Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-08

oners, and the -Deerhound, being a fast
yacht, was. enabled to get out of the reach
Of the federal man-of-war. Mr.. Lancas-
! ter describes the fight as magnificent
sight. He saw holes right through the
Alabama, made by the tremendous shot Of
| the Kearsage.
A second letter from the same cores
pondent says:
When tho battle wasat 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 ofa doz-
en- struggling persons, when he passed q
| drowning man at some shOrtdistance with
an officers cap on. One of the men il the
/ boat cried out That's Semmes," and the
! drowning man called out, " am the Cap
! tain--save me: cannot keep up any
| longer Adams went and dragged him
into the boat. Semmes then said, For
Gods sake don't put me on bOardthe Kear-
| sage but put mo on board your yacht.
| Adams promised to do so, and laid Sem
mes down in the bottom, and covered him
with a sail to conceal him from the KeGr-
sages boats, which were evidently anXi-
ously searching for him. ...
The excitement following the arrival Of
the news of the destruction of the Alabama
is thus described by the London News.
From Liverpool we learn that the Amer
ican3 shipping in that port was never so
/ profusely decked ont with bunting as it
/ was yesterday. When tho notorious con-
/ fedeTate cruiser made her appearance at
| CbeFbourg there was general opinion lin
/ Liverpool that the Kearsage conc of the
sWiftc5t Slnnus Of rrra.. =, III Fo-l....l z..r
| vice. would fight Semmes. The office
I Of Frazer, Trenholm Y Co, the cOnle,le-
I rate agents IN Liverpool, was invested
/ yesterday by people eager to learn the fate
4 of the crew Of the Alabama and 1t was
Tumored on Change that there was ESQ.,
600 in gold on board the ship when she
! went down.
! Before leaving Cherbourg, Semmes made
a speech to his crew Addressing them
! he exclaimed" We must conquer or dieF
To which the crew replied Il give the
works in French):-H Hurrah pour le sud-
! -4ive Leol YiTe son armeel Vive Ia
Francel lanation generouse qui soule pat
ique dune maniere impartiale, Ia neural
| iteP
The following isthe scene at the hauling
down of the Rebel flag
Captain Semmes directed the first lieu
tenant, Mr.. Kell, to go below and report
the state Of the ship That officer soon re-
turned, saying that she was in sinking
state, and the captain decided on striking
the flag. The flag had been already three
times shot away, but replaced. 4 large
number of the crew rushed aft, conjuring
the captain not to strike, and expressing
their readiness to sink in her and die with
honor; and one Of the seamen, named
/ Smith, nutless IN hand, stood bv the flag
and declared he would not allow it to be
lowered. The captain leyeled his revolver
and insisted on its being hauled down,
which was done, and a white flag hoisted
THE WOUNDED on THE YACHT.
The wounded men on board the Deer
hound were carefully attended to until her
arrival here, when they were taken TO the
Sailors Home, in the Canute road Seve-
raj of the men are more or less Scared, but
they are all up about the town to-day, and
the only noticeable case, is that of Il man
who was wounded in the groin, and that
but slightly. r..-..r -. r....
sEATNIEs RIGHT HAND FRACTURED BY A
4Gs ~ SHELL.
Captain Semmes and his first lieutenant,
Mr.. J. NJ XIII, are staying at Kelway-
Hotel, in Queens terrace, where the gal-
liant commander IS under the care Of Dr.
Ware, medical gentleman of this town,
his right hand being slightly splintered by
shell ..h
APPEARANrF nr uLIE- IaIir'Isr-- 5T7e.aTrsst----
When the men came on board the Deer
hound they had nothing on but their shirts
and drawers, having been stripped to fight
and one of the men with sailors deyot-
edness, insisted on seeing his captain, who
was then lying in Mr. Lancasters cabin
IN very exhausted state, as he had been
iptrusted by Captain Semmes with the
ships papers and to no one else would he
give them up. The men were al very anx-
ious bout their captain, and were rejOiced
to tiud that he had been saved. They ap-
peared to be a set Of first rate fellows, and
and to act well together in perfect union
'AAN'NA eAAN AAAs'lS - iA45 Nttll4oA1l4LGtzs
The ships were well matched in every re-
spect, being nearly Of the same tonnage
and number Of guns If there was any
difference it was in favor of the pirate,
who carried a battery and eight thirtv-ty,o
Founders Of fitty-six hundred weight, one
one hundred FOUNDER rifle, one sixty-e;ght-
FOUNDER and one twenty-four FOUNDER fihc.
The kearsaTge carried a battery Of eight
guns-Yiz two eleven inch guns in pivot
our thirty-two Founders in broadside, one
twenty FOUNDER rifle and one twenty-foar |
FOUNDER howitzer. In the action, in all !
probability, the Kearsarge did not use her |
twenty FOUNDER howitzer. We give in the |
following table a comparison of the weight !
Of metal thrown by each ship 1t viii be |
seen that the difference Is very small prob- !
ably that two ships never mntchedin guns, |
In men the case was different; the crew of |
Alabama We're graduates of her Britanic |
Majesty gunnery ship Excellent, the pride /
Of the British navy while that of the
kearsarge was made up from the inland |
towns of the United States, never trained
IN a gunnery or any other ship. The gun
lery training of the Englishmen availed
hem nothing, rs with all their firing. Zone
hundred and fifty rounds they wounded
Dnly three Yankees and damaged the
[earsarge but little while the '.untrained'
Yankees sunk the pride Of the Brtishcrs
md rebels ..... .......
The following is a table ofthe armament
# the respective vessels:
.. ARMAMAMEyT OF THa ALABAMA.
Weight Of WEIGHT of
20, Class. Shell, lbs. Shot lbs
.-... 32- FOUNDERS, each ...... 2G... 70
---..lOo-pOunder rifle .........l lOO. ....... gqIL
-..-.-6s-pOunder t ......... 81 51IS........... 81
..... 2l-pomdcr rife ...... 2O....,...,....... "a
] guns......Total weight 379l5 4gG1Z
Weight Of broadside metal (seven grmsl
hell, 275I, lbs; shot 3ISI
ARMAMENT OF THE KEARsARGE.