The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-03

DdThS A1lIlS, GUNdTu, 0OOlISy, ouU DOA-
phine; also, schooners Charter Oak,
Stacey, and Susan.
A steamer, called the Kate Prince,
captured by the Shenandoah
WAS RANsoMED
on consideration of taking on board the
prisoners removed from the vessels de-
stroyed.
While at Melbourne Capt. Waddell got
into trouble with the Colonial authori-
ties for violation of the foreign enlist
ment act. He refused to allow his vessel
to be searched, and left Melbourne on
the Sth of February, 1860, bound for
Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
Among the whaling feet during the
month of June, 1865, "a vessels were
destroyed by the Shenandoah; four were
bonded, to whom the captured prisoners
were transferred for the purpose of being
landed at San Francisco. On the 18th of
June the Shenandoah called at St. Law
renee Island, inhabited principally by
Esquimaux.
On the 9th of June Capt. Waddell
learned from one Of his captured victims
that the war was over He refused to
believe the story, and feeling free from
molestation continued his work of de-
struction, and on the 9th of July II
vessels were captured, and all of them
destroyed.
About the middle of July Capt. Wad-
dell fell in with the whaling ship Barra-
couta, two days out from San Francisco.
From this vessel Waddell received New
York and San Francisco papers, from
which he learned of the surrender of
Lee and collapse of the Confederacy.
He then determined to suspend opera
tions and seek safety in some neutral
port. Several places were considered,
but Liverpool, England, was determined
upon, as from this port Waddell had
sailed.
The Shenandoah was then disguised
as much as possible, her guns placed
between decks, and portfolios closed.
From one of her crew the writer learned
the following particulars of her voyage
across the ocean:
1.-The crew of the Shenandoah were
now all called aft, and Capt. Waddell
in a brief address told them of our
altered condition and of his decision to
sail to Liverpool. The men gave three
cheers for their Commander and pressed
forward to their duties with a will,
while the ships prov was pointed to
Cape Horn. On our way we sighted
many ships; some nearing us would
send up signals, but would receive no
answer. We had lost our voice and
manners with our occupation, and all
we thought of now was to get to the
other side Of this terrestrial globe as soon
as possible. We had but seven days coal
supply and must husband this for an
emergency.
1t came in rounding Cape Horn,
when We were obliged by stress of
weather to fall upon its use. We now
laid our course for our destination, and
every day was closing in the miles that
separated us from our fate. How far
the world had gone in the last few months
we did not know We had been beyond
its pale. And now, wanderers without
home, we had not even that which usu-
ally follows successful privateering-
money-for we had sailed against the flag
of the United States, not to plunder its
citizens, but to destroy its commerce. We
were imbued with no grasping thoughts
of wealth. The success of our cause was
what we had sailed for, and now that we
had no cause we were poor indeed. x X
Up from the water rose the rugged
Welsh hills. Distance, lending her
charm to their purpling heather, smooth
ed down their rough exterior as they
rose from the water, bright in the Au-
tumn sunlight. Now the clear head
lands Of Anglesey, rising high out of
the St. Georges Channel, stood more
near, and pilot swept alongside
On arrival at Liverpool the Shenan-
doah was turned over to the British au-
thorities, by whom she was surrendered
to the American Consul. She was after
ward sold TO the Sultan of Zanzibar, and
used as a pleasure yacht until 1878, when
she was lost in the Indian Ocean. Yes
sells to the number of 80 had been de-
stroyed by this cruiser.
Capt. Waddell was born in Pittsboro,
n. c., in the year 1924, and was ap-
pointed Midshipman in the u. S. Navy
Sept. 10, 1871. His first service was on
board the receiving ship Pennsylvania,
at Norfolk, Va. While here he got into
some trouble with another officer, and
was compelled to fight a duel, in which
he was severel v wounded.
He was dismissed from the u. S. Navy
Jan. Is, 1862, and Immediately Joined
the COnfederates, by whom he was made
Commander, and served in the defense
of Richmond, Va, until ordered to
Charleston, S. c., from which port he
ran the blockade to assume command of
the Shenandoah. AT the close of the
war be was arrested for piracy on the
high seas, but his trial never took place.
Great Britain, who furnished the guns
and material for the destruction of our
commerce, was eventually compelled to