The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-20

which attracted attention board the Parker Cook wa
her great and unusua speod Long before she got within
haing distance Of the bark she fred shot the
bows Of the latter, and up flag which was Afterwards
be the flag Of the rebel States The bark was im
medately hove 70, and . boat, with lieutenant and
several men, sent from the Tho lieutenant
announced the tho Confederate steamer Ala
bama and demanded the surrender OF the bark, which
demand the latter entirely unarmed Of course
Immediately complied with The captain Of the bark was
ordered to proceed board Of tho steamer, with his
papers, which he did, the bark remaining In the mean
time in charge Of the lieutenant and part OF his men
Captain semmes received the captain Of tho bark politely
but when he learned that tho vessel which he had
captured from New England his demeanor seemed to
change and he became freezngy cold but was still
polite He announced his determination 70 burn
thu bark sigma zed his orders 10 the lieutenant to
make preparations Tor dong So ana 70 remove me crew
the of the bark came In their own boats. the
captain Of the bark made an unayaing attempt to save
his vessel. Captain Semmes would listen TO nothing but
declared his fixed determination 20 BIO TO burn every
Yankee vessel he could catch AS the crews, he said
he never did TO infct personal injuries on them,
always intended to send them home The captain Of
the bark not allowed to go back TO any or
his Effects but his servant was allowed TO remove his
personal baggage Fortunately. however, before bong
boarded he had managed 70 secree about his person
certain yaluabes, which, as no was not searched he
managed To
The crew OF the Alabama took OF the bark what
articles they could make useful 10 themselves and
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leaving the veese burning The captain and crew OF the
bark remained On board of the Alabama TIL December o.
They well treated placed under restraint,
but not allowed TO converse with the crow Of the
Alabama.
On the 9th Of December the schooner Union from Bal
tmore, hove In sight The steamer instantly gave chase
and the Union oveshaued The captain brought
his pagers board when 1t appeared that the cargo
all on British account. The vessel bound for Port
Maria, Jamaica. After the ownership OF the cargo had
been satisfactorily proved, Captain Semmes declared that
he would not modest NEEDLE with it, AS for the vessel
"A II nj her
proceed her voyage condition OF the execution of
bond by her captain In the of 81 500, drawn in the
usual form. This was accordingly DONE the captain
knowing that hehad made good bargain and got OIL
easily The OF the vessel would doubtless have
paid twice that amount rather than lose their vessel
Captain Scmmes further stipulated that the Union should
take the Of the bark of his hands which The captain
of the Union agreed to and accordingly did The vessels
then parted company the Union proceeding 70 Port Ma
jamaica where she arrived on the Sth Of Decamber
The brig Josepnus OF Baltimore, being 10 port at the
time, the captain OF the bark in her 70 this city
The will probably return TO New York in the
Charleston and the James Smith, both u whsh vessels
will soon be due at that port else TO this city in the
Union.
Subsequently TO the 5th Of December the steamer Ala
bama has been three times IN the West India seas
namely the Sth, 10th and 18th OF December. On the
18th she was off the coast Of Jamaica