Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-04-05

order to the sloop-of-war st. Louis, car,
rying 20 guns, then at Vera Cruz, to pro-
ceed to Pensacola. On the 9th Of Janu-
cry, 1861, ordered the sloop--of- war
Macedonian to Pensacola, by telegraph.
She was then at Portsmouth, N. H., ready
for sea, with her officers and men on board,
carrying 90 guns. On the 9th Of Janu-
airy ordered the frigate Sabine to Pen
sacola. The order was given on that day.
She was at Vera Cruz, and carried 50
guns, On the sth Of January issued an
order to the Crusader, at Pensacola, where
she had gone for repairs, to proceed to
Tortugas, and on the arrival of the troops
which had been sent there, to return i'm
mediately to Pensacola.
On the Sd of January issued an order
TO Commodore Armstrong, then in COM
mand of the navy yard at Pensacola,
prompting him to be vgilant to protect the
public property, and to cooperate with
Fort Barancas. The order was received
by him on the sth CT January. On the
18th he surrendered the navy yard to
regiment of armed men, who demanded it
in the name of the State of Florida. For
this he was tried and condemned by court.
martial. After the surrender of the navy
yard, the great object was to defend Fort
Pickens. The Sabine, st. Louis and Mas
ccdonian were there. The steamer Wy
andotte, carrying five guns, was there do
ing effective service. The storeship Sup
ply was there doing coed service, and was
ordered to remain there.
The Brooklyn carrying twenty five guns
was ordered there with company from
Fortress Monroe. She arrived there ear
y in February. The Supply left Pcnsa.
cola with prisoners and the families of Of
fcers from New York, in violation Of her
orders, for which her commander was tried
and condemned by cout martial. The Cru
sader missed her orders. When tho
brooklyn, the Sabine, the Macedonian, the
St. Louis and the Wyandotte were lying
behind Pensacola, there being larger
, force than was necessary, the St, Louis
| whose term CT service had expired, wa
ordered to New York
Whether her orders lad reached her ol
: the 4th of March | am not able to say
; The feet before Fort Pickens could hav
, thrown 600 men into the Fort, without in
; cluding the company from Fortress Mon
roe.
This evidence, so direct and given Will
: so much detail, naming, even, the vessel
of the home squadron, and the vessels sen
: to Southern ports for the purpose of pro
: tecting the National property, most com
|, pletely rofutes the charge made by Sena
e tor Sumner, and the hundreds of othe
S charges of similar character mad
t through the columns Of the Republica
d presses.
d 1t may not be improper to state in th
C connection, another important fact. AT
r ter the election Of Mr.. Lincoln to the Pre-!
> idency, in November, 1860, only two n;
n tional vessels were sent abroad One
: these was the Saratoga sent to the coast
e Africa, to keep up the number of gul
y there required by the treaty with Grei
IS Britain. She supplied the place of IL
l. Marion, which had been ordered home-
). The other was the Vandalia, sent to th
6 East Indies, in place Of the John Adam
Il returned, And the preparatory orde
l. for these changes were given in the mont
x Of September previous.
h This evidence, officially drawn out /
l. the Republican investigating conmitte
vt completely rcfuto the charges made again
1t Gov, Toucey, Indeed, it does more.
shows that he actually placed vessel
d (Which he has been charged with havil
9, sent to foreign countries,) at southeI
&c ports to aid in protecting national prope
" ty. Never was there more complete rC
re utation of SANDER than appears in this ca
h ofslandor against Gov. Toucey.-HarEfo
ID Tines.
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