The New York Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1864, Page 1

S THE WHOLE NO. .1015+ ree —————— THE ALABAMA. Naval i Action Between the Kearsarge and the Alabama. The Alabama Defeated and Sunk. Semmves Picked Up and Taken | to Cowes. Sixty-Eight Rebel Ofileers and Crew Captured. _ The Great shv's of the Alabama--- Seamon from the Britigh Navy. r | eee ee Bight Millions of Francs, Forty-five Chro- nometers and Other Spoil Left at Cherbourg by the Pirate, How Semmes was Rescued from the Water and Concealed in the Yacht, THE KEARSARGE IN PORT AT CHERBOURG Another Vessel Reported Ready for Semmes in the Thames. Excitement in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Paris and Cherbourg. THE HERALD’S SPEGIAL DESPATCHES, &e &o &e, ‘We have received by the Now York and City of Balti more at this port, the following important despatches Felative to the fight between the rebel steamer Alabama, Captain Semmes, and the United states steamor Kear- @orge, Captain Winslow, off the const of France, which fesuited in the siuking of the pirate vessel, the killing, ‘wounding or capture of most of her oMcers and crew, and the oseape and arrival of Sommes in England. (eke Tae FR THE HERALD DESPATCHES. Correspondence. Caersoves, June 21, 1864, Naval Battle Between the Kearsarge and the Alabama—It Lasis One Hour and Five Minutet—The Alabama Sunk— 4 Number of Her Crew Drowned and Wounded—Cayt. Semmes Escapes in an English Yacht—Bad Fuith of the Yachteman—Five Rebel Oflers and Six'y-two Men Taken Prisoners—Ths Prisoners Paroled—Inciients of the Fight—Its Heroes, dc., de. “Uncle Sam’s web feet,” in the persons of Captain ‘Winslow, her commander, and the brave officers and crew of the United Statea sloop-of-war Kearsarge, have won for ‘themselves immortal! glory—names that will livelong and shive brightly in our naval history. They have rid the Ocean of a scourge which has too long been permitted to exist. They bave sunk ihe Anglorebel pirate Alabama, whieb now lies just outside this harbor, in at least forty fatboms of water, not a trace of her being loft in sight. ‘This glorious result was obtained {a a fair Gght, which took place just off this barbor, between the Alabama aud the Kearsarge, on Suaday last; and, in order to arrive at @ consecutive relation of the eventa connected with the Gestruction of the rebel pirate, it will be necessary for me to go back ayittle. Twas tp Paris on Sunday, when the fret report of a naval battic botween the two vessels arrived there, Byer ince it was known that tho Alabama was lying in the port of Cherbourg, aod the Kearsarge cruising off it, W bad been generally supposed that a naval combat ‘would eusue; but ao one sespected that it would take place at so early a date, The Alabuma was eaid to be very much out of repair, and it was supposed that it would be some weeks ore she would be able to leave port. On Sunday afternoon, June 19, about four o'clock, the news reached Paris that the Alabama bad heen sunk in @ fight with the Kearzarge. Among the rebels, to whom Blclegraphic daspatch wae sent, about the sume time av ope was forwarded to wr. Dayton, Colonel Charles Carroll Bicks, well known ju Now York, was the favored mortal who recived the Srat notidoation of the sad event, The terrible news was speodily communicated to the crowd of secessionists who make tho Grand Hote! their Deadquarters, aud who had been for sevoral days talking very loudly about the superior skill and bravery of Captain Sommes and hit crew, and bad been rejoicing In advance at the “mont and handy” way in which the Yankee captain was to be whipped, How they reckoned without thelr host the sequel wil! show. There was mourning in the rebel emp Sanday cyening, and an equal measure of joy among loyal mon, Mr, Dayton rocapved the nows at an early hour in a telegraphic despatch from his son, who had gone to Cher- Dourg several days bofore, and who was one of the forte Bato Witnesses of tho fight. J took the first train yesterday morning, and arrived at Cherbourg iast evening atten o'clock, Ihave been ous @rged all vight iu gathering what particulars leould of thie {mportant and interesting 0: battle, It is now Aye o'clock in the morning, and tu order to reach you by Unis maid thie lotier wii 6 Pddtod to Paris ot half-pact woven o'clock. YOu will thorofore see that it will be im. poasibie for me to enter into dotalis ae fully as I bope to {m time for the next mail, That which | do givole euthentic and reliable ‘Tho Koarsargo, under the command of Captain J Winslow, isa United States steam sto war of the ‘third clase, carrying one hundred and sixty.three officers and men and seven guns, of the following deseription and Balibro :—Two eleven-inch Daligrens, ove rifle thirty. ‘two-pounder, and four broad#ide thirty-twos, In tou- Mage the Kearsarge moasures 1,031, ‘The Alabama was a larger vessel, but Of about the same Vonnage, and carried eight guns—one a hundred pounder File, one sixty-eight aod six thirty-twos, ‘The Alabama feached Chorbourg on Saturday, the 11th OF June, from Cape Town, with thirty privoners, the crows, @f two Americah merchant versols which she bad op: tured and on the passage, and which she Our Cherbo: Paris on | | eels as beautiful. The; until, towards (he eud of the figh TAT TN IN 5%, ———orrenisig te te tail “cae —____—. Be inne NEW YOK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1864, portions of tho crew of the Rappahannock, lying at Calais, came here, Her officers, who have been much of the Lime @P shore, have frejuently boasted of the prowess of the captain avd crew, and asserted that they could waip any Yankee vessel which dared come against them, The Kearearge arrived off the port on the 14th of June. Since last March se has bese cruising fo and about the Channel, looking more particularly for the Rappahannock than for anything else. She lay for some tine last winter in Brest, watching tho Florida. The Kearsargo, since her arrival off the port, has never been ingide until after the battle, having been lying of and on at a distance of from three to seven miles of the coast, Tho fight took place on Sunday, the 19th. On the 15th, the day after the arrival of the Kearsarge off the port, Captain Wisiow received from Mr. Liais, the consular agent of the United States here, a note containing an ex- tract from a letter written by the rebel agent at Cher- bourg, and purporting “to quote from a letter of Captain Semmes to the rebel agont, Captain Semmes stated that he consideroi the presence of the Kearsargo in the vicini- ty of the port an insult’ to him aud the rebel fag; thot he was desirous of doin; so and intended giving her @ fight, and “begged that the Kearsarge would remain off tho port, where ho hoped not to detain her long—uo longer than to-morrow or next day at farthest.” To this boasting irony of course Captain Winslow made no reply, but prepared his ship for the coming combat. Captain Semmes, however, did detain him two days lovgor than he promised. It woald probably have been better for Captain Semmes and bis yessel had he