, 1865-11-23
THE SHENANDOAH.


Surrender Of the Pirate,
Pretended Innocence of she pIratc
Captain.
DETAILS OF TIE SURRENDER.
Correspondence Of the Manchester Examtner.1
LIVERPOOL Monday, Nov. 0, 1855
The career Of the cruiser SHENANDOAH has at
last come to m end. II will be remembered
that, utter doing but little damage to Federal
commerce during the late.waE In Amcricn, she
suddenly turned up at Melbourne, and, after
receiving a fresh stock Of supplies, she sailed
that the commander Of the Shenandoah was
repeatedly told, both by English aud French
sk1ppers whom he met On the high sens. Fiat
the war between the North and South had
terminated, he refused to believe them, and
proceeded On his destructive errand among
the wbalers. Long after Lees surrender and
and otherwise destroyed whole fccts of
whale1s In the Ochotsk Sea, Behr.
heard Of the Shenandoah until hcr @
arrival to-day in the Mersey. There was little
Or no excitement consequent on the shenaa-
doah's arrival. It was known carly In the
morning that large screw steamer was at
bring her over, and that she was . Conieder.
ate cruiser vas evident from her flying the
Confederate ensigu. When the pilot boarded
her oil the port, he was asked whether the
war was over or not. The Shenandoah for
meEly the steamer Sea King Is certainly
she Steamed up the Mersey, looked exceed
fng1y we'll Her hnll Is long, finely modelled.
nnd painted black; and as she Ia shIp-ricpcd
and rather heavily spared, her whole ep-
pearanee is that Of fast and good sea boat.
She had no guns on deck, all her armament
being slowed away below In boxes. She lies
anchored close to her Majesty's ship Douesal.
We learn that the Shecandoah has been deily-
cred up to Capt. Payntes, Of her Maiesty's shIp
Donegal, and Is now In possession Of some
Of the crew Of the Donegal auI posse Of
customs officers. The crew Of the shenan-
doah numbered 13S men, all told; md, as
together with some Of the officers, separated.
Since setting ont on her work Of destruction.
the Shenandoah has destroyed ttirty-savcn
vessels, the majority Of which were whalers,
and these were destroyed after the cessation
q hos,!iities: ixs To show how the operations
ket, we may state that her depredations
among the whaling fleets have caused Sperm
oil to run up from e70 to eco per ton. and
It likely to advance stll further, as, until the
surrender Of the Shenandoah reaches the
ports from whence whale1s depart, the Arctic
amount Of whaling vessels.
Onr readers will remember that several
months since We stated that the steamer
Laurel sailed from Liverpool, for Madeira,
with arms for the Shenandoah. Though this
statement OF our Liverpool correspondent
Tas promptly contrad1cted by the owner Of
the Laurel, get In very few weeks aftcrward
the homewntd bound West African mail
steamer soon confirmed tho statement. for
while lying ut Madeira, the Laurel and She
naudoah met, and the cargo Of the former
vessel was Transferred to the latter, and the
cruiser commenced work.
REPORTED CHANCE OF CREW.
d, The Liverpool Post, Of the 9Th, has the fol-
lowing:
s'Peace was proclaimed some five months
aGo, yet since that time Capt. Waddel has
been carrying on the war. In making his
more recent captures he was told thai tho
Government at Richmond had ceased to exist,
and that Jetl. Davis WIS prisoner. Unless
come evidence Of these facts was produced,
credited them but it Is somewhat stfanse
TINT ships being In possession of the news
had neither newspaper nor documents to
prove II true. Much will depend upon this
being fact.
or suspected that what he was told WIS true,
he put about ship and ran for Lisbon. Not
knowing what Interpretation the British Cor
ernmcnt or the Federal Government might |
put upon his conduct, he entered the Tagus,
paid of bis crew, md pat o new crew on
board. In his long cruise and long voyage
man-of-war, and On Mouday he sailed mp the
MerBey and startled the people on both sides !
Of the river BY displaying the Confederate |
aag." -
TIE CREW or TIE SHENANDOAH.
A Liverpool dispatch Of Nov. =, to the Lon
don Re.rs, says:
"Thc Shenandoah still retains her anchor.
aggc in proximity to the Donegal, and COM
pany OF marines nre In possession of the late |
cruiser. We yesterday stated that Captain |
Wadden and some other officers left tho ship
after the formal surrender, and landed at LIZ
ever, we learn that Capt. Waddell, nftcr |
plcdging his word of honor to Commander |
Fisher, r. n, Of Her Matesty's ship Eagle, |
went ashore, and communicated with q |
Southern house, after which, according to |
promise, he 1ejoined his ship"
crew LEFT the ship and escaped to the Cheshire
side Of the Mersey. Il Is believed that the |
crew Of the Shenandoah have for some time |
been short Of provisions. A boat-load Of |
fresh beef, vegetables, potatoes, de-, sent OF |
by some charitable S0utherners, was refused |
Permission 10 60 alongside the Shenandoah. !
ne officers u charge stating, that prompt |
to the men By TIC Donegal.
On board the Shenandoah there are about |
thirty-six chronometers, together with num-
ber Of sc1tants, cabfnet furniture, furs and
other articles Of value, which are supposed
10 be part Of the proceeds of Wadaell's.late
In her hold there still remains {in fact all ar
ticles arc under seal until Instructions are re-
ceived frnm Government,) large quantity. of
ammunition, together with SIX short guns and
a large swivel gun.
II Is not at all impossible TINT within n few
mento or other vessels of the United States
Navy, under the command Of Admiral Colds
borough, whose squadron was last heard Of Mt
Toulon and Brest. The vessel is now in
charge Of Lieut.. Check, Of Her Majcsty's
g1nboat Goshawk, whom Capt Paynter has
plaeed on board with secret instructions.
There are guard Of marines, a number Of
seamen from the Donegal, md body Of Gus
ION officers also In possession. There IL on
board considerable sum Of money, bnt Cap
ain Waddc1l has NO intention of using this
Or tha, ships purposes. Hc, has preserved
The property Us that Of the American Gov
,tnment. Consequently, he md his officers
IRE without pccunfary resources. Several Of
he crew who remain on board arc down with
curry.
The communications between the govern
nent and the authorities here In reference to
be Shenandoah hare been and arc being car
led on By telegraph. The crew are stated to
'c, for the most part, smart young fellows,
nd to have The appearance Of excellent Sea-
nen. They arc OF mixed nationality, several
II them being apparently Americans.
APT. EADDELL COMMUNICATES WITH EARL
KCSaELL.
Telegram 10 the London T1met.l
LIVERPOOL, Monday, Nov. 6.
The late Confederate cruiser Shenandoah
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