New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-22
board 80 .,o ann % Go yve hauIea him over On

not have lived long. We fsng him over 'no
euarter Tlen told this German TO 90 anu '"', -
man Jim. tie Southern chap lone Of The Pfs"'l -,
lie called him aft. Says l. jim, come oo"n
in the cabin. Do yos know that ha'e .AA
charge Of this vessel so.nghti am gong P''
in mons. Well says he, AN Wiling ne e"'o
On. Kent him 10 irons till O'Clock tne "SH' "0,
inc. I then sent The German for nin' a"' ''
Smith ahe name Minor went by on e'aroj i "a''
Won TO ioin w. and help take this vessel oacA' hut
udnd tie ea. crock he least isrn, and Verboard
Won 90 with the rest" Well said be, l will do the
hest can. And he worked well all the way back
lie couldn't do otherwise. 1t was pumpor sink.
Marshai-Did they beg any Of them'
TiIman-They didn't have any chance 10 beg. "
WIS all done in five nnuies In seven minutes and
half after struck che 6rs blow the vessel sqss red
away before the wind and all sail on. We we've 50
miles south Of Charleston and 100 to the eastward.
Malrhal-I guess you mast have been in " habit
Of killing hogui
TllmanI never Killed but one before, and that was
spig.
Tilnan eaid that at first he had thoughHof securing
all the men, and bringing them all TO Ne'sYork alive
in irons; but he found this impractleabe. To
bis own language, I" There were too Dany for that;
there were five VI them and only three Of us After
this, said, web, will get all back alive, and
the ret l viii kill" Tilman says he went away as
e stewad d, but came back a cep,zin.
NARRATIVE OF BRYCE MaCKlSNON, PASSENGER.
On the Sd oil July sailed Sc passenger for Honteyi
eto, whittier was going for ny beslth intending to
engage in stock breeding, ia he schooner s. j. War
ing, Cay;, Smith Of BrookbGven, from New-York We
Dropped down Quarantine that afternoon and the
morning Of The lth weighed anchor and put TO sea. We
had toierably fair weather, until got 70 lat $50 So,
Ion ego 4, $50 miles from Sandy Hook, Sunday, Me
ilh inst
That morning, abeut O'clock We saw q vefsel
ahead but did not pay any particular attention 10 her
until about noon, whom had drfed pretty near her.
| Then CAPT Smith and his scOnd mate carefully
sranned her throngh tie telescope. She soon after
hoisted French colors and Captain sent below and
got the Stars ard Stripes, which he get. A nemept
after o shot came whiEzing over ns, and we then
pretty well understood her true character, stl we
Thought il unlikely thsi she was French mAn-Of
war that had merely taken that way Of asking ne for
news from the STATES. Our uncertainty, however soon
resolved Itself into stern fact for were shortly visit
cd by oal from tie moniops Stranger, In which
were an officer and twelve men, the flint ununiormed,
and The crew as wretehed set Of scoandrels could
BE- picked mp in any seaport nh Of whom were armed
Trey wore clothes Of all shapes and sires; and many
Of them sbOele~. As they came up 70 ne The
brig ran mp the Conf.derase flag.
UIOn reaching our vessel, the person in command Of
the boat, whom We subsequently asoertained was
Lieut. Pottell formerly Of the United States Navy, adj
dressiDg Capt Smth, be said: " We have taken you
as prize W the brig JEFF Davis, bearing letters Of
msrque Of the c, nf,derate Ststes; haul down that
asg" pointing 70 the United State colors.
CAPT Smith took Lieut. Poseil below into his cabin,
and handed lin his letters and papers and gave up hs
vessel Tie priysteers took Of charts coast
ing books, te1tsnt some plates, coffee eups lot Of
table-clOtbs, some Of which were dirty, quantity Of
-four several orleans, tub Of butter, some cases Of
preserved lobEer and other articles together with all
the firearms which they could find, but a single
barreled pistol bel ngiDg 10 myself, and another
owned by VIM Shedding, one Of our crew.
Having sent their boat load Of stuff Of they returned
with prize crew consisting of prize master, mate
and second mate and men, taking in exchange for
thea Capt. Smith Of Brooklyn; T. j. Smith, first mate
Of Eew.York; T. Davidson, second mate, and two |
seamen. The prize crew consisted Of Montague Amel,
q Charleston pilot, prize-msster; Stephens, mate, an
IrsbmaD, who Rad been in this country abop. ten |
years ago but had been since until nine months
age when be returned, ald three sailors one of whom
sc.ed reoDd mate and slept in the cabin the other
two were bapds whore names are James Minor, Of |
south Carolina, and James Dorsey, Of P,. Pleasant,
N. J. There were, therefore, on the schooner the |
prize crew of fiye WIN. Tilman, the oolored steward
Of the vessel; Wm Seeding and Donald Mcleod, |
ssanen and myself; Of the original party, four-nine
peTsons in al.
The schooner was headed for Charles ton, OF rome
inlet The coast that port. We not put in
OF, hnt were used with % much kindness az we
could expect The Steward continued " cook and pro.
vide for us, and worked the vessel. became
quite intimate with the officers and expected 10
be prisoner ni war in Charl ston, though we hoped
thai we m 1t fall with United States yessel and
b. rescued from capnrs Thus got along qui-
ely on our way Sou,hwsrd, till Tuesday, the 10th
in.t., when We were SO miles south and 100 miles
wet Of port and thought we might get in the next
day.
What followed, ! didnot anticipate II 10 true that,
now when l lcOk back, remember that Amiel had
congratulated himself upon the valuable prize be had
found in the steward, whom be vowed was worth Il
ooo thousand on MEETING street, Charleston. And i
further remember that several occasions TilmaD the
steward, shoOk his head aud mutered 4" Dem folks
nebber git 10 ChaIs'n;" but supposed then that he
expecting like the res. Of us 70 meet with friend
in ole VI Uncle Sans cruisers.
II was bright moonlight night was that Of Tues
day. pleasant that remained deck till II p. m.
later than usually did. TIE steward had turned IN at
8, ne VILE bis habit. Our trunk cabin projected about
three feet above the main deck, and entered by
companion way m the middle Of the forward sud. |
When l went down, the mate nOddng the |
cabin roof jurt IN front Of tho Wheel in half reeum-
bent position. Behind him stood William Seeding,
one Of our old crew. al the wheel. Minor the South