahead of all the rest, bus this un-
qlssgiOGsbly arose from the fact that
msDy Of them had been disappointed in
gSsllbS Al lEteEFl6Ws zen. Lee FS-
mzined ciCseted wish the Executive
nesrly half 81 hour. What tDe obi ect
Of the meeting resliy was no one seems
to know. some declare it was merely
mark Of respect which the late rebel
chisfIain desired to pay to the
Prssidsnt. Others profess to have in-
formation that leads them to the
cue usiCp that Grant consulted Lee
c0ncerBing the bHjhersome reconstruc-
ion enigma in Virginia, and that Lee
very fully unfOlded his views as to what
SHOULD De the course OF tue Government
On that question, and what the people of
the Oi Dominion really required. The
people who pretended to be- thus posted
hint that Lse made some rich disclosures
IS to the chief difficulty to reconstruc-
ton ia that State, and that he spoke of
some Of the politicians there as being ut
terry corrupt and incompetent. There is
still another story as to the obi sct OF the
interview, enc which LOCKS entirely i'm
probable, but which is, nevertheless,
credited by sOme people here. 1t is to
the effect that Grant has requested Lee
to act as a special commissioner OF our
Government to Cuba, TO ascertain the
real coadit ton OF affsirs in that island.
This seems SO entirey improbable as to
De hardly worth repeating, but as itkhay
possibly be true put it on record.