Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06

rates was sitting in the cabin, oss-legged,
smoking, and he said to me, when you
60 down to Savannah, l want you to 90 to
my house. and l will take care of you. -
| thought" continued the negro, Eyes, you
will take care of me when you get me
there. | raised my hat and said, Yes
sir. thank YOU But afterward | said to
Billy (the GERMANY 4 am not going to
charleston live man-they may take me
there dead. " He had been told by the
prize-master that he would get rewarded
In Charleston for performing his duty so
well in bringing the schooner in; he had
also heard a conversation not intended for
his ears, in regard to the price he would
probably bring; and he had heard the
prlze-master say to one of his men, You
talk to that steward, and keep him in good
heart; by Cd he will never see the North
again
Tillman conferred with two of the sea-
men about taking possession of the schoon-
er, but they declined adopting any plan,
saying that none of them know how to
navigate her back, should they succeed in
getting control. Tillman thought the mat
ter over for three days, and then made an
appeal to the German, and said. IF you
are a man to stick to your word, We can
take this vessel easy" Then we made
plan that | should 60 to my berth, and
when most of them were asleep. he was to
give me some sign, or awake me. We
tried this for two nights, but no good
chance offered. But last Tuesday ninht
VIC caught them asleep, and we went to
work. The mate comes to my berth and
he touches me. He says, Now is your
time" | went into my room and got my
Ratchet The first man | struck was the
captain. He was lying in state-room on
the starboard side aimed for his tenn
pie as near as / could, and hit him lust
below the ear with the edge of the hatchet.
With that he made very loud shrek.
The passenger jumped up very much in
fright | told him, "Do you be still; l
shall not hurt hair of your head. The
passenger knew what | was up to he new
er said word more. walks right across
the cabin to the second mate S room, and
gave him one severe blow in the mole of
the hcad--that is, ri ght across the middle
OF the head. did not stop to see wheth-
er he was dead, or no; but jumped ou
deck, aud, as did Sc, the mate who had
o''p eesr,ng on the companionway, started
IRON the noise he heard in the cabin. Just
as he rose upon his feet, | struck him in
the back of his head. Then the German
chap jumped over, and we "mirtcned" on
to him, and flung him over the starboard
quarter Then we went down straight in
to the cabin. The second mate was not
quite dead Hewas sitting, leaning against
his berth. i "catched' him by the hair
of the head with my left hand, and struck
him with the hatchct, which had in my
right hand. ] told the young German,
'Well, let's get him overheard as soon as
we cam So we hauled him over on to
the cabin.
The Marshal--Was he quite dead?
Tillman-No; he was not quite dead,
but he would not have lived long. We
flung him over the starboard quarter. Then
| told this German to go and call that man
Jim, the Southern chap Zone of the pirates)
here. He called him aft. Says |, "Jim,
come down here in the cabin. Do you
know that ! have taken charge of this YES
sci tonight? F? I am going to put you in
irons" "Well," says he. 81 am willing"
He gave right up. kept him in irons
till eight o'clock the next morning. / then
sent the German for him, and said,
"Smith, (the name Minor went by on
board want you to join us, and help to
take this vessel back. But mind, the least
crook or the least turn, and overheard you
90 with the rest "Well' said he, Il
will do the best can" And he worked
we'll all the way back. He couldn't do
otherwise. 1t was pump or sink. w
Marshal-Did they beg, any of them 7?
Tillman-They didn't have any chance
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