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

homeward bound vessel, all The crews
taken from the other ships will have to 60
with US to Liverpool.
With the best Of nautical skill at our
| dlsposa!-viz: four captains, eleven mates
and about sevnty five sailors, Including
the regular crew of this .hip-we hops
with fair wind, to make up for lost time
From all we coald gather from the oific
ers and crews Of bob ships Cap ain Juii
us became quite favorite on board the
prlvateer the best evideuCs Of rhirh !,
they did not put him in irons, but on The
contrary. so Ilfe was he restrained ;ha,
he almost had the freedom Of their shin,
they viewing him in ,he Iigh:, we suppose
he beng captain ii cartel for rison
ers-of en accomp'ics. Besides, while
there he was the ouIy prisoner on board
Al any rate, it is quite certain ha,| il no.
been for Captain Julius we would s.Il
be aiding and abetiing the prir.teer by
our constrained presence. Our capta;n
Is already busy doing his u,mos, TO make
the officers and crews of the three vessels
which were burned comfortable.
The only levy made on the Ttnswauda
by the prlvateer was to take little col
ored boy from us--an assistant in Tie gal.
iey-beca"se he wac unprotected bv fee
papers. lie Is an apprentice under the
laws Of the State of DeIaware, and would
he free when Of age (tweutv oDsl This
has been truly a day of cougra,ulstinn,
and one Of a series which ell Of US a; pres
ent on board the TonawandA shall never
forget.
omitted! 10 state that earlv on tLs
morning of the 1Tlh We deserted vessel
10 the eaitva"d, but which for some un~
known reason, the p'iyatcer did no. chase.
1t is supposed she was going too fast for
him, and to put on tho necessary speed
to catch her he NIGH. lose u.. | also
omitted to mention the singular fact that,
ont of Captain Johnson's crew Of tie brig
Dnnkifk, consisting Of nine men two Join
ed the privateer, they having been former
Iy with Captain Semmes on the Sumter.
One Of them, being descrler from the
Sumter, hA IS now under severe punish
ment on board the Alabama therefor.
" hen the " . officers Of the priya;eer
came aboard Of the TenaHands, on ihe
day Of seizure, Ole of our cabin 2assen-
gers Immediately recognized one Of shem,
AS an old classmate of his AZ college il
Phia'lel phia. We had considerable in
tercourss with some Of tie officer. Of the
prlrateer-nostly very young men
which was pleasant and agreeable, thev
behaving 10 and treating us very gentle
manly. Ihey expressed good deal OF
sympathy for our situation but kent Us
encouraged 10y their opinion that ou &C,
count OF the women and children our yea
sci would be spared. Num- bers OF the
sailors OF The priyateer wers recognized
by our men as old acqusintances in Liver
pool. They are nearly al EnQl,n,uen.
as are some of the officers. There are
also some Charleston aud Savannah pilots
acting as masters mates. all Of whom
were at oEce recognized ny some Of tie
captains.
The Alabama(290) Is a screw .teanier.
bark rugged They call her 225 zee, long
35 feet breadth Of beam, ars~iug stt.cn
and half feet of water in her present ro.
dlton, and Of about 600 tons S,uce
the beginning Of this cruise, she hs. MT
used hsr steam, but keeps under sail, -.v>
irg her coal, Of which she has about $40
tons on board. They, however, keep the
fires banked M, ready to pu; on ste,n in
twenty minutes.
Her armament consists Of six thirty two
pound broad.de guns, three on ench side
one si1'y-cght FOUNDER, snd one hun
drel FOUNDER, rifed The two latter are
pivot guns. Her officer. and crew nuH
ter something over one hundred, .bou;
twenty-five of whom are officers They
seem ANXIOUS 10 get recruits. soliciting
the crews Of the prizes they take to y,n
them, but in which, think, they have
been most unsuccessful