even ‘waited & little longer.” Nothing more was beard of the Alabama until Sundsy morning, the Kearsargo in the meantime continuing her cruise off the port, A little after ten o'c! . satnniuy Sabbath taseninge, the Rearaurge then Teng About four miles off the port, the Alabama was discovered Steaming towards her through what is known as tho “eastern passage.” Tho men wore immediately beat to quarters every man sprang to his place, eager for the commencement of tho fray. In cfder, to put beyond the shadow of a doubt any question apo”'* @ Yolation of neutral territory, Captain Winslow, immediat upon discovering the Alabama, headed his vessel out to set, and gtenmed away from the port until he had reached a disiance of about sevon miles, the Alabama following $8 ber wake, at a dis Of a mile and a bat’, tha revel Ty econ tS 6 Struck, jiy in the breeze of maorniag, After reaching an offing of about seven miles, the Kear- | ge Siackened speed and turnod her port side toward the Alabama slowly, allowing the latter to approach her. While bringing her portside to bear upon the Alabama, for the purpose of fighting the battle on that side, the Kearsarge, reserving ber fire, aud a deathiike silence pre- vailing on board, permitted’ the Alabama to approach within a distance of twelve hundred yards, The Kearsarge English yacht steamer belonging to the Royal Yaong Squadron, named the Deerhound, avd owned by a gentle in Liverpool, came fu sight of the Kearrarge imaje- diately upon the disappearance of the Alabama, It soems she had beea at anchor during the early part of the action; but towards its close weighed anehor an’ steamed away outside of tho Kearearge, aftor ard pass: iow wader ber stern Captain Wisslgw halled ber and acked hor assistance Ip rescuing the drowning men of the Alabama, She proceeded toward thea, lowered ber boats, whieh wero seen to pick up & few men, snd then, without approaching the Kearsarge again , steamed away, and, spreading her canvass, headed toward the Mnglish coast Among others reseued by hor were two Lnglish officers who came on the ‘Kearsarge to surrender the Alabama and several other officers who had beea per- mitted to leave with their boats to résere their own crew, Dut, who it appears, deserted them and songht ré& foge on board their Kuglish tender, It ig generally eup- tbat Captain Semmes escapod in this yacht, al though among the offeers of the Kearsarge this is by no means considered positive. One of the meu taken prisoner asserts that the last be saw of the Captain, just bofore the ship went down, he was yoing down into bis cabin, while another asserts that he saw him alongside of him in the water, It is proven that Mr. Kell, the first Meutenant and executive officer of the Alabama, did escape in one of the boats of the Deerhound, It bas since been stated, and is believed, that the yacht, which had been two daye in port, was alongside the Alabama shortly before her dopartare, aud that Captain Semmes put on board of her his chronometer and other articles of value, Tt is thought she might have saved a dozen men altogether. and legally, should bave been delivered to Captain Wins- tow. When were taken the Alabama bad struck ber flag and surrendered, and these men were Jogitinmee jy prisoners. Captain Winslow would bave beeu per- fectly justified in firing into the yacht, It is probable they’ had remained at Cherbourg expressly for the pur- pose of aiding in the eacape of Semmes in cage, a8 he did, he sbonld get the worst of the fight. Another inst ince of the fair and honorable dating of ‘‘perfide Aluion. A few gonttering men were picked up by some French | pilot and fishing boats, and taken into Cherbourg. After saving all the men she could find, the Kearsarge took a pilot and camo into Cherbourg,’ arriving here about two o'clock, without, it is believed, any serions damages, although it will require her some two weeks probably’ to repair, Capt. Winslow, giving as a resgon that he had no room to keop them Aer eerintal roled the prisouers—five officers and sixty.two men—| ether went on shore. The officers thus paroled were Surgeon Galt, formerly of the United States navy, Third Lieutenant Wilson, Third Engineer Pundt, Chief Engineer Freeman and the boat- Swais. Sevoral other cfiicers, whose names I have not te ee able to ascertain, were picked up by French It is qeguecul whether tho action of Capt. Winslow in rolfng the prisonore will meet with the approbation of a acvornment, hr fr Nels s0.far Ae ee Ge make it, toa rocognit{on of “belligerent pights”’ of this British pirate, whe Nae baie oh tis Erebel port, It may have the effect to seriously complicate the ques: These, in good faith | PRICE THREE ing of dtvaprointmont and pored gout tn Ler Bou more, and let hngiand take not oply a Jesson, but a warn ing, for she wii gurely have to pay in fw damage done by the *‘Fnglish pirate.” Letter from the Owner of the Yucht, 70 TRE EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMBS, G, ALK eogegement between the Confeder and the Sox federal steamor Kearsarge:M> June 19-9 A, Got steaming out of the harbor towards the federal steamer Keargarge, 11:30—the Alabama commenced firing with ber starboard battery, the distance between the cou- tending vessels being about one mile, The Kearsarge im. mediatoly replied with her starboard guos; a very shar), Spirited firiag wag then kept up, shot sometimes being varied by shells, To the manwuvrivg both vessels made Seven complete circles at a distance of from a quarter to haifa mile, At twolve ‘ight intermission was observed in the Alabama's tlrivg, the slabama making head sail, and shaping her course for the land, distant abovt nine miles. At ball-pat twelve observed the Alabama to be Gsabled and in a sinking state. We immediately made towards ber, and on pa: the Koarsarge were r quested towisaist in saving the Alabama's crew. At ten minutes te one, when witbin @ distance of two bundred yards, the Alabama sunk, We (hen lowered our two boats, anc, with the assistance of the Alabama’s whale, boat and dlngy, sneceaded in saving about forty men, int cluding Captain Semmes and thirieen officers, M, we steered for Southampton. I may state that, apparently much disabled. The Alabama's loss, so far ag “t present ascertained, in killed and wounded, Kc , was as follows, viz:—One oficer and one man drowned, six men ed and one otliver and sixteen men wounded. Captain Semmes received @ slight wound in the right hand. The Kearsarge’s boats were, alter some delay, Jowered, and, with the agsietance of a French Piloiboat, Succeeded im picking up tho remaining survivors, JOHN LANCASTER, Siem Yacut DeERHOUND, orr Cowss, Juue 19, 1534. 