Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-07-06
Second Edition
FOUR O'CLOCK. P. M.
ESCAPE OF THE PIRATE sEMMEs

SNCAfh oF THE bh" !" -.
The English pewspsper correspondents give
some interesting particulars respecting the e.
cape Of the confederate corsair from watery
grave .rra.f.-
"Capt. semmes was In the water half an
hour, and was nearly exhausted when picked
up. II appears ne begged nv. Lancaster 10 0st
aiOav as fast az possible 20 preUent Aim and those
,oho losrs pih HIN from being taken prisoners,
and the Deerhound, being fast yacht, was en-;
abled to get out OF the reach Of the Federal
man -of-war. Mr.. Lancaster describes the fight
ss magnificent sight. He ssw holes right
through the Alabama, made BY the tremendou,
shot OF the Kearsarge." y
A second letter from the same correspondent
says: ''"'
"when the battle was at an end the Deer.
hound steamed over to the Kearsarge, and Mr..
Lancaster was asked by the officers Of the Fed.
eral ship 10 try and pick up the scores OF the
Alabama's crew and officers who were floating
and swimming about. He lowered his yacht
boats, and one Of them, commanded by man
named Adams, was steering his boat Into a
group of dozen struggling persons, when he
passed drowning man at some short distance
with an officers cap on. One Of the men In
the boat cried out, That's Semmee,' and the
dro wning man called out, I am the captain
save me; cannst keep up any longer Adams
went and dragged him Into the boat. semmes
then said, 'For Gods sake don't put me on
your yacht
adams promised To do 30, and laid semmes
down In the bottom, and covered him with q
sail to conceal him from the Kearsarge's boats,
which were evidently anxiously searching for
him. When Adams had saved boat load he
took them on board the yacht, and semmes
was at once placed below. As soon as all that
were seen In the wster were picked up, Mr..
Lancaster was anxious to get away, and began
TO steam out TO sea. He expected that he should
have been brought to by shot from the Kear-
sarge, but she was too disabled, Il appears, to
20 after the Deerhound TO overhaul her, and
thus semmes escaped being made prisoner"
Lpublic dinner At southampton. He is said to
I have gone to Paris, to report to the Confeder-
ate Commissioner there.
INCIDENTS.
While the Alabama was sinking Senme,
dropped his spord into the ser, to prevent the
possibility of Its getting into the hands Of the
FederAls.
The Times says. "The men were all true to
the last; they only ceased firing when the water
came into the mlzZles Of their gunsj and as
they swan for life all they cared for was that
| their commander should not fall Into Federal
hands. He reportt that he owes his best men
to the training the! received on board the Ex'
cellent."
Before leaving thu Deerhound, Capt. semmes
presented to Mr.. Lncaster's son one Of his
officers swords and pistol, In remembrance
of the occurrence and the kind treatment hi
and his men had received on board the yacht
The Daily Neios iays;
From Liverpool we learn that the American
shipping in that p1t was never SO profusely
decked out with bunting as It was yesterday
When the notorious confederate cruiser mad,
her appearance at Cherbourg there was gen
eral opinion In Liverpool that the Kearsarg,
Gone OF the swiftesl sloops -of-war In the Fed
eral seryice) would sight" Semmes.
The Office Of Mtssrs. Frazer, Trenholm q
Co., the Confederate agents in Liverpool, wal
invested yesterday " people eager to learn tn
fate of the crew Of the Alabama, and It wa
rumored on Change that there was ESQ, ,0O'
in gold on board the ship when she went down
The yacht Deerhound, which rescued Capt
Semmes and q portion Of his crew, Is owned II
Liverpool, and Cap. Lancaster is member o
the Royal Mersey Yacht Club.