The New York Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1864, Page 8

ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE. ABRIVAL OF THE GERHANIA Our London, Paris and Berlin Correspondence. THE ALABAMA CASE, Captain Winslow Demands the Burrender of the Men Saved by the French Pilot Boat. A Refusal and Reference to the Emperor. Names of the Killed, Wounded and Drowned from the Alabama. Mr. Lancaster’s Explanation ef the Action ef the Deerhound. a, Et /S THANKS TO MB. LANCASTER. Zerd Palmerston’s Bxplanation en the Danish Question. Bngland Alone Could Not Make the “Sacri- fice” of a War for Denmark. The Germans te Empley Ameri- m Privateers. MEARRANGENENT OF THE MEXICAN DEBT, on. an. ry The steamship Germania, Captain Kblere, from South. ‘ampton on the 20th of June, reached this port yesterday evening. ‘Ber news has been anticipated, as bave her Snancial @m@ commercial reports, by the report of the Peruvian, @@ Newfoundland, published tn the HemaLp on Saturday. @ur European files by the Germania are four days ‘Mater than those received by the Asia. “The American war steamship Sacramente visited Tatie Bay, Cape of Good Hope, May ,and the Wyoming » the 17th of May. La Gasette des Estragers informs us tbat Mile. Adelina Patti is en route for England—passing through Paris ca ea sans dire, wherever she may be coming from—to fulfil @m engegemens at Birmingham. Our Londem Correspondence. é. Lonpox, June 25, 1864. Great Eacitement on the Dantsh Question—Criticat Position Of the Palmersion Cabine:—Bold but Dangerous Policy of the Premier—Napoleon’s Diplomacy Likely to Over- Madow Great Britein—How t he Congress of Paris Mect- (eug wiil be Realised— Disraeli and Derby Paver the French Plan—Queen Victoria Bither Insane or a Spiriualist— Ber Message 'o Prince Albert by a Dying Minister, dc. All the excitements and exciting topics of the day have @ubminated this week. The sinking of the Alabama, the Preasure of anxiety about American affairs, and last, met deast, the bresking up of the London Conference wbout acy result, This je Saturday, and, since the @ews of the sinking of the Alabama on Monday—about which I wrote you on Wednesday—the engrossing topic @f conversation in all circles bas been the reopening of (@e Danish war. 4 full explanation of the situation was ‘expected from the Premier ov Thursday evenin g, in the Mowse of Commons; but none was given, becau se the @eolerence meets pre forma to-day to sign the protovals, end til! it formally adjourns diplomatic etiquette does not @ilew of any presumption respecting Its results. fe sbow the sheep-following-the-leader, bellweather propensity of this cation, I will only mention that the @racies for the past six mosths fe waid Englaod has Be business to go to war for Denmark, asd Tray, ianche and Sweetbeart, little dogs and all, have Derked to the same tune, But before Parliament met, ad the oracle bad spoken, the people all said, ‘‘War, if Prussia advanced one step into Denmark.” Day before yesterday, the 7imes struck the war note, and, as every- Dedy knows that is the mouthpiece of Palmerston, nearly everybody cried, ‘“Great is Diana of the Ephesians. amet’ 4s the Premier gave no explanations on Thurs- Gey evening, and wili pot anti) day after to-morrow, @etomaton John turns round on his peg and waits til) seme one pulis the string to show bis {ace which way to deck. The fact is, there is no public opinion ip this coun- am the masses, they being completely nose-led 4 tbe criaggunee . How different from tbe sturdy pablic sent! the United States? We are en 8 Gea of coufecture; but I believe I can fell you which way the wind biows. Paimerston’s Gabinet meets im council tod Reeve, Clarenden, Lord Stanley @hancelior aud others will declare tence, Milner Gibson, Villlers and the Duke of ‘Aagy ic, will dissent and resign. Monday evening Pal er- shoe, baving onto Rion the feet to Baltic, @which act is virtually declaring war, comes down to the Mouse and makes a full expianation of the govern: abortive efforts for peace and the stand that bon of his colleegues have thought best . Opinions are exchanged, and raelt , after @ sarcastic im which be declares Mat ‘tbe noble Lord at the of the government” te responsible for the failure of the Conference, vives notice ‘Phat be abail on Thursday next move a vote « ‘want of ce”’ in the administration. Now, » ) pre Get and moc more. i 4 stronger, H oot s wiser, man than our Agesilans faves, and his name ws Napoleon. He resides in Paris The moment the Conference ends today Detwoen the Tuileries master y &8 possible between this aod Tuesday, while the Sakeerent parties im Schleswig will be getting their ar- mies ready. In the meantime the fur of Danieh et @ smoothing from the paw of the imperial woreorer in Paris, and the entire quarrel will be made as Jobo Bull pas mace ap bis mind wo Oght No Fou see if it le Bot 80. ‘Auttria ts entirely averse to going to war with Ragland, fend doce not like the conflict on any account, but bas to help Prussia, aud bas beew promised help im peturn, provided France er lisiy assail ber Venetian Provinces, ‘The Fresch Emperor says te Prussia, “New, you ha ‘and apless you listen to reason I will your Kbiee wine for the next hupared Stop Row, Conseot to fair alice of the Denied Crmtory, coch so | wil make Deumark agres to part wih, and come to my congress at Paris, and | wil) stand Derween you aod Jone Bull forever. erowved head be say: Do eal cay, let the war stop; wwe yours; attend the Paris Con- i H Ess ; dint elit; Dear the point of death, her Majesty comdescended to Pay ® visit to by orite minrster, and of course the public attributed it te the amis ry { bis corvioes by bie royal mistress. But very different errand to the bedside of fering bums \<) than Lo coavey consolation and (ay. She toic bim that, as ‘sul. i ‘bout a moment’s loss of time. 6, 18 ROW Fecovering. Politicians that are behind the seenes are entirely aware that the Queen's mind is hopelessiy gone, and that a regency, at an early day, is neyitable, Bat noone has the moral courage to break (uo anwelcome news to the People. The editors of more than one of the Londoe Bewapapers are in the secret, but these time servers will not bint a word of it pro bono public, And yet this Sycophantic Lendeo prers teams with abuse and libels of the New Yoru Hens: because jt bas the maniivess and ‘dependence to enlighten tbe public op all topics ip ‘which the people have a direct interest. Our Paris Correspondence. Pans, June 28, 1364. The Kearsarge and slabama—Leter from a Scamat of the Alabama—Captain Semmes’ Pret-xt fer Becaping— Questions of International Law—Captain Winslow De mands the Surrender of Prisoners Picked up by French Pilot Boats—La France on the New Alabama—Rumers— The Yeddo—The Niagara Arrived—Capiain