Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-14
SOMETHING AEOCT CAPTAIN
wADuELL.

ser, Shenandoah" Ii is generally
known among our readers that Captain
Waddell has but lately arrived in San
Francisco in charge of one Of the new
ships of the Pacific Nail Company. The
fact that be as commander of the She
nanioah burnt the whaling fleets OF the
Pacific made him an unwelcome visitor
to that city; and he has been pretty
roughly handled by some of the press
writers there. Some days ago Ex-Sena-
tor Cole made the statement in Court
that Waddell had burnt ships after being
informed that Lee had surrendered and
that the "war was over" Wadjell
made reply. denying that he was so in
formed; and in public letter is weak
enough TO pirate of his honor in the fol-
lowing top!oftical and very chivalric
fashion.
regret that one word that savors of a
personal character should seem TO be de-
manded of me before taking leave of Mr.
Cole. He says that if | wish an op-
portunity to make my statement. he will
give me TN opportunity by examining
me under OATH Without questioning
the little matter o. his right to examine
me under oath. may he permitted re-
specially to say that his moral sense
must be different from that which /
entertain If he thinks An oath. taken
even III his august presence. can add
weigh: to the word of man of honor
The folly OF thus Sc ting on his high
horse is torcibly shown by the sequel.
for, as the Bulletin of last Friday even
ing says: Through the publication OF
his statement Waddell has stirred up a
nest Of hornets. Whatever poison there |
may be In their stings is, after all. of his |
own creation. Ex-senator Cole presents !
the following statements of the captains |
of whalers destroyed by tine Shenandoah |
in rebuttal to the testimony Waddell has
on his own record"
We extract as follows from the state
ments alluded to. There are others
quite as strong as these which we have
selected:
STATEMENT OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE
'.JIkEH SWIFT"
was master of the Jireh Swift, New
Bedford. on the 22d June. 1865, whom
she was taken and burned by the She
under Captain Wadden. Be
lore noon of that day / was spoken by
The Sophia Thornton, also of New Bed
lord. Captain Nj. &. Tucker. who had
asked me to come on board of his ship
md obtain letters and papers which lie
had for me, which papers he stated
would inform me of the assassination of
Lincoln and the close of the war.
vent on board of the Sophia Thornton,
md while there We discovered the ap-
proach of the Shenandoah. / returned
o my ship and late in the afternoon WAS 1
boarded from the Shenandoah, and
ordered with my papers to go on board
II that steamer; but before going | !
directed the attention of the officer from ,
he Shenandoah to Sandwich Island ,
ixtra giving an account of the surrender j
# Lee to Grant, and, as l remember. ,
irving the negotiations and terms of the
,
When on board of the Shenandoah I ,
p" lLS |
nted. but he replied that he would not ,
'elisve the papers. II
Ny ship. the Jireh Swift. was among =
he first of the Arctic whaling fleet that :
sere burned that season.
l ann quite certain that the boarding \
fficer took the Sandwich Island extra :
own from where | had il iaile,i up. and f,
Dok It on board the Shenandoah with ! =
iIi- The letters AMI papers referred to,
hat came for me On the Sophia Thorn
On. l took on board Ct the JIrsh Swift ! !
-ith me.
/ cannot say that saw CaItIin Wai II
ell reading the papers. bat | saw his
Ulcers IN the cabin with the papers IL L
leir hands reading them. and | nave no :
Cub; from conversations With Wacdeil j
lat he was fully advised as to the con- !.
mis- of the papers, relating 10 the sur II
.nd.r Of Lee, the death of Lincoln, d
ld the other current topics OF the day. Il
t. VI. WILKINS. Il
San Francisco, Dec. ), 1875. II
Here IS another: =
L was second officer on the bark Con- u
.ess. burned by the Shenandoah. June a
!. 1865. We left Honolulu on the ID .
" of MAY. taking with US newspapers. n
,th Sand Sich Island and San Fran
SEQ, giving accounts Of the surrender
Lee at AppCnsttox and of the assas- :,
nation of Lincoln, the papers being III -
burning for the latter event. The j.
.arsiiug officer from the Shenandoah S
Ok these newspapers on beard of that +,
.aner. L was sent on board Of the :
.euandoah myself, and there saw under
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