The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-06

rendition. Captain Winsow had ample time and
mtans TO pick up all the officers and men of the
alabama but the beats Of the English yBcht ran
In ano a tually stole them away Is II actiny upon
prearranged plan, thus constituting a clear case
OF Interyt tntion.
Captain Semmes and party did not, therefore.
escape. They were stolen away by party who
was indirectly interfering in the fight. There
was no wish on the part Of Captain Winslow to
see Captain Stmmcs drowned On the contrary,
he would have soon taken up Sommes' boat load
himself.
Here let me place a reflection. Is II not
strange that at her birth and her DEATH and all
through the course OF her short existence,
whenever the Aabama needed help there was
always an Engshman there TO render IL She
was constructed by Englishmen in an
English port she was taken 70 sea, armed,
equipped, and started on her career Of pillage and
devastation by Engishmen; she was ted, har
bored, petted, and protected in English ports ;
and finally, when she arrives at the last tragic
scene In ser destructive existence there steps in
an Englishman 70 steal away her captain and
officers
The Monifet,r and other Secession sheets say
that the contest was an unequal one, aud this in
the face of the boast of Laird and other bonn
bastiC English shipbuilders, that the dLdbumd
could either whip or outrun the kelTsdrge, and
that Captain Semmes demanded nothing better
than q trial Of the qualities Of the two boats.
The facts are, that the RedrSdge could both
outrun and whip her. An officer OF the KedrSnrge
said here the other day that il they could get
sight OF the Aldbama In the morning, no matter
at what distance, he was sure that they could
catch her and sink her before night.
Both are wooden vessels, the ikabdmd being Of
1000 tons, and the hedySarqe 1880. Both carried
about the same number Of guns, but the one
carried Yankee guns and the other English, and
this gave the hodrSdrgo great advantage. A
man who Will trust himself TO English guns at
this advanced age ought to have his ship sunk.
The hedrSdrge carried a complement of $50
men, and the Aldbdmd $50. The difference was
not great as regards number, for ships of that
size can be Just as well handled in an open sea
fight with l5o rs with 1870 men. But the Rear-
sarge had great advantage in the kind of men.
She had Yankee sailors and some of the old
gunners Of the United States Navy--the first
sailors and the FIRST gunncrs in the world.
The officers Of the Aldbdmd, | am told, are all
superior men in their pro esson, but their crew
volunteered for priyateering purposes and were
probably not the kind of men to fight such foe
as they found in the hearSdrge. For It is not the
most adventurous or the most clustering man
who makes the best fight in case of life or
death.
DIR. Gait, OF Norfolk, Va, the surgeon of the
alabama, and gentleman who seems to have
beeu much beloved and respected by all on board
the vessel, was drowned. So at least it is re-
ported.
The Yeddo, new Confederate ship at Bordeaux,
was yesterday preparing to sail to-day. The
owners say she is sold to neutral party, and
the Government appears 10 cUntide in the state
ment. We will soon see.
1t is to be hoped that our Government will
hurry over here some additional men Of war.
They would be very useful in various ways
N. T. Times.