Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-28

aud call to his assistance q nav head OF tEe
Navy Department, it has been thought best TO
get rid of Mr.. Mallory if possible, by declaring
his offce abolished and transferring its duties to
the Secretary Of War. These duties consist st
present for the most part in visiting DrewTy's
Bluff and going down to the yard to SEQ II the
Megrimac No. 2 IS not nearly ready to be blown
up by her commanding officer. The public in
serest would have been wisely consulted, IN The
original inetanee, by making Mr.. Randolph
SECRETARY at the Navy instead Of Secretary OF
war, when he went into the Cabinet, for this
gentleman was educated on board ship and has
never lost the esprit da corps Of the quarter
deck, whereas Mr.. Mallory's whole acquaintance
with naval affairs was acquired by dining with
old United States officers st Key West and
Pensacola, or tying up doements with red tape
in the bureaus at Washington. Beyond ell
doubt, the Confederate navy has been swamped
under his administration. The few sailors we
have are naturally superstitious about taking
service in a craft predestined to be sunk by heI
captain upon the frst favorable opportunity
and the practical engineers and machinists who
are at work for the government, very naturally
complain that they are tired Of making engines
FOX the enemy. One Of the very finest pieces o.
machinery that has been turned out Of 8 Con.
federate workshop was landed upon the whar
at Norfolk the very evening before the evaeaa-
lion Of that city, aud is now doubtless propell'
ing a Yankee gunboat up and down james
river, while the Teaser,' v at this moment un
dergoiug repairs at the Brooklyn navy yard, i
thought to be the very model of a war vesss
for our sandbar streams and estuaries. Ii DIR
Mallory is not responsible for all these disasters
he is at least a very unfortunate officer, and th'
service could not possibly be injured BY putting
some one else in his place.
In Congress, to-day, several matters OF inter
est were under discussion. In the Senate tn
question of the lea t~aIiOnis was brought for8ai'
in the shape of a resolution, that the military
committee be instructed to report what legtsla
ton is necessary IN the premises. Nj. Yancsy
Of Alabama, and Mr.. Wigfsll expressed thei
views clearly and strongly, lamenting tn
necessity that seemed forced upon Us By tn
enemy. The subject was then postponed 70
further consideration on Monday next.
In the House, there was a long and excite,
debate upon the vote of thanks to the officer
aud army for Their gallant conduct in %secuIini
the victory of the Seven Pines. Mr. Foote, 0
Tennessee, was anxious that General Huge
should be excluded from the vote By sPeeia.
mention, and addressed the House several times
animadverting severely upon the character Q
that officer, charging him with the unPsrdons
Bile fault of being always too late-that he wa
too late in resigning his commission in the Ok
Federal army, too late upon the battlefield anC
even casting suspicion upon his loyalty to til
| cause. Messrs. Goode, Lyons and Holcombe' 0
Virginia Dupre, Of Louisiana Miles, of SOutl
Carolina, and others tcok part in the discussion
which was prolonged till haltpast three o'clock
aud at last brought to a close by the adoption O
the original resolution unamended as Mr Foct'
desired.
Apropos of this matter, 1 hear that Genera
| Huger has asked an explanation Of Genera
Johnston of that passage in his official report 0
the battle of the Seven Pines, in which he com
plains Of General Huger's hardness in arriving
upon the field, intending to demand a court 0
inquiry in case a satisfactory answer IS not re-
ceived. General Huger owes this to his mill
tsry reputation, which has been seriously in
psTea by what has been said Of his conduct or
that occasion.
We are still without positive information 0
McClelIan's movements, but i. IS believed tina
he has gone up the Rappahannoek. There i
q rumor that Pope has Withdrawn beyond tn
line of that river, and evinces a purpose to NOV
to the Potomac If this be SO, Manassas na.
again be the battle ground.
We had = refreshing shower this morning
bat the weather is warmer today than We hav
had it for a week. DIXIE.