Winslow in Paris, de., de ‘The fight between the Kearsarge and the Alabama still eentinues to oceupy the public mind. The journais atill continue to publiah conflicting statements relative to it, and some of them are predicting that the Kearsarge will Be met by ‘ta foeman worthy of ber steel’? upon ber going out of Cherbourg—though precisely where this avenger is to spring from nobody appears to kvow. 1 send you to-day a transia- ‘tion of a statement made by Captain Winslow bim- and first published in the Opinion Nationale of iast ing, and, as everything in connection with the fight will, ! suppose, be of interest on the other side of the Atlantic, | also send you below a letter which I have just received from a very intelligent English sailor who was on board the AJabama during the fight (the same man whose graphic description of the fight, taken down in bis own words, I sept you by the last mail), He says:— I see in the Bpglish papers a great deal too much said to the credit of the Alabama and the discredit of the imself, in bis oificlal rep rT gainst the Kearsarge that wilfully fred upon us a number of times after knowing ‘hat our colors were uown, d the Kee they believed, as was the hot away. On o1 red om the 8)uuker boom.to hold up of surrender; but on board the Kearsarge, at the distance which they were off, they misunderstood that (or a man persisting in raising again the Confederate it being white. They, there- We then fired. lee gun, and op je they immediately ceased fring. the point which must be decided by pul justification of one party or the other; After our thus surrendering another shot was sent frum us at the Kearsarge, from our forward gun, which caused ‘them to returc again our fire, and, opinion, would Dave justified them in blowing. us hell, though I ‘thank God that matters are as He already intended them. Un board the Kearsarge our treatment was unimpeach- able, ‘Men,’ said Captain Winslow to bis crew, ‘“treas your prisoners as your brothers. Give them everything ibey desire.” He even gave us our grog; be would not have us searched: everything there we were welcome to, Such kindness I aever saw, oor such an ungrateful retaliation neitner, With ali the facts before you in relation to the sur- render you will be quite as capable on the other side as here of discussing the nice and delicate questions which may arise as to the status of the men saved by the Deerbound and the Freccb pilot boats after the surrender of the Alabama. I understand Captain Semmes justifies bis escape upon the grounds:—First, that the fact ef the firing by the Kearsarge upon the Alabama after sur- render released him from apy obligations which that surrender imposed; apd, secondly, that as a prisoner of war, not upon parole, he/had # perfect right to escape if he could. As you will see by the correspondence be- ‘ween Captain Winslow and M. Bonfils, the Brazilian Consul and rebel agent at Cherbourg, the former does not acknowledge the force of these positions, The journal La france imtroduces this eorrespondence with the roliowicg remarks :— The captain of the Kearsarge has just the following letter to M, Ronis, edaiateint ent ef the Alabama, claiming as his prisoners the ns belonging to the latter’ vessel who were sa pilot boats. This pplication raises @ question of international law which would not be @ccording to the principles adopted in France. A prisoner of war who escapes and succeeds in the French soil is undoabted!y free: neith rar bave prisoners on wh im French waters. But it appears that the W: Cadinet does not admit those principl least, that would seem to be the case the letter of the captain of tie Keacreres The reply made te him appears to us to be Captain Winslow informed me a few days since, and be spoke as though be meant it, and be looks like a man who would keep bis word, (hat in case M. Bonfils did not deliver upto bim these men when demanded he ‘nould order om board the Kearsarge the four officers whom be still beld as prisoners (aliowing them, how ever, {o remain on shore, snd requiring them to report to him every twenty-four bours), and keep them on board 1 trons. J presume this bag already been done. La France, which ts the organ of the Emperor and tbe Pope. bas completely outrivalied its contemporaries the Patrie and the Pays in its exbibition of devotion to the South and its ‘‘peculiar institutions” of piracy and slavery since the sinking of tbe Alabama. Jo France, in @ rather mysterious article in yesterday's paper, commences by stating that ‘‘the greater por- von seamep of the Alabama have leit Cherbourg, baving received the orders of their captain, Dut have Kept » secret the name of the port where they are to reunite.” It is true that most of the Alabama's crew bave quitted Cherbourg; but it ie scarcely probable that, as these mewsre under & solemn parole, which, if broken, will endanger their necks, that Captain Semmes bas ordered them to join him for duty. One of the seamen of the Alabama, how- ever, informed me at Cherbourg that one of the rebel agents bad proposed to himself and several of the men to go Calais and goon board the Rappabannock My informant, baving a slight regard for bis veck still re- maining, flatly ‘The France further states that ‘Captain Semmes has called around him the of be proposes to take witb him on board the n which be will shortly assume the command tng to information which bas been given us,” says the , the new Alabama will bea an elegant model, iron-clad inside and with powerful artillery, It is said that Captain Semmes has already ordered in pivot guns, carrying loaded shells of two bundred and twenty pounds weight. His crew, which was one bunared and forty-two, will be increased to one hundred and Seventy-two, This information is positive. We are com. letely ignorant of the port whence tiiis vessel will come, ut it ie probable that no surveillance can pi nt ber from going to sea.” All eorts of stories have been in circulation during the Past week relative to an attack to be made upon the Kearsarge immediately upon her leaving Cherbourg, and it bas been stated that two steamers are cruising off tbe port. This is of course faise, as there are 20 steamers of that Kind anywhere in ths part of the world) The rebels bere, however, are boasting that Semmes wil be out with one before the Kearsarge gots ready for sea. 1 think, however, they will be mis- md ‘the Kearsarge will probably eail for the coast of Hi 1d in @ few days, and witb all ite alacrity in the cause of piracy, England will not be able to fit out a ves. ee] for Captain demmes in that abort space of time. — ed one of at the Hegue, if he veining positively wi ferred. Uf ere, Ube Dated government will probably succeed apn I them from geing out; end, should esouping, the