Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-24

be correct that OF the pilot coming ON
board he asked innOeentfy whether the
war was over or not.
1t would have been a great relief to our
selves, though little to the advantage of
the United States, had the Shenandoah
been simply excluded from the Mersey
aud left to rove the seas till she would fall
into the hands Of her purslers. AS it is.
there is hardly any legitimate alternative
but one. Capt Waddel and his $50 men
cannot be handed over as prisoners of war
upon any hypothesis consistent with that
OF the war being at IN end. Nor under
any circumstance can they be given over TO
the United States.
They might possibly be prosecuted I'M
der the Foreign Enlistment Act, but ex-
perience has shown the extreme difficulty
of establishing effenses OF thatzuature.
The crime of which they really stand ac
eused-supposlng them to have wilfully
ignored the termination of hostilities-is
that of piracy, and on this charge it is pos
sible that they may be unprecedented and
tried before an English Court of Justice.s
H LIBERATION OF THE CREW OF THE
- ar d. ...7r SHENANDOAH.
g-lr- IFrom the Liverpool Post, Nov 81
At 6 O'Clock yesterday evening Capt.
Paynter H. NJ. S. Donegal received orders
from London to liberate such of the crew
of the Shenandoah as wore not British
subjects. On inquiry it was found that
there was no British subject on board, at
least no one claimed that honor, although
the accent of manv Seemed to testify to
the contrary. 1t appears that the She
nandOah did not enter the Tagus, or ship
a new crew at Lisbon.
Capt. Paynter, Immediately after re-
ceiving orders, engaged the Rock Ferry
boats for the purpose of conveying the
men ashore. At 8 o'clock the Ferry
steamer landed theafrst portion al the
south end of the small landing-stage.
The Decentralization presented a strange
scene of excitement. Rejoicing was visi-
BILE on the -countenances of officers and
men, and many made free boasts that the
Shenandoah displayed the last Confede-
rate flag. They stood in busy groups
about the landing-stage, eagerly canvas-
sing their future prospects. Most of them
seemed puzzled by their own position.
How they came to be liberated, and on
what grounds, they were not very clear
about, though at the fact itself they were
aA pul llSAiuIl y Gldlcu. 10 Inquiries MADE
by individuals among the crowd of by
ISLANDERS, both officers and men replied
that they had been liberated uneondition-
ally to go whithersoever they pleased.
As the intelligence reached town crowds
of people assembled on the stage, those
who had Southern proclivities making
themselves particularly agreeable to the
men of the shenandoah, and a general
curiosity being manifest to- hear the de-
tails of the operations of the notorious
cruiser. ...
So, many a yarn of daring adventure
was %unwound, while the luggage was be-
ing packed or vehicles provided. During
the last seven months, some of the crew
said the men were particularly anxious TO
get ashore, as they had become tired of
their wild life; and, from the conversation
ofsome, it seems pretty certain that aboard
the Shenandoah the news of the cessation
of the late war was believed, however
lacking positive information may have
been. One unfortunate, who had been taken
from a whaler sunk by the Shenandoah,
seemed glad enough to be quit of her. AL
together, some 100 men disembarked on
the landing-stage, one sick man being left
in charge of the officers of the Donegal.
Cabs conveyed them to various sailor
boarding-honses, and about twenty-five
are located in the Sailors Home. The
men are partly paid off, and all expeetthat
in a few days they will receive all their
arrears. of pay. o.