Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-11

Distraction or the Aiahama--The Pl-
rate Sunk By the kearsarge---HOW
semuaes Eseaped.--Why he Fought
the kearsarge.
now THE BATTLE CANE TO TAKE PLACE.
The Paris correspondent Of the Ssw
York TSses writes on the 2lst ult:
In one of the many conversations the
American Minister has been obliged to
hold with the French Government on the
subject OF the asylum which is furnished
TO the rebels in the French naval ports,
Mr.. Dxyton, / am told. aaid to the For
| eiRn Mizister that all that was wanting
TO complete the hospitality Of France TO-
wards the rebels Vas to give refuge to
| the Alabama; that than they would have
/ given aid and protection 10 the whole
! Confederate navy, and terminated By
saying that this vessel, knowing how its
mates had been received in France,
/ would no doubt soon enter a French
port to demand the hospitality which
had been accorded the Others. To this
| the Foreign Minister is said to have re-
piled with great energy, that it would
aos be permitted, that he would not al
low the Alabama to come in, and that
their ports shoHld not be made place
of eommen resort for these vessels.
This was three months ago. All that
time, although watching With interest
the course Of the Alabama, we did not
anticipate 80 early . visit from her
0nly fortnight ago Mr. Forbes, Of New
York, arrived from Shanghai and graft
fed us all by assuring Us thai we would
never see the Alabama again in Euro
pean waters, for that she was badly used
up from her long and active service, and
from this fact and the fact that the mar.
asims interdictions against her in the
East had been made very severe, she
would probably be sold there. We were
therefors not . little astonished to find
that the Alabama was in the port oi
Cherboufg, and that she had made tbs
run from the East in the remarkably
short time, for q vessel in her condition
Of hundred days. So impossible did i
seem, that when she entered the port o
Cherbourg last Friday week, both th'
American Vice Consul at that place ane
the Maritime Perfect tslegrAphed to Par
| il that il was the Florida.
Immediately the American MiHiste
at Paris telegraphed to Captain Winslow
Of the kearsarge, then lying in oae Of thi
ports of Holland, and to the old sailinl
frigase ST. Louis, supposed to be at Ca
dis, to repair Immediately to CherbourI
TO catch the pirate If possible. Tn
KeArsargs arrived at once, bat the 81
Louis had not yss had time to arrive q
the moment Of the Eght The Amer
can Minister also protested At onee
= tbs French Government against the &C
mission Of the Alabama, snd reminds
Z the Foreign Secretary OF his previon
pronise in regard to this vessel III
American Minister could With more jns
n tice protest energetically, in view Of tn
! fact that the Alabama did not come int
II . French port under stress Of weather
J. she seemed to have struck straight lin
!. from the Cape to Cherhourg; she di
not turn either to the right or TO the left
- she did not attempt to 20 into either th
"a ports of England, or of Holland, or (
Il Belgium, or Of Spain, or of Portugal, .
ks she might have done with the same Fl
10 ciIity. hr. Dayton therefore made
IS most apt and most forcibls point in d
= clAring to the Foreign Minister that, /
= his indulgenee, the rebels s0ers Hsis
Freseh perts eraetIg Gs # they .re'
" tAeir ossn, that they paid no regard |
the strsss Of weather clause, and thi
=, sush bad been the hospitality show
Al them in France that they were fast lear
ing to maks il thsir only rsndexvous.