The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-02-10
THE TENNESSEE.
Rumors and Apprehensions of her
Loss.

| WASHINGTON ~. W., teUTuuIy o.
Grave apprehensions are beginning Il
be entertained here with regard to the
safety Of the Tennessee, which conveyed
the San Domingo Commission from New
York. She has now been twcnty-thrct
days out, and no intelligence has been re
cefved OF her from any quarter. A report
was received from New York to-day, say,
Ing that she had loundered, and that al
on board had been lost. The story gained
rapid circulation, and created intense cX'
element in both houses Of Congress
where members gathered in knots to dis
cuss It's probability, neglectlng for th(
time the business in progress, Several
members telegraphed Immediately ia
New York, and were soon answered thai
1t was without foundation. Others pro
cceded to the White House and Navy De
partments, where they received like as.
surances. While the immediate concern
was allaycd upon learning that no act
ual news had been received, there
remains an anxious feeling, which is
caused by the TACT that no tidings
Whatever Of the steamer have been receiY-
ed. The President hlmselfis Is said TO have
been uneasy about this matter Tor several
days. He caused telegram to be sent
to Havana last week to ascertain whether
any news had been received at that port,
which was answered in the negative. Sen.
ator Morton is III and confined to his room,
partly on account Of his apprehensions as
10 the fate Of the Commission. The Ten.
nessec, 1t Is stated, has never been to sea
before, this being her first trip. She was
completely overhaulcd before starting,
and was supplied with new machinery,
engines and boilers. With fair weather
and her machinery keeping in good or
der, II was calculated that she would make
the trip In eight days. The theory seems
to be that her machinery got out of gear,
and that shc was compelled TO proceed
under sail, in which case it is thought II
would probably take her twenty-five days
to make the trip. The principal mystery
seems to be why 1t is she has not been
spoken, inasmuch as her route, the entire
triprwas along the path whichiS followed
by our entire cOastwise and gulf trade.
This Is the subject Of talk tonight, both
in private and official circles. There is no
doubt that the startling rum0r Of the
afternoon has awakened apprehensiOns
which will not bc allaycd until the receipt
of definite intelligence
Later and Further SpeculatiouS.
WASHINGTON, February 0.
The fact that the Tennessee, which
sailed from New York with the San Do.
mingo expedition on board, has not yet
been heard from continues to give rise to
very painful feelings in this city and else
where. But there does not seem to be
the least foundation for apprehension
since, If her engines which are new got
out Of order, II would take her twenty or
twenty five days TO reach San Domingo
under sail. Ills now but twenty.threc
davs since she LEFT New York In iact
those best capable Of juding entertain no
doubt whatever but that II few days more,
possibly hours only, will dispel all absurd
rumors now atloat. In addition to the
prominent Journalist on board, the com.
mission included the following gentlemen:
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wade, DR..
Howe and Prof White; Cadet Wade, pri-
vatc secretary TO his father; General Sigcl,
private secretary 10 DR.. Howe; Prot,
Crane, private secretary to Prof. White;
Prot. Blake, gcOlOgist to the commission;
Allen A. Burton, secretary to the commits.
sion; II. Brlmmcl anil 9. Wright, botan.
lists; Fred. Douglas, Sr., assistant secretary
to the commission; Fred. Douglas, Jr., pri.
vatc secretary to Mr.. Burton; two official
stenographers, John Foley and Mr.. Ilita.
Official Approximations about the
Safety of the Expedition.
The Washington Chronicle has the fol.
lowing double loaded ut the head Of It's
editorial columns this morning, and 1t is
understood rs expressing the opinion Of
both Secretary Robson and Admiral
Porter:
ave dislike TO raise groundless fears,
but there Is no use Of coucealing the fact
that some uneasiness is felt in regard to
the safety OF the United States steamer
Tennessee, which LETT on the sixteenth
T17thl instant, with the United Suites
Commissioners bound for San Domingo.
That some accident has occurred there
can be no doubt, but VIC trust that what
ever 1t may be It's III effects will be con.
fined simply to delay in the voyage and
vessel, and that all the passengers have
escaped the pcrils of the deep"
Ne News Of the Missing Steamer at
Havana.
HAVANA, February 0.
Nothing has been heard of the Tcnnes,
sec, with the San Domingo Commission.
Crs on board. inquiries are making at all
points in communication with Havana by
telegraph.
WASHINGTON, February 0.
The Navy Department has received the
following dispatch from tho telegraph
operator at Havana, dated today: n can.
not trace the report of the loss Of the
Tennessee to any reliable source, and be.
lieve It to be an idle hoax. Our papers
have not alluded to tho rumors. Key
West adviCes state that no disastrous
news have been received there oi the