The sun., 1870-09-14
BRArE OLD FARRAGUrs sUcc EssoR.

Shall Tho Memory cf the Galiaut Admiral I
be 1nsuited by the Confirm alton Of Por-
tcrt-Tbe senate and House will Fight
against 1.-THE End Of the Porter Dynasty
not far Distant.
Correspondence Of The san.
WhsHISeros, Sept. I2.-There is a well.settled
onvieuon ia the minds OF people here that the
nomination OF A mirai Porter to the position made
vacant by the death OF Firravut will not he con.
6rmed ~ the Senate. MANY Of the most in Huential
Senators are opposed to nning the position at ALL
and say that bill win be reported earl, In the ses.
sion to do away with bot the higher grades Of Ad.
miras One prominent Senator from the West IA
region where the navy Ia not popular) assured
yeur correspondent recently that Poriers promo
on, made as II was In direct violation OF the spirit
y not the letter OF the law. cannot be sustainei
should not be filled, anil that even In IL should be-
Porter Porter does not deserve the rank OF Admiral, the
highest In our navv.
Porter, II appears has been maxine .him.e,f yery
unpopular with members In bo,n Houses SINCE his
sojourn in WASHINGTON. HIS action last winter in
the great nrht between the stat and line in which
be showed so mucn vindictivsness against The gen.
uemen OF the stan corps-msny Of them far his su-
complisbed eeniieman-Va as cminentiy csculated 10
draw down upon him tie enmity ofhe friends OF the
.tan IN both Houses, Of whom there are mauv.
Again. the heef IL fast strengthening that much Of
this Eiortncation OF Porter and admiration Of his
many gallant" deeds is fuunded upon q very slen-
DER basis In fact, the feeling is In Congress
that Porter 10 iraud. aid that his mnny ac ieve.
ments have other ground in fact than that fur.
nished BY public Imagination, aided by the great
Admiral himself
MANY Congressman have been overhauling Por.
terr omcial rerorts during the and thew nd that
they are mostly devoted to extravagant assumption
or the importancs of his deeds, AMI lavish encomi-
ums OF those OF his pets who were known
70 be incapable Of anything. F,r instance.
his report OF his opera tions M the can.
ture oil New Orleans has been contrasted with
that Of Admiral Farracut, the commander In
chiet While Farracuts was couched in the most
modest terms, aud sinplJ announced the canture Of
the whole not embracing three pages OF BREWER type
-Porters account Of the hTair In which he claimed
TO nave prepared the way" frr Farrscut, covered
over 100 pages OF cl'~ely printed matter. Porter
forte below the city that they unable Lo offer
more than feeble resistance 10 Farragu,s vessels
when they ran bJ. The truth is (and your CORE
y Jndent was there, aud saw the snoe AFFAIR." that
mounted bv the sis davs bombardnent, not man
kileh, and 500 would lave pai for the whole dam.
are done TO Fort Jackson. Fort St Philip was intact-
not even hit by one shell. The ftts we've Just as
strong the morning Farragut passed them as they
we're az the commencement Of the bombardment,
and was always matter of regret to Admiral
Farracut trat he waited six days for Porter to clrry
out his foolish bombardnlent These facts and many
more have come to the know ledge OF the punc and
all go to- show that OF the many ied heroes OF
Hut this ta not all. Senators accuse the Admiral
OF I'm their eyes, st greater offences; among them
Is that OF interfering with the President to defeat
many OF their appointments in the Navy. Every one
knows tnat this Is an offence which Senator ever
orgets aud that perhaps more than anything else.
has workei to the Admirals disadvantage in thai
nody The House are opposed TO him on the grounds
have siready named and with such an opposition
TO which It is evident his particular friend the Pres
dent wishes ~ elevate him. b.