The Portland daily press., 1865-09-13

THE MAN WHO DEFInD THE PIRATE.

Among the victims the pirate Shenandoah
who arrived here by the whaling bark MILO,
was CaptT. G. Young, Master of the whale
ship Fdvolfte, Of Fair Haven, which, with the
others, was burnt by order ofCapt. Waddell.-
Capt Young is about53 years old, and belongs
to the John Brown stamp of mortals who be-
lieVe in fighting the devil under all circum-
stances, andneyer letting Right back down to
Wrong however great may be the odds against
herr Accordingly when on the 2S of June he
found himself cornered by The rebel pirate,
with no chance, of escape, he proceeded to
make preparations for the coming conflict
with such means as were at hand, and had it
not been for the cowardice-or perhaps, pru-
dence--of his fellow-officers and crew, one of
the bIoodiest battles ever fought in the vicinity
of Behring's Straits would have then and there
ensued. Seeinga boat shove off from the
Shenandoah towards his bark. Capt. Young
ordered the old bilInderbuss used for shooting
whales, to be brought up from below, together
with his revolver and ammunition. Having
carefully loaded the weapons the old salt took
his position on the cabin roof and awaited
the approach Of the pirates boat. As it came
near the side of the vessel, Captain Young
pointed his blunderbuss at the officer in charge
and shouted to him to stand of" The pi-
rate was greatly astonished at such reception,
and at first was inclined to think that the old
man was playing a "goak" on him; but see
ing his determined look and the unerring aim
of the blunderbuss he came to the conclusion
that discretion was the better part of valor,
and ordered his men to paddle back with all
despatch to 1.-THE Shenandoah. By this
time Captain Young's fellow-officers began to
get shaky in the knees, and fearing that mat
tiers would come to serious pass, they took
the precaution to steal away his ammunition
and even take the caps ofathe weapons already
loaded. Having done this they, with all the
crew, craWled into the boats, lowered them
selves into the water and left Capt Young
alone in his glory, sole occupant of his vessel
The Captain thinks this was a shabby trick !;
it was hard enough for him to fight the rebels
alone anyhow; but toleaye him with nothing
but a bomb-gun and a revolver uncapped, to
answer the broadside of the Shenandoah, was
putting the odds altogether too heavy against
him. He did not back down, however but
kept his position orithe cabin roof, and await
ing the flash of enemy's guns. He had had
some experience OF the uncertainties of can
non balls and shells having run a schooner
with supplies up the Potomac in the earlier
part of the rebellion, Besides" said he, II
have not great many years to live anyway,
and l might as wei die now as any time,
especially as all have got is invested in my
vessel, and if lose that win have to go home
penniless and die pauper." While thus rea-
soning so himself he heard the officer Of the
Shenandoah give the order to sire" but fire
low" Without deigning to rise from his reclin-
ing position he cody awaited the result of the
order, but no fire came. n kf
Soon he saw another boat push off toward
him from the Shenandoah. 1T seems that
after the order to affev was given some one
on board the pirate discovered that one of the
Shenandoah boats wasin range, and hence the
order was countermanded. When the pirate
boat came along the second time the officer in
charge ordered Capt. Young to haul down his
colorS "I'll see you id first" replied the
Captain. "Ifsyou DON'T I win shoot you,'
the Captain. = Hereupon the officer dropped
his gun that he had raised to shoot the Cap
tain, and ordered his men to board the whaler.
Capt. Young had by this time discovered that
the caps had been removed from his weapon,
and being without means of defence he could
offer no resistance, and was therefore obliged
to allow himself to be taken. They conveyed
him on board the Shenandoah and immedi-
ately ordered him to be put in irons and sent
to the gallant forecastle, at the same time tel
ling him that if he'was in any way sauey they
would gag him. A sentry was placed over him
and he was kept there four hours, or until he
was put aboard the Nile to be brought to San
Francisco. !, He was robbed of everything, in
Guiding $120 in money, a gold watch, and
even his shirt studs, He also had library Of
220 volumes, which was stolen hom the Fd-
oosite before she was committed to the flames.
= AS he was about being sent away from the
Shenandoah Capt Waddell directed that the
sold grey-headed deyiP should not be allowed
to go ON board the Ma,i5y, lthe other bonded
vessel thatwas sent to the Sandwich Islands,)
for he wasn't tit company for ladies. The
lMGufy had as passenger, the wife of Whal-
had sdad oh 70