The New York herald., 1864-07-09

thres brcrdsdes atter,.he white dag ~ss held up
we had aAo al thts time fred lee gun token OF
render but seeing th. ksarsasge still hring Nc th
werd was "a aoax the deck among us "thsres ~
/ sred again particularly foremoss thirty two
| while the mon we're cutting away the boats
Csptsin smes gave orders for wounded 10 be put
ia he boats quickly possbis and taken away re-
fusipa every thing 10 tAe share o boat himself. The
i1 not to the kearaarge. this time ths
| iul of water and the ssip rapidly sestiiug.
The chief did not leave the engine room III, hs
| was az 10 his waist IN Whte
away the aud putting In tho wounded Captain
semmes walked down inso mis- cabiu without ing
word. His cabin then partly 1lsd Win water.
Two OF our boats pulled or carrying the wcuuded-the
Rearsarge having ceased dringthe remainder OF oar
boats Eve had six) being ~ seriously damased One of
these beats took the wounded on board tho Keasage
which che loft ihem and then receiving permission 70
and pick up more drowning aud wounded men, Instead Of
doing pulled % TO yacht. This may havo been
exactly right but justified thing after tue
Kearssrge had ared three broadsdes At after our
colors down. I ordered down by the First
Leutsr carry the wounded, ana away the
Kearssrge. In that boat . few wounded
mca Mr.. Howell nom!naly occupying the rsnk of
tain ines I've had board; Mr. will
son, third lieutenant Mr. Bullock. master, and low
Others This boat went TO the kearsarge
The Alabama time was just song down, and Mr..
Kel passed the order for the 70 save themselves
they could Tho greater part Of them jumped overheard
Among them was Or. Lloweyn, our ASSISTANT surgeon
He was Engiishman and had long beeU on tho sick
list with leg consequently not depeuding upon his
swimming powers he had iashed himself box, but
the box turned and putting him under he drowned
MIR. Robinson the carpenter seeing that the fight WAS
lost drew revolver through
He was picked up in tho water 6y one Of the
boats ana died soou after arriving on beard
This makes three officers who lost.
Capt sammes secured what papers he had not already
sent ashore ana coming up from his cabin came ON
as the vessel just SINKING, and advised by
named Mars TO vui of his coal and uniform cap 80 that
be would not be recognized, and rsston himself TO
tvo life buoys After asking tho man how best
To use the tiro buoys he went overheard with
them with his cap on, but turned inside out, strik
ing out towards the yacht and in an direction
being proven by his giving nis papers 70 Mars. with
orders Mars himseR the papers, and to de-
encounter The prnciIa papers and the cnronometers
had been sent uG night before The papers given
Mars were dispatches from the Confederate
yacht was cut OF by boat from earsarge and was
taken In. he had the papers his Shirt and while pull
ins him n he said 10 the ecer 10 or the boat
that he should like asosher SWIM and loaed back into
the water The same man Mars had already saved the
III of two men vho had fallen on COR pas
sage here and al bold and deter mined man lie was
picked up by French pilot boat and brought on shore
ana delivered the papers TO Captain Sincstr Captain
Senmos was pink ed IN bv one Of tina vscht,s poats
The lo,lov inc IL
Captain seume. s os saved I IN tho nesrSonnd. S.'
FRS. Lieutenant Mr. KeIl saved 10 the Ieerbound.
Second Lieutenant Armstrong, picked up ey French
Third Lieutenant wilson taken by tho Kearsarre: .
on parole required 10 report every
hourr
Yourth yaautanant S,no,air pjcket mn Nv \ not boaN
nsstsr N Bulock on tho iieerhound
1uy Mr. Ga TAX nv n r0
ssssssn, surgeon MP IiewelIyn drowned.
Chief Fneineer M Freeman isksu by the Kearsarss
Second Encipeer Mr. Puudt taken by the Kearsarse
N..,c.i. H,ss Nv In,ham .i,ovra afar surrandAr,no
~ a,..r. ,o Ina 10 90 on In n,cL nm dror
fro man shnndonad na bsat ana ned to ths Deer
hc.nA
Hosfsva,n Mr. McCarsky taken bv the Ksarsarge
n,,dsn,nmSn NJ Andsrson kui.6
Haimaker NJ Acott on the Derybound
Carpsn,sr. Mr. Robinson, shot himseir
C.nsip ~ Marines NJ Howcli hrother inlav NJ lar
un s anrnonna M no"0'
ws vere ii, traatsd vish avery po.s;b,e kindness. IN
o.,a I'M nur gre~ cjv.r u. =. seor na
-. -, ~ hoard sSc .e srs srented h.,sr ,hsn
srs hsa aver hasn traoted an ths s,shsm.
IN heard hs Kearsarse thu crev were verv much ds.
nr,,ad ,hsv had mat tsken eilher Or the
riah...s C.n,sin ssmras hsd Meyer to,d -. shn, ne
voud bc bsdly treated taken prisoners Wins
low came among us and unve ma drv cio.hinr
W6aa ws came 10 anchor We wers caiIed afe ma ns
roinN nronlaed NOT 10 serve in snv v.pnsv
the interests OF the United States until houoraby az
nhsnsed n prisouers OF war We xneu vere eent on
shore We vent 10 a. Bonals the aseut ana
he sect M 10 boarding houses We saw aptan S,nc,ar
Confederate oecer who had come from Psris and Who
\. .r.... n ,,,.cs 81 C.n,sin Senr.cs -
We Ssre vssserasv ualo on bv M Bopsas and Surgeon
Gait Mst Of .he pnsn belong 70 the original crew There
has never been apy reauar IA ment before and on al
average from hundred and fty 10 two hundred dollars
neos were due Them fnsv have had liberty two or
thrss tmes sincc the Alabama nrst vent ont and on
shese occas,ons nave received = little liberty money-
never more than ,vercirn each MANY OF he men
hsvs haan haarilv Nned by Sentences of court marital IL
has hcen cnsom 10 uun,sh the men somsimes for the
momt trivial offences BY taking away their pay on one
throat taren arr OF n riza Whenever Wa teor prl1c
na onc.rs made rush for alI The vcod ratsb,es
and he the men were not aow cd . single
article Ard severely punished they touched auyth
" u AInam. NJ the very wass, ae.rr,ntop ron. or
the very best OF provisions prses
sunk rathes than give them 70 me men. ssmmes idsa