Niagara, whick bas just arrived in these raters, and the which will be there in a few will probably make shorter work of them than did the latter of the Alabama, ptain Wieslew and Su Browne, of the Kear. sarge, are in Paria. Captain Winslow camo op for the purpose of consulting an eminent oculiat jon to one of his eyes. Many Americans bere bave already called opom bim, and it has been proposed that a dinner ebould be given him previous to his leaving Paris. Oar jm Correspemdence. Bram, June 22, 1864. ‘The London Conference— Proposed Arbditralion—Chances of 4 Oongress—The Meeting at Kissingen—Towching Una- wimity Benween (he Russian and Austrian Premers— Perucution of the Poles by ie Apostolical Emperor, de.) ‘The question of peace or war still trembies im tbe bal- ence, and, although the last secounts frem the Conference ‘were rather more favorable than the previous ones, but little hopes are entertained that it will lead to 0 foal eet. thement. The division of Schleswig between Gormany and Denmark appears to be accepted en principe by all tho Powers; but the praction! dificutties in the way of such am arrangement are almost insuperable. If tne line of demarcation te wo be drawn by the neutrals, sotoriourly partial as the majority of them arg to Denmark, it will hardly be satisfactory either to the German govera! iy oe the German nation, and if, as criginally propesed by France and assented to by Prussia and ee Federel Diet, % i te be determined by 8 vote of the population, the Danes are sure to reject it, a8 there le every probapility that in such a ease even the Northera districts would dectare againat them, not @e much out of love for Germany or hatred to Denmark, a6 10 avoid @ separation from their brethren in the South. This would not only break up their old historical con- nection, but be fatal to their material interests, Tho al- Jeged proocsn! of Lorg Russell fo settle the whole dif. NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY, JULY ll, 1864. ealty by arbitration almost reads ke a joke, considering bow far matters have gobe, and what passtons bave been excited on both sides; woless, indeed, the report should be correct that be assigns the office of arbiter to the Emperor of the French. This would evidently be » mancnyre @& the British government to enlist ‘the ‘amour propre Of the great autocrat im favor ‘of their proposal, and to expese the German Powers osu be might, pornaps, be taore wing to. haves to th hen he might, perbaps, be more w: ieten chatigas of Bagiand, sad to jo wer’ im the tle of Deumark, which be bas bith- & ealspaw of by Cowan of the caltbre ef Logd Rus- sell, The reserved attitude he hag main tained thus (ar, in coutrast to the Adgetty ofMoiousuess and imp tent bluster of le served bis pur- Hiaquish % without sufficien! » and will mot ced by @ timely susceptibility to fan- although, 88 the British Minister well knows, ne forgets or forgives a real affront. but treasures up the memory ef it tm bis heart of | eirts, to be paid off at the firat suitable opportunity, 1") is BO reason tm the worid why he should desire i. <uccess of the Conference, or reseut its failure; on the coutrary, bis pet scheme of a general congress to assembie at Paris would be greatly assisted by the breaking down of the meeting ad Ace now sitting In London, apd by persevering in b's “masterly inactivity” be has the fairest chance ef rea- it. present moment the attention of the Furo- pean public is divided between the British metropolis and the little Bavarian town of Kissingen, where quite ® posse of German princes have attended to do homage to the Czar, who, after bis dipiomatio victory over tbe Western Powers, aad his more sangulnary triumphs over the Polish patriois, bas become as much the obdject of their veneration ag bis father Nicholas. The rendezvous Detween alexander and Francis Joseph ts a proo! tbat the courts bave agreed to let bygones be bygones, ‘ing found out that thelr discord only injured ther selves enoouraged their mutual enemies, although their alliance may never again be so close as it ‘was before the Crimean war, the that bas been going on between to de terminated, Their meeting is said to bave been as cordial as was compatible with the singularly undemon Strative disposition of the Austrian Kmperor; but what elicited the most admiration was to see Count Rechberg and Prince Gortschakoff, those rival statesmen , who have been carrying on a gucrrea against each other for the last years, eauntering arm io arm down the grand promenade in friendly colloquy. The effect of this touch- ‘J exhibition was immense; it was only the initiated who ki that the Russian Premier is a martyr to the walking without assist- ce, ye makes a practice of seizing hold of the arm of the first acquaintance be meets with, and trotting bim up and down with bim as long as he is imctined to take pedestrian exercise. From Kissingen the Kaiser and bis Minister proceeded to Carlsbad, where they have an interview with the King of Prussia aod M.de Bismark. ‘That politics are discussed at all thore meetings is a matter of course; but the official organs, particularly those of Austria, strenuously deny the existence of any aggressive plans on the part of the three courts, such as are hinted at by the British press to raise the eions of France; and, above all, of their being negotiations on foot for the conclusion of a treaty mutually guaranteeing the integrity of their Polish possessions. lv this respect the assertions of the government jour- nals probably deserve credence; I do not believe to an ac- tua treaty, present or prospective, for she object assigned; Dut it is quite as certain that e tacit understanding has been arrived at between the three partitioning Powers, which answers all the parpores of aformal con- vention, and ig not #0 likely to be broken, In fact,as if to make up for ber tardiness, the Austrian goverument nas Degun to treat the Poles witheven more severity 2 Prussia; the state of siege ia enforced with the ut- s/st rigor in Galicia, and fugitives from Russian Poland «e given ap without mercy to be bung or shot by the Musoovites. It is surprising that the Pope, instead of de- Bouncing a schismatical monarch, upon whom the thun- ders of the Vatican produce n0 impression, does not ad- Gress serious remonstrances to the **apostolical”” Emperor anaes FA mien better things might be expected to join persecation of a who are the most devoted sons of Mother ‘Chureb. i hes THE ALABAMA. The Rescued M in the French Pilot te APTAIN WINSLOW DEMANDS HIS PRISONERS. ‘ie (June 28) correspondence of London News.) Lancaster, the owner of the yacht Deerhound, is ne bouored by the vita sion of the commander of ‘earsarge. Several ch pilot boats followed bis gallant example and hovered