New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-14

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son. and resolved Q fight 70 redeem his wsnine
being able to .lei tie KearssIse II was ~ affair
OF honor" and he didat know that Capt Wnslow, be-
ing as he brave had resorted TO the best
available means Of strengthening he vessel y roughly
coating her with iron Fur confirmation. read semmess
"ocie report Of the action, addressed 70 bully Ma
son, and BY him transmitted to TAe Times commend
the document 70 Jon especially II s in perfect south
srp taste Containing least one good humping br
going unveraety as TO have been. refuted in advance
In respect to the ht ITSELF It adds only this Character
isc attempt TO excite odium against the commander Of
the Kearsarge to what already known through the
publication OF the log Of the Deerhound and other indie
pendent sources. semmes has thrown In the malignant
assertion that the United States vessel fired at the dis
abed pirate after she had struck her coors and that
there was intentional delay In sending assistance TO
her drowning crew In the perfect spirit OF Sheridans
Mrs. Cand0ur, after stating that the enemy hred
| five times upon the Alabama subsequent to the
hauling down Of her colors, Semmes writes. " II
is charity to suppose that ship.of war OF
| Christian nation could not have done this in. /,
tentionay.pJ Alec There no appearance Of
any boat coming TO me from the enemy after my ship
went down. Liars. says the adage sso1ld nave gooe
sight and the faculty Of making judicoRs use Oft AZ
the time this report written the late CON mander 81
Of the Deerhoand. which states explicitly "Atl2s.
observed the Alabama to be disabled and In SINKING
state. We Immediately made toward her. asd on pas
ing the RsarsGJgs reqEesed 10 assist IN facing ne
ALabatnas crsr" This sentence is quite sufficient 70
refute Semmess statement and ought TO have been sn'
cient TO prevent from having ever been put on paper
Of the Alabama's men. English saiors. rcmem.
bcr--and Semmes Ia proper individual TO COM
plain that he was not among them Consdering
laws Of his country 1t Is pretty certain that II instead
of being ashore at Southampton. the object OF good
deal Of dssPcable POPULARITY he were on board ths
| Keersarge he would have small chance OF commanding
another Alabama-still smaller than be has already
Remembering how he has been employed for the last
two years, plunderin1g and burning gnarmea msl,
4fran dpllglfful
can't about bis charitable" superstition what ship
OF war Of Christian nation" would or would not do
which ought to command the aaEraon 'se respee y.
similar fndngenccs Remark too that he does not say
that the Kearsargo fired upon the Alabama after the
white dag had been DSt stsf asf oSsnc
because while the former would have unnisaEa IN.
dicated the Surrender Of the vessel the latter might mol
down three four times during the action and had
been replaced and II 10 hardly probable that the hauling
down would BE- instantly distinguished from the more
or course the partsans Of the South have had their
hurra over the matter pronouncing ScInmsss seoepta
ton Of the challenge Of the Kesrsarge Balaklavs
charge 10 which Gil the honor belongs TO the van.
quisked. But remembering the injunction Let those
laugh that WIN we can afford them mGt triumph. AZ
Southampton there talk Of giving Semmes pnbio
one Pim-Bedford PIN, Commander. X. N.--writing
from the Junior United Service Club to the papers pro-
poses Subscription for the purpose Of presenting alm
doubtless crafty the admirers Of gasntry and thas
"genemen wishing parake in tAs testimony TO m.
aDans On the % 81
to her destruction by Soistng British ensign and
pouring into her snddeE broadsid9 may DO SO BY
United Service Club Pail Mall or. SIR, Yours &C.
PIN" Admiral Arson ard PIN are quite ready 70 re-
ceiye guinsas 10 which genteel sum the
SS Ss thai aFss s p9seess
the papershsrly receive the proposioa favoraby and
even the sensational and syp sthizing with Secession
Telegraph raps the enthusiastic PIN over his nsyai
knuckles off sword Is 10 be given % anybody"
says TA< Telegraph. lit should be presented TO M
Laird, or TO the foreman OF bis works Respectiuiy,
suggest amendment in the substitution OF the WORD
Laisr, as much more appropriate. Furthermore. tho
newspaper having the largest circuistion IN the
world $50 advertised on the dead walls q Lo1den1
thinks that "we"-the British people" have had .
good deal too much to do already with the Alabama
She was built in England she mad an English crew on
board her when she went down; she fought the acton
plessed 10 know escaped by the humanity Ut an En-
gish yachtman' All of which seem 10 me ed
raby ale1iated to induce Brtsns suoscriee men ,S,,
admiration and induce reward than the knowledge tnss
they indirectly complimentng themseiyesf flnaDy
TAs Telegraph concludes with Let the Alabama alone
Lest the Yankees act on sthe dangerous precedent In
| the war which seem drifting into with Germany.
Which they would be fools not TO do surely
! word more yet and all important one ABOUT tnn
famous see fight Mr. John Lancaster Of Hindley HAL.
Wigan. Lancashire member OF the Royal scnt Sqnad;
ron Z. C9wse and the Royal Mercy fass uiao anc
denee was built BY Laird the rasealy) saved SeEmeS
his 10 officers and &c men. landing them at southampton
-possibly humane act But how about the neutrality
Of enabling them to escepe certain capture AEHs
psc,cd hat d,mand riU be made for ae ty h< An.rieah
orrnmeat; the subject has been talked over ana as
cussed In the clubs TO immense extent "Dcpene'
upon it, the cubverdict Il, that 1t WIZ be rsgardeo
as another British outrage saw PurpleIaesa,
choky irascible old East Indian colonel-somethina
between Thackersys Sir Thomas de Boots, and Dck'
enss Major Bagslockget into tremendous rage, the
other day with civilian who bad mildly suggested se
possibility that the late commander Of the Ahbams
would anticipate the difficulties II the case by qufety
leaving England. should endeayor to report there
marks OF The military heroic was peers brother TOO
it would be at the expense Of many internal supera
tyes and much repetition OF such inierjeotons al
Great Britain. sir by -. air right OF asylum, 81.
dell aud Mason, Trent ortragei insult 70 the nAgT
| and - Yankees"
To the other topic Of the week, for my letter viii
contain but two Is il to be peace Is becoming
more aud more the question Of the hour FOR long
time England has been trying to stem the Snfrcn.
which has been carrying her down 70 war wien.
begun must ultimately prove European II seems as
the tide had brought her very near to this goa at last
The Conference has Eet, and failed Iocay II Assem-,
bcs In the words OF Lord Emerson Tor its last sno
ami meeting II / could tell you what viii hays
trsnspred ia those apartments IN Downing street 10
the windows of which people who know the locality o.
me assembled coneave turn up curious eyes) before
sho close this letter the news might be worth hearing
Yoa will hardly get Il until noIt Wednesdays steamer
Something may Occur IL Is eagerly hoped at the eiev
enth honr 20 stop the fresh outpouing of Doodf only
an extension of the erisce, but at present It hardly
seems probable. Prussia rejects the proposition OF ED
i gland; Denmark does the same, only more emphat
cally All sorts Of rumors have BEEN rife LoDdon-oi
the resignation Of hiuisters-a coalition With trance
with view 10 a combined war on Germany-the &c
parture of the Channel feet 10 the Baltic On Monday
The 9TH We know al about II then the Govern
ment laws before Parliament all the documents relating
20 this sbortiye scheme for restoring the peace OF Eu
IN. AZ hxq