The record-union., 1891-08-14

the Arctic Ocean. The loss was S244,-
6S3 20. The General Pike of New Bed
ford was bonded and loaded with pris-
oners nine days afterward. Her value
was $40, 149 rs.
It was not until June 18th that the
cruiser began to reach the heart of the
fleet. 1t was near the Behring's Strait.
On that day the ships Euphrates and
William Thompson, both of New Bed
ford, went up in smoke and flame. They
were valued at S460, 755 %. On June 22d
the ocean was Illuminated by the burning
of the bark Jireh Swift and ship Sophia
Thornton, both of New Bedford. The
ship Milo of the same port was captured
In the Anadeer Sea on the same day.
She was bonded and sent TO San Fran
| cisco with the captive sailors. The next
day the brig Susan Abigail of San Fran
cisco, was ablaze. She was valued at
1927 ,S4S 81. 1t was from her that Waddell
got the newspaper detailing the corre-
| Spondence between General Grant and
General Lee at Appomattox.
June oath passed without capture
On the next day the Captain began to use
! his coal and got up steam. 1t did not
take him long to reach the heart of the
fleet. On that day he burned the ship
| General Williams of New London and
the bark Nimrod of New Bedford. Their
| value was 500, ,S54 62. On June 2Gth the
| barks Catherine of New London and
Gipsy of New Bedford, and the ship
! William c. Nye of San Francisco, and
James Maury Of New Bedford were cap
tured. The Gypsy was bonded and the
others destroyed. These vessels were
valued at 1884, ,S34 49,
June 9th was barren dav. but on the
18th there was harvest. Ten vessels
were plundered and burned. 1t was on
this day that Captain WaddeIl received
news of the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln. 1t was fit information for fiend-
lsh work. The vessels whose flames
illuminated the Arctic Ocean, were the
ships brunswick, Hillman, Isaac How
land, Nassau, and the barks Congress, Is
abella Martha and Waverly, ali of New
! Bedford; the bark Covington Of Warren.
! L. l., and the bark Eavorite of Fair
! haven, Mass. They were valued at
/ s., ,0S9, ,490 81.
j Cornelius Z. Hunt an officer Of the
! confederate cruiser, gives an admirable
| description OF the scene. The red glare
! nom the burning vessels shone far and
! Wlde over the drifting ice. The cracking
| OF the fire fell upon the crisp air like up
! braiding voices, The sea was filled with
! boats, driven hither and thither, with no
hand 10 guide them. IN the distance.
where the light fell strong and red upou
them, bringing out into bold relief each
! spar and line, were the two renowned
| vessels. Noah's arks, that We're to bear
away the human life which in few hours
would be all that was left Of the whaling
! fleet. The varied expressions Of anger,
/ disappointment, fear and wonder marked
the faces of the multitude on these decks.
! One by one the burning hulks went
| kissing and gurgling into the bosom of
! the Arctic Ocean, until the last act in the
! bloody drama OF the American civil war
had been played. The overture was the
thunder Of artillery beneath the walls OF
| Sumter, the breath of April tanning the
! checks OF the performers, the curtain fall
ing upon the pyrotechnic display i'll the
drifting ice of the Arctic Seas.
Although there is no evidence that the
coal shipped to the Marquesas ever
reached the Shenandoah, there is plenty
! OF evidence that Commodore Poor could
! have been ahead Of the Shenandoah in
the Arctic Sea- where he would have been
| as welcome TO the Yankee whalers as was
WOrden to the sailors of the Minnesota
at Hampton rOads.-Amos J. Cummings
! in New York sun.