Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-11-21
EVENING STAR.
ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE.
The London Press on the Surrender of the
Pirate Sheuaudoah

From the English papers received yesterday
morning by the steamer City of London, we
ditiOn to that teIegraphed yesterday: The Liv-
erpool Mercury, referring TO the arrival Oh the
pirate Shenandoah, says:
"Captain WaddeIl, the commander OF the
Shenandoah. states that the last vessel he
spoke was the barracuda, OF Liverpool, bound
for San francisco. He met this vessel at sea
on the Cd of August, and learned from her cap
tain that the cause OF the South was irretriev-
ably lost. Captain Waddell, on hearing this
news, expressed his intention to proceed to
England, and arrived of this port yesterday
morning. He then took q pilot on board, and.
finding the intelligence he had received from
the captain of the barracuda as 10 the subluga.
ton of the South undoubIed, he desired the
pilot to take his ship alongside one OF her
Majesty's yesseIs-of- war, il there were any in
port. The Shenandoah was taken up The river
at high water, and, according TO the instruc-
Gn given to the pilot sne W" sror moore 'ha; along
was placed on board her, and the customs au-
thoriiies having been communicated with, some
officers belonging to that department were also
placed in charge. Soon after the surrender of
the vessel. Capt. Waddell and several of the Of
fiCers and crew went on shore. The Shenan-
Goah is a smart, handsome looking craft, with
black painted null and unmlstakabiy rakish
rig. and appears to be altogether a quick and
seTNiceable vessel. She has crew Of l33 men,
and ballast of Goals"
The London Times says: The temperance
Of the Shenandoah in British waters at the
present juncture is an outward and unwelcome
event, and regards this act as being equiv alent
10 a surrender of the vessel to the British Gov
eminent as the Stone wall 10 the Spanish au-
thOrities at Havana. The Times regards it as
being fortunate 'sthat nothing practically turns
on the original equipments of the ship" claim
ing that when she first cleared for China under
the name of the Sea King, the United States did
not offer evidence of her character 10 Justify her
detention. 1t acknowledges that the vessel
belongs TO the United States Government, and
says that il is only when they come to the per-
sOnal liability of Captain Waddell and the crew
that they are met by perplexng circumstances.
II doubts his ignorance of the close of the war
and says. There is an old saying about none
being so blind as those whose won't see, and
the facts here suggests an almost ire
sistible suspicion that Captain Waddell was
determined not to be arrested IN his DESTROYING
career till he had done his old enemies the ut
most possible mischief" \ ssAs il is
there seems hardly any legitimate alternative
but one. Captain Waddell and his own one
hundred and thirty men cannot be handed
over as prisoners of war upon any hypothesis
consistent with that of the war being al an end
Nor under an circumstances can they be given
over TO the United States. They might posi-
bly, be prosecuted under the Foreign Enlist
ment Act. but experience has shown the ex-
IRENE difficulty of establishing offences of that
nature. The crime of which they really stand
accused-supposing them TO have wilfully
ignored the termination of hostilites-is that
of piracy, and on this charge it is possible that
they may be unprecedented, and tried before an
English court of Justice"