The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-13
THE TENNESSEE.
The President not 50 Confident OF
Her Safety-Vessels to be Sent In
Search OF Her from Key West and
Havana

search OF Her from Hey West and
Havana.
WASHINGTON, February ll.-There is
no news yet, either good or bad from
the Tennessee. The positive assertions
made at the Navy Department as to her
seaworthiness have done much to allay
the general apprehension, and to inspire
hope that the only accident she has met
with has been to her machinery, in
which case it is claimed she has not
consumed too much time thus far in
making the trip. The only thing that
makes this view unreasonable, old sea
captains claim, is the singular fact that
she has not been spoken by any other
vessel. 1t is stated tonight that the
Government will dispatch steamers both
from Kew West and Havana in search
of the missing vessel. This action will
be taken, not because the Navy Depart
ment shares in the public apprehension,
but simply to show that the Govern
ment is willing to do everything in its
power to appease the alarm and excite
ment The President, however, does
not seem to be so confident Of the safety
of the missing steamer, Notwithstanding
his answer to all general inqulrers on
the subject at the White House. In a
recent conversation with prominent
member of the House, to whom was
entrusted the charge Of the championing
of the San Domingo resolution in that
body, the President said that he felt
considerable anxiety on the subject.
He stated that the Commissioners had
positive instructions to send dispatches
Immediately upon their arrival at Sam
ana Bay, and that they should have ar
rived there a week ago last Saturday.
What has tended more than anything
else to keep up the feverish excitement
in the public mind upon this subject, Is
the statement made by General Nathan
iel P. Banks in his speech to-day in the
House while the Hanson resolution was
under consideration. He reviewed the
stories which were current some time
since relative to certain engineers re.
fusing to take passage on Board Of the
Tennessee. because they believed her
anseaworthy. No one seems to know
who these engineers are, what are their
names, nor where they are to be found,
Notwithstanding numerous inquiries
have been made in that direction
Was Il the Tennessee.
Special to the Western Press.
PHILADELPHIA, February 1.-THE
bark w. E. Andrew, Capt. w. Ii. c.
Drummond, from Prussia, reports
that on January 10Th, while blow
ing a strong gale from the north,
east and q heavy sea run.
ming, they passed a large
bark-rigged man-ot:war steamer stand
ing southwark under close-reefed top
sails, in latitude Sc, longitude 100 81
minutes, steaming slowly. The captain
is sure the steamer was the Tennessee.
No Grounds for Uneasiness.
Commodore Alden, chief Of the
Bureau of Navigation, who superln-
tended the embarkaton Of the San
Domingo Commissioners, emphatically
contradicts the wicked rumors regarding
the unseaworthiness Of the Tennessee.
Although sensation.mongers have Gre
ated alarm in the minds Of those who
have relations and friends on board,
still those best capable Of Judging, see
as yet no existing cause for apprehen-
sion.