Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-22

| Government presume 10 address Austria in this
manner, 1t Is necessary to remain silent upon the
| possibility of coming to some agreement.
1t was reported that private letter from the En-
pcror Napoleon to the King Of Italy, on the Roman
| question, would shortly be published.
| THE FRANKFORT DIET.
IN the sitting of the Federal Dict mt Frankfort on
the 9th instant the representatives of Bavaria SaXO
ny and Hesse- -Darmstadt proposed that Austria and
Prussia should be requested. first, TO convoke in ol-
stein, rs soon as possible, general assembly of rep
rosentaveS elected by the free votes of the nhabi
tants, IN order that such assembly may cooperate
in the definite solution Of the still pending SchleS-
g-io5tcin question: second. to take steps calcu-
lated to bring about the incorporation Of Schlcswig
| into the German Confederation.
The Federal Diet resolved to decide in fortnight
| how this proposal should be dealt with.
INDIA AND CHINA.
The latest Bombay telegram was to the Both Of Oc-
! tober, Cotton was steady Piece goods dull. Ship
ments of cotton during the past fortnight y 900 bales
freight to Lyerpool 3aS an advance OF IS. cd. ton.
BOMBAY. Oct. 3O-Goods are dull. Exchange Is.
I'd Consols declining.
CALCUTTA, Oct 'IO.-Narket has been brought to n
stand stl In consequence Of the failure Of the rice
crop.
1t was rumored that the Russians had beaten the
BokharanS near Jashakuam, and were reported to be
within few miles of Bokhara.
Bombay was first lighted with gas the 1th of 0c
tobCr.
Two native Directors of the Commercial Finance
and Stock Exchange Corporation in Bombay had
been sentenced to transportation for life and
third to Imprisonment for four years, charge Of
forgery.
with regard to the suppression OF piracy in the Chi
ncsc seas, which were daily becoming more danger
Gus. The Taku forts had been evacuated by the al
a great hurricane had occurred at Manila.
MELBOURNE, Sept. 25.-The shipments of gold for
the month amount to $500 ounces.
THE VERY LATEST
QUEENSTowN, Nov. 9.-The steamships City Of Man
chester Babec and Pennsylvania, from New York
arrived at Queenstown to-day.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 9--The Captain and crew of the
prlyateer Shenandoah have been released on parole
and it is believed the matter vii! cause difficulty
lhere Is no other news OF any Importance.
THE SHENANDOAH"
The London Times in an editorial says:
The re-appcarance of the Shenandoah in British
waters at the present juncture is an untoward and
unwelcome event When we last heard of this nOto-
rous cruiser she was engaged in pitieSs raid upon
American whalers in the North Pacific. and several
steamers of the United States were stated to be
in pursuit of her. 1t also reported. through
somewhat vaguely. that our own naval commander
and little doubt entertained of her speedy cap
turc. The next thing that we learn is that she
tered the Mersey under the Confederate ag that She
is alongside and in charge of her MajeSty ship Done
GAL and that Captain Waddell has forwarded letter
to Lord Russell. Whatever be thecontents of that
letter, this act is obviously equivalent to surrender
Of the vessel to the Government of Great Britain as
the Sonewall was surrendered to the Spanish autho
with regard to the Shenandoah, we apprehcnd
that little hesitation be felt. On every principle
OF law she belongs to that Government which has
succeeded to all the rights and all the property Of
the de toctO Confederate Government. This doctrine
Is % %iaid down very clearly by Vice Chancellor Page
czed Of late in America but in truth, it is scarcely
more than rule of common sense. Lord Russell
did not Affect to override it by the provision in his
despatch for the disarning Of Confederate vessels in
our ports, but, the contrary, facilitated the appl
cation of it through resort to the proper civil tri
bunaiS. The Captain General of Cuba doubtless
acted on the same view when he delivered over the
Stonewan to the agents Of the United States; nor,
indeed, IS 1t easy +. imagine whose behalf any
counter claim could be preferred What may be the
technical ormalities to be observed in the transfer is
a matter of very little importance. Whether we
ought to wait for demand or to make over the ship
unasked, we hold it in trust for the United States
all lntentS and purposes
1t is only when we come TO the personal liability
oil captain Naddcll and the crew that we met by
perpleXing circumstances. 1t is now more than half
a year since the American virtually terminated,
and the ravageS of the Shenandoah have been inf
nltely more destructive during this period than be
fore. The statement of losses contained in Mr.
