The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-06
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The HERALD DISPATCHES.
Our Cherbourg Correspondence.

Our ChcrbOurG Correspondencc.
CHEsEouaG, June 81, 1854.
Naval Battle Betiueen hs Kearsar0e and the AlabamaH
Lasts One Hour and Fire Anutes- The Alabama Sunk
A Number Of Her Crew Dro0nsd and Wounded--Cart.
Semmes Escapes in an English Yacht-Bad Ftih Of The
Yachtsman-Fre Rebel Offers and Sir,yt,co Men
Taken Prisoners-7hs Prisoners Paroled-Incidents Of
tie Hok-Hs Heroes, de-, dc.
aUpcle Sans web feet" Ia the persons Of Captain
wnsow, her commander and the brave officers aud
of the United Saes soop Of Kessarge have won for
themselves immortal gory-names that win livelong and
shiue brightly naval history They have rid the
of scourge which has too long been permitted to
exist They have sunk Anglo rebel pirate Alabama,
which lies Just outside this harbor in at least forty
fshoms water trace of her being loft 10 sight
This glorious result obtained in fair aght, which
TOOK place just OF this barbor between the Alabama ard
che Keasarge Sunday last and, in order to arrive at
consecutive relation OF the connected with the
destruction OF the rebel pirate, viii be necessary for
me to 20 back antte.
was IN Paris on sunday when the hrst report OF a
naval battle between the two vessels arrived there.
Ever since that tho Alabama lying ip
the port Of cberbourg and the Kearsarge cruising oil IT,
had been generally supposed that naval combat
would ensue; but one suspected that II would take
place at early date The Alabama was said to bs
very much out OF repair and Il was supposed that 1t
port.
On Sunday afternoon Juno TO- about four o'clock the
news reached Paris that Alabama had been sunk
fight with the Kearsarge. Among the rebels, TO whom
teegraphc despatch sent, about the time
one was Forwarded 10 ar Dayton Colonel Charles Carroll
Hicks well known IL New York was the favored mortal
who recivcd The hrst notification Of the sad cvent
The terrible news was speedily communicated to the
crowd Of secessioniss who make the Grand Hotel their
headquarters and who had been for several days talking
very loudly about the superior skill and bravery OF
Captain scmmes and hs crew. and had been rejoicing In
advance at the "noat and handy way in which the
Yankee captain was be whipped How they rcckoned
without their host the sequel will show.
There was mourning in tho rebel camp in Paris On
Sunday evening aud equal 81 JOY among loyal
men,
Mr. Dayton recavcd The news at early hour In n
iecgraphc despatch from bis SON. who had gone 10 Cher
bourg several days BEFORE and who ,i The for'u
nate witnesses Of the fight
took the ars, train yesterday morning and arrived III
Chsrbourg last evening at ten o'clock have been GU
gagged all night IN gathering what particulars could o.
this important and interesting naval battle II is
I've O'Clock In the morning. and 10 order 70 reach you BY
shis mail this letter viii os Pasted 10 Paris q, half
seven O'Clock. You will therefore that u viii he i'm
pcssIbe for me to enter into details fully hope %
IN time for the next mall That which | do give ID
sulhentic and reliable
The Kearsareo under the command OF Captain John
winslow, is United states soop Of war or the
third GLASS; carrying hundred aud sixty three officer
and men aud seven guns, OF the following description
caiiorc Two eleveu.incb Dahlgrens, one rife thirty
swo.poundcr, and four broadsids thirtytwos In ton
mage the Kearsarge measures oSi.
The Alabama was larger vessel, but Of about the
tonnage, and carried cigh, runsCne hundred poundc
rine, one sixty eight aud six ,hrtytwos
The Alabama reached Cherbours on saturday, the TIT
- June from Cape Town, with thirty prisoners the
81 two American merchant vesscls which she bad cap
/, tured and destroyed the passage, and which ST.
landed mmedatey upon arriviuss she entered she
Dor ossepsiby f ithe purpose Of making repairs aud
generally supposed tnai she was N unseawortb
condition.
Duripg hor STAY hcre a considerable number Of men