Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-07-15

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The following sketch is given of the gal
lAni commander Of tie Kear-args. -hO ha,
80 nobly earned that proaotiOa TO the rank
cf eonnodore. for which the Secretary Of
The Navy has promptly recommended hirn /:
Captain John A Winslow entered The
navy GA the lst Of January, Is23. having
been appointed from North Carolina. Al
though a citizen Of MAsSachusetts. he
joined the slooP-of-wAr Falmouth then at
tAehed TO the West India squadron. where
be remained untl 1891, when be sas sent
10 the New York Naval SCHOOL for a fs-
months. when he Was warranted A. passed
miIshiPmAn, bearing date April =. 1852.
lie Vas then ordered for dgty az Boston.
In lo56 be -As on the coast Of Brazil An the
slooP Erle. Three years after be was Al
the rendezvous a. Boston Ga tie 9th Of
December 1883. be was promoted 20 be .
Lieutenant. IA lsfI be ~as attached 10
the steamer MissOgri. Ia Issg Le -as At
taehed 10 The sIooP Saratoga on the home
squadron; from that time until 1852 be
was waiting orders then he vas ordered 20
tie iHgAie 81 Lawrence. hagship. where
be remained a long cruise.
On the l4th Of September. ISIS. be vas
commissioned = commander and ordered 20
The rendezvous At Boston. In 1859 be vas
relieved And awaited orders In 1861 he
~as appointed lighthouse inspeetor. In
lso2 b. vas Orcered 20 the Mississippi To-
tilla. and subsequently, be vAs ordered 70
Portsmouth 20 command the KeArsarre.
Shich position be has filed With credit asd
honor ~ the past a. well a. in the action
with the Alabama. lie has been az SEA one
year and ten months IN the Kearsarge. be-
ing total Of nearly eig teen year. For
over eight years BE- Performed shore duty.
and tor eleven years be vas unemployed
lie Las been over thirty-seven years IN the
service Of has country. and has last act will
ever be remembered IN naval history"
To this we may adj that Captain WINS
low Is a native Of North CaroIina. from
~hich state BE- vas appointed. but thar for
some years past Rozbury has beca his place
Of resiiencc.
The circumstanocs under which the Ala
bAma vas led to encounter the KearSaree
are thus stated blythe PAris correspondent
Of the New York lines:
"W We were not . little astonished 70 fnd
thar the Alabama vas in the port Of Cher
bourg. and that she bad made The run from
The Fast IN tire remarkably short time. iOr
vessel IN her condition. Of hundred days.
50 impossible did q seem. that uben she
entered the port q Cherbourg las, Friday
week. beth the American Vice-Consui A.
that place and the Ma-it,uis Prefsct tele-
grsphcd % Paris thaf "a va thc Florida
Iuuriiafelv Re American Minister at
PER-. tci--rlphr.i f, Captain Winslov. q
tbe Kesr.arge. then lying in one % the
ports Of Holland. and 10 the old sailing
frga'e - Louis. Supposed to be- a. Ctd'z.
to repair iHmcdiatel ly 90 Cherbourg % catch
The pirate ~ possible Tie Kearsa-re arri-
vci at once. bet tio ~ Louis bad noi vet
bad time % arrive a. the moment q the
fght The American Minister aiso pro-
tested 90 once 90 the Fren.h government
against the alaissio1 Of i'e Aiabama. and
reminded tbe Forei-n Secrrtary Of BIZ pre-
vious promise IN regard O. thi. vessel.
-rte American Minister could with more
iast.ce protest energeticaiiy in view of TIE
fat fhaf tbe Alabama did not come into
French port under stress Of weather; she
seemed t0 have struck straight Ene from
ile Cape % Cherbourg sbs DID not turn
either b thc right or leit sbe did not a.
temps o. 20 into either the ports Of Eng
iand. o. q Holland. Or of Belgian. or Of
SPAN. or q Portugal. a. she migbt have
doas 18th The sane isciliiy. Mr. Dayson.
tbsrsf1re, made a mosi spt and most ior-
chile poist in declaring O. the Foreign
Minister that by his indulgence. tbe rebels
we're using French ports eSsctly a. Il thsy
~ere their 90. thsf they paid no regard D.
he stress Of vsNfhsr clause. Gnd tAsi ssob