Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-05-13

| the best means of eilecting his object, and
soon came to a conclusion as to the best
course to be adopted in the emergency.
The prize masters mate was asleep in the
cabin on the morning of the second day
after the capture, and he determined to
secure him in the first instance. The cook
and steward were armed, and were in
structed by Capt Wilson of the course
they were to adopt. Some cloth was
thrown over this officers head his arms
were secured by Capt. Wilson, and irons
placed upon his hands and he was also
prevented from creating any alarm by a
gag being placed in his mouth.
Capt. Wilson returned to the deck, and
in familiar manner inquired from the
master of the prize crew, "Well, Stone,
what is the position of the ship 2" The
officer replied that they were somewhere
off Hatteras and were about to change
the course. The captain invited Lieut..
Stone into the cabin to prick upon the
chart the vessels position. Lieut.. Stone
accompanied the captain into the cabin;
the door was closed, and the cook and
steward being also present, Capt. Wilson
drew Delaying pin-he did not take a
pistol, as he was anxious to prevent any
noise-and demanded that Lieut. Stone
should quietly consent to pair of irons
being placed upon his hands. In the
presence of such force, the officer was
compelled to submit to being placed in
irons, and also to a gag being inserted in
his mouth
The master prizeman being thus secur-
ed in the cabin, Capt, Wilson returned on
deck where he met three of the prize
crew; and one being a very powerful
fellow he was doubtful as to his treatment
of the men, who were still, in common
with the rest of the crew, in ignorance of
the proceedings below. Capt. Wilson's
ready wit, however, soon suggested an
expedient. He ordered them to go aft
and get out of scuttle coil of rigging,
of which Lieut.. Stone was represented as
being in need. The three men, suspecting
nothing, entered the scuttle but as soon
as they were within, the hatch was placed
over the egress, and they were thus i'm
prisoned. In the mean time the forecastle
door had been fastened up, and in this
manner the whole of the watch below was
prevented from taking any part in the
afray.
Still the other men of the prize crew
were unconscious of what was going on
forward and the captain sent forward
one of his men to ask whether they would
assist in navigating the ship to British
port, as he was determined that she should
not go to Philadelphia. One man con-
sented to assist him; others, who refused,
were placed with the three men in the
scuttle.
After the men on deck had been dis
posed of in this manner, the watch below
were brought ont of the forecast!e one by
one, and interrogated as to whether or
not they would assist Capt. Wilson in
navigating the vessel Three consented
in the whole to this course but only one
of those was sailor, the others being
landsmen. In the course OF a few days,
however, two more of the prize men eX-
pressed their willingness to assist Capt.
Wilson; but one of the men was after
wards confined in consequence of violence.
With this slender crew, Capt Wilson was
compelled to navigate his ship to Liver
pool, and in the course of the voyage en-
countered furious gale, which broke the
tiller; but in this emergency also, the in
genuity of Capt Wilson was equal to the
occasion; the serious defect was remedied
and the vessel safely brought to Liverpool.