around the combatants during the fight on Sunday week, and, Uke bim, exerted themselves to rescue seversifof the drowning crew of the Alabama. Capt. Winslow seems to think that the French Pilots, like the gallant English zechusman, were bound to ‘act as Dloodhounds, and assiet him im securing the drown- ing men he considers as ‘prieoners.”” That conduct, it may be presumed, he wonld bave considered “honorable, ‘@ fact which proves, as 1 have before noticed, that dif- ferept meanings are attached to the word ‘‘honor’’ in tbe United States and in the rest of the civilized world. He" bas addressed to M. Bonfils, the Confederate agent at Cherbourg, a letter, claiming as b } prisoners thoee of the officers and crew of the Alabama whom the pilot boats picked up. Captain Winslow is, seemingly, net aware that, according to the usages of civilized warfare, and the jaws of Frauce, a prisoner of war who escapes and touches French soil is free, and that a foreign sbip ot war cannot keep prisovers of war on board so long as she remains in Freoch waters, 1 subjoim bis letter, and ap- pend M. Bonfil’s reply:— U. 8, 8. 8. Keansamse, Cuxrnoura, June 2), 1864. To Monsieur Boxrits:— ‘ertain pilot boats which I allowed. oe 1 prio the sinkfng of the r. by the that they should murrender on board the sarge, avent of their attempting to release themselves from the obligation, trhough the means that have been employed, should a similar dase arise they have no mercy to ex} Jam, ac, JOHN A. WINSLOW, Captain, ject of your cla point out that your demand anould Bot tome, but to the French gov shelter the unfortunate men you 7 refuge. Tam not aware of any law of dier making his escape from verse, even after he has been sailor should be debarred of the privilege of swimming away from his enemy. T must decline acting as your intermediary with persons, whose names vou do not even mention, nevertheless, you consider to be your prisoners. Nelther can I understand how the authorities of the United States can claim to detain prisoners within the ter- riory of the French empire. I am, &c., BONFILS. It remains to be seen whether the American envoy here will venture to repeat the preposterous claim of the commander of the Kearsarge to M. Drouyn de Lhuys. De so it] advised as to do so he wil in all prob- ‘© lesson on international law be little ex. war which prohibits sol- e Held of baitle after a re- jured, and I eanmot see why Reo dowtd thal Lord Russell wilt te prepared ts receive with due humility any claim Mr. Adame may prefer. The truckling to Germany in the case of Denmark is, at all events, calcalated to encourage the United States Sens 1p the insolent pretension put forth in Captain Winsiow’s lew ter. ‘The captain of the Kearsarge also favors the Opinion Nationale with an account of the fight. It contains little that is new. He asserts that he could not believe that the Alabama was seriously damaged when she hauled down her flag, and that if it had been known tha! dered the firing into ber would bi wed. He also mentions that nad a hex(Captain W. ) would immediately bave sunk her.” It were a pity pot to give this gallant sailor full credit for his good intewtions. What a pity he dia not them out against the French pilot boats—he would have sure of ap appropriate weicome on bis ‘arrival at Cherbour List of Killed, Drowned and Weundea ef the Alabama. urTon, Jane 28, 1864. The following is correct list of the killed, drowned and wounded belonging to the Alabama in ber engage ment with the Kearsarge:— Kitep—Joba Roberts, John Adams, James Hart, and James King, seamen; Christian Pust, Peter Duncan and James Meir, fremen. Duownnp—F. M, Jobns, purser’s steward; A. Norhook, ship's cook, F. Mayers, carpenter’s mate; A. G. Barielli, captain’s steward; Henry Fisher, George A) ter Vaindes, Jobn Williams, John Wilbam, Jobo Charles Cc lson, Thomas White, and David Heorv, seame: Andrew Shilling, fireman; D. H. Liewellyc, assistant su geon; William Robinson, carpenter; William Robertson, third assistant engineer Wouxpan—Robert Wright, captain maintop; Peter Hughes, doatewain’s mate; Wm. McGiniey, captain's coxewain: John Neil, Robert Divine, Jacob Verbor, David Williams, Joho Carew, seamen; Themas Winter, Samuel Williams, Martin King, firemen; William Mor: gan, captain foretop. The Remainder of the Crew of the Alabama. part of the ‘Thirteen men, sailors and stokers, formir crew of the Alabama, says the Journal du Havre, ar rived at Havre on tne 27th of June by the steamer Manche, trom Caen, for the purpose of taking their pas- age by tbe frst boat going to Southampton. With the exception of one or two who were wounded, they were All stout, active fellows. ‘Thanks ofthe Re! to the Deerhound. MA. MASON TO MR. LANCASTER, No. 2% Urvan Saymoun Staxer, Portusy Sovans, Lowxpon, Jone 21, 1864, Dran &m:—J reosived from Capt } where | bad the pleasure to see you yesterday, vet of the efficient service rendered, he =f no }, Uy the officers and crew ef your yacht, the a tm rescuing bi eb ‘een of his officers and umely bis officers and a their safety, He further told Jen Doard the yacht every care and kindness were extended to them whieh their exbaurted condition required, even to wopply ing all with dry clothing. 1 am faulty aware of the noble and disinterested spirit whi mpted you so Koto the resoue of the gallant erew of the Alabama, and that | can add nothing to the recompense already received by Jn and those acting ender you im the consciousness of having aove as would be done by; ha Fy) will permit pl you, and, Lacing Jou, the eaptaia, officors crew the Deerbound. for this signal perviee—and to say that, tm doing I Dot anticipate the grateful sentiment of my county and the government of the Conlederate ‘States: Ihave the honor to be, dear sir, most respectfully and truly your obedient seryant, J. M. MASON, Joan Lancasan, Esq., Hindley-Hall, Wigan, MR, LANcal e result which Deces! Yours, very respectiully, The Hon. J. M. Masox. Defence of the Deerho: As two correspondents of your jourual, in their versions of the fight between the Alabama and the Kear- Barge, haye designated my share in the escape of Captain Semmes and a pertion of the crew of the supken ship as ‘‘disbouorable,”” and have moreover that my yacht, the Deerhound, was in the harbor of Cherbourg Defere the engagement, and proceeded theace on the oaleg od the engagement in order to assist the Ala bama,[ presume 1 may trespass upon your Kindsess 80 far as to ask for an opportunity to repudiate the tation aud to deny the assertion. They ad- mit that when the Alabama weat down the yacht, being near the Kearsarge, was hailed by Captain Winslow and requested to aid in pick! up the men-who were in the water; but they intimate that ‘my services were to be merely ministerial; or, fo