Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-06

nc was outside or in distress, and no vessel
coming to the ;escue, was certainly, to say the
least Of it, inhuman. Had a small boat, with
four or five persons in it, been on the coast of
any other country, the underwriters association,
or some humane society would have had surf
boats, signal lights, and every other appliance
at work to save them; but there we lay for six
teen hours at the mercy of the wind and waves
with not a soul 10 render Us any assistance.
Thanks, however, to the powers that rule, we
weathered the gale and trouble, and after sacr1-
fcing the amount of property | have specified,
as the tide came in at four o'clock in the morn
ing, the danger was passed, and four hundred
souls breathed feer on board the Baltic. As the
tide rose ia the morning after four o'clock, at
seven, A. n, we got under way and came into
Porf ROYAL at ten o'clock in the morning, to as
certain that our rockets or signals had been seen
from ships, but 20 learn that no report of our
Being outside had been made either TO the war
or army department,
Col. Williams has, / am glad to know, made a
proper representation to Commodore Dupont,
and also to'Gen. Sherman, of all the facts in the
case, as web as Capt. Comstock, and inveShga-
CATION is being made of the matter, with the as
surance that the gentlemen in derehction OF their
duty shall be held responsible. / may, however,
here state from the best authority, that the act OF
the Potomac in leaving us after putting on board
the pilot, was the cause of = personal encounter
on that ship between the commandant and an
other pilot on board, the latter insisting they
ought 10 come 30 our assistance, and the former
refusing to do so. In all. probability the com
mandant Of the Potomac will be removed, or, II
not st least should be; but the powers that be
here say be shall. Commodore Dupont will also
make an investigation into the matter, and
doubtless the whole neglect Of those in authority
for a gross neglect Of duty It wss-whi be
thoroughly sihed, and dealt with accordingly
l am satisfied, from conversation with the gem
tlemen~ connected with the departments here that
hereafter there will be an improvement in the pi-
loting Arrangement of this port. A printed cir
cular Of instructions to marines as to the course
to be observed in entering the port, has been is
sued and sent 70 al points-0f which you viii
get 8 copy by this mail.
We have had great fears as to the safety OF the
Empire City, one Of the transports conveying a
portion of the LIST regiment Massachusetts caYal-
" but lsst night she cams into this port all
right. having laid outside the bar for two days,
or in the vicinity, as the captain rep Irts, for
safety, waiting to get a pilot There was a
general rejoicing last evening as she came in,
escorted by the United States steam flgate
Mohican. Notwithstanding then long passage,
they did not lose a horse, as did not the Baltic
or the other transports, while only seven horses
were lost on the Cahawba.
Companies A, B and G, of the LIST M2ssschu-
sets cavalry regiment, are at Annapolis, and it
Is expected the Baltic viii return from here to
bring them down. One battsliOn-companies
E, Fand G-have been sent to Beaufort, and
at present under command of Captain Keith
The Others have been sent to Skull Creek, some
five miles from Pert Royal, where they viii form
an encampment for drill and to recruit their
horses. When the battalion arrives from An
It viii also 20 to Skull Creek, unless in
the meantime it should be ordered in another
direction.
The horses have thus far come of the trans
in good condition, and, take them with the
men and officers, Massachusetts has reason TO be
proud Of them. That they viii do good service
in this vicinity everybody acknowledges, and
themselves credit, remains to be seen-yOur cor
respondent says. They have 8 commandant
who not only combines the gentleman with a
soldier, but also a capital surgeon, snd a chap
lain who can fight as well as pray, and both OF
the latter gentlemen can, with the assistance of
the officers, do more TO keep up a thorough or
gs~nization-heslthy, harmonious and efhc,ent-
than any severe measures ever adopted, al by
their genial qualities