The sun., 1870-12-08
PooR PORrER PILLoRIED.
BOhemian-HOw the Officers in thc Navy
View the Rear Admirnrs Humiliation
No Mnpe nfLis Condrmn tion In the SennIe

The Private Journal and the interruptions
BOhemian-HOw the Officers in the Navy
View the Rear Admirars Humiliation
No Hope oftis Confirmation In the senate.
Correspondence OF The sun.
WASHINGTON, Dec 5.-The hardest hit that
Vice Admiral d. ID. Porter has yet received was
siven him in THE Suns publication OF the memo
rable letter written by him TO eH.secretsry Welles
rsary years ago. in which he expressed his opin-
I'm Of Gen. Grant In no very complimentary terms.
The Admral's efforts TO parry the blow, and % con
vince the President and tho public that he didn't
mean TO-" are highly amusing. He squrms aud
wriggies and twists like a Skinned eel IN an aqua
for,is bath, but the more he wricgles the more he
tangles hisself' good old Tony Weller would
rave said. There is no use in the Admiral's deny
ing It he has been caught in the act, and lie
HAD RErrER AcKSowLEDGE rHE corn.
II 1t VIII only have the effect OF crushing his vain
pretensions, the lesson III not have been given him
in vain.
Ills Grst impulse as he says in his letter 10 Grant,
WINS To pronounce the document "a base fihrica-
ton" but on second thoughts he cnnclu led not TO
do So lie did however, hand over his private jour
nal COR what purporied 90 be that precious vo umo)
to a Bohemian here, whom he requested to examine
and make copious extracts thereGom. Tile Bohe-
mian complied, and the result appeared In a Now
York newspaper, Fcom that II would seem that he
never had any hut the highest opinion Of the great
ULYSSES naS, he even worshpped him as the apple
a Commander, and rad never met the object Of his
alteration. nieed, Porter was at that time In Far
ragui's squadron (there WIS no grade Of Rear Ad-
miral at the timo1, and Grant, believe was only
simple lirigadier General, who did not know Porter
except as he takes care every one shall know him
t'ltou the press.
oGlcers here laughed when they saw the noysna.
rer containing extracts from the "journal;" but II
their merriment was aroused at this, what can say
their ieelings we're when 1t became known that
GRANT HAD sNUBBED
the DISTINGUISHED sea. dog IN a manner that would
have cat TO the quick any 'fccr but an uncoui med
Admiral who relied upon Presidential tiVOr for pre-
leIment And then that letter ioo' IN shlch For.
thut II he md write the Wclos letter be did not
K ow wha' he doing, wind!ne up ny abusing the
venerable * Secretary ike picknockct
To say that Por;er's former friends are Indignant
does not cXnres- il. II his confirmation were 10
come up IA the senate tomorrow prohahl, not ten
oflcor-, 90 whom Porter mas given sirrcure places
herr in order to keep tncr tongues qlict say that
Porter ls
COWARD AND sYcoruANr,
and that he can no more be trusted One oil man
who has soenl years and ycars in the service, tud
wears the uniform OF q Captain, said TO your cor
"Wen, on know It ia just like all the Tortors.
knew every Que except tile old man of ALL and they
were tNe same Catch one of'em In % tight place,
ana ho'd be sure u try 70 lie ont OF II and If be
mied nf success IN thlt. then he'd craWhsn. On
know the he-gtrs. Tney hai an read lhli nire m.
tie scrpiural yarn about Ananias and Sunphira. but
d aone oi 'em ever slowed 1t away in ther lock
ers 'uI future use
Th. ooinon, expressed by my nautical nioud. Ia
Fl AIRED Wy every one. lustead Of coming uu' like
man and ackno Sludeipg that ho wrote md hcd this
httering opinion Of Grant, he do'ged the question
~ y rciY OF WAYS, aud consequently has lost
Irnuts friendship forever AMI the gotd opinion of
what teN rlrnds We're lett him
Poor porterl he II TO be piticl A. oll Aunt
Jemima liardcA-lie used to eay, He sich foo "