other words, that I was to put myself under the com- mand of Captain Winslow, and place my yacht at bis dis- posal for the capture ef the poor fellows who were strug- gitng in the water for their lives. The fact is, that when we the Kearsarge the captain cried out, For God's sake do what you can to save ' om,” and that was my warrant for interfering in « sy for the aid and sucoor of his enemics. It may! estion with some whether, without that warr: have been jus- tified in endeavoring to rescue an: ve crew of the Ala- bama; but my own opinion is thc man drowning in the open sea Tex as an evemy et the time to anybody, avi is therefore en- titled to the assistance of any passer by, Be ‘this as it may, | had the earpest request of Captain Winslow to rescue as many of the moa who were i water ag I could Iny bold of, but that request was coupled with any stipulation to the offeot that I sbould deliver up the rescued men to him as bis prisovers, If it bad been I should have decitoed the task, because I should have deemed it honorable— ‘that is, inconsistent with my notions of honor—to lend my yacht and crew tor the purpose of rescuing those brave men from drowning only to hand them over to their evemies for imprisonment, ill-treatment, and perhaps execution, One of your correspondents opens his letter by expressing a desire to cring to the notice of the yacht clubs of England the conduct of tbe of the Deerhound which followed the ent of the Alabama amd Kearsarge. Now. that my conduct bas been impugned ually wisbful that it should come under the notice of the yacht olubs of England, and 1am quite willing to leave the point of ‘honor’ to be decided by my brother yacht- men, and, indeed, by apy tribunal of gentiemen. As to my legal right to take away in Semmes and bis friendy, | bave been educated in the belief that an Eng- lish ship ts English territory, and I am, therefore, unable even bow to discover why I was more bound to surrender the people of the Alabama whom | bad ov board my Piers than the owner of a garden on the south coast of ingland would bave been if they bad swum to sucha place and landed there, or than the Mayor of Soutbamp- ton was when they were lodging in that city, or than the Britieh goveroment is now thas it is known that they are somewhere in England. Your otber correspondent says that Captain Winslow Geciares that “the reason be did not pursue the Deer- hound or fire into ber was that he could not believe at jot aware then 4 Tam not,aware now, that the meo whom I saved ere or ever had been bis prisoners. of the circumstances which bad preceded the sinking of the Alabama constituted them prisoners was a question that Dever came under my consideration, and ove which | am not disposed to discuss even now, foan only say that is is new doctrine to me that when one ship sin! another in warfare the crew of the sunken sbip ai jwimming for their lives and seeking re- e whe! they cao find it, and it is a doctrine whtch I shall not accept unless backed by better authority than that of the master of the Kearsarge. What Captain Wins- Jow’s notion of humanity may be isa point beyond my knowledge, but ] have good reason for believing that Dot many members of the Roya! Yacht Squadron would, from ‘motives of humanity,” have taken Capt, Semmes from the water in order to give him up to the tender mercies of Captain Winsiow and bis compatriots. A other reason tbae that assigned by your corres for tbat bero’ ‘bearance may be imagined in th flection that performance as that of Capt. Wilkes, who dragged two ‘enemies’ or “rebels’’ from an Eng Mab ship, would not bear repetition. Your anonymous correspondent further says, that “Captain Winslow would now bave all the officers and men of the Alabama as prisoners bad be not placed too much confidence in the Bonor of an Englishman who carried the fag of the Royal Yacht Squadron.” ‘Tis is a very questionable assertion, for why did Captain Winslow confide in that Englishman} ‘Why did he implore bis interference, calling out, ‘For God's sake do what youcan to save them?’ presume it was because he could not or would mot save them himself, The fact is that if the captain and crew of the Alabama bad depended for safety aljogetner uw Captain Wins- low, not one balf of them would have been saved. He got quite as many ofthem as he could lay hold of time enough to deliver them from drowning. 1 come now to the more definite charges advanced by our correspondents, and these I wili soon dispose of. y maintain that my yacht was in the harbor of Cher- Dourg for the purpose of assisting the Alabama, and that a movements be.ore gr Prove wie) ~~ r for the same object. ly impression ts (i the yacl was in Cherbourg te sui! my convenience and pleasure, and Tam quite sure that there I neither did, nor ir to do, anything to serve the Alabama’ We steamed out on Sunday morning to see the and the resolution to do so was the re- family council whereat the question “to go out,” or “not to go out,” discussed, and the decision in the afi carried by the juveniles, rather against th myself aud wife. Had J contemplated taking any part in the movements of the Alabama, 1 do not think 1 hare been accompanied with my wife and several young children. One of your correspondents, however, says that he know: that the Deerbound dia aseiat the Alabama, and if be does know this be knows more than I do. As tothe move} te of the Deerhound before the action, all th movements with which I was acquainted were for th objects of enjeying the summer morning and getting good and safe place from which to watch the engagement. Anotber of your correspondents declares that since the affair it bas been discovered that the Deerbound consort of the Alabama, and on the night before bad received many valuable articles for safekeeping from that vessel. This is simply unirue. Before the enpage- ment neither I ner anv of my family had any knowledge ef or communication with either Captain Semmes, any of her officers, or any of hiscrew Since the fight I have in. quired from my captain whether he or auy of my crew ad bad any commanication with the captain or crew of the Alabama prior to meeting them on the Deernound after the engagement, and his answer, given in the most empbatic manner, has been ‘ None what. ever.” As to the deposit of chronometers and other valuable articles, the whole story isa myth. Nothing was brought from the Alabama tothe jound, and I never beard of tbe tale until I saw it in an extract (rom your own columns. After the fight was over, the drowning mes picked up, and the Deerhound Southampton, some of the officers who bad been saved to express their acknowledgments for my services, an ly to them, which was addressed also to all ‘who stood around, was:—'-Gentiemen, you bave no need to give