, 1864-07-08
DESTRUCTION OF THE AID
BAMA.
NAVAL COMBAT orr cHERBouRo.
The Pirate Sunk and Part of Her
Grew Captured
ESCAPE OF CAPT. sEMMEs,
From Our Special Cor7espondent1

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From Our Special cor1espoud.nt1
PA1u, TUESDAY: Jnne 81 1884
The news which this ,nat1 br,ngs 49, :.
Won from Eurone VIII ha -.oa,..s W. "
thin of aat,efs1tion -. ~ os lecetsea WIN a
ont the % I1n,on ~ 1:.ty .sy,. nteast through
told: 1t nay be summed up. in a yev few
words, but these words carry with the,n a
prestige such IA far rcnrg--a.1,,, .~la - .
nona .,fto,, ~, Ae4uy important
~ 4ao W e1efcise. 10 be brief,
tnen, Inc A1apama has ceased to exist, She
has disappeared from the seas forev.r .srnk.
gone to the bottom: she has heen nannaas, S
nnmme11ed. daatr,,.a --=fsS -" pouuuea'
Faaa-, ~. eu, panlshed, BY the
eoetal ~n s'eamer': the Keatsarge, the
chosen instrument OF retr1bution for past In
juries. I need not say that the trfumnh a,
the North ie great Bnt thu perer,1 s1o,.o
mont and sensat,on craatod fw.La @ ,, e.slte-
:. ..r..s-.. - V.t,,. ',o ~ 'ne incident
an epitome Of the great struggle on tina
other eide of the Atlantic bronphf In r.
near ehorea and 1on, hs,,n. e ~ 1uio"
- s !. atee years,
"nen LIE Haf 10 oseI, toe Inhabitants Of
the western coast OF France will speak Of
the fierce fight which took place TINT flne
eunuaf moSneg, ~ tne tsta OF June, 1854,
as eometaane winch anected aud brought
home to themselves, more Eeenly than can
be done By any telegram, the conscious.
ness Of the tremendous conflict Thich vas
being carried on elsewhere. But to tnrn tn
the facts of the case: these viii meet vonr
eve in every direction, but mnst also bi,efv 1
narrate them. -. ::
Intelligence had scarcely reached us that
the Confederate cruiser hsd left tbe. China.
seas, when she made her. appearance and put
into the pert Of Che1bour2, need mol say
That the American consular and diplomstic
authorities were on the qus riot, and that It
ering tie delicate nature Of lie T Treistinns
between the two governments with rasrecf
10 epch matters and the tarnest ;jaa;rn fhot
no nossihle chance shonld he 1ost ~ Iestrov.
inr this plunderer on the ocean. helieve r
may say that the French AUTHORITIES acted On
the whole 1a,rly in tha matter and thonoh
Of nroYfsione. cIothinrr and, ff,eI tonE rere
that be should receiye nothing else. And
the rpTer had EbereWfth to pay! He Ia said
To haze brought fnto Cherbanrp win hin, a
sum Of eight mi1lions Of francs. which with
f}1e RaYtnTs nf his crew. his oWn Will. hie
log and forty-eight chronometers, be LEFT
sa sarae than 1rino nfT he ba1hcE wsitinr s IN
h;1n6 WhT Se went ont nt iii. or rEther
why he went ont ieliberately to f3pht in
stead Of first attemptinr aansuai to eecane
without fighting, It seems difficult to eay.
The Kearserge Is said to have sent in
courteous challenge, I have been given to
source, that Capt. semmes held a council of
war with his officers, who were unanfmous
fn occent the cont1ict Thereunnn this Cant
Eemmes teleeranhed m to Mr., Slide1j in
p;ris, that +. was evPn,nai1V. seferm;n ID
that be should 70 out and fight; and, fortu
nately for the Cause of Ame5ean can1merce.
ont be went and met With Ills fate.
morning in the De1ats asve thai. the feeling in
the French fleet there. and HE s.e1eranf an
ciety" Of the place was an in favor Of The nj
ratei They mnst have heen sneciallv morf1.
LED, when, IN the space Of a couple of hours
~ +ha i,ta-in ~ +hai- .nst -. nat
ths ha+tnn; ~ tao iusea een' tuen Pe' cosea's "
'ns eutsvu nu1r 4, ~
7oth ~ A1ahasa. ~ iaft ~ AZ ha VI sas
~ H. enE ab f.n1.5 ,ets ~ nafuol H nstsnuso
s,4a se ta nsn so .hnt ~ Ine gououue, ~
p9nn. qv,th,n ~ ~ -enah 49s+a H. ,n eooh
tba a1ahora Th.n shan+ MI. Iir+o-+ - T-n1 ~
the Eesr.a~aa phn snn,adf.taiv +an9;.5 W W
+he 4,'nar.a,66a,+ 1,ooa-.a s,,1,tI.yp oo
soenal.s Su 80 H. - ia. Ionu.uvas. o9ue ue
c1ose. otheTs thst hofh vesseie aant;Hmed ~ ~
mannuyer at distance Yaryine durinr tho
combat from aha1f to quarter OF a mile.
About twelve o'clock, that Is, in less than an
hour, the nre OF the Alabama slackened; she
was seen to let of her steam, and presently
to make head sail and steer toward
the land. a ball is said to have shattered
her screw, or as some say, to haYe pass
ed through her boiler. In another half
hour she was evidently In sinking state,
and about ten minutes to one went down
bodily: The crew were picked up-some
from boats, some from the water-by the
Kearearee. by q French pilot boat, and by
the English steam yacht. the Deerhound; :;
the account OF the action Of whose men will
reach you by the London papers. The Keaf-
Barge herself, though considerably damaged,
and with twelve shot IN her hul, steamed
pronoly fhto CherooufE and anchored close
70 ne Napoieon screw ncer, where she was
speesaaiy slsatea oin. n hsf rafn by numbers OF
eng e!egaat soGlt!y o. Inc place IN whose
estimation tne fedefai navy doubtless stands
several points higher than It did few days
ago. lien wounded Contederates and three
federals have been transferred to the local
hospitals 4he CeniedeIate authorities here
are sad TO & ADMIT zen kined. The two YES
eels afe ea1a 70 nave dred about 1S0 shots
eash fos or iur,ner nafnealaEs must refer
Ror,,r anne.,ine Tha -esnit bss ~nu haas IT ase
-snns srG tba a-19itatio, 10 o-nst u'e oeeA sio-
,a.ses t ~ 49, Te..s - s'1s
a ie'tef 70 tne LONDON f4f7ts, dated at
southampton, England, June p, says:
The English steam yacht Deerbound., be-
longing to Mr. John Lancaster, Of Hindley
HAi}. Nlean, Lancashire. arriyed here last
MIGHT and landed Captain Semnes icomman-
DEF Of the late Confederate steamer Alabama.)
thirteen officers, and tycnty-sir men. whom
che rescued from drowning after the action
off Cberbon1g yesterday, which resulted In
the destruction of the world.renowned Ala
bama. From interviews held this morninr
with Mr.. lancaster, with Captain Jones
{maeter Of the Deerbound), aud Nith some Of
the Alabama's officers, and from information
cleaned in other quarters, am enabled to