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

evidently anxiously searching for him.
When Adams had saved boat load be
took them on board the yacht, and
Ssmmes was at once placed below. as
soon as all tba- were seen IN the water
were picked up, Mr.. Lancaster was AK
ious to get away, and began to steam
out 10 sea. He expected that he should
have been brought to BY shot from the
Ksarsarge, but she was too disabled, 1t
appears, to 90 after the Deerhound to
overhaul her, and thus Semmes escaped
being made prisoner.
Cant. Senmes declined an invitation
10 public dinner at Southampton. He is
said 70 have gone to Paris to report to
the Confederate Commissioner there.
sEMxEs OFFICIAL REPORT.
Mr.. Dason, the representative of the
Confederate Government, has sent q
copy of this report to the Times. Capt
semmes says that in An hour and ten
minutes the Alabama was found to be in
sinking stats--the enemy 8 shells hay
ing exploded on her sides and between
her decks For q few minutes he had
hopes Of reaching the French coast, bat
the ship filed rapidly, and the furnace
fires we're extinguished.
Capt. Semmes says, | now hauled
down colors to prevent the furtksr de-
struction Of life, and dispatched 3 boat
to inform the enemy Of our condition,
although we we're now about 400 yards Of
each other. The enemy fred above five
times after our col0rs had been struck. II
Is charitable to suppose that ship OF
war Of q Christian nation could not
have done this Intentionally.
Some twenty minutes after my furnace
6res had been extiuguished, and the ship
being on the point Of sinking, every
man, in obedience to previous order
which had been given to the crew, jumped
overheard and endeavored TO save him.
self There was no appearance Of any
boats coming from the enemy after the
ship went down. was fortunate myseli
thus to escape to ths shelter Of the neu.
tral flag on board Mr. Laneaster's yacht
Deerhound, together with about forty
others.
While the Alabama was sinking
.Ssmmss dropped his stoOrd into the sea
to prevent the possibility Of its getting
into the hands Of the Federals.
THE VESSELS AND THEIR ARMAMEsTs.
The pirate Alabama, alias 400, wa,
built by the British a few months before
her use for piratical purposes, at Liver.
pool or Birkdead, and left her port in
August, 1862 She was about 200 tons
burden, draught about IA feet. Her en-.
gineB were from the establishment oil
Laird and Jones. She was o wooden
vessel, about 30 feet long, rather mar.
row, painted black outside and drab in.
very little shear, flush deck fore and aft,
a bridge forward Of the smoke-stack,
carried two large boats on cranes amid
ships forward Of the main.rigging, two
quserle boats between the main and mlz.
zen rnasts, one small boat over the stern
on cranes, the spare spars on gallow'
before the bridge and foremost, whieh
appeared above the rail.
The Kearsarge, which is named after
mountain in New Hampshire, is n reg.
ular navy-built screw sloop, 1900 tons
burden, about $50 feet long, 81 feet in
width and some Is feet depth Of hold
She was built at Philadelphia, and with
her eonsort, the Tuscarora, has been
principally engaged for the past eighteen
months in watching the movements o.
piratioal crafts in Europe. Although
planned before the outbreak Of the re
bellion, she was 6Aished after Mr.. Lin
coins election Her machinery is no
by any means so powerful as one would
suppose from reading the remarks o
the London press. 1t is, in fact, Al
nearly alike that Of the other vssssls o
her class as well can be imagined, anC
being only third rate" in our service
she cannot have a great deal Of machin
cry in her.
The followingis table Of the afna
mamanln al the raaneciixa vnasala.