The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-08
THE SHENANDOAH.
Further Accounts Of her Ravages.
Eight More Vessels Captured and
Eighty at Her Mercy.
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From tue Alta Californian, Aug. 9. FRA IS.
A iaint hope had been INDUCED by eur
ehip-Owners and merchants, within the
past week, that the pirate Wadden had
learned enough of the utter failure of the
rebellion and the uselessness of further
raids upon the commerce of the united
States, to induce him to desist from his
oowardly work of burning peaceful mer-
chant and whaling vessels, and endeavor
to make good his escape to some friendly
or neutral" port, before national vessel
could overhaul him and give him an OPP
pOrtunity to stretch hemp.
This hope was founded in part on the
fact that when last seen by the officers of
the Milo at the entrance of the gulf of
Anadyr, the Susan Abigail, with San Fran
cisco papers to the 10th of May, gives full
details Of the surrender of Johnston s and
Dick Turner'S forces, and the utter COL
lapse Of the rebellion, was in sight, and
sure to fall into the hands of the 'scoun-
drel. This hope was dissipated entirely by
the arrival of the bark Gen. Pike, last
evening, with the crews Of seven more
burned vessels on beard.
nit seems that Waddell DESTROYED the
Susan Abigail, as he had those previously
taken, and then being unable to pass
through the ice into the gulf of Anadyr,
or the sea of Okhotsk, went on towards
Behring's straits and the Arctic ocean,
where about eighty vessels, comprising the
whole bulk of the Arctic whaling feet,
were cruising, declaring his intention Of
destroying every American vessel he could
lind, and protesting to discredit the whole
story of the failure of the Confederaey, on
the ground that it was published in ssnorth.
ern papers" only. AtSt. Lawrence Island
he burned the ship Gen. Williams, of Now
London, within mile and halt of shore,
and next morning fell in with five other
vessels, which he captured and destroyed,
and then continued on his course. The
story is told by the statements of the Off
GERS of the captured vessels, as follows:
EXTRACT FROM THE LOG OF THE GENERAL
PIKE"
BARK GENERAL PIKE, OF New BEDFoRD,(
u Hebron N. Crowell. Master.
On the morning of the Goth of June, 1866, ut
-6}5 O'Clock, the Gen. Pike, being in latitude
sec. west, saw steamer on our starboard quar-
ter, steering directly for us. At ~ o'clock
the steamer came up close under our stern and
ordered me to come on board with my papers.
She proved to be the English pirate, thief or
robber, Sea King, called Shenandoah. Wad.
dell, the pirate chief, told me he should bond
the Gen. Pike; accordingly he had written
what he called a ransom bond for $40 600, and
signed it by his order. The chiet then said
he should put about 160 men on board of me,
but instead of that the brute as he is, put 222
on board, making. with my own crew, 252 men
all told, crowded into this small ship The
pirate chief kept me on board his vessel about
i've hours. The only thing he stole from me
was the register of the Gen. Pike As was
leaving the pirate chief to return to my ship,
he said if had not provisions enough on board
to reach San Francisco / must cook Kanakas,
as had plenty of them. The 222 men put on
board were the crews of seven ships and barks
that had been burned by the pirate.
were promised their private property, but after
getting them on board his vessel he robbed
them Of everything of value, or allowed his
officers and men to do it-showing plumber and
robbery to be their object.
On the 18th of June, came to anchor in PlO-
yer Bay and got 200 barrels freeh water, and
sailed from PiOver Bay on the Goth of June for
San Francisco. On the 18th of July spoke the
bark Richmond. aud about fifty of our prison.
ers went aboard of her, our vessel being so
crowded as TO make it almost impossible to
Ia try pots since our capture.
The paroled on the Gen. Pike are from the
following ships and barks: Brig Susan Abigail
from San Francisco (Owned by Shedd and
Wright; bark VIM. G. Nye from San Fran.
cisco (owned by Charles Hare & Coz; Niru-
rod. Gypsey Isabel. and Catharine. OF New
aedford,