The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-11-28

'ot''eH 'eiJ iate, peiJg Jagged out
with anxiety and uneasiness about our
fate.
Octo6er ll.-This morning finds us still
in the wake o. the privateer who contin
ues TO hold our captain as hostage, moth.
ing of consequence transpiring beyond fol
lowing her up on her westward course un-
til three O'Clock p NJ, latitude Al %,
longitude 50 SO, when we fell in with a
sail which proved to be the splendid full
rugged ship Manchester, Capt. Lsnderkin,
from New York 70 Liverpool. six DAYS out.
loaded with grain and cotton, the whole
valued at nearly 100000
The usual treachereus form Of seizure
was gone through with, and she was soon
prize to the Confederate man OF war
Alabama" After being condemned,
which occupied only { ut thirty minutes,
ber captain and crew, consisting altogether
of twenty three men were transferred to
to us with their baggage. and about nine
| O'Clock L. u. she was consigned to the
! flames. The privateer then signalized to
us to " wear ship and follow him which
We did, losing sight of the i'll fa,ed Man
chester about bali past two A. NJ, which
at that time continued TO illumiu ate the
horizon
We have been somewhat encouraged as
| to our fate by letter from Capt julius
on board the p.ivateer, TO his son, first
mate, end in charge of this vessel, stating
| that =" e will probably be released in day
! or two, after they take few more prizes
fa,y
The female passengers have been The means
thus far of saving us Fl ON similar fate to
that Of the Manchester. We are all very
much depress ell and shocked at the wanton
manner in which this noble vessel has
been sacrificed. Until we fell in with the
Manchester, this afternoon. we were in
terror ali day Of being landed on Sable
Island, as our course for some time had
been exactly in that direction.
October 12-The day opened as usual,
finding us still in the wake of The priyateer.
While the Tonawanda rides the tremen-
dous heavy sea so gracefully The Alabama
is humping up and down, looking as If
every moment she would go under. Steer
ing due west, we are on the lookout for
more victims, and until we ge, some more.
we must expect no change in our monoto
nous and humilia,ing situation This is
Sunday; but all dsvs are alike on this un
fortunate cruise Of the Tonawanda. The
day closes without anything in particular
fransprihg, but increased anxiety. Not
another sail has been in sight all dav, al
though we are right in the track Of out
ward hound vessels.
Ocio5er 13 This is continuance Of
the bad weather Of Yesterday. but much
worse. a series of squalls from the south
have hunted us all day. making it very
rough and disagreeahle, particularly so as
the privateer continues his scouroinc
course TO the westward. unrel-utirc in his
determination TO fire and DESTROY every
thing he meets American. At twelve
O'Clock VI. he signaIjzod to wear ship sig
n;fying that he sees a sail, which we soon
discovered from our masl's hesd to be
coming from the south west, most probably
from New York. We got around and
joined him in the chase during which a
most fearful squal' struck US and the At
mosphere became so thick with rain we
would often lose sight Of the privateer.-
Clearing awav somewhat, we found the
privateer lying to as if in distress. and the
vessel which was a large, full rjgged
supervising into his arms for the pur-
pose, DO doubt. of helping him Sudden
" the ship put about, smelling rat, as
we supposed and steered for the north
To our surprise the priva'eer, instead of
! rb o,,xlt G..
where we were hove to awaiting the re-
suit Coming within short distance .he
hove to, Iaunchet boat, srd ut five
o'clock p. NJ returned our captain to us,
with orders TO set sail, and he off on our
course This occurred and we eff the
Alabama in latitude 400 30 min, Iongi-
tude $50 80 min.
T. snnears while The privnteer was wal.
irc for the ship nm, she neared him, it
was taken for United States man of>wAr
in disguise. al hands were called to quar-
tiers. the guns shoued, .'ea,n put on pre-
pared 10 give her hro.dside and run
The white cross Of S.. George was run MP
as usual hv The pr;vareer when the vessel
Immediately run up her flag. proving her
10 be Spanish merchantmen. Although
this fellow is pretty bold when alongside a
poor unfortunate and helpless merchant
man, vet we are inclined To think he wo'd
much rather run than stand before one Of
our war vessels Of much less caibre.
It is almost unnecessary TO say that
/ our captain was received aboard with
great iov, and to night has been one of
concratulalion and rejoicing, in which
! the other three captive but parosd cap
/ tains. their officers and crews. poor fel.
lows, most hearth, joined. On account
Of the hehvv appearance and thickness Of
the atmosphere they were impressed with
the belief on board the priyateer fhat it
wonld be foggy and heavy all night ard
that the two vessels could not be safely
kept together. Being inexperienced in
the peculiarly Of this northern latitude,
Cant. Semmes concluded to release his
hostage, which lie had scarcely done when
!. cleared away beautiful and lovely
night, finding us under full press . can
vass once more on our way 10 Liverpool
Capt Juliu gave his word and honor to
tie commander Of The privateer lha, be
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