The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

maven. The next day the Work OF re-
pairing the ship was begun and during
the delay several OF the crew embraced
the opportunity to desert, all Of them
being men who had Joined the Shenan-
doah from captured ships. The at
tempt Of Waddell to pursue and bring
back these men was obstructed by the
United States consul, as we'll as by the
Australian authorities. The Shenan-
doah, in a fortified British port. was
in no position to resist these acts, and
on February Is, the repairs and coal
ing having been completed, the port
was cleared.
AFTER THE WHALING VESSELS.
The delay of the steamer at Mel
bourne had operated against success
for the Shenandoah in the south Paci-
fc. The whaling fleets of that ocean
had received warning of presence
Of the privateer and had departed for
sheltering ports or the Arctic ocean.
Learning from a passing steamer that
some United States whaling vessels
were to be found in a harbor OF h
Caroline Islands, Waddell directed his
course thither. reaching the Stands
early in April.
An English pilot who had been liv-
ing there for some years, volunteered
Ills SCTtlCeS 10 the COIlICUeIdIeS ana
b-Jlght the steamer to anchor in sight
OF four. vessels flying the American flag.
The flag of the Shenandoah was not
yet displayed. After anchorage was
secured our armed boats were dis
patched with orders to capture the
vessels and bring their officers, Ships
papers, lcg-books, instruments for nav
igation and whaling charts to the
Shenandoah. After the oats left the
steamer the Confederate flag was
hoiSted n a gun fired. This signal
announcing the character of the war
ship brought down the American flags
and the seizure was Immediately mad
Waddell remained some days in this
harbor, where he made friends with tina
native king" a savage.
MANY PRIZES TAKEN.
The course of the Shenandoah was
thence for many days toward the north
and lbeset with violent storms. Final
ly the ~snOw-covered kuril Islands were
sighted, and on May 81 the sea of
Okhotsh was entered, under the coast
of Kamschatka. "A few days later the
whaling bark Abigail, of New Bedford,
was Overtaken, captured and burned.
The Shenandoah continued as far north
as the mouth of Chijinsk bay, but be
ing forced away by the ice she stole
along the coast of Siberia on her still
hunt amid frequent storms and great
danger from floating ice. On June Il,
no ships having been sighted, Wcidell
changed his course toward the Aleu-
tlan Islands,, entered Boring sea on the
next day and almost Immediately fell
in with a couple of New Bedford whal-
ers. One of them, the William Thomp-
son, was the largest out Of New Eng
Il land a md VALUED q eS0 000 rr1ooco eh;--
were burned.
The following day five vessels were
sighted near an ice foe. The confed-
crates hoisted the American flag. bore
down upon them, AND ordered the near
est the Milo, of New Bedford, to pro-
duce her ships papers. Her captain
complied, but was enraged to find
himself thus entrapped. He declared
the war was over. Waddell demanded
documentary evidence, which the cap
tain could not produce. His vessel was
seized and the Shenandoah started
after h companion ships with the
usual result. For several days follow
ing the Shenandoah had things all her
own way and the prizes We're frequent
and valuable. She struck fleet after
f1eet OF whaling ships, only to consign
them and their contents to the flames.
On. ) rs, alone, five ships, valued
collectively at $3.50, 00O. were DESTROYED.
and a day or W. later she reached the
climax Of her career, burning within
eleven hours eleven ships, worth In the
aggregate nearly $500, 900.
The Shenandoah was now overcrowd-
cd with prisoners, most Of whom were
transferred to passing ships.
fiaVlng crulsed around daringly for
a week or two longer, and sighting no
m n r0 hin oIa 4,~-ol
ward again. Her depredations were at
an end, for early in August She spoke
the English bark Barriconta, from San
francisco to Liverpool, and from her
received conclusive evidence of the end
or the war between the states. Com
Waddell could not persuade
hlmSelf to enter an American port and
for some time aimlessly secured the
Later it was determined to seek
an English port, and on November 5.
1868, the Shenandoah entered st.
Georges channel, having sailed %. 900
miles without seeing land. On Novem-
per 3, n steamed up the Mersey, and
the confederate flag having been haul |
down, Waddell sent a comrnunica- |
ton to the English minister of foreign |
affairs, Earl Russell, placing his ship |
disposal of the British govern |
Through Earl Russell h YES |
sci was transferred to the Jurisdiction
OF the American minister, Charles |
Francis Adams, who caused her to he |
conveyed to this country to be dis |
mantled.
Such is the record of the Shenandoah. |
She was actually cruising for Union I
property out eight months, and during |
time she captured and DESTROYED |
vessels to the value OF more than 81, |
900, II the union had never been |
bic to direct a blow against her. She |
had visited every ocean except the |
.ntartic, covering a distance OF 3d. 900 |
statute miles. The last gun in defense |
Of the south was fired in the Arctic |
ocean from her deck on June q, 1855
Baltimore Sun. |
DANGERS OF A FAMILY TREE.
A washington man who prides him
5if upon his family connections is Just /
from an attack Of nervous |
orostration, says the Washington Star. |
This man lately became possessed of |