Adams's letter of April = is as nothing comparcj
with those that have since reached us from Behring
Straits and the adjoining coasts. Nearly forty whaers
seas, and the price of sperm oil has already been
raised very largely by her depredaons Now, it ap-
pears that Captain Waddel processes to have had no
authentic information about the close Of the
until he fell in with Her MaeStyS ship Barracouta
on the ?Oth OF August. when he immediately con
signed his guns to the hold and altered his for
Li%y&Wgpq%ol W %d 70 no r;st =, .o;,,,,,, -
become the subject Of legal inquiry but it is impos
Sible to let such statement pass unchaenged. 1t
is expressly negatiyed by accounts from Calilor
MA derived from the testimony of persons belonging
to the ships which he had destroyed. We have their
positive assurance that Captain Wadde was told of
all that had happened by some of his prisoners but
refused to credit It, because II based Northern
authority Ilowit could otherwise have been brought
to his knowledge or how he could expect to receive
an ntimatlon of it from an Office, which, if it were
true, no longer existed. it is for him explain for
by refusing TO accept such notice he certainly took
upon himself all the responsibility of his subsequent
acts. Why did he not at least run into the nearest
neutral harbor to verify report which, unless false
so gravely compromised his further proceedings?
1T is possible that good answer may be given to
these questions but we must repeat the Dr0bdnd
lies entirely Captain Waddell's side. All the world
knew and believed the news which he rejected and
which was not so improbable in itself as by any
means to justify his obstinate skepticisn There is
an old saying about none being so blind those who
won't see, and the facts here suggest almost ire
sistibe suspicion that Captain Waddell was deter
mined not to be arrested in his destroying career till
he had done his old eneme the utmost possible mis-
chief. Nor would it tend to remove this impression
if it should prove to be correct that on the pilot
coming on board he asked lnnocently whether the
war was over or not
1T would have been a great relief to ourselves,
though little to the advantage of the United States
had the Shenandoah been simply excluded from the
Mersey and left to the till she should fall
into the hands OF her pursuers As it is, there seems
hardly any legitimate alternative but one CAPTAIN
Wadde and his one hundred and thirty men cannot
thesis consistent with that Of the war being af an
end Nor under any circumstances can they be given
over to the United States. They might possibly be
prosecuted under the Foreign Enlistment Act, but
fishing ofenSes of that nature.
The crime of which they really stand accused
nation of hostiliticsis that of piracy and on this
charge it is possible that they may be apprehended
and tried before an English court of Justice
WHAT THE STAR" SAYS
The London Sta. says the Shenandoah will no
doubt be claimed by the United States, the Stone
wall was from Spain, and adds; I'VE know of nothing
to make us anxious to refuse the REQUEST
The questioninvolved in the surrender of the She
nandoah are difficult and perplexing. but trust
the E Ti not on that account attempt to
Of the country and the supremacy Of the Io,, alike de-
mand that the Captain aud cre'o should be puton their
trial Although we have had during the war abund-
ant evidence of the inecency of the customs autho-
rites at Liverpool we scarcely credit the story
that while the surrender of the vessel accepted
the Captain and crew were allowed to escape with
out the instructions of the government being taken
The Liverpool Post of the 7th says:
When Captain Waddell heard the real news, or
suspected that what he was told was true, he put
Interpretation the British Government or the Fed
eral Government might put upon his conduct, he
crew on board. In his long cruise and long voyage
he never encountered British or American man-of-
startled the people on both sides of the river hy dis
playing the Confederate flag. ) "
Liverpool despatch to the London Ne,cs saws
Inc crew are stated to be- for the most part smart
young fellows, and to have the appearance of excel
lent seamen. They of mixed nationaIitv several
of them being apparently Americans.
Telegram to the London Times.
LIyERPooL, Tuesday, Nov. The vessel is closely
watched by the gunboat Goshawk Tieut Cheek
Captain Waddell, his officers and crew ali remain on
board, and no attempt at escape has been made.
1t appears that Captain Wadde has in his possession
large amount of money and vauables. including a
number of chronometers, which he is anxious to de-
liver up considering that they are now the property
of the United States Government
From the Pail Mall Gazette, Nov. s.
We learn from Liverpool that Capt. Waddell, of
the Shenandoah has been allowed to 60 on shore on
his parole, and that three of his crew have already
managed to escape. Capt. Waddeil and his men
either are pirates or they are not They have nm
doubtedy been for the last three months burning,
sinking, and destroying American whaIers in the
name Of government which did not exist and
whose non-exstence they might have ascertained BY
reference to the nearest neutral port 1t is for them
to prove their ignorance that the war in which they
persisted in carrying on had terminated everywhere