Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-28

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THE COUNTRY DIsGRACgD.
Bat new ONE Cha saddsst aid most sorrow
! full part Of KY statement. The seven Ecicgsrn
monitors were all examined this morning by Mr.
Sinners, inspector of monitors, and, with tbs
assistance of bis workmsn, bad them ali in SIS
good condition for service as they were yesteT-
! day before neon. Hsltpsst six o'clock was tho
hour fixed upon for a renewal of the lombard
nest, and the o%firors Of the different vessels
vera ell in readiness, and most of them enxior s
for a renewal Of the conflict. The order for the
movement was momontsri'y waited for, but the
order never cams.
A. 3 o'clock it Wes ascertsined thrOU ehout
the feet that the admiral had decided that
charleston is inpregnable, thst Sumter cannot
be taken with The vessels and appliances placed
a. his disposal BIZ the GoveInment"-in other
words, thas the power of the Government is not
sufficient to humble this nest of rebels. Sad
conclusion to the man who so decided, and soy
rowful to the country which trusted in bis abil-
ity to perform the duty assigned him.
In conversation with some Of tie command
ers of the iron-clsis, before this order was re-
eeive5, I was assured that the walls of Fort
Sumter were pieresd and crushed, and the opiR.
ion was expressed that in three hours more tho
fort would be compelled to surrender. Several
of them testified that their immense shot had
entered the embrasnres Of tho fort, and dis
mounted the guns, sOd that the walls were
in a most shattered condition. Other ofdesrs
approved The decision Of tie admiral, but they
are The same thsb have maintained from the first
that charleston could not be taken" TIE
sailors of the fleet, however, were disgusted
with the decision. and felt Themselves disgTaeed.
Two hours and fifteen minutes of lombard
ment, che man killed. ssven woUaded, O3e iu-
fsrior vessel sunk, aud tb5 great effort Of the
country to Ietake tie frfts snd public property
abandoned as impractcsble! On, that we had
q Farrsgut here to teka command at ones, sud
do Whist has bssn SO weakly attempted by Ad-
mirsl Dupont!
The reason Why Charleston has not bean de-
stroyed by the iron clad isot, even if Sumpter
had not been taken. is the dreadful faar that
eveYshsdowed the feet authorities OF rebel tor
. does. Fsrrsgut had the same to encounter g.
New O.lsans with wooden ships, but he dashed
into his work, aud considered that the risk Of
life was a part ofths duty Of a naval officer, that
great risks we're necessary to secure great re-
suits" Here, however, the ghosts of rebel tor
pedoes hsve fer two months past paTalyzed the
efficiency Of The feet authorities, and tue sight
Of lager barrels floating in the haTbor of Charles
ton addsd terror to this overwhelming fear. The
Government furnished them with India rubber
RATS, cork iackets, and everything else that
could be c~ontrived to ease tAsir minds, but the
torpedo phantom has proven too powerful TO be
overcome, and tomorrow the whole feet viii re-
tire to summer quarters in Port Royal barber.
HOW NOT TO o q.
I have spent nearly two months In this viein-
ity waiting the slow and tedious movements