5 a At onek, Our London Correspondence, Loxpon, June 22, 1864, A New Privateer vitting Out for Semmes in’ the Thames— Lnglind Move Malignant Against the Union, £c, Tho sinking of the Alabama on Sunday morning has been the theme of every tongue, and tho gossip o! every coterie, Captain Semmes js the hero of the hour. As one of the duily papers expressed It, he ‘‘1a the guost of England,” And yefore hé had been 4 shore forty-eight hours arrangements were made for furnishing bim another ship, more savift and powerful than the ill-fated tion of claims which our goverumeut will make ¢ Great Britain tor property destroyed by this veesel, built, armed, equipped and manved in an English port. It was cortainly in opposition to the in-tructionsof Mr. Dayton, to whom Capt Winslow applied as to whether or not be should parole tho prisoners Mr. Dayton’s bad five guus with which she fought the battle, mounted on the port side, her crew not being sufficiently large to work the whole seven guns upon one side, When the Alabama had arrived within the distance above mention she opened the combat with a broad- side fired at the Kearsarge, The Alaboma fought seven of her guns, two more than wero used by the kearearge, and algo on her starboard side. None of the shots Struck the Kearsarge, one or two passing ovor and the rest falling short. The reverberations of the cannon and the wicked, whizzing sound which the shot made ia passing through the air, however, excited the mev, who were anxious to return shot for shot. Captain Winslow, Lowever, deemed it wise to allow his antagonist, evidently flushed with the Lope of a Speedy and an easy victory, to approach still nearer. The Alabama, still apprcaching slowdy, fired a second and a third broadside, none of the shots, however, taking effect, betore the Kearsarge returned a shot. When the proper distance seemed to be obtained Cap. tain Winslow epened his batteries upon the rebel, and poured broadside after broadside into her as rapidly as the gunners could load and fire A lively scene was now exhibited. The moment it was known that the Alabama was leav- ing port, the people of the town, who for some days had been on the qui vide, began to fi towards the en- trance to the port, and belore the firstzun was fired hun- dreds were gazing from the bigh cliffs and eminences which surround the port. The first sound of cannon shot, distinctly heard in this town, brought out all who had been waiting for a certainty, aud @ crowd of excuraionists, having just arrived from Paris, without the remotest idea that one of the prettiest naval contests of the age was to be thrown in for their amusemout, thousands of were gathered ce the hilltops tooking oat 1 sea, where capgrta eeree sa Ail the military and naval authorities of the port were assembled there, with spyglagses in their hands, and wit- essed the fight with great satisfaction, Even with the eee eye the combat ould be distinctly observed; for ie lay was afee tho F oar @ opened batteries uj {apamay @ Fapl and contiguous fire Was kabt Mp trot Peeceecy, bright and clear. the sides, Each veeeo! of gourse kept her stcam up, and each was Sailing ia @ circle in a direction opposite to tbe other, keeping the starboard battery bearing upoo ber antagonist. Spectators describe the mancuvriog of both the ves- continued approaching each other distance of but about Ove hundred yards separated them. The Alabama fired much more frequently than the Kearsargo, aud wasted a great deal more powder and b: Generally her shots were evidently badly aimed, and Ligh. Fvidentiy ber forte was to attack andawo yuto surrepder avarmed merchant but from the first the tiring from her showed that she was not com- petent to grapple with the trained and disciplined crew of @ vesse! of-war, Many of the shots, however, struck and cut the rig. ging of the Kearsarge, without {nflicting, however, any Serious damage—the shrill whistie of every one as it fiew over their beads exciting the crew of the Kearsar; aud reudoring them more than ever determines conguer. The o'clock, bt commenced at twent; jd lasted just one hour and five minutes. iz this 3 ime four shots lodged in the bull of the Keareargo. «i Eight shots in oll struck herhull. One rifleshot entirely through her ehell through the starboard side, below tho main rigging. near the shear plank, bursting and wounding th: men, causing the ouly casualties to the crew of the Kearsarge during the fight. One of these, a man named Dempsey, had his arm tuken off, and’ the others received fractures of the legs. Another ritle shell struck wader U tern and lodged ia the rudder post without exploding; another carried away the starboard life buoy; another scratched the hammock vettings aft. Three thirty two-pounders passed the port side, on- posite the wardroom batch. Another carried away one of the craves over the wardroom hatch, and, taking slanting direction upward, passed through the bottom of the cutter op the port side. Another rifle shot struck the top of the engine room ekylight, outiing clear aeross it like a saw, au iaily passed through the skylight window. Several struck the starboard lignt; but their force was broken by chains bung on the side to cover and protect the boilers Thes therefore, caused no damage, Shots were coutivually whizzing through the rigging like hajistonos, and it seems almost a miracle that more casualties did not oceur. The first shot noticed as producing any offect upen the Alabama struck ber amidships, but in ber nppor works, making a perceptible gap, but doing little or no serious minutes past ten damige, About balf way through the fight an cleven joch shell exploded on tho Alabama's deck, near one of the divisions, killing fifteen out of the nineteen mon, aod scattering boves and flesh jn ail directions, aud cut ting ong may enYrely tn two, One of the Al a's crew says the ecuppers literally “van blood.” Third Lieutenant Wilson, also taken he was koocked down four times, but deck of the a ec ¢ Konrsarge it could be plaint: seen that ber effective and destroctive fire was ‘eFtous'y injuring the Alabama, aod as each shot strack her ride joud beers went op from the crew of the Kearsarve, more than ever @ntausiagtic by 9 speedy prospec! of suceess During the entire fight the men (whore frst baptiem with fire this was) acted with tho groatest cool: D and determined courage, not a singid ope of thom showing the “white feather,” One bundred and seventy four rounds were fired dur. and it ie computed that that number: the A:abama fred at least tw Ata quartor past eleven it w Sommes had altered bis optoion rel jon to the prow cee and ek) Of BY® Yaokee antagonist, and arrived ot ul sion that “diseretion was the boter part of alor; had, 19 short, a8 our amiable President caco elegantly expressed it, decided to “turn tail and rao.’ He voored r spd and commenced steaming Io the dirce- tloo of the French coast, evidently desirous of placing bimeeh ae apeedily ow posmble within the limite of the “‘marjve league’? Which marks the boundary between French ters itory and (he common ocean, ‘Lhe Kearsarge Immediately followed, the Alabama con- tinuing t dre gerstern gun Finding that the speed cf the Kearearge, who was rapidly jog Om ber, was superior to hers, the Alrbaina “to and it was reporied that ele had strack her Gag and geémed to bo setting; ‘but ber boats wore not lowered, because, a8 was after. ward learned, they tad been ebattorod by thé ebot (rom 6 No white flag ‘fen ‘rom sarge, she delivered another fi rondside, more Jamege (hao all the previous ones. the Kearsary Observed that Cepiain | answer by telegraph, however, did not arrive until aiter the men were paroled. It is certataly in opposition to the feelings and wishes of bis officers, As to the mat. ter of room, Mr. Dayton informed me before 1 left Paris that he bad telegraphed to Capt, Wiuslow that the St. Louis would arrive at Cherbourg in a few days from the Mediterrancan, and could take most of the pris. oners ov board, That Capt. Wiusiow belfeved he was act- ing for the best of couraa I firmly believe, Still 1 think he acted very upwisely and injudiclousis The fifteen wounded mon are in the bospital,and are attended by the surgeon of the, Kearsarge and by the aur- geon of the Rappahannock, who came over from Paris yesterday, [have not yet seen them, but shall do go t Seon acd by next mail will give you much further par. iculars. Some of the paroled officers have gone to Paris to-day, and the men are loafing about the streets. One of them told me just now that he bad lost ali taste for pirating, ad knew of no inducomout, aven bad he not given bis Parolo, whieh would make him roship in a rebol cruiser. I met Captain Winslow last even: fa company with the eurgeon and Purser Smith, at the American consular agent's, | am greatly indebted to all these gentiemen, and Peston to the purser, who bag sat cp with me noarly all uight detailing the particulars wiiich I have given you The officers are of course allio high spirits Captain Winslow is evidently as modest as he is brave ant de termined. [n response tp my “God bless you; you have made yourself immortal,” he simply replied that be been instrumental in ridding the ocean asended, with the destruction of the Al cf the neatest fittie naval battles which hae ogcurse during the war. Let the country rejoice, and render homage to the gallant follows who so ga lantly fought a a woo it. The Sight from.the Deerhound. - TO THE EDITOR OF TIS NEW YORK HERALD. Ox THe Deok oF tax Daeruousn, Cowes, Juno 19, 1864 It is seldom that an American abroad has the oppor. tunity of sending home such glorious news as it is now my fortune to narrate. The Alabama, otherwise known ‘as tho 290,” has at last mot the fate she sorichly do served, and at the bands of a Uuited States gunboat, which Captain Semmes, of his own choice, bad challenged to mortal combat. Last woek tho Alabama arrived at Cherbourg for the purpose of repairing, proparatery to another cruise of destruction; but owing to the absence of tho Emperor, who was at Fontainebleau, there was some delay in procuring the necessary permission, In the meantime Captain Winslow, of the United States sloop Kearsarge, received teformation of the Alabama's arrival, aud tmmediately left the viciuity of Dover to watch, and, If possible, to capture the pirate, On Saturday Captain Semmes went on shore, where be had an interview with « gentioman conuected with the firm of Saunders & Otely, and with whom he felt hig journals aod other documents gonnected with the Ala- bama, saying that “Ho would not have that damped Yan- koe faunting bis flag before him, but would go out and fight him” This of course caused conetd le talk as well as excitement at Cherbourg, some believing that Semmes would keep his word and others not. Ihe Unglish steam vacht Deerhouad, owned by Mr. Lancaster, was at Cherbourg, having on board Mr. L., hie wife and family. who determined to witness the engagement. On Sunday morning. the 19th of June, the weather being clear, with light winds, the Alabima was | ebserved to be preparing to cast loose from the dock, | evidently for the purpose of going to sea. This immod ately canted tho Deerhound to got up steam a Cherbourg at ning o'clock A. M., followed by Dama at belf-past ton o'clock A, aleo the Franch | clad Couronne, which sbip took position within § ree miles of the land, to prevent fghtiug in neutra waters, ‘The Kear: at this time was sbout tev mies of shore, and, observing the movements of the Alsbami, immediately got on fall steam, beat to quarters aud | steered towards the pirate. When within a distance of two thousand yards the Alabama commenced the action | by firing a aside from her starboard battery, | the Kearsarge immediately repiyiog with bor starboard guns. A ebarp and most spirited fire was now kept up | between the two vesrels, the Alabama firing prity nolid shot, and the Kea’ using moré svel; eleven-inch columbiads. Perr the Al r In mancwuvring they made seven complete circ Alabama endeavoring to Keep at long range, but wor ¢ Koar cessfully, ou account of the superior p. sarge, Atiwolve M. the firing from the A aod she was seb to make head sail t escaje, however, was pot permitted by t who kept op a stosdy fire, and at bait pa Alnbama had her stero uncer water a white ‘a fying, and at fifty minutes pret twelve she gave to her port side and ennk, thus ending ber cerorr c straction under the guns of the firat war chin she bee | ventured topneonnter, And may thus eud ail enone of the United States, } ihe engo t lasted jast one ovr from the timo | the two veacets came ivto range. The firing on (he Al Dana was mech more rapid (ban on the Kearsy she | (Alabama) Dring thres to her ove at the beginvwg ° at gradnally diniuishing, thus show io, 0 vior manner in A short description of the. 4 omica, ‘Thercfore I wil! give it:—The Alebama, © 8 launched frem the boitding yard of the ¥ Laird, of Birkenhead. She was & bark rigeed propellor, 1,000 tons Togister, 210 feet Jongti of kee feet length over all, 32 foet beam and 17 fee! depth. } Her engines were built by Laird & Co., aod wore two horizontal ovee, three hundred horse power ench, wrth stow oxe for hyeok 3 four tundred tons oF © Her evils n A singkenei, 2 land. He t twelve | ‘The white fag was then run up from the 4\abame, aud & boat fom her approvcbed the Keurzarge. ‘The Oring then fvally censed, The bout woe nuder the command of an English olf cet, belonging to the Alabama, who informed Capt, WiteioW that the litter woe ina sinks ma went down—dowD clear and straight tue Dettom of the ocean, fhe was at this time about ex rofles outside the port. and about five huudred yards ais- ‘Vani irom the Kearsargo ‘The men, o8 she was sivklog, jumped overboard. Many wee doubtiees drowned —bow many ix vot yet known, Ehe bad about the some sized crew ae tho Kearsarge, Manded imm firriving? She ontereit the har ssi eg porpose of making ropaity, nud it fod seventy were ul] Ubat wore aaved by the availnbie boats of the Alabama ie taken from the water by those ‘of the Kearanrge, Fifteen of thore they eaved were wounded, Two of these died after being rescued, the corpenter of the Alabama, one Robiason, was picked dead and perfeotiy waked. Anaw “oharantar now anpeared upon the scene, An avd Standing rigging at ajl eee ailable wore es fot jows :—Fore, foretopmast, stayea! Nib, two jorge try enite, (he ueual square sails fore ar! main, with the } exception of il, which was @ jyrg one, eponicor an! gaff topeaiis; all t nd H alav had a double