Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-08

hound, being fast yacht, was enabled to
get out of the reach of the Federal man-of-
war. Mr.. Lancaster describes the fight rs
q magnificent sight. He saw holes right
through the Alabama, made by the tre-
mendous shot of the Kearsage."
A second letter from the same cores
pondent says:
"When the battle was at an end the Deer
hound steamed over to the Kearsage, and
Mr.. Lancaster 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 swimming about.
He lowered his yacht boats, and one of them,
commanded by man named Adams, was
steering his boat into group OF dozen
struggling persons, when he passed a drown
ing man at some short distance with an
officers cap on. Oneof the men in the boat
cried out That's Semmes,' and the drown
ing man called out, i am the Captain-savc
me: cannot keep up any longer Adams
went and dragged him into the boat. Sem
mes then said, For Gods sake don't put me
on board the Kearsage, but put me on board
your yacht Adams promised to do so, and
laid Semmes down in the bottom, and COW
cred him with sail to conceal him from
the Kearsage's boats, which were evident
ly anxiously searching for him. When
Adams had saved boat load he took them
on board the yacht, and Semmes was at once
placed below. As soon as all that were seen
in the water were picked up, Mr.. Lancaster
was anxious to get away, and began to
steam out to sea. He expected that he
should have been brought to by shot from
the Kearsage, but she was too disabled it
appears to go after the Deerhound to over
haul her, and thus Semmes escaped being
made prisoner"
Captain Semmes declined an invitation to
public dinner ar Southampton. He Is
said to have gone to Paris to report to the
Confederate Commissioner there.
INCIDENTS.
While the Alabama was sinking, Sen,mes
dropped his s,oOrd into the sea. to prevent the
possibility of its getting into the hands Of
the Federals.
The Times says: "The men were all true
to the last; they only ceased firing when
the water came into the muzzles of their
guns; and as they swan for life, all they
cared for was that their commander should
not fall into Federal hands. He reports
that he owes his best men to the training
they received on board the Excellent"
Before leaving the Daerhnund, Captain
Semmes presented to Mr.. Lancaster's son
one of his officers swords and a pistol in
remembrance of the occurrence and the
kind treatment he and his men had received
on board the yacht.
The Daily Ners says:
''From Liverpoolw learn that the Amcri-
can shipping in that port was never so pro-
fusely decked out with bunting as it was
yesterday. When the notorious cruiser
made her appearance at Chcrbourg there
was a general opinion in Liverpool that the
Kearsagc Zone of the swiftest sloops-ot-war
in the Federal service), would flight Sem
Of Lt.ox NrafN-
holm & Co., the Confederate agents in Liver
pool, was invested, yesterday, by people
eager to learn the fate of the crew of the
Alabama. and it was rumored on Change
that there was f1S0,000 in gold on board
the ship when she went down. The yacht
Deerbound which rescued Captain Semmes
and portion of his crew, is owned in
Liverpool, and Captain Lancaster is a MEM
ber of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club"