The New York herald., 1871-02-21

Tho Tennessee-Iier Arrival mt st. Domingo.
After days Of anxiety on the part of those
having friends and relatives on board the
tennessee, made anxious by the absurd and
criminal doubts regarding her safety and in
situations of her loss which have been given
to the world by journals that depend upon
getting up sensational stories to maintain a
miserable existence, we have the pleasure Of
announcing her safe arrival at Samana Bay,
st. Domingo, on the Gath of January, after q
safe and pleasant passage of seven days from
New York, all well on board. Not for one
instant, since her departure from her anchor
age off Staten Island, have we felt the slightest
anxiety regarding the safety Of the Tennessee
and those on board. We have made it point
! Is explain why reported steamers could be the
Tennessee. and why they could not and these
explanations haya proved correct and at the
same time we have asserted in every days
issue that she was safe, that she haa .arglyed
at her destination, that her people were on
shore enjoying themselves in tropical tenn
perature and admiring tropical scenery, and
that they would be heard from in good time,
and in these assertions we were correct also
and now we have great satisfaction in know
ing that much of the trouble caused by the
silly stories that have been circulated for days
past and nearly all the anxiety has been
quieted by the modest but firm assertions we
have made, without reservation whatever,
that the Tennessee was all right.
In doubtful matters of any nature it is a safe
thing to place reliance upon the HERALDs as
sertions and opinions. What it says Is always
based upon knowledge of the subject, and
those who read it feel assured that It is in
nine cases out of ten correct. The per-
sons who had friends and relatives on
board the Tennessee, and who read the
HERALD, never doubted their safety. They
went to bed and slept as soundly as If the
ship was moored alongside the cookbook at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 1t is only those
andwe rejoice that the number is few-who will
persist in reading sensational matter that felt
the slightest uneasiness regarding their friends.
They were tormented day after day by hints and
dark surmises; they were led to imagine the
worst; they were taught to build up frightful
scenes OF shipwreck and its attendant horrors
until at last they were almost rendered fit SUBJ
jects for lunatic asylum, and now that the
news of her safety has been received and the
reaction has set in, they see how terribly they
have been dealt with, how completely they
have been misled, and they exclaim, ''Why
did we not read the HERALD and believe what
it said? How much misery and unhappiness we
would have been saved!" We agree with
them fully, and it will be lesson for them in
future, one that we hope they will profit by.
The HERALD makes it rule to bring happi-
ness, rather than misery, whenever 1t can. 1t
never will cause sorrow If it can be avoided,
and while 1t gives news, no matter how dis
agreeable, it never will publish mere rumors
and reports that may be the means of creating
much mischief without they have positive
foundation. By observing this rule with
regard to the Tennessee we have very posi-
bly, prevented serious consequences. There
was no ground for our doing other than we
did. There was no reason why the Tennessee
should be lost; no reason why she had not
arrived at her destination. We knew the
latest dates from st. Domingo and we also
knew that until later wero received there was
no possibility of her being heard from. With
this knowledge we held our point, and the
result has been, as we knew it would be-
viz, the Tennessee Is safe and the HERALD
correct.