whee, i Poaider She carricd 7 Smnitshipe, ete mizen meets, and dingy ost piorged for tweby: elliptic alert dulwarks. At the time ee left Quarb yng ber | Bumbered ge hundred odd Afiy persone, pe sailed VOT) ool on the 29th of Fury, 1862, and a ter proy in ferrly two Years upon tinermeg mercheutmer, u baving havty Ginn) ‘botbing More worthy of ler doosted prowose than the destruction of the stators, of het he ee of tlze colors withip rare fons tought ber fir-tand last battio, Ove truly sey She baw been geen ip the light of the f she Than kindle o the coean, but never in the red gla) vet atmusing to see the wry faces that Jobn Pill wakes over the pews of her destruction, especially alier baving Joso much tan Of the American vevy, Tho jira ie—~ 1 so bard to ewallow—that a Yankee guobeat, with © crow of one hundred men aud right gont, shonid beve nok fons mam ot 'wae rity ave egy ee oman ped one mar by Fhghahmen kes ‘rion tho wave”) — In rncty noth! { f Dritieh mao-of- nel owser, ‘Saoreet colors, Among {bore who'svsmoatnize with the South there ia au evident fo0l- “y ex o j the | towns of the United Stat ort | site it Hawa) warfare, of coarse she bad theadvaitige of horopponent. The Kerrsarge hos beer eretsing for the Alabina for (wo yoars, and has been denied to Porta for the purHoRe Of Tevals to her bull craft that has just mot such a righteous retribution ia Cherbourg bay. A gentleman told me yesterday he had sem the steamer that was now fitting out for Caplain Semmes here in the Thames. Ant he added ‘hal she wou'd be pu! under his command in such @ way that che government could not possibly interfere. 1 believe every word of this ts true, ‘there is « malignant spite in this English metropolis, coupled with a love of gain that would rig out and arm a bundred Alabamas, utterly regardless of public morality, uational right or public policy, A gentioman of my ecquaintance bad a loug conversa. tion with the sccond oMicer of the Alabama, aud be gave him these particulars The arrangement was made at Cherbourg witu the captain of the yncbt Deerhound to go out and witness the ght, and rescue Semmes if he were defeated The ojlicer algo said they had only four or five days provisions on board, and tho French goveru- rucnt had forbidden the m a supply; 80 thoy bad to go ou aud meet the Keargarge or have the ship sold and the crew disbanded. Trusting \o that luck which had ever touded his craft, the bold buccaneer sallied out—te meet more than bis mateb. if Capt. Wilkes exceeded his duty in taking Mason and Slideli from the Trent, then Capt. Winsiow ts somewhat to blame tu allowing Semmes to escape. Bot some of bis apologists may reply that he inquired after Capt. Semmes of the frst boatioad of wounded gnd prisoners that came op bogrd, aud was told be was drowned. Ina fow day’ a new Alabama, aid part of 9 now ana part'of the old crow, will be cutting the salt sea foam #4 a speed of sixteoo knots au hour, sinking aud burping what for mercbaut veasels ‘yet remain uoder the atripes and Stars,” and Qtied out as before with Brilisb gold, Mounted with British gups apd: supplied with British shot avd shell, and accompanied by the malignant joy of oluety-nine bundredtps of Lngiishmen. Four American sailors who were captured by the Al ‘baina on one Of the last ships that sbe buroed have lately landed They desoribe the Alsbama as a . wey say there was not a pae- board, that they considered their lives in jeopardy every hour, end that they djd not believe Semmes himself (ei aey personal security against bis jawloss myrmftions, SEMMES’ OFFICIAL REPORT. Lonpox, June 23, 1864. Mr. Mason, the representative of the rebel goverament, bas sent a copy of this report to the London Zime:;— Captain Semmes says that fm an hour aud ten minutes the Alabama was found to be In a sinking stato, the one my’s shells having exploded on Ler sides and between decks. For a few minutes he bad hopes of reaching the French but the ship filled rapidly and the furoace ‘res were extinguished. Captain Femmes says:i—I now hauled down colors to prevent the funther destruction of life, aud despatched » boat to inform the enemy of our condition. Although we were now but four bosdred yards from each other the enemy fired at mo five times after colors had been struck, It 1s charitable to suppose that a ship-of-war of a CDristien pation could not have done this intentionally. fe tweuty miouies after my furnace Gres bad beoo extinguished, aed the ship being ou the point of siukiug, each man, 10 obedience to @ previous order which bad been given to the crew, jumped overboar! and en- exvored to eave bimesel!. There was wo apperreuce of any boats coming from the onemy after the siiip wout down. 1 was fortunate my- sell ip escapwg to the shelter of (be neutral Mag on board Mr. Lancaster's yacht Leorhound, together with lorty other THE VESSELS AND THEIR OFFICERS, The ships wore wei! matched in every respect, being nearly of the same tonnage and numbor of guns, If there was aay di\Terouce it wae in fayor of the pirate, who car- ried a battery of eight thirty-two pounders of Afy six lundred weight, one ove hundred. pounder rifle, one sixty. eight-pounder aud one twenty-four-pounder rife, The Kearsarge carried a cleyoo-inch guns io pivot, four thirty-two-pouaders in broadside, one twenty-pounder rifle and one twenty-four pounder bowltzor. {a the action, in all probability, Kearsarge (did not use ber twenty-poauder howltzor, We gire in the following table a com parison of the weight of metal thrown by cach ship, It will be seea that the differen small; probobly two ships never met better maiched io gens. In men the cate was diferont; the crew of the Mabama were gradoates of ber Britannic Majccty's gul> very ship Excelieut, the pride of the British wavy, while that of tha Kearsarge was made up from the inland ,uever (rained in a guonery w any orher ship, The gunuery training of the Englishmen availed thom nothing, as w thelr fring (ore hun. tred api Alty rounds), they wounded only three Yankees 3 3 and damaged the Kearsarge but litte, while the ‘un trained’? Yankees sunk te pride of the Britishers avd | rebois, The following is a table of the armamants of tho re spective vossels:— ARMAMENT OF THR ALABAMA, Weight of Clave pounders, oneh +++ 100 pooner rifle «63 poundor .. WU pounder ride... . Li guns... , Total weight,..... Weight of broaleite meta) shot, 3184. ARMAMENT OF THE RFANSAROR. BL pounders, oT owt see Da-pourser rifle. +e Bh ponndor how ila -— Amy 4 + UL af tlaivde’ ols holt, 988 a} Ware, & odioal gentleman oF this town, his right hand Weight of broadsite metal (¢ix gunt), shell, 962 ib.; baeng sghliy spliniered by a shell shorn oF THe REBEE SANE | Bh . Sho , th. ATPRATANCE » the: a \ a ab the mo caine on Voard tho Leorhoun ¥ tal pts by Sel oy | etuten. oo out Choir drawers aod shirts, having, doze | Aeneas’ n18%6 to fight nd ove of the rien, wich a eal.or’s de- . rv) ong, ineiwed ou soe cuplain, who was then | ‘ f O'S | Wing in Me Tanouster’s Vong oxbAuSted Stato, je rrr ore | at lhe, bed Leon Withee ja cemnies with tho | “Sec | Sulp’y prpers tone one ese would he give them np, ot 48356 | Vee glu were na very woxiius about thelr captain, wud ‘There frets amd Ogures are Wority Of (he altemtioncl } were rejoieod to find thas be hud been saved. They ap. 0 well to take | porreds to Len set of frat rite felows, aud toe ell | oor trave-Atiantic neighbors, They woull d fn loangn Srom 1:6 1a Limo. Toa Engitsh be for Uho Alabama, and, ag sho poeretedd this creat req 2") despondeney; for it was wen on Saturday evening that the Rohteve wd 896% have cause to feel proud of her SWeves0lS Wh sea, How bitter must be thoir disap- Piermont, + Let all true patriots rejoice that the Alabama is no | for the Herewith Trend you a copy of my log respecting the 6 steamer Alabama ‘ amand prooseded out of Cherbourg harbor. 