The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-24
The Pirate shenand ON h--HIistory of


The pirate Shenandoah has az lat arrived
home. having been absent since October :
lssl. during which time she has been around
the world. sinking, burning, destroying and
bonding American vessels. Among her last
acts Was the destruction Of our Northwestern
Coast whaling fleet. some months ago She
was 0utlaWed. and now has the audacity 10
seek an asylum under the protection Of the flag
which aided. supported and guarded her In
safety until she could place herself beyond thu.
reach Of Federal cruisers.
What the next move Of these pirates will be-
or what disposition will be made Of the vessel
il a question which naturally arises in the
public mind. The conduct % the British Gov
ernment gives no criterion by which 70 judge
Of the future. II is generally believed that this
Government will make formal demand for
the vessel. her officers and crew, but we can
not see how that can be done, a she i
British vessel in everything. from her keel TO
her truck.
The Sea King was built at Glasgow in Octo-
Der. 1853, and was registered a. the property
Of William Wallace. banker, ~ London, and
Others: her registered tunnage being 30 tuns.
her combined power being 210 horse, aud her
frame work iron with wood planking On the
18th Of September, 1864. she was transferred
by bill Of sale 20 Richard Wright. ship owner
Of Liverpool. who was very near connection
Of the Rebel financial agent in that town.
ON the 30th Of September, Il. :. Corbctt was
Endorsed a. master, and on the 'th OF October
Richard Wright executed a certificate Of sale
To Peter Luther Corbett the master. empow-
ering him 10 sell the Sea King at any port out
Of the United Kingdom for not less than 49,
go, within six months from the date Of Ger
tificafe She was then entered and cleared. in
/ ballast, an ordinary merchant vessel, al
/ London, for Bombay.
In the meantime. another vessel called the
Laurel, and owned by Harry Lafone Of Liver
| pool, was taking on board all the necessary
armament, stores, etc. several rebel officers
and large number of men. On the same day
that the Sea King sailed from London for Bonn
bay. the Laurel sailed from Liverpool for Mas
[ sau. The two vessels met at Madeira, and
from there proceeded in company 10 an island
near by, and there, within Portuguese waters
the armament and men were speedily trans
ferrcd from the Laurel to the Sea King, both
vessels being still under the British flag.
The See King was then renamed Shenan-
doah, hoisted the rebel FLAG, and set forth ON
her piratical cruise. Her armament consisted
Of six guns, viz: four 6S-pOunders and two 81
Founders, with full crew Of British sailors.
The first we heard of her after she left Madeira
was that she had destroyed few vessels in
the neghbOrhOOd of the Island Of st. Helena.
Her next performance WIS to double the Cape
ofGood Hope and cruise around on the Bay OF
Bengal and the Straits of Sundy. She next
made her appearance in the port of Melbourne
Australia, and was coaled, profisioned and re-
ceived reinforcement Of men strictly in ac-
cordance with British neutrality.
After remaining there for some time, she
started anew on her voyage Of devastation.
The next we hear of the pirate is that she i
in the Arctic Ocean, capturing, destroying
and bonding the vessels composing our whal
ing fleet. From the beginning IF April 10 the
end of June she destroyed and bonded - YES
sells, thus entirely breaking up the whaling
season in that quarter. We append list o.
vessels destroyed or bonded by the pirate in
the Arctic: