New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-10
ADMIRAL WINSLOW.
THE HERO OF THE FIGHT WITH If1H
ALABAMA.

.r, ,,rr, ou, Holm ANCRUM WINSLoWx'
REAR ADMIRAL. UNITED .6 FL United lite States
Savy octave DIP X Isl. G. 2 putnam
Tho fame n Admiral winsIow rests cnlenS' u
,o,-se m his fight eff Cherbours' "heh "e
s+royed the cruiser Alabama; but ne was 90.
-inruished commander in the navy III - 49,
engagements and did much ser'ioe
United States In the Mexican 2" al ie a.
-aead as a lieutenant on the Cui'O
t,lockadine Mexican ports; ana helo i
-. t,.o rereoual contact with Lieutenant
Raphael Semmes. his messma'e Oh -. .to
,.oesal later his antagonist in command Vi -"
- ,.,r, fate brought him and SemInes
.-,.,,ar nc ,oo,7rnates on the Raritan both
- ,,,+ lost their vessels by shipwreck ana the
,,a+ter was turned into a sort OF Joke pe'"
+bero In one Of his letters Winslow "rl'eS'
eo-,roos the CAPTAIN that was. am very i nt
,~atn U-irb so ] frequently say 90,
Senn1es they are going TO sel9 you ~ -, , -bieb he
70 Ike care Of ships III biochdue' - Inc 10
lice .C-aDrain WINSTON. they are soiIiS7 ~
I'D YOU cut to learn the bearing OF reefs
e,+ra-ea fate that should thus make these chlet
antagonists Of the greater war comraoes anu
friends in the lesser,
His assignment 70 the kearsarge came III
ca-,le- 1862: he had then the rank OF captain
ard had greatly undermined his health pE sci
,ce in the Mississippi hotilia; hut ne Woulu ilo'
-se-an 10 his physicians adv - to Apply loI re-
is froD, his orders. and sailed at once for
Faval where the ship was awaiting MIN iS
orders were to catch the Alabama, how he olu
- after more than year Of pursuit is tod py
An r,Utcott. largely by the reproduction OF let
- "a and from winston describing his move
..,.e and er1ba ssnents. Among them Is d
correspondence with Charles Francis AuHi'i1
which. in private letter. Nlnslo" "es''
sharp" and says:
r4a has sided with the English in eVerylh ,ll
n ,-de,es me from the English coast ana nov ~,
/ have no place but the EnEIish -r.a me
A1Ilaricar,s are all mad with him he Wro.e I,e
NJ DAYTON minister to francel - JUS "
opposite.
However the communication 10 the amer OH
o.n-a., from the Secretary Of the Navy man.
= Main that Winslow's course, "ille II In
-,en6ed his zeal to the President, was an en-
rorrassn1ent to Mr.. Adams IN the eAceeuie-'
6alicafe and difficult task he mao III
Mr. Fllicort has nothing new 10 olscIose 0 =
-ba famous fight of Cherbourg, nut ne Of
IN us all the sources Of information 'la' as
1T-irs7ov,,s own letters and reports. Senmess
= .bord;,a+e Sinclair's book, ana
+ba corresnondence Of Mr.. Lancaster owner
Of tho Deerhound the yacht that rescueu '--e
Confederate prisoners from the water NEE
- ,,,c, irdigra ton on the part or Nlhs4oN'
a., American people and friends OF America III
17,,,ora over this incident OF the battle lAieie
80 ,,arsistent diplomatic correspondence over
-. f,,,- nothing was ever concluded IN resaiu
10 il Mi Fllicott gives no judgment on H. pu'
nuotes an article from The Hague convention
OF 1S9o which shows that. under present inter
,re+ations the Confederates in the water were
prisoners Of war, whom the Deerhound had no
right to assist in escaping