1030—observed the Alubama before leaving, the Kearsarge was | pattery of eight guns—viz, two | is very | (° i . | : deri ra | Always claimed-a high rate of gpred YORK HERALD. first clase condition to go into an action, ., While the Alabama, betug built, manued and armed t England, bas bad opportunities to refit unmolested Was in @ prime condition for an action, or ehe would } Rever have courted @ contest with the Yankee. With > | the bare exceptions of the trifling the skilful evolutions of the Kearsarj everything in her favor, The ra , the Alabama bad | would bo the sufferer. | | Now that we bave noticed the vessels it bocomes our Bratitying duty to epeuk of the gallant men who showed the Brittsh avd Fronch ectators, a8 wellos the world St large, what americans can do. ‘Tbe follow! Of the officere of the Kearsarge ane reins apiain—Joha A, Winslow, rly) ' Massachusetts, ¢ Commander—James 3. Thornton, of New Hamp: Surgeon—John M, Brown, of New Hampshire. Pavmaster—Joseph A Smith, of Maine, | Acting Masiers—Eben M, Stoddard, of New York; David | HL. Sumner. Enginecrs—Chiof, Wm. H. Cushman, of eunsylvania; | Seoond Assistant,’ Wm, 17, Badlam, of Massachnsotts: Third Agsisianta, Frederick L. Miller and Sidney L. Smith, of Massachusetts, Heury McConnell, of Pennsylvania. Acting Master's Mate—Wm, Harper Yeaton, — Bou'swain—James C. Walton, of Pennsylysnia, Acting Gunner—Frauklin A. Graham, of Penpaylvania, SKEIOM OF CAPTAIN JOHN A. WINSLOW, U. 8. Captain John A. Winslow entered the navy on the iat of January, 1827, jag been appointed from North Careline, although itizen of May husetts, He Joined the eloop of-war Falmouth, then attached to tho West India squadron, where be remaicea until 1831, when he was sent to the New York Naval schoo! for a few months, when he was warranted asa passed mid- sbipman, bearing dato April 28, 1932, Ho was then ordeved for duty at Bostov. In 1836 he was on the coast of Brazil in the sicop Fri. Threc years afier he was at the rendezvous at Boston. On the 9th of December, | 1839, be was promoted to bo a Heutenant. In 1541 ho was ordered to the steamer Miasourl, In 1849 he was atiached to’ the sloop Saratoga, on the Home squadron; from that Lime unt! 1852 he was waiting orders; then he was ordered to the (rigaie St, Lawrence, flagship, where be remaived along cruise. On the lath of September, 1955, he was commissioned A commander and ordered to the rendezvous at Boston Tp 1859 no was relieved and awaited orders. In 1561 ho was. appointed lighthouse faspector. past as well us in the action with the Alabama. He has boen at sea one year and ten mouths in the Kearsarge, being a total of nearly eighteon years, For over eight years he performed shore duty, and for eleven years ho was unemployed. He has been over thirty-seven year in the service of his country, and his last act will ever be remembered in naval history, SERICH OF LIEUIENANT COMMANDER JAMES 8. THORNTON, U. 3. N. Lieutenant Commander Thornton, the oxecutive officer of the Kexrsarge, is anative of aud was appointed from the State of New Hampshire He entered the nayal service on the 15th of January, 1841, fle is one of the wn mising officers in the service; he was th r- says an eye witness, “hy displayed unqualified coolness aud bravery;”’ andjadmiral Farragut complimented him in the highest terms. After a series of eugagemeuts on the Missismiypi he was ordered to command thé gunboat Winona, and in ber he was ihe first to fire upon the rebel privateer Piorida ag she ran into Mobile. He afterwards ehelled « rebel sieamor lying under the guns of POrt Morgan. Subsequentiy he was ordered home to appear before a court of inquiry relative to char, made against by @ young officer who olaimed to bea relative of Secretary Welles The court found the charges groundless, and Lieutenant Commander Thornton was honorably acquitted, He was then oraered on a foreign station, £0 that be should not be able to gain any more glory, and asa punisbment. But he has fallen foto the best of fortune and into a position just such 9s he would have asked for, He has seen over th ire 8@3 service, two years shore duty, apd for years bé was uremployed. For over twent be bas served his tag with fidelity, prime of lite, een veu -three years He ig just in the OFFICERS OF THE ALABAMA. The Alabama has, as nearas we can learn at the present time, the foliowing list of office: Captain—Rapbael Semmes, of Maryland, Hevtenants—J. M. Kill, of England, and John Low, of Engiand. ‘Surgeon—David Herbert Lieweliyn, of England. Paymaster ——— Of Haglan Midshipmn—W. H. Sinclair, of Virginia; J. D. Bul- lock, of Georgt M. derson, ef Georgia Master's Mate—George T. Fullman, of kingland, fengincers—), McNair and others, all Englishmen, Saumaker— Henry Allott, of Lugland Her crow consisted of a large number of trajned gun ners {rom the royd! naval guonery ship kxcelleM. SKECCH OF CAPTAIN P2MMMS, THE PIRATE. Captatd Raphae! Semmes, of the rebel navy, was origi nally an officer of tho United States navy. fe was born iu Maryland, and as a citizen of shat Siate war, on April 1, 1828, appointed a midsnipman of the Vaited States He was first attached to the sioop of-war | exin, eighteen gavs, Which iu 1527 was added to the Medite: ranenn squadron. He was altorward attached to tho sloop Erie, eighteen guns,on the West Lodian squadron. To 1890 be served on the schooner’ Porpoire, belonging to the inst named squadrov, and next year went to the Naval School at Norfolk for examination, lie ‘passed’ ‘on the 25th of April, 1832, amd was allowed loave of ab- sence He was during 1883 appointed an assistant ip charge of tue chronometers, &c. During 1835 he was appointed Acting Master of the frignie Con. stollation, thirty-six guns, tlagship of Commodore Dallas, on the West India squadron, ecoupying this position about two years, On the 0s of February, 1837, he was moted jieuteuant, aud durigg 1348 was seat to the y Yard at Norfolk to eerve ob the receiving ebip, staying U1 1840, when be waa attached t tho brig Oon- sort, engaged on the surveying service along the coast of | the Gulf of Mexico. He ove duty at tho Navy Yard at Peneacola, and in 1343 commanded the there steamer Poinsett, ngage? io the xurvey of Tampa Bay, sud was attached t her votil Apel, 1845, He was next ordered to the brig Porpoise, ton guns, acting with the Home sqna‘lroa The Mexican war now books oat, and he wag trans. ferred to Commodore Conaor's ebip, frigate Raritan, forty-four guus, belonging to the { turned nome in'Decevaber, IS47. He was next ot’ ered to command the Flecta, a two gun store sip. belonging to n the same equadrov, and left ber ia Jat 843, when bo wag appolntod Inspector, &c., at Pensacola. After len ing this preition he went ona short cruise from which returned in Ap 1840. He retusined unem- j Bloyel tor eevera! | ye On the 14h of | September, 18:5, he was promoted Commander, aud during 1856 he was sppoioted Lighthouse Inspector at doit jabana. During 1853 be became secretary of the Lighthouse Board, which position he beld at the break- ing out of the rebellion ‘Oa the 25th of March, 1861, he joined the revel service, and was made commander of the rebel war eteatmer and privateer Sumter With this veesel he operete:| success fally nntil driven Into the port 0: Gibraltar, when the vessel wae sold to a “veutral.”’ Ho was veat made a } Captain of tho rebel muvy, being appoiatod ag a citizen of Alabama, with commission dating from July 15, 1862. | a (hen ordered to the command of the steamer Alabama or £290," with which be operated against the commerce of the Northern States. Semmes, in the Alabama, has {nSicted upon the com merce of the United States ® sertes of piracies by which we have lost abont one lendred vessels, valued, with their cargoes, at sboct $20,000,000. The career of th | Vorsel has been brought to ® close, but the pirate i among his bosom frieuds in Pagland great mau for a time. He really bas been only the agent of a Britis pirate, armed with British gone, manved by Britieh aub- | Olcered by her Majesty's gentlemen pirates, burn | ing British coal, eating Lritish beef and brend and | .cotv ing Uritieh goid as the price of their infamy, and the fight witnessed by anxios British epectators was a com at between a British pirate and w troe blue Yankee gun- at NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. Bagilah Reports. TUB ALARAMA'S RUDDR® DISABLED. Sonthamptm (June 20) correspondedce of London Times. | At Tongth the Alabama's radder was disabled by one of pongat’s heavy shells, and they hoisted vate: but ried fo Captain Semmes by coef is ont | V | her ng were kept ported tilt tho y vader water,and the tast shot from masaies were act the doomest abip w THR PIATH SINKIN Ww o her eterna ompletely under | seminea gave orders for the meu to save thotaselves as ” T host they could, and yone jumped into tno sea and swam to the bot which had put eT to thelr rescae Those of ‘bead ‘wii were wounded wore oriered by Captain Saarines to be plaged im the Alabama's boats and ttken on Déard the sarge, woich was &s (ar as possi- blo obeyed eR, WoUNDED OV THR acer, } men 04 board the Deer bo: here, whe svore Gare. wey were Canute read. Several the re ail ont ahoyt (he town to iny, And the onty nolicorblo ease ts tort ol a map who was woundew in the groid, and that 0 1h8 Satiors® home, in the pq ore More or loss scarred, oup they scronep 3 A SURLL, iret liguiegapt, Mr. J. M. hoy Somme’ RIGHT MAND. € jorrace, © of Dry a and bis xm, * | whcre the ghliant contnander { dheerhes fo pOstect vitow nnder the Most wry ing . oUuteOe, ry. Therefore it is fair to presume that ene was in no in and weight of meta! und | roves what we | have always said—whep theee vessels mot the piralo | To 1862 be was ordered to the Missisipp: flotilla, and subsequentiy he was ordered to Porismoith to command the Kearearge, which position he has fied with credit and honor in tho fome squadron, avd re: | away for the Dearhound, tt Eng!ish colors, OPINION OF THE OWNER OF THE YACHT DERRMOUND. Thronguout the action the Deerhound kept about a mile to windward of the combatants, aud was pied to wit» ness the whole of it, The Kearsarge was burning Newcastio coals and the Alabama Welsh coals, the dilference in the smoke (the gorth country coal yielding 30 much more) ‘viimg the movements of each ship to be distinctiy traced. Sir. Lancaster {s elearly of opinion that it was the | Kearsirge's cleven-inch sholle which gave her the ad. Vantage, and that after what he has witnessed on this Ovcasion wooden ahips stand no chance whatever inet shells. Both vossels Sred well into each other’s hull, and the yards and masts wero not much damaged. The main- mast of the Alabama bad been atrnck by shot, and as the Vossel was sinking broke off and fell into the fea, throw- in the maintop into the water, ons gaps were visible im the bulwarks of od it was believed that some of her boars She appeared to be ternporarily plated with iron chaiug, &c. As {ar ag could be scen, every- thing appeared to be well planne! and ready on board the Kearsarge for action. Great pluck was shown on both sides during the action, On board the Alabama all the ham- mocks were let loose, and arran, te had been mado for aloking her rather than that she should be captured. SEMMES THROWS M118 SWORD AWAY. As far as is known, not a relic of the Alabama is in tho - When she was sink- {28 Vapteln Semmes dropped his Own sword into the sen © Prevont the possibility of ite gettiug jpto their havd: nd the gunner made a hoie in one ol ‘Alabama's boats and sunk her for the sume reason. TESTIMONIAL FROM SEMMEa. Before leaving the Deerhound Captain Semmes pre gented to Mr. Lancaster’s son one of bis officer's swords and a pistol, in remembrance of the occurrence and the | kind treatment he and his men bad received on beara king God that he was under wore disabled, the yaebt MR. MASON AT SOUTHAMPTON Mr. Mason, the Confederate agent, the Rey. Mr. Tremlett arrived b. this afternoon from London, au hotel to meet Captain Semmes, MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THR WornDED, ptaip the four p'e! proceeded to Kelway's under may be required, THE *HOT WHICH FINISHED THE ALABAMA. The abel! that did the mischiof to the Alabama struck her just above the water line, kuocking her bunkers to piccde; the water almost immediately putting out her res. HOW SEMMES WAS ii iD FROM THE WATER, (Fron the Loadon News, June 21. } When the battio was at an ond the Deerhound steamed over to the Kearaarge, aud Mr. Laueaster was asked by the officers of the federal ship to try and pick up the scores of the Alabama's crew and officers who were floating and swimining about, He lowered bis yacht boats, aud one of them, commanded by a man named Adam was sleoriug bis boat into a group of a dozen persons when be passed @ drowning man at t distance with an officer's cap on. Ove of the men in the boat cried out “That's Senmes,” and the drewning man called out‘ am the captain; save me; 1 cannot keep up any longer. Adsms wont and dragged him {ato the boat, Semmes then said:—¥or God's sake don’t put me on board the Kearsarge, but put mz on board your yacht.’ Adams promised to do eo, and laldSemmos down jn the bottom, and covered him with a sail to conceal bim from the Kearearge’s boaig, which were evideutiy anxiously searching (or bima. When Adams had saved a boat load Be took them on Board the yacht, and Semmes wae at once placed below. As Poon as all that were keen in the water were picked up, Mr. Lancaster was anxious to get away, and began to steam out to sea. He expected that he chould haye been brought to by @ shot from the [voar- sarge, but she was too disibled it appears to go after tho Deerhound to overhaul her, aud thus Semmes escaped boing mado prisoner, CAPTAIN SEMMES’ APPEARANCR—WHAT HE SAID IN SOUTHAMPTON. {Southampton (June 20) Corresponence of London News. } Captain Semmes is a thin, wiry-buiK man, with a stern and determined air.sHe is ahout ity years of ago, with a amall red pointed face, and beard aud moustacte in the American styl, He bad cu a very old naval officor’s cap, and an English naval iWeutenant’s Fa He de. clined to see any strangers atfhis hotel, fits first licuten- ant is a fluo looking young man, In answer to questions, Captain Sommeés said that he left ail the property ho possessed, and upwards of sixty chronometers which te bad takea from captwred federal merebantinen, in Cherbourg, previous to going out to fight the Kenrzarge’ He says that he was completely decolved as to the strength and armament of the sh What he recollected of the Kearsarge was that she was ap a Joop of-war, If be had known that she was an 21, and much more heavily armed thao the Ala- boa, he eroutt not have fought, aa it was madness to do &>. [rsotd that tho fight between the Alabama and as reo hag taught another lesson in naval warfare, bo ugelessness of ordinary ships of war like tho Alabama eacountering ep ironclad and heavily armed ship like the Kearsarge. He does not kuow the extent of M@ymage he dj to the enemy’s ship; all be knows is that ‘thas lost bis own. ANXIETY 70 SEE THR REBEL COMMANDER. Moasrs, Emmanuel tapped soveral bottles of port, and treated their customer, bis lieutenant, and thoze who camo to see them with much hospitality, Capt. Semmes anxiously asked what the people of England thought of the South, cid that slavery there exigted but in name, and that the North and South would never again bo united. He said, moreover, that he had endeayered to do bis duty to bis country. When ho left the shop a crowd had collected round the door, who made way for hin and treated bim with much respect. He seemed to be laboring under mencal anguieh, amd to feel most aoute'y the complete defea! he had experienced, and the death and sullertngs which that defant liad caused, SEMMES’ SPERCH tO HIS CREW. {Paris (June 21) correspondence of London Post. } As Capteln Semmes ig in England, you will get better ounis of the conbat then reach us in Paris. A French abt waye that before leaving Cherbourg be called his meu, and, addressing them, exclaimed—"We mast conquer or die!” To wuich the crew replied (I give the words in French) —‘furrab pour ke Sud! Vive Lee! Vi son armee! ive ta France! la cation genereure so d’un® maniere tmpartivie la neu- SCENE AT THE NAULING DOWN OF THE REGEL PLAG, [From the London Star (special report), Juve 21.) Captain Semmes dicectod tho first Neutenant, Mr. Kell , » below and report Lhe slag of the shiz. That officer returned, saying ehe was in a sinking state, and (ho tain dycided on striking bis fag. The flag bad been | nirendy three times stot away, Dnt replaced. A large number of the crew roshed af, conjuring the captain not to airike, and expressing (ueir readiness Ww si0k in her | end die with honor: and one of the seamen, named sa ta heud, stood by the tag and declared bo silow i te be lowered, ‘the captain levelled his revolver, and ineisted ou its being bauled down, which was cove, and & white {ing hoisted. NOBLY CONDUCT OF TI® SUROEON OF THE ALABAMA, Sonntine the whaiebsat and dingy, the only two boate unipjured, were lowered, wad tha wounded 1090 placed | in them, Mr. Folvam being sent in charge of them to the Kearsorge. Whoa the bouts were t ubwounded endeavosed Wo enter one by the surgeon of tho eho son of tho rector arish in Wiltshire wid, “1 want @ wounded Doctor,” sald tbe of for yeu? ‘1 wil not pe Ho remaived bebind mou be saved first," bowt, ‘we can make room the rounded men,’ was bis reply and gank with the ship—a loss much deplored by ail the officers and men, He is the oaly ofl@er known tu be leat. | MESSAGE FROM THE AtAuAMA TO THE KBARSAGE. nen Me Fulham renched (he Rearsarge be bad his sword by bis side, avd je! it fall into the water lest be should have to turconder He weat on beard the Kenvearge, and was ured Sajitain, Wivelow if he had y the ship, He said that he had no come to. gnrrendor such orders, but was sont to ask for assistance, a3 they wore siukiag fact. The Kearvarge then ceosed firing snd lowered ter boats, whiie Me. Fulb returned towards the Alabem h sank ero he could reach ber, and, atier afew of the swimmers, be hound, where e found ¢ officers, and ebout twenty contrived 10 resch th tain Semmes, wroive + enght men. HEROS OF SOME OF THE REAR CHEW. | Numeroos acta of yatiantry are related as baying oc curred on b ard the Alsbams during the fight or two of whick are worth recording. Mr. Ginly. the cap. D, Wak Birack by a ehOt, which shattered tainn’s coxaw the owes part ‘oF Bie am, leaving i havgivg by feeb | an ek te deliberately took cut bis knife, eut of the piece of his lirah aud ¢ A serviog higgun. mio elevea inch shell, which fell om deck, was takép op ant thrown overboard, to explode, by two Townsend and if tne latter of y koown yr the A meo from bis otoa boavy sea and weved the life of ian who had (ation ovorboard A mum waned Hearne was londiog a gun, when a shot struck the ramrod and broke it in two He looked up and abfsed thom for not waitiag to have the sbot pro- rly in for them, , One dhan was soot forward toclear the jibboom rigcing, whith tad been damaged; be received @ mort paintab | wound, which wae mortal, noewitnetanding which Be | compisted the work and returned to the deok, whore another «tot ent him in two. ‘Another man, theugh mortally wounded, refused to ad- mit that pe hed been struck, and comtinued to do | Work wut! ue fell dood ov deck. Fieneh bend god a IMPBRIAL OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 1 "irom the Parts me taang e weal Ue jaor Alal ‘The Confederate cru naam, os to. ad anaonneed sever I. | Uininct the federal corvette Keareat levered a the oifing at nce of about Bf Hee. lad frigste Courouns left ber moorings stmultaceously, {wih the Alcbama, and accompanied her five m . order to preveut hosUbties (rom taking place or wuers. The acon at aout leven o'clock , for Deyoud that limit. The yg yes — on both sides | tof Af sy a | was oc ive’ twjurtes ¢he bad suetained make er’ a | wo re. The Kearerrge immediately gave bgt but a fow rf ihe Alsbamna sank. waa thon one raver Ww 7. of the erow GILLANTOY OFAC DROWNING PIr ars, . two re ‘Voard the Altbama, a f- in the {ng iit i kr Srp a Hallew by: f a Sitka icine here, od mB, Created ‘s 2 oo id we'll save you,” to which og be me hi Fear keep Op for bait an wre oie ar ve Mathed aronanerr drowoiwe «man Tera.” Ho’ thea vtmade > aOED OY | 2 BD ened | 068 epee tes we yen oe *