Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-12-06

sleeping upon o volcano, which at any mo
ment may break forth and overwhelm us with
fearful ruin.
-. The Shenandoah.
The Liberation of the captain and crew oi
the Shenandoah is said to have been uncon-
ditional, the British Government being Of
opinion that there. are no legal grounds upon
which they could be detained.
From the Liverpool Courier, Nov. 9.
/. We are informed that the order for parole
was received by Captain Paynter of the
Donegal, early in the afternoon, and that
Immediately after it was communicated to
Captain ,Waddell. Captain Waddell then
came ashore, and had an interview with some
Southern gentlemen, after which he returned
to his ship and paid off and. discharged the
crew. At seven. o'clock the men left tho
Shenandoah in the Rock Ferry. Company's
steamer Bee, and at eight o'clock they were
landed upon the Georges landing stage. But
few spectators were present, 10 witness the
arrival OF the crew so renowned for their ex-
ploits, owing doubtless to the fact their pa.
role was not known even to themselves until
q short time before their. landing. Each Of
them brought on shore o large quantity Of
luggage and. they. appeared to have no lack
of money-facts which appeared t, attest
that their long cruise has not been unrewa,d-,
ed. The peY7s of their arrival soon spread,
and crowds of persons collecting on the Stage
formed themselves into groups around the
sailors and endeavored to draw them into
conversation. These attempts, however,
rarely succeeded, and when they did, it was
evident that the men spoke rather. to eyade
curiosity than to satisfy it. The men, indeed,
appeared to be themselves quite in the dark
impression That tSey nad aosss WITH a,sa sSs.sss=
nandoah for good and all, appeared to labor
under fear of committing themselves or
their officers by some rash statement. Some
of them eagerly questioned the bystanders as
TO what the English people thought OF the
Shenandoah, aad two or three Of them ex-
pressed the greatest surprise that the officers
of that vessel should even have been sus.
pected of pursuing their work of destruction
with knowledge of the termination of the
war; The men, though exhibiting marked
reticence on matters connected with the dis
cipline of the ship, speak freely of the cir
cumstances which led the Shenandoah to
terminate her pryateering career, namely,
the meeting with the ship Barracota, which,
the crew are unanimous in alleging as the
first Source through which reliable informa.
ton was received of the termination of the
war.
Many of the crew of the Shenandoah are
Liverpool men, and these Immediately on
being landed drove off to their homes. The
men declare that they are OF perfect liberty
to do what they choose, and that their dis
charge is unconditional. AT all events, they
have been paid of in American dollars, and
many of them will no doubt be on their way
to other parts Of the country. ~
Captain Waddell, in letter to Earl Rus
sell, which is published, says:
"In obedience to orders found myself in
the Arctic and Ochotsk Seas, far removed
from the ordipary channels of commerce,
and in consequence of this awkward circum-
stance, was engaged in acts Of war until tho
2Sth Of June. was ignorant of the reveses
suffered by the Confederates, and the total
obliteration Of the government under which
I acted, received the first intelligence Of
the downfall of the Confederate cause on
the I'd of August, from the British bark Bar
racota, and desisted Immediately from,further
acts of war until could communicate with
o European port, and learn if the intelligence
was true. I could not. have been sensible
that the tales told by American. ships were
true, but merely upon the statement Of a
British captain diligently sought for pre-
cedent in law writers for guidance in the fu.
ture control, management, and final disposal
of the vessel, bat found none. Finding the
authority questionable under. which I acted,
I Immediately ceased cruising and shaped her
course. for the Atlantic. 7 did not feel justi-
fed in destroying the vessel, but on the con-
trary thought the ship should revert to the
American Government. I therefore sought
Liverpool to learn the news, and, if without
foundation, to surrender the ship, with the
guns, stores and apparel complete, to the
British Government, for such disposition as
it should deem proper" ,5g7 ,.4s =
The Shenandoah was surrendered to the
American Consul on the 10th, who took formal
possession, and placed her under Captain
freedman and crew of his own selection,
to convey the ship to New York. 80
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