The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-08-01
ARRIVAL of the RECAPTUED PRIZES

ARRIVAL of the RECAPTUED PRIZES.
TRAGEDY Of Tie Schooner Wering. "A
Negro strikes for .trecdom.-He s1ayS
three Of the Pilates and SareS tie ship
THRILLING narratives. .--Ret,rn Of the
Brig CeJa.- freeing a Muddy.
NEW York, July %, 1861.
The schooner S. J. Waring of Brook :
haven. Smith. master, hence for Monti-
vidco July 4th, with an assorted cargo,
came up to the city yesterday afternoon
On the third day ont frou port, the 7th
July, zheu 80 miles from Sandy Il ook,
in lat. 3snin. and long 69deg. she vas
brought to by the privatecF brig JEFF.
Davis, which sent boat full Of men a
loDgside, and ordered the Captain of the
schooner 10 haul down the United States
f,r, aud declared her a prize. They
,ook from her quantity Of provisions,
aud then put Oh board a prize crew Of
fVc mcu taking away Capt. Francis
Smith, the two mstes, and two seanen,
leaving the steward, two seameD, and
Mr. Bryce, Mackinnon. a passenger, on
hoard. The prize crew were Montague
Amisl, Charleston pilot in command,
one named Stevens as mate, Malcolm
Sidney a. secoud mate, aud three Gen.
They made southerly course, and on
the 10th july, when fifty miles to the
southward OF Charleston, the prize cap
tain and the secoud mate being asleep in
their berths. the first mate doing On
deck, and others asleep, Mr. TiIlman, the
steward (coloFe6), csrried out his pre-
concerted plan Of killing the captsiu and
the two mates wish hsichet, and throw
Ing the bodies oyerboard The job vas
sll done in FIVE minutes; TillmGu taking
command, and steering the schooner
nortbWsrd, OUe Of the remaining men
was tied up cill the next morning. when
be was released upon promise to help
work tie vessel. Not one on board ia
derstood navigation. but having once got
hold Of the land, Tillasn brought the
schooner safely up to pilot grouuc, #heD
Gbas Z Warner OF the pilOt-boat Jape,
took charge of her.
One Of the schooner's men, Donald
NcLeed, refused to assist in her reea pture,
the whole duty falling on the steward and
sailor.
The names Of the schooDer's zen are;
Wm. TIllman, steward; Wm. Shedding,
seaman, who assisted, DouaId McLeed,
seaman, who refused
The prisoners brought here are named
James Minor of South CarO!iun, james
Dorsey Of New Jersey. who appears to
le an innocent SOFT OF person.
No iusurauce ou The vessel She was
built in Port Jefferson, L. |, 10 1883,
and is o~ned By Jonas Smith & Co. Of
this city.
We give below interesting particulars
obtained from those on board, promising
that Capt. Smith and bis men we're put
by the JEFF Davis OF a bomeward bound
vessel soon after their capture, and sent
North, arriving i0 Portland ten days ago.
TIE STORY OF wM. TILLMAN, THE STEW
ARD.
Wm. Ti!lman, a colored man, is the
one hero 10 this chapter OF history. lie
says that be vas born Of free colored pa
rents in Milford, Delaware, and is u
years Of age His parents moved to
Providence, r l. when he was IA year.
old, and be has since called thai place his
home. He hes followed the sea for ten
gears, and has been in the employ OF Jo-
nss Smith & Co., No. 227 Front street,
by whom the schooner vas owned, for the
last three gears. He is Of medium hight,
rather strongly built, crisp hair, OF near
Iy unuized negro blood, and bears in his
couu,enanee an expression OF honesty,
strong common sense, With soDe touches
OF humor.
The schooner s. J. Warning had start
ed on voyage 20 Buenos Ayres, in Mon
teviedo, with su assorted cargo, which,
With the vessel, vas valued at $l0O 600.
There were on board the Captain and
mate; w. Tillman, steward; Wm. Sted-
ding, seaman, born in Germany, %
years of age, has been sailing four years
out of New. York; Donald McLeed, sea
man, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 30
years of age. has been sailing out OF New
York for seven or eight years; and Bryes
Mackiuuou, a passenger.
On the 7tb of July they fell in With
the JEFF. Davis, and prize crew of FIVE
we're put abroad, who were uuarmed. To
use the language of Mr.. Tillmau, they
run tea days and didn't 6ud Charleston,
We we're, however, only so miles south OF
Charleston aud 100 to the eastward. On
the voyage they treated me the best kind
Of way. and talked the best kind of talk.
One day the First Lieutenant OF the
pirates was sitting in the cabin cross
legged, smoking, and be said to me. when
you 90 down to Savannah, | want you to
20 to my house, aud | will take care of
you. | thought, continued the negro,
yes, you will take care of me, when you
get me there. / raised ny bat, aud said;