The National tribune., 1902-08-07

| to aid each other. %
Moodily l walked back to tho hotel.
revolving these things in my mind. Some
| times mumentariIy cOnxratulating myself
that had acted the piirtuof sensible
man, and again falling back upon my
former opinion that 1t was an act of pol
| trOonry l0 leave my friends in the hour
| of danger. whether l could render them
| any assistance or not. y
On gaining the hotel the gratifying in
tellisenee reached me that, our troubles
| were soon to be over. and fortunately the
rumor was ere long confirmed.
RELEASE OF ALL PRISONERS.
About O'Clock i'll the evening Capt.
Pay nIer, of tne Donegal, to whom Tire
! Shenanuoah had surrenuered, received IL
teieSrtut ordering n,m 10 ut once reieiiSe
Sucn or the oIncers and crew OF that ship
| as were not Britlsb SUBJECTS.
AS soon he received these instruc-
tions capt. I'aynter proccedeu to the kock
rerry S.ip anu abpiIed Tor steamboat.
Ar. IhwaItS, VINO mad cnaise o1 these
boats, ut once piaeed at HIS uIsposaI the
steamer bee, i'll winch lie immediately
went eff TO our cruiser. On gaining the
deck he mate known the object UI hIs
visit to Capt. " addeil. who ordered his
omeers ana crew to be summoned To the
quarter deck. The roll books We're DIougnt
der. AS each man answered to has nanie
he WAS asked To what country he be-
!ongcd, but III no instance did any ac-
knowletlge himself Il British subject. The
majority claimed to be either native or
adopted citizens of America; but several,
WHO insisted that they had been born III
some one of tie Confederate States, had
al unniIstakably Scotch accent, and piob-
ably opened their eyes for the hrst time
on this world II good deal nearer the Clyde
t,-..L the Mississippi.
Ibis formaiity having been gone
through With, Capt. Paynter informed
| thcm that they were ut liberty tn pro
ceed on shore, and the intelligence was
| received with bolsterous demonstrations oi
| JOY. Away they went forward aud cGni-
nenced l.:lckmg up their bedding and
| such other ARTICLES of personal property
as they Possessed, which they conveyed
on board the Bee, waiting to take them
oil to the landing stage.
When all were ready to bid Il final
adieu 10 th.. vessel, they collected for
ward and gave three lusty cheers for their
late commander, and Capt. Wa,l,lell at
know lodged the compliment III brief bGt
appropriate address. The crew then asent
| On board The Little steamer. and the last
Confederate fGgoc WAS disbaEdCd.
\ short time prior to the final collapse
several thousand pounds of the public
fund came into the hands of one of ths,
Confederate agents III England, and not
knowing how else to dispose OF it he laid
it aside to provide for the immediate ne
ce.ss!ties of :uch naval Offices of the Con
fet'eraey as the close of the war should
leave homeless and prescribed in Eng
land. Two hundred pounds from this fund
was appropriated to each of the officers
of the Shenandoah. as Il rceompebSe for
the long service they had rendered. and
for which they could never hope to re-
ceive any other compensation.
At two different times this fund. with
direct for its disbnsemant. was PR
vately conveyed to Capt. Waddell after
he landed in Liverpool. It bring. OF course
presumed that no more trRsty custodian
could be found for it. BY .
The event proved that this confidence
was shamefully abnsedJ1and Il clew was
at last furnished for our, commander sin
gular anxiety to take his ship to Liver
pool instead Of to Sydney oT Cape Town.
Before any Of his officers had learned
of this provision that kindness and fore
thought had made for, them. he SUM-
moned them to his quaHters-(seorses $
Hotel. Dale street. Liverpool. One>a Il
timr they were adniittel to- his presence.
and. as the humor actuated him. he pre-
sented them from 20 to 100 pounds apiece
ont of the 2G0 that WAS justly theirs
a few of his favorites. d believe, received
their full bounty. The balance he coOlly
appropriated to himself.' probably as a
commission for transactiHe the business:
nor was this the whole extent of his pecu-
lations.
The Paymaster of the ship Mr.. w.
ReadiOve Smith. who had formerly been
Secretary to the Captain of the Alabama.
volunteered his services to settle with the
crew from the payroll in his possession,
but the offer was declined. and he snbse-
Guently sent our old Quartermaster. Wig
gins. rs honest and straightforward an
old sailor as ever walked deck. to get
them together and pay them from one
third to one-half Of what was actually
due them and promise the remainder ut
some indefinite time in the future. For
weeks after his residence at Waterloo.
little way out of Liverpool. was besieged
by these poor men clamOring for the hard
earned pittance ont Of which he had mer-
cilessly defrauded them.
! may say. also. that after getting safe
ly on shore, Capt. Waddell became very
solicitous to get possession Of the old flag,
upon which he set so little value when
it was offered TO him on board the SheH'
andoah. It's custodian declined to surren-
der it, whereHpOn the Captain had the ef
frontery to threaten him with the loss of
his pay and bounty if it was not given
up: but the man who had taken that flag
to his keeping valued it far higher than
pounds and pence-the threat was indig-
nantly disregardcd. and for once virtue
was rewarded for the man got his money.
1t is exceedingly painful for a sailor to
write such things concerning Il command
er under whom he has served. Had Capt.
Waddcli been contentcd with simply en-
riching himself at the expense of those
who shared the tolls and perils of that
cruise. which has made his name famous.
should have been silent. for the credit
of the service to which l had the honor
to belong: hut wheE. after all his officers
had left England, and he therefore felt
secure from personal chastisement. he
ventured to publish that atrocions libel
concerning their honor and courage, /
could not in justice to myself and my as
sOciates do less than exhibit the man to
the world in his true colOrs.
l subioin an extract from his letter to
which | have referred. and with it close
this hasty and inartistically written but
truthful narrative of the ShenandOah's
first and last cruise.
CAPT. wADDELL's DEFENSE.
Extract from letter written by Capt.
Waddell to 4 gentleman III Mobile, Ala,
and dated:
Waterloo, near Liverpool,
Dec. y, 1866.
81 am now in exile, but far from being
ruined man. won't go to sea any more
if l can help it. The feeling shown to-
ward me, through the restriction placed
on my wife, is decided. 1t is just the
feeling | like though the tyranny to her