Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-12-02


Esrl Russell, English premier, as . sobsl.
tern TO a asuperiori The matter has dark
lcok for the English government. One
cannot resist the conviction that Waddell
looked opon himself bis crew and vessel
simply as nuder English control and not as
under the confederacy.
Aoo,her suspicious circumstance pro
trudes itself uupleassntly wherever We try
to account for portions OF the career Of This
English pirate. The last account of the
coalibg Of the Shensod was 10 Mel.
bourne, Australia. Although fitted for
sailing as we'll as steamiug. it is impossible
to conceive that she would go month:
under sail while cruising for her prey
when !. Is well known that mauy cf eur
whaisrs are fas, sailers aud could show her
clean pair Of heels. Where then did
the Shenandoah obtain her coal for the
cruise and for O return voyage TO Liver
poolf Did her careful English friends
send out supplies to her, and was the
Bsrscouta, from whom on the 30.h oi
August she processes to have received hei
hrst authentic Information Of the close oI
the war, one OF these coal tenders to the
piratsl These questions uay possibly bs
easily answered, but We hardly see how
they con be ard not involve England in q
completely With this ocean assassin.
Again when the Sbensn losh arrived in
Liverpool, o. ders we're sent from Downing
stree; G pa ole all be7 crew who were mol
British .ulj cts. Well, Il seems that none
we're British subj, cts. yot ,he same su
thority which makes the above statement
informs us that the men, or many Of then
drove from the docks TO their homes 10 th,
city, few OF them locating themselves a,
boar ding houses. They were paid. We ar,
told, In American gold. If so. it was golC
stolen from American whale ships.
II she was a. confederate cruiser by vba
right d d the English government parol
her officers aud crew A neutral hs
nothing to do with psroling the enemi,
OF q government with which she is OF
friendly ielalion,i The captive rebel
protesting to act under the authority o
the confederscy are psroled by our gov
erum.n,. and England by parolipg ihi
pirates crew acknowledged that they we'
under her own control. If Englard cor
,iderrd them as pirates it was her duty 4
hold them. try them. and. il found guilty
execute them. Ifthey wer Q pei,her crim
nails nor violstors Of English law, Why di
the-English government offer to our govern
ment the vessel by which their villainie
we're sidedl
, Agin, If the Shenandoah and ber ere,
acted under tbe authority Of the confedeI
ale government, both the vessel an,
the crew Lelorged 10 the United State
by the decision Of the Eng ish Vie
Chancellor, who, in The Prioleau case, d,
cided that the United States by col
qnest became the inieritor OF the obligt
lions of the cong power. As q cas-
more in point, drafts 10 favor Of the COZ
federacy drawn on English houses have jus
been honored after having fallen into on
, hands
These facts, sll considered, very muc
criminate the English government, 90
while they may add TO tie complications
our claims for damages, they will give theI
additional force II those claims are no
paid, no efforts of this government ca
prevent our people from equipprg fleets {
Sbenandoabs aud Alabumss TO destro
English commerce. soon as q war betweei
England and some other;power shall offe
The opportunity. Then her curses wi
come home 10 roost, much more for
midable brood than she ever desired I,
hatch. Dispatch