The New York herald., 1862-11-13
The Pirate Steals a Colored Boy
from the Tonawanda.
He Captures One Of the Deserters
from the Sumter.
A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE 1890
The Lightships Cff New York, Boston and the
a. Capss to Be Burned,
sa.s Eva &C.. Sc, sc.

The following highly interesting letter from one OF the
passengers Of the Tonawanda will bc oerused with more
shan ordinary The ship sailed fral rAsdeiphia
the 30th Of September, with crew Of thirty hvc men
and seventy five pasenscrslour Of whom were ia the
cabin, viz
r. A. Calhoun, or st. Louis.
w. T. Hacker, Of Phladelphia,
w. L. Walker of Philadelphia.
Henry Mckay, of New York.
The TonawanQa arrived vt Liverpool at three O'Clock
the afternoon Of the 27th OF October.
The following is e letter from of her passengers
ACCOUNT or THE SEIZURE OF THE SHIP ToNAwANDA
BY TIE REBEL STEAMER ALABAMA (290) AT SEA,
OCTOBER y, 1862, BY ONE OF 1Hg PASSENGERS OF
THE TONAWANDA.
The ship Tonawanda; Captain Theodore Julius is the
largest vessel the we'll known line Of Cope Brothers. Of
Philadelphia. Her is ,24o tons. she sail
ed from Philadelphia the 30th Of September, at half
past two O'Clock P. NJ but owing to adverse winds and
tides did discharge pilot and leave the capes Of the
Delaware until half past one r. M, october 8.
OcroBI-g 9-We had most favorable weather, nothing
OF consequence transpirng until to-day, which opened
with a very light west wind almost cam increas my
slightly and gradually until four Z. NJ when in latitude
10 degrees 80 minutes, longitude West 81 degrees 80
minutes, we cspiod to the southwest making for us,
suspicious steamer exchanging color salutes when
or three miles apart. She displayed the british v
,ogoss Of st. George" we running up the Stars d
Stripes whereupon she Immediately fred blank
trdge to bring After laying to it long be.
fore discovered her true coors, the ard bars
(Which suddenly up amidst the smoke Of her
gun), divulging hcr rebel steamer She along
Sde and lowering boat containing two officers and four
sailors, uniformed much the same as ewn United
States officers and sailors, each armed with cuass and
pistol boarded and declared prize TO the Confede
tate States man-ofwsr Alabama (290), Capt. senmes
Captain Julius was ordered aboard with his papers,
ho datefn ad r.l tba
remaining charge of the officers who boarded In
tho moantme another vessel hove in sight, to which
hhe (the Alabama) gave chase, following in
her wake The vessel brought to aud boarded
but proving to be British brig not moiested, but
permitted To proceed her Captain Julius
temporarily released and returned to his ship by autho
rty Of Captain Semmes, to command, the officers
and returning to the privatecr We ordered to
keep alongside and follow hsr the next American vessel
ovsshaulcd expect to be transferred TO- aud the Tona
swanda burned. Captain julius however. gave
bond, payable at the end OF the war, which Captain
esmmes only account Of the and children
passengers, about nifty in number, which evidently
pusslsr for him. He considers vessel too valuable
pyss TO let on he decides to burn her he promises
20 return The bond The necessary bond and all the
shIps papers being possession OF the privAeer,
may psssply be allowed TO proceed in the morning.
0ofom l0.-Ths privaseer still to the windward, keep
ing sharp lookout after We have been in hopes to
Lose her In tho night. but uc good luck was In store
for u.
Al twelve o'clock ~ we we're ssnalized close up,
she desired TO send a boat to u.s. The summons was
promptly obsyed. and two officers boarded with In
sruosions for Capt julius 70 again report Immediately on
board the priyateer, with change Of clothing and
blanket lie therefore returned In the officers boat
with hsm very much to the grief OF all on board the
I0uawsnda We a'o ordered to launch our quarter
boats bring OF tha prisoners from the privateer his
vas Immediately done and the prisoners were soon trans
ferYed 10 U.S. They consisted Of Capt. Harmon and Twelve
men Of the bark Wave Crest, from New York to Cardiff,
eght days out by the prvateer on the TN
iustart. IN latitude 40 rs, longitude 81 25, At
ays O'Clock p. NJ; aiso Captain johnson and
seven mon Of tho brig Dunkirk, from New York
20 Lisbon eight days out burned BY the pvatecr
on tho same day in latitude 40 3 longitude 81 20, at
nina O'Clock p NJ These men wero all held as prisoners
on board the Alabama being confined In small space OF
about twenty feet square deck all heavily roncd-
IN ers and men alike The poor fellows mostly re.
srecabe men very glad Of their release which, as
we arc still In OF the pivacer may be only Temporal
ry Soon after boarded by another boats crew
bringing the clerk OF the prvateer, who before
returnpa 10 his vessel paroei all board the Tona-
wanda except passengers with wtom no interference
as 70, has lax place. This operation over, she imcd-
toly hoade % the westward, with fair wind and full
head Of speed under SAIL ordering to follow close after
which as they held ve captains as hostage, We did
with perfect loosen n,ss crowdng the Tcnawanda with
ea until she fairly bounced through the water, the sea
being quite heavy.
AZ eleven O'Clock p. ~, clear moonlight, the prvateer
brought TO ship bound eastward, which, proving 70 be
German vessel allowed to pursue her course. we
retired very ate being tagged with anxiety and un
asness about our fate Her intention undoubtedly "a
ct,of Nh
more valuable than ours, win BE- destroyed, putting the
men and pa gors board this shp IT, however, ours
bo the mot valuable, viii have be burned instead
This seems to he tho unanimous opinion Of oil on board
Il Il gratif, ing know that, the induce
mcns offered by The officers and men Of the pryateer
syorysJnc OF our men refused emIhacaly join
anything 70 do with them.
ocropxa l1.--This morning feds us stil In the ak
tho privaecr who continues to hold our captain az a
ge nothing consequence transp'ring beyond ollow'n
er up IN her westward until three o'clock r. w.
latitude Al 25 longitude IS So when foil In with
which proved 10 be the splendid full risged ship Man
chcster, Captain Landern from Nov Yck 70 Liverpool
six days out, laden with grain and cotton, the whols
valued at nearly 100000.
The rcachcrous form Of seizure gone through
with and she prize TO the .Confederatc man
of.war Alabama" After being condemned, which oc
cupied only about thirty minutes, captain aud
consisting altogether Of twenty three men, were trans
errod with their baggage, and about nine ocloc
PM. she was consigned TO the flames The privatce
Ahcn sgnalized us to.wear ship and follow him. whc
wo did losing sight Of the fated Manchester about hall
mast two a. ~, which ut that time continued to llum
nate the horizon.
wa have been somewhat encouraged az 10 our nate b
n letter from Captain julius, board the prvatcer
mis- son arst mate and In charge OF this vessel stain
abat We will be probably released Ia day two ate
shcy take few prizes and load US up with 70,
more crows The rcmalo passengers have been the
thus far Of saving from similar fate 10 that OF th
Manchester wc are al very much depressed and shock
ID NJ tho wanton IN which this nebe vessel liza
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