me any special thanks, | should have done ex- ly the same for the other people if they bad needed it.” This speech would have been @ needless, and in deed an absurd piece of hypocrisy, if there had been any — or alliance between the Alabama and the Deer- 0 your correspondents agree in maintaining that Semmes and such of his crew as were taken a vy the Deerhound are bound in houor to consider ther:-elves still as prisoners and to render themselves to their lawful captors as soon as practicable. This isa point which I bave nothing to do witb, and therefor shall not discuss it. My object in tbie letter is merely to vindicate = conduct from misrepreseotation; and I trust fp aiming at this] bave not ressed any of F rules of correapondence, and shall therefore be en- tied to a piace in your columns, cb Armprer Hai, Wraan, Jone 27, 1864. A French OMcer's Report of the Action The following is an extract from a letter of a Fren naval officer who witnessed the engagement:— Cumnnoora, June 24, 1864, The contest was that of the earthen the tron pot, and we think at Cherbourg that the ‘sarge has Dothing to boast of in her victory. The latter wagar. moured (blinde) with chains covering the midship part of the ship, and the Alaba shot fell vainly on the side protecting the engines. o a, the Alabama showod grent daring. She sought one thing only—to ‘board; but the Ke Kerang af avoided this by passing from tbe ite direction at full Atthe moment when the Alabama sank the Deerhound came up to aid io saving life, The Kearsarge oniy sent two boate balf an hour afterwards. ot, not have steered the sbip ap to the immediately! {t was @ duty to bumanity, and the Kearsarge is far from having played a Greditabie part in the affair. The Kearsarge merits very severe biame. The give you good reports. The report of Captain men is Lan Wotbful. Mr. John Lancaster bebaved admirably im the affair. Had it mot been for him there would bave been many more vietime, The Kearsarge received no severe injury; she ie Painting and reAtting, and wii) soon go to sea again. From the j ‘As public sympathy Ww aroused for Captain Semmes, and a subscription te contempiated to restore bim his aword, surely some b tes oe may be felt for the pa Fonts of the brave Her! Liewellyn. = Mr. H. Liewei- lyn’s father ix the small benefice in Wil only son of pis father) te alee » trifling tien. Although money canvot sileviate the sorrow of those who mourn by restoring the dead to iife, & small sul ron @pable the bereaved and alse show England’s gratitude to @ man who bas 60 Bobly dene his duty. The Blakely and Dahigren G rims. ma very interesting letter, published in the today, makes @ slight mistake, which I shall feel greatty obliy f you will correct. He im. egines the Blakely rifle on board the Alabama weighed Sixteen thousand pounds, the same as the eieven-incn Dahigren guns on the Kearnarge, Tn reality the one Biakety rifle weighed lees than half the two Dubigren smoothbores pitted against it, making the odds four to One at clone quarters, At long range ‘the advantage would have been with tne one cw, for & could make tolerable practice at a distance @ fall mile further than the smoothbores. ‘The Alabama had not one stee! shot or shell en board. Any guo she bad, even the little thirty two-pounders, could have fired steel shot Cry A Kearsarge’s ar- mor; no gun on earth could thio iron shell X. Wank, through it. Iam, sir, your obedient servant, T. A. Busxery Onoxanos Courany, DEAR Lang, sranst, 8. B., June 23, 1864 THE DANISH WAR. In the House of Commons en the pip ophvaty M ei eee a the Canter, Pretocols relat: wo iy the afer ence, observed Coy mebget ca cea on which House of Commons and the a wn which the feelings, the sympathies and, he might say, the aneicly of were more d. He hi ever, simply to communicate to the House a al Btract of the proceedings of the Conference contained ip o-German quarrel. He described the cir- @umstances out of which the troaty of 1852 had arisen, which contained arrapgements assented to by the chief European Powers; the object of that treaty, to which certain Powers did not assent; the diplomatic Getiations which followed the treaty, their objects and Fesults, If all the parties, he remarked, had been ac tuated by a spirit of justice no complications would bave taken place; but events happened which, the Powers contended, contravened engagements, and dur- tpg the discussions the late King of Denmark died. Fresh subjects of dispute then arose between the Federal Diet aud Denmark; and her Majesty’s government urged that of Denmark to adopt certain measures which would place it in the right, and it dic so, But the Diet ® question bad existed as to the title tothe Duchy of Holstein, and deeided to oo- cupy that duchy. He was of opinion that the Diet had assumed an authority which did not belong to it, Execution was, howver, decreed by the Diet, and federal troops entered the territory to enforce an execu- tion unjust tn itself. Then arose the question of the pre- tensions of the Duke of Augustenberg, and the Germans determined to enter Schleswig and to hold it as a mate- rial guarentee. When the federal troops entered Hol- stein the Danes refrained from offering avy resistance to ther In Schleswig, however, their feelings were so stroog that they were resolved to resist, and did so against superior numbers. Up te the oecupation of Holstein all the parties to the treaty of 1852 con- tinued to adhere to its stipulations, and even Prussia did not dispute ite binding nature, Military opera- tions, with which the House was familiar, had led to the occupation of the whole of Schleswig and part of Jut- jand, A conference was proj to consider means of re establishing peace, which was agreed to. On the 25th of April the Conference met, and continued its labors till Yast Saturday, The first proposal was for a suspension of hostilities, and, after some delay, agreed to for a month. The belligerent Pow: re then asked what cenditions were required to pee ap end to the wi Difficulties then ‘appeared as to the proposals, the nature of which he explained. The neutral Powers agreed to propose a lice Of separation In Schleswig, and they pr that of the Schley, which they considered a fair one, giving Denmark a frontier. This propesal was accepted ty Denmark, but refused by the German Powers, who required ‘another line, pressed, and the neu- tral Powers od & prolongation of the suspension of hostilities. ‘ith much difficulty an extension of a fortnight was obtained, which expired on Sunday, Throughout the Conference perfect unanimity had sul Bisted among the representatives of the neutral Powers. As Ear! Russell had been chosen President of the Conte. Tenee, all the proposals were made jn bis ame; but they were to be considered as