The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

tleship that now bears that dlstinc-
ton 1t was n foroign-built iron
screw stcumer. Like her sister ships.
she rovcd tho coast of the United
states ana South America; Dut owing
to her lack of sail power and scanty
coal capacity did not attain their re-
cords. During her cruise OF over .,
year. she captured eight Federal YES
sells and was finally returned TO Liver
pool and sold.
When Captain Bulloch first saw this
vessel She was on the Clyde anu was
about TO launch rs merchant yessc,
under the name of the Japan. The
same methods were employed to run
me snip to high sea as in tho case OF
tue Alabama. the cruiser and Il steam
or meeting or the coast OF France.
wherc the batteries and stores were
transferred and the Confcderat c flag
replaced that of England, and Llcutcn
ant Maury became her new muster.
After her sale In LivcrpooI she yyo.
chartered by the Port,Igilcsn ,.nvsr,,
iient ana was sent to Lisbon Mean
"ille, Commodore Craven i'm the NJ
a paI L., was sent to capture the cruiser
,,or Inc United States. Just off Tho
narbor OF Lisbon. the destination of
the Georgia. Craven overlook the yea-
SCI. She WAS ordered to surrender and
conveyed to Boston. Each member or
inc iirm that lifted out the vcsa0l sub
seauently was forced to pay ESQ each
as hne. while the purchaser who
chartered ,n The ship TO Portugal suffered
the loss OF the ship without allow
ahce'of any claim for damages.
Only Fighting Ship 10 CircumpnyiEut,
the Globe.
me only fighting ship 10 circ,imnay
, Sa.c inc world during tho Civil War
c"mr IN, ,.hS snenandoah. the last OF the
hhui down the stars and Bars. seven
''1 o,,,i after the war had ended
ms staumeii cruiser had roved the
''hS 10 the foe. Behind she 1eTI trail
Oh burning and captured merchant
narihc--thirty-ninc vessels in nil. vail
ued at about 100000.
me scnandohh was the rented Bonn
LAY trader, Sea King. which Captain
buiioch. the Confederate agent, pur-
chased from the English owner.
c,c 0n me slh Of October the vessel
her nose Into Cape Town, ana thence
INTO the indian Ocean and to Mel
bourne, Australia
Near tho islands of ST. Helena. IN
Captain waddcli met his mrs, priss
ihe captured vessel proved to be mn
American merchant vessel, AMI as such
was condemned to be burned.
Scarcely had the burning vessel
fonndcrcd. whom another ,r.iyo c,re
over the horizon. and suffered the fate
OF the othcr. Before the SHENANDOAH
reached Melbourne seven prizes were
captured, five OF which wore burned
arriving the War into herring strait.
For month the cruiser lay ut the
nocks OF Melbourne loading coal and
securing rccruits to tho crew In ,nc
latter part OF February aiie cleared and
headed for fHc Northern Pacific. aro,nd
lSrring Strait where Waddeils Knew In.
whaling vessels were cong o.gatyd Al
.ia' season OF the year During pass
age three D,oto prizes fell 10 the ict
"i inc cruiser, and In June sh1 reached
the straits.
when the peaks OF the Shenandoah
showed in the FAR Northern straits
Suishabie. the Whaling feet was thrown
INTO u panic. The slow moving ycs-
sells twisted and turned toward the
sea. hoDinG,t escape the pur.i,Ier. But
their efforts We're ~ vain. Within 8.
weeks time the Shenandoah captured
Twenty-Five whnl-rs, four OF which
We're ranspmed and the remaining
twenty-one went 10 make a huge float
Ing bonfire on the surface OF the Pa
cnc.
one captain protested against the de-
over cried the distressed seaman
Where liz your proof?" questioned
the astonishcd Waddcll.
Last Fling of the Confcdcrncy.
The evidence waS not forthcoming
though the sailing master stated posi-
lively that he had heard the news
through the channels OF communicl-
ton known to whalcrs. Waddeu could
MOI believe that the Confcdcri.cy had
passed out or existence. From a bun
die OF san Francisco papers captured
on prize lie learned for the first
time that his beloved Richmond hao
fallen. but the paper did not say tho
Confcdcracy WAS cndcd-hc would not
believe that the war was over.
The Shenandoah turned for the
South. y, month later the lookour
csp!cd the Union Jack flying from the
peak of Barracuda. II was only then
that the sea rover learned that the
war was over and the Confedcracy had
sunk into oblivion. Dismount!ng his
battery of guns, the dishcartcncd Con-
rcdcratc gennghter laid hts course FOR
Cape Horn and thence into the At
lantic 10 the port OF Liverpool. The old
cruiser sailed proudly into the hprbor.
with the Stars and Barns still dying at
the peak. The last trip OF the Shcn-
andoah. after speaking the Barracuda.
was a lonesome voyage. She sailed
1900 miles without speaking a single
vessel .9
On the eth OF November. exactly for
tysix years ago. tho standard Of the
ConfGdcrncy was lowered for the last
time. and the ship was turned over
10 the British government, to be givon
10 the United States-the last OF the
historic cruisers of the Civil War.