Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-12
INCIDENTS.
EarIv Imnre-s.Isa In New York

Early Impressions In New York.
NEW YORK. November ll.--tp 10 one
O'Clock here there is IA complete dearth OF el""=
tionncws. and the manufacturers Of dispatches
seem to have gone entirely out Of the busl-
ness.
The Tjib,0,e makes the announcement on
it, lmiletin-b0ard that the dispatches pUrport-
ing to come from Senator Conoyer conceding
Florida tol the Democrats proves to be
bogus
W. Ii. Roberts. assistant editor of the New
Orleans Times, telegraphS here under date OF
the tenth. that hftyoDp parishes gives il
Democratic majority OF three thousand four
hundred and twenty-five. with some Demo-
cratic parishc~ to hear front
There is less excitement in the streets tins
morning concerning the Presidential election
There wcre as usual crowds around the
different biilletin-boar,ls. hut they were less
eager. noisy ard drHGitstTutitc Than on
previous days, Democrats and Republicans
apparently having both made up their minds
not TO halo until they were out of the
woods
The old rooms of the Republican National
committee, at the Fifth Avenue hotel, were
abandoned last night as the lease OF them
had expired. The committee are occupying
another room in the SAME building. MIR.
Clancy. clerk of the committee, said that no
new dispatches had been received.
The Post says a conference of prominent
Republicans at the Fifth Avenue hotel last
evening, held to discuss the advisability of
uniting with the Democratic committee in
requesting eminent citizens to go to Louisi
ana, was dissolved without result, on account
of the report of the ifeHs of the Presidents
proclamation. IN view of which the proposed
measure was declared unnecessary.
At the Democratic headquarters. in the
Everett house, affairs are quiet, though a
ripple of excitement was Occasioned by the
report of the COnover dispatch Several Wis
itOrs spoke favOrably Of General Grant 5
proclamation, saying they saw nothing wrong
in it if he meant what he Sud.
The report that William NJ. Evarts had
started for the south is denied. Dispatches
have been received, it is said. confirming
former reports favorable to the Democrats.
Prominent Gent1e,Ben Going to New
Orleans.
LOUISVILLE. November l1.-HOn. Henry
D. NJ Henry and Hon. Henry Wattersen, of
Kentucky, left for New Orleans last night;
Senator M'Donald, General Love, of Indiana;
Governor NJ 'Creary and Congressman Black
burn. of Kentucky. and Ex-Governor Palmer.
of Illinois, comprise another party now here
Ill answer to the call of Hon. A. S. Hewitt,
of New York, They leave tonight.
ST. Louis. November lin compliance
with the invitation and urgent request Of the
executive committee of the Democratic State
central committee, Senator BOgy, James 0.
Broadhead. ErastuS Wells and Charles Glib
sol, Of this city, viii start tonight for New
Orleans. to be present at the counting of the
vote of Louisiana.
WASHINGTON, November l1.-President
Grant returned to Washington this morning.
He has requested the following prominent
gentlemen to go to New Orleans to inspect
the counting Of votes in. Louisiana: Hon.
w NJ Evarts, Judge f. ". Stolighton Gen
eral John A. Dix and General j. H. Nanalen,
of New York: Senator Sherman and Hon.
Stanley Matthews. of 0hio Hon. COuItland
Parker, of New Jersey: Senator Edmunds, of
Vermont General Ben Harrison, of Indiana;
Senator Logan, of Illinois: Hon. w. ID.
Kelly and Hon. John |. Schonberg, of Penn
sylvania: and Hon. John 4. Kasson, of Iowa.
These, and few other gentlemen have been
invited. Nearly all of them have been heard
from and have accepted.
CINCINNATI, November ll.--HOn. Stanley
Matthews. job f.. Stevenson and Ex-Governor
f. +. N0ycs left for New Orleans tonight
senator Morton Declines to Help Count
the Vote in Louisiana.
SAN FRANCISCO. November l1.-ScmatOr
Morton is in receipt of dispatches from the
east. requesting his return to render assist
ancc. in common with prominent men of both
parties. in alaying the excitement over the
election. Senator Morton states this morning
that he viii not return east until the conclu-
sion of the investigation of the Chinese ques-
ton, i'll which he is engaged here. He in
dorses the wisdom Of the proposition to oh.
tain the presence of prominent and trusted
men of both parties to assist in allaying the
present excited feeling in the south, but eN-
presses the belief that no serious complica-
tions will ensue although the situation calls
for prudent action.
He Talks Like Book.
LOUISVILLE. November 1l.-ExGovernor
Palmer, i'll an interview with ii reporter. gave
as his opinion of the President : directions the
following: ''If Grant were Il statesman he
ought to be inIpcached and deposed from his
place for issuing these orders; but as it is
Grant, nobody expresses much surprise.
Grant has one leading idea of government,
and that is that he and the army are the only
power in this country. and that they are an
entire sufficency He does not know Or care