The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-11-01

She was speedy and capable OF being
converted into q man.of.war. A
smaller vessel, the Laurel, was bought
as a tender for tho Sea King. The
vessel was ballasted with coal and
cleared for Bombay, the captain car
rying in his pocket power OF attor.
ney to sell the weasel. The Sea King
sailed about the Grst Of October. Ga
tho night of the 9th OF that month
tho Laurel dropped down the river
!osqed with passengers and armament,
the passengers being the officers in.
tended Sog tho eruieeg. .<>3.:,
They had suooeeded in outvitssnv
chose watching out 2er them, aa5
when the Bay OF Funchal was reached
eho cargo and passengess Of the Lam.
sel we're transferred to che Sea King,
which Cepe. James L. Waddell, who
wss 20 command her, reehristenaa the
shopandoab,. Oa being told oei, ,sho
nature Of tho service they were de-.
sired 20 undertake. only twenty-thsss
| consented TO take the oath Of snlips.
mene In ehe Confederate ntiyy. asy-
rel Of tho oGesrs wore doubs9ul IL IL
was advisable 70 Get ont under these
oiroumsssneea, but Irvine Ruileeh
was for going to sea. He told OF how
the Alabama he'd always been ablo 60
get new enlistmenss from, captured
prizes. This view prevailed, :, and
October 20, 1864, the Shenandoah
shipped anchor for the Indian Ocean.
BY way Of the Cape OF Good Hope.
| The Shenandoah was commended by
Capt. James l.. Waddell, Of North
Carolina, who had served in the old
navy for several years. His executive
officer wae Capt. W. G. Whittle, men
toned above. His lieutsuauts, were
Is. @. GFimbsll, Of South Carolina;
Sidney Smith Lee, Of Virginia, uep.
hew OF Robert e. Lee, and d. Minor
Scales. Of Mississippi. The sailing
master, 80 the navigating officer was
known in those days, was Irvine Bull.
looh. How we'll he filled the position
the career Of the cruiser testifes. +, j.. :.
% January %. 1866, tho Shenan- :
doah reached Melbourne, after having
destroyed eight Federal merchantmen en-.
No less than fourteen enlistments
were secured from captured vessela.
Incidentally it may be mentioned
that they never thereafter needed
men FOR their Grew. :. ~. >: 3 I: ,] I. i
After repairing and oveshauling tbe
Shenandoah esiled away for the Arctic.
On May 21-:fifty.one days after the
surrender Of Ger. Lee, sue entered
the 0khotsk Sea. She was jammed in
the ioe several times, and the crew
suffered intensely. A whaler. was
captured and one other Grew made
pilot, 4 After that all went smoothly,::
and the ship was. soon in Behr.ine
Sea, where ahe reached arich harvest
Of American whalers, capturing them
OF the rate Of four'a day. The vessels
EWere either burned or ransomed 4t5E t.5 4 I
81 The laa& nrize taken BY. the vessel
was on the 2sth Of June; + | There =waa %
total ignorance aboard 40 eol the: pro prog
ress.of the war. :Of oourryse there was NJ
great desire to know The news, and so i,
Ishe.v vessel stood iso #the South sin Il sshio
hope Of gstting in tbueh tnith Ivsesala
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