The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07

The dulct satisfaction seen in all
countenances." says Captain WaddeIi,
Tor our success in reaching Euro
pean port. was unmistabable"
Indeed, there was cause. The CHIEF
danger was now past. on the morn
ing OF the 6th of November. 1865, the
shenandoah steamed up the Mersey,
bearing aloft the Confederate flag. A
few moments after she had anchored.
British naval officer boarded her.
and he gave Captain waddell Official
Information that the American war
had terminated. No longer was thcre
any Confederacy! The Southern
States.
The Confederate nag, representing
neither people nor country. an en-
blem Of an era that had closed in the
history Of mankind. was then sorrow
fully lowered. this historic act takin,,
place at 10 A. NJ. on the 9Th OF No
vember 1865. The vessel was then
given in charge of the British gov
eminent.
For day or two some correspon-
dence was in progress between the
British and American authorities in
regard to the Shenandoah, her officers
and crew. But on the Sth OF Novem-
Der the crew were suffered to depart,
and soon the British government turn
cd the vessel over to the United States
authorities by whom she was sold to
the Sultan OF Zanzibar, and later she
was lost at sea.
She was the only vessel that carried
the Confederate flag around the world,
and she bore II at her mast head
seven months after the surrender OF
the southern armies and the oblitera-
ton Of the Southern Confederacy.
| In her cruise OF thirteen months.
! she ran $4,000 miles. and met with no
accident; and for period OK eight
She destroyed more vessels than any
| other ship of war known In history,
| except alone the Alabama, and intiict-
| ed heavy loss on the commerce of the
United States.
The feeling OF the United States
| was SO intense against Captain Nad-
| dell that he fingered some time in Eu-
rope before venturing to return to
America. Finally he came and in
| 1875 the Pacific Mail Company, owned
largely by Englishmen. running lines
| of steamers from San Francisco to
Japan and Australia. engaged him as
| commander of one of it's fine steam
| ships. For some years he continued
in that service, but on one of his re-
turn trips, as he was nearing the
