The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-16
BURLINGTON SATURDAY JULY Is k51sASzs

:Ss2s Hsx6ama on the contrary, II stat
yea d!6nave had only two heavy riAed gum
and stx broadsids 0-poundsfs. The Con
fedeeate, TOO, after her long cruise, VA
eoroly In need Of . re6k Pan Of her cop
per, IL was eaid, wa0 o6, and her bottom
W. covered With long weeds. ia
~ about 16O when she left Cherbour9. q
theso tsn or twelve wers killed during tha
action, and . numhsr were known to b
drowned, the difference between these and
the number brought home by the Deer
hound being, II 70 hoped, saved BY the
boatsof the KearsArge or some French pilot
boats which were In the vicinity. The
out beyond three miles. The surgeon Of
the Alabama was IN Englishman, and as
nothing has been heard Of him since he
went below to dress the wounds OF some
Of the sufferers, II il feared that he went
down with the ship.
| The wounded men on board the Deer
hound we're carefully attended TO until her
Sailors Home, in the Canute road. Sever
u Of the men are moro or less SCARED, but
they are all out about the town to-day,
and the only noticeable caseis that Of aman
who WAS wounded in the groin, and that
but slightly.
Capt. ssmmes and his first lieutenant,
Hotel, In Queens terrace, whore the gal
liant commander il under the care of DR..
Ware, . medical gentleman Of this town,
a.. right hand being:slightly.: splintered BY
When the men came on board the Deer
hound they had nothing on but their
drawers and shirts, having been stripped
to fight, and one of the men, with a sailors
devotedness, insisted on seeing his captain,
who was then lying in Mr.. Lancaster's .
cabin, in Q very exhausted state, as he had
been intrusted by Capt. Semmes with the
ships papers, and TO no one else would he
give them up. The men were all very
anxious about their captain, and were re-
j0iced to find that he had been saved
They appeared to be set Of hrst-rate fell
lows, and to act well together in perfect
union under the most trying circumstances.
The captain Of the forecastle on hoard the
Alabama, Norwegian, says that when be
was in the water he was hailed by . boat
and wen save YOU" 70 which be replied,
''Nevsr mind me; can keep up half IN
hour yet; look after some who are nearer
drowning than / ann" He then made
away for the Deerhound, thanking God
that he was under English colors.
Throughout the action the Deerhound
kept about mile TO windward Of the COM
whole Of It. The Kearsarge was burning
Newcastle Goals, and the Alabama Welsh
Goals, the difference in the smoke, (the
north country coal yielding 90 much more)
enabling the movements Of each ship to be
distinctly traced. Mr.. Lancaster is clearly
Of opinion that it was the. Kearsarges IL
inch shells which gave her the advantage,
and that, after what he has witnessed on
this occasion, wooden ships stand no
chance whatever against shells. Both ves-
sells fired well into each others hull, and
the yards and masts were not much dam
aged. The mainmast Of the Alabama had
been struck by shot, and as the vessel was
throwing some men who we're in the main
top into the water. Some tremendous gaps
were visible in the bulwarks Of the Kear-
sarge, and it was believed that..some Of her
boats were disabled. She appeared to be
temporarily plated with iron chains, &c.
As far IS could be seen, everything ap-
board tho Kearsargs for action. It was ap-
parent that Capt. Semmes intended 70 fight
ct q long range, and the fact that the Kear-
sarge did not reply till the two vessels got
nearer together showed that they preferred
the short range, and the superior steaming
power Of the latter enabled this to be ac-
complished. It is remarkable that no at
tempt was made by the Kearsarge to close
and board the Alabama, and when the AL.
abama hoisted sails and made as II for the
shore, the Kearsarge moved away in an
other direction, ~ though her rudder or
screw was damaged and out Of CONTROL
Great pluck was shown on both sides du
ring the action. On board the Alabama al
| ~oNpo fs&SAaa
ments had been made for sinking her Ta-
thor than that she should be captured.
Az far - IL known, not relic OF the AL
ALBANIA Is In the possession Of her succeas-
ful rival. When she was sinking, Capt
Semmes dropped his own sword Into the
into their hands, and the gunner made !
hole in one Of the Alabama's boats and
sank her, for the same reason.
| Before leaving the Deerhound, Capt.
6emmes presented TO Mr.. Lancaster's son
one Of his officers swords and pistol, In
remembrance Of the occurance and the
kind treatmen he and his men had receiv.
that the best practice generally on board
the Alabama during the action was shown
| by the gunners who had been trained on
board the Excellent in Portsmouth Har-
Dor.
The spectacle presented during the com.
bat IL described by those who Witnessed It
from the Deefhound a. magnificent, and
thus the extraordinary career Of the Ala
bama has come 70 grand and appropriate
termination.
The presence Of the Deerhound on the
scene was . providential circumstance, as
In all probability the men saved by her
would otherwise have been drowned, and
. lamentable addition would thus have
been made to the number Of lives lost on
the occasion. a#iR
Nothing il known here respecting the
Kearsarge or her subsequent movements.
She was Ia command Of Capt. John VIM
slow, and had about the same number Of
officers and crew - the Alabama. The
last official American navy list describes
her - 1,0Sl tons register, and carrying
eight guns, being two less than the Tus-
carora mounts, to which, in all other re-
Fspects the Kearsargo II q sistsr shin. The
Tuscarora win b remembered 9 tie Fed
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