The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-11-28

the bar. the Comur,iore was deprived of a,e h.,.
of his h'fcc This caused the failure Of the e,'
! pedtton. We eau imagine NJ excuse fur N.
want Of prudence and skill displayed n This afTa;,
by Com Conner, We qoesiion. too. whether
notwithstanding the McLane grounded, he had
not sufficient lptce Ia capture The little mnd for, If
ALvARAro. m"nniirg Terrific battery of ten q,
twelve six pnnudrrs. Afier the McI.ane and ha.
tow wer" rendered useless. his elective 6,co
consisted Il the steamer Vixep, mounting ono
l"r. "a under. and two medium "a FOUNDERS.
the s''hooners Refer and Bonita. each moun,n,
"n. bug so pound cham5ered Paixhzn gun. and
the Mississippi. which. at distance of a mill
and quarter from the fort, I" kept up a terrible
IRE. Eve now quite from letter written by on.
"f the officers of the Squadron, apa Published in
he Pennsyiranion,) with her bong guns, m,k.
Ing h'anufnl shuts. same striking near the fla,
81 r. and others Tho .for," There are, ia nm,
Navy. Ulcers. VII" would take Atvarado in ono
hour, with such farce. Com. Moore, of tho
Texan Navy. unce captured Aivarado with two
small Baltimore hni vessels. and levied a CON.
tribnion of $50 900 on its inhabitants.
When lis remembered that Com Conner had
under his command over eight hundred men. wbo
had been drilling fur month To- prepare for this
| attack-and that he must have been aware of Tho
extreme difficulty in passing the "bar," il mus,
strike the mind Of every man Of common sense
that some plan, other than he adopted, SHOULD
the strangest part If this strange affair is the
male. After the McLane clea red The bar, her
commander, Capt. How ard. offered Ia make an
other attempt to cross IL. bu. Com Conner do
clined; and instead Of preparing TO renew the
attack. he ordered The Squadron to sail for Acton
l.lzardo. and neN day sent the greater part Of his
fnrce. under command Of Com. Perry to attack
fabasc". This lmks very like running away
from Alvarado. We doubt noi that the gallan,
Com. Perry will take Tobasco. sword in hand. az
II Is probable there is garrison there.
II affords Us no pleasure TO speak thus of anv
portion at our Navy. hat 1t is our rule, never Ia
| mlnce words for the sake Of men, when such
course might sanction the violation of good
principle. or tend TO bring dishonor upon the
country. We think, that in this affair Com
Conner has disgraced himself and his country
and II will require the noblest efforts of our gallant
Navy To heal the wound his ignorance and folly
have inflicted on its honors
In connection with this subject we cannot re-.
Train from expressing surprise al the course
pursued by our government at this time and Fl,
many years past, in relation to the Navy The
men selected Tor commands are, in many cases.
utterly unfit TO discharge the duties entrusted 10
them. The drone who lounges around Wash
ington, and fawns upon and plays the sycophant
To the "powers that be-" let his ignorance and
his dehased nature be ever manifest stands ,
better chance for honorable or lucrative com
'nand, Than The officer who relies upon his char
ac'er, merits, talent and services for justice, al
The hand of his government We miobt namo
many Instances where the ignorant and conceited
sci"ns Of wealthy and influential (politically)
families have been elevated over The heads of Off
GERS of u"hlemished character md sterling ability
In doing this. government has not only acted with
unPardonahle injustice TO senior officers Of great
merit, but II has created jeaouses and chickering's.
which have already impaired the efficiency Of the
Navy.