proposals of all the neutral Powers; and this was a very important matter, Seeing, apparently, no possibility of gotting th belligerent Powers to agree upon a line of separation, they proposed that a question so narrow should be referred to arbitration, The German Powers ac- cepted the proposal, on condition that they might, if they pleased, decline the line fixed upon by the arbitrator, The answer, he observed, would have been more frang and candid if they bad simply rejected the Proposal. The Danes, on the other hand, deciured aga nst arbitration; they said they bad accepted the line of the Sehley, and further they would not go, The French re- Presentative, by desire of his government, proposed another arrangement—namely, thal an aj shoul made to the population of the intermediate district between the boo lines. This ‘aly orph was negatived by Denmark. Thus the labors of the Conierence were brought to a close, and war was to begin again about a question involving Dot the existence of a nation, but the possession of a comparatively small district. Theo it became the duty of her ’§ government to consider seriously the course they should adopt. They were of opinion that in this case might Tight, and that the sympathy ‘generally was in fawir of the Danes, re been glad, if it were possibje, to take part with Denmark. On the other hand, originally she had been in the wrong , and the matter Is die- pute was small, and is was impossible to lose sight » tbe resistance which we should have toovercome. /* Aad declined 10 take any active part in supporto mark, and Rusria the same. The whole brunt oi effort to disk Hol The goverament had therefore not sistent with their duty to advise their lo take such a course, and to recommend to fa Uiament such an effort and such @ sacrifice. He did vo ay that, if the war assumed a different character an: the existence of Denmark ar 1 independent Power was At stake, the position of this country would not be subject to reconsideration. If there should be any change in the polley Of the government it would be communicated to ‘arliament if it were sitting, and if not it weuld be called together. The Palmerston C: DISRAEL(’S VOTE OF CENSU! In the House of Commons, on the 28th of June, Mr. Disraxii said:—It will be for the convenience of the and her Majesty’s goveroment that I should state that I propose on Monday next:— To move an bumble address to ber Majesty, te thank her Majesty (or directing the correspondence on Denmark andGermanyand the protocols of the Coaference recently held in London, to be laid before Par- Wament. Toassure her Sajesty that we have herd with deep concern that the sittings of that Confer. ence bave been brought toa close without accompliah- tng the important purposes for whicb it was convened. To express to her Majesty onr great regret that, while the course pursued by her Majesty’s government bas failed to maiutain their avowed policy of upholding the integrity and independence of Denmark, it bas lowered the just influence of this country in the councils of Furope and thereby diminished the securities for peace. (Loud cheers [rom the opposition benches.) Mr KinGLaksg gave notice tbat he proposed to move an amendment to the motion of which notice nad just been given. The words be should state to-morrow. (‘'On,” and laughter from the opposition benches, followed by cheering from the ministerial side of the House ) Why Eng! GERMAN ‘‘ALABAMAS” FROM AMBRICA IN PROSPRCT. [Berlin (June 23) correspondence of London Times.) A letter from Paris to @ Berlin paper contains the sng- gestion that the German Powers should fast steamers, each one of them armed prey upon They are to be commanded by naval officers, and to sail as men-of-war, tn order to evade the engagements entered into by the German Powers at tho,Paris Congress in 1856, 1 think I Jately mentioned that the Cross Journal had of orders having been given to purchase vessels-of war in the United States. There are persons here who will tell that such purchases have been already mete, end that Prussian tailors will be sent out to Amerina to man the ships should a war break cut with Bnylars Should ibis eae } aa ig Bae | wid have timely infortnation from ite end consular Deyond the Atlantic, — [From (eity, article}, June 28.) Measrs. Baring have notified that they prepared to the overdue coupons of the biexican debi and to ain cent bonds of the Mexican empire in exchange, io cohformity with the arrangement of the 11th of April last. Under that arragement the nineteen over- due coupons of and from the 1st of July, 1854, to the lst of July, 1863, amounting to £28 ire to be funded tn a new Mexican three cent stock, bearing interest from the 1st of January last, at the rate of £100 stock for each £60 in coupons, making £47 108. new stock for each Oonsolidated bond of £100. The total arrears to be funded are nine aod a half years on £10,261,660, £2,918,870 68.. representing at £100 stock for £60 ar re £4,864,783 158. It was also arranged baif yearly coupons due on the Ist of Jam , 1864, should be paid in ih, and that two years’ dividend, both on the consolidated bonds and the new three per eens bonds 10 be isaued for out of the proceed loan. Mesars. Baring will accordingly now pay the pons of the Ist of January and the ist of July, 1864, on the consolidated bonds, avd that of the Ist of July on the new three per cent bonds, making a deduction of 64. in the pound from the 1s: ‘of January coupon to meet expenses of the committes of bondholders voted at pub- 0 mootiogs. The Perate 90 THE SDITOR OF THE MBRALD. New Yorn, July 0, 1664, 1 notice that in Captain Semmes’ specod at South. Smpton he says:—""He wae deceived as to the strength of the armament of the Kearsarge, and that W he bad Known she was iron-ciad Ge would not bave fought her.” Now, such an admission argues efther a want of sagacity ‘on bis part in getting information or « wilful and mall. cious perversion of the truth. To my certain knowledge the chain armor which protected the engines and beilere of the Kearsarge was pot on end covered with planking More than one yeat ago. Tt is pow just about one year Since | saw the Kearsarge at the island of Fayal, Azores, where, through the kindness of our obliging Consul, Mr. Charles Dabney, 1 made the acquaintance of Captain ‘Winslow and nearly al) bie gallant oMcers. An invita. tion was extended to the different consula and their fami- lion to take an exoursion en board the Kearsarge to the taland of Tersarta, distgat about one hundred miles from Fayal, It was my pleasure also to be one of the party, and 1 know the matter of the strength armament, or that = ‘vores thea. "The Kogliab and French Consul were fous sould "in cay. way be Venebted' =: ie could in apy wi ation either of these nd mediui tog at all times be obtains L visited the Kearsarge on one coeasion, in company with the captain and officers of an man-of-war—the Rattler—which ‘ai harbor for sappiies, and I weil remember Engitsb officers the manver ip which the chain~ was secured aad covered. The miserable subt y as to the strength of bis a: ‘in Semmes owes his defeat to the the officers ia command of the Kearserge; long experience im perfect! triumph, those interested i a & $ é. iy ? & =a i Ha eeedeee th eae should take measares to secu! ‘men Of the Kearsarge something substantia! tn SEA o tartenan he % must be remembered these gallant tars have been cruising and hop! SEE ing our merchants and shippers to secure something in the way of a testimonial for the officers and mon of the Kearsarge. Let it be a “*bumper.”” tre a noble set of fellows—all of ee a Jersey City News. Sucws or 4 Youro Womaw.—A young woman named Mre. Roberts, the wife of a respectable segar maker in Jersey City, committed suicide on Saturday morning by taking arsenic, from the effects of which she died om Saturday evening. All e‘lorts on the part of the physi-’ Ciaos in attendance to save the life of the unfortunate woman proved unsuccessful. Coroner Farrel held an in« quest on the body, and « verdict im accerdance with the above facts was rendered. Musriva oF C:rizens,—A public meeting of the citizeng of the Sixth ward of Jersey City will be held this even- fog, at the junction of Wayne and Varick streets, te adopt measures to Mil the quota of that ward under tha anticipated call of the President for troops. His Honow ‘the Mayor and several others will address the eee pated will be fred, aud « band of music will be in t ce. Bu e Allve. {From the Washington Intelligencer, July 9.) ight mistake was made day before yest in one bospitais at City Point, which caused a flutter tiente, A wounded soldier was pronouneed be put in his coffin for burial. The brethrea of the Christian Commission attended the remains to the grave, opened the coffin, and were pro- ceeding with the burial service, when the goldier’s hang was observed to move. vn closer examination it wap discovered that life was not extinct. The fatigue party detailed to bury the poor fellow refused to ‘les up om toy saying they bad orders to bury the party and must do of the Comminsion intimated Uhat they ** & corse of bim’? who should attempt to bury the man before they were satisfied ho was dead, and te was carried back to the hospital. surgeon who ordered the burial was called for, who stil! contended that the man was dead, and the movement bis Girgers was « muscular contraction sometimes ob- it. The humane gentlem urd mi Berved in det .ct bodies, Other surgeous, however, discovered pulsation, and the mao lived ti the next morning, when be was buried. Our informant sa; proper officers. MISCELLUAN (Paw covanwianr Loan 7 $800,008, 008, This loan 1 authorized by eet of Congress of March, 1864 which provides for ie REDEMPTION 1N COIN, 06 any period not less than ten or mere tham ferty years from itadate, at the pleasure of the government. Until Its redemption five per cont interest te te be pail som!-auaually IN COIN, Subseripiions te the laa are received by the Mational Banke in United States notes or in such currency or other funds agare takea by them on deposit at par. Tigexemption from State or local aration ade from ous to three ner cent per annum to ils value, The rate of Interest on this loan, although but @¥ pep cent in cote, 18 as mush grealer in currency ae the differenes detween the market value of currenay and gold. Aus rule the five per sent specie securities Of al salvend governments are always par er above, and currency new funded In'the national loan will be worth tts faee ta gold, Desides paying » regular and libers! per centage te the the case is to be reperted to the | | holder. gx The authorized amount of this Jean te two hundred ma Men deflars. The amount of subscriptions reported to tho Treasury at Washington {s over $70,000,000, Bubdscriptions wii ve received by the Treasurer of tho United States at Washington. and the Assislant Trensarer_ at New York, Boston and Philadelpnia, and by the Firat National Bank of New York, No, 6 Wall street. Second Nations! Bank of New York, Twenty-third street ead Broadway. Fifth National Bank of Ne Sixth National Bank of New York. Sixth av. and Broadway Eighth Nationa! Bank of New York, 650 Broadway. Ninth Nations! Bank of New York, 308 Broadway, Tenth National Bank of New York. 240 Broad way. Central National Bank of New York. 71 Duane strest National Exchange Bank of New Tork, 186 Gresawieh AND BY ALL NATIONAL BANES which are depositartes of public money, and af RESPECTABLE BANKS AND BARKERS throughenbdhe comntry (acting a agente of the Nations Depositary Banks), will furnish further \aformation caap- Piieation and + ee AFFORD EVERY FACILITY TO SUBOORIBERS, $2.000.000 “= oF Tin county OF NEw YORK. Subscriptions are hereby Iavited to a Loan of Two Mflien Dollars, authorized by an ordinance of the Beagd of Super ‘visors, approved by the Mayor June 16, 1804 entitled “An Ordinance ,,provide for the procurement of Veluateere fey the Arniles of the Union. as part and pareelof the Quotact the ety end sounty of New York onder any fature call of the President for men.” The proper books for such subseriptions will be opened es the Comptrotier’ office oD and after Saturday, the 10m June, instant, and will remain open until the whele sum shall be takes, cal Subseribers will be requited to deposit with the County Treasurer at the Broadway Bank, within five days after a- tering thetr aubscriptions, she amount subseribed for ky them respectively, and on prectating bie receipts for tho money to the' Comptrolier they will recaive bends of ihe county for equal amouata, redeemable on or before Janet, 1868, with interest from the dave of payment, at the ratect iz percent per annum. Onur fellow citizens and the public generally are respech folly invited to cooperate With the Board of Supervisors tm the benevolent and patriotic purpose of supplytng the quest of men from this county, on the call ef the President fer ‘more men for the army, soon 10 be made public, withow) resorting 10 @ draft for thai purpose. Aetion wil not bo taken to raise voluntebre under the ordinance referred te ‘until a euffieient amount Is gubseribed to warrant the oom mittee im proceeding tm this matter. MATTHEW % BREWNAB, | | [{XTRAORDINARY ROMPUS AN! CALLING ware, Wootay aventan Ja other friends of univereal freedost Sprains ee Gaisiccaaacan sae acne gee Seances Seas 9 COL L srr 12.000 SIBEL COLLARS, AL! Ba, PT and collars so ad ‘cach. Induoements (9 Uhe Sane astied tron ~ OTT) KRNBE, Corner of Bowery and Canal street, 000 Pzzh bate white, 60 cente: ea area Hone. Rote votiavle