Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-07-14
This Fight I'm Parliament.

JOHN BULL TAKING LESSONS FROM YANKEE SAILORS.
Ia the House of Commons, the 23d, Sir John
Hay asked the attention of the government had been
called The action between the Kearsarge and the
Alabama. He also inquired whether, in view of Tire
experience gained by that action the government would
continue building ships which could neither fight nor
swing?
Lord 9. Paget said the attention OF the Admira t7
had been drawn tn the fight in question, but it ka1
nothing to do with the question of the vessels which
the inquiry referred.
On the following evening Lord Paget, in reply to
an qliry said that thu Admiralty did not think it
necessary to send officer to Cherbourg to eramane
The mode adapted TO strengthen the sides of the Ken
sarge IN Oder TO resist SHE'LL that info nation haUlng
been obtained t0hea the Uesse dock England
FRANCo-REBEL STEAMER AFLoAr.
The new steamer Yeddo, believed to have been built
for the rebels at Bordeaux, he'd left that port for Am
sterdan.
Eve : hing about the Yeddo was perfectly correct
bot there Yves an unexplained mystery in the proceed
ngs concerning her.
The PIraoies of tho Alabama.
1t will not, We are sure, be unineresting at this
um2 to give Jew additional facts connected With the
Alabama end he victorious Kearsarge. Owing to
crowd I'd columns yesterday compelled to
INIT some fcts, which we give below -
The irish pirate steamer Alabams alias $3.50 alias
,Eurca' has at lat been MT il fair sea fight 6y
Yankee gup6oat; whipped crippled and hen aunk This
&. gaId, ty Mes era. ard. under made by
Captain Bullock. and sad to De III behalf IF bel
rove CoSt, Wnrb COup'ele io' sees fL-oU
She launched in april 1882. She fitted with
scks pivot gan sockets and oreechiag bolts
et Live pool. She sailed from Liverpool the 30 h of
July 1862 having down the river 0stegsbi ri
a. trip in ten days hera ter she arrived e. rhe
HIRE she took on beard her aTmaInsnI which fur
nished by the Ep9sh house Of FeWcett, Preston of
Nv rpOol.
FIR the time of her departure from Liverpool she was
npde he command Of Captain NJ J. Butcher, of he Gun
ard The rest of her officers follows
Grief Gficer-John Low. England second OfoeT-C. S
Willis England Pay master-C. r. Yonge, Savannah Ca
Chief Engineer. akair, England She had
ssVersy and boys, two thirds being English.
the Gath of August Sunday plain RRpha Semes
command IF the vessel, and Ia formal hois
tsl the rebel flag at the pea and the English flag at the
fore, and fred gun.
She then stan ted On cruise, with commander twenty
officers and eghtyfVe men, For nearly two she
has employed in einkinz burning and destro ing
January, 1862 she sunk the little Gulboat Hatteras and
suffered herself considerably. Semmes has always tried
to avoid meeting armed vessel of his weight of
metal fearing the result to be such hos been
in his late contest to his personal character it
pretty clearly proved that he coward and afraid to
the Kearsage After he surrendered he threw
his Eword-and uuoicerlke ac-and significantly begged
be taken into the Deethouads boat and covered to
falling into the bands OF the capor of his pet
had been chastised, seeking protection under the
which long had protected him. he fought only be
he obliged dc his honor in the face
IL his Had he met Yankee single handed he C1ld
have like a scared cat
Tie following list of the vessels he has destroyed
and which in due time her Aajestys government will be
obliged to pay Tor -