The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-16

JUNE, 1873:
i TIE EALABAl1A.-Having permitted tVe
days 70 pass without interrupting the NJ.
the destruction Of the Alabama, We nov
i turn critically TO some features Of The cogl-
test demanding Amore careful considetA-
ton than has yet been given them.
Il - ssated ia the London Daily Neses That
the Deerhound II regarded - having -
the tender or coneort of the AlAbGma. Tho
view = correct. Whatsver relation n.
yacht may have previously sustained =
the pirate, It - ct least certain that hfD ap-
pearance upon the scene, and his acts WhS1
the engagement was over, made him The
acC0mplice Aywell ~ the fSemmoO,
We do not know, and II ID immateriAl,
whether the report Of his agreement to b
present in order. to interfere II the nght
went against the Alabama, b true or 10:
the fact being that be acted just as, ii case
Of such bargain, he would have been ex.
pected to act.
The law Of the case is beyond question.
The Kearsarge had engaged and defeated
the Alabama, and the latter, with every
lawful prize Of the victor, unless the Kear-
sarge had herself been % much injured -
TO be unable 70 take possession. That abe
was not unable, II evident from the quick
arrival of her boats. Mr.. Lancaster alleges
that he was requested by Capt. Winslow
to aid him in saving the drowning crew, -
ceedings. If Captain Winslow made such
. request, he showed q humanity not gen.
orally exhibited to pirates; but, In any
event, be made It with the expectation that
the DeerhOund would pat on the decks Of
the Kearsarge whenever she picked up.
But Mr.. John Lancaster took another view
of his duties as Q humanitarian neutral:
and, having first rescued Semmes, then lied
to the Kearsarge boat concerning him, made
of to Cowes. f.sc fa 5E
The interference, the violation Of neu-
trality, the insult to the American flag, are
hardly less fragrant than If the Deerhound
had ranged up unseen to the Kearsaxge
while the night was going on, and poured
in her brosdside, snpposing her to have
had one. Our Government has clear riaht
to ask an explanation Of this act Of Brit.
ish subject, and to demand the surrender
of 6emmes from English soil, to which ho
was thus illegally transferred, though his
rendition now may b quite impossible.
tves which influenced Capt Winslow in
permitting the escape OF the Deerhouna
with his prisoners. When that vessel had
taken the pirate Semmes on board, she was
still under the guns Of the Kearsar9e. Mr..
John Lancaster says he expected to b
| guilty consciousness that he was doing n
illegal act. Capt. WinslOw must have
known that the Deerhound had somebody
on board; nor is Il easy to conceive how IN
ex6oer who had been In command Of tho
Kearsarge and excluded from all courte-
sizes in British ports, could have trusted 20
the honor, or good fdth, or sense of jus
tice, Of an Englishman. It would have
been quite easy for Capt. Winslow to have
detained and examined the Deerhound.-
In the two dispatches published yesterday,
the subject il left untouched 4
It appears further that those Of the CreW
who were picked up by the boats Of the
by Capt. winslow. fhe eject Of such a
act is to recognize the Alabama as Con.
federate ship Of war, and her captain . IN
ofdcer In the Confederate service. Should
onr Government not be prepared to make
these admissions, this parole may be dis
avowed and recalled BY the Navy Depart
ment.
It has surprised nobody that tbs Engiiah
journals should have sought to belittie the,
exploit Of the Kearsarge by extolling her
superiority to the Alabama. It il natural
that British pride should be touched BY tho
defeat Of q British vessel. The in1erioTity
Of the gunners trained on the British prac-
tice ship Excellence was rather too plainly
demonstrated. But the facts exit, and
although it Is easy to misreprs3ent them,
they cannot be altered. There has beem no
naval night on more equal terms than that
between the Kearsarge and the Alabama.
.arhe ships wers about equal in match.
the tunnage being the same, the Alabama
carrying 100 pound ride, with one hesvy
|6S-pounder and six brOadside 82-poundors;
the Kearsarge carrying four broadsido y.
Founders, two 11-inch and one 26-poun6 n.
he; one gun less than the Alabama. tsfss
either varied very little. & s.s less6-
A distinguished naval ofhcer said 70 -
on Saturday. before the newo Of the AghS
was received, that no two vessels could b
moro nearly matched than the Kearsafeo
and Alabama that no naval 0fiCeF would
desire fight on more even terms; but TIT
scarcely deem it just to the great CONNER
cial interests depending on the destruction
Of the Alabama to leave but . single voooea
like the Kearsarge to take care Of her In
case Of tight. This opinion, being pro-
fessional, and coming from m officer IN.
usually capable and well-informed, = on
titled to be accepted - conclusive.-N n
TIE SPECIAL INo0HE TAx.-The follow.
ing is an exact copy Of the joint resolution
assessing UP0Clol t3X On AuCOMeo:
Re8otCcd 0N the Senate and House Of Rep.
,eseatdtives That, in addition to an income
duty already imposed BY law, there shan
be levied, assessed and collected. on the
drst day Of October, 1854, special income
duty upon the gains, profit Or income 1or
the year ending the 3lst day Of December
next preceding the time herein named for
levying, assessing and collecting said duty
Of all persons residing within the United
States, or of citizens Of the United States
residing abroad, at tho rate Of i've per
centum on all sums exceeding six hundred
dollars, and the same shall be levied. as-
sessed, estimated and collected, except -
to the rates according 70 the provisions of
tho existing laws for the collection Of IN
income duty annually where not inAppai-
Treasury 10 hereby authorized to make
such rules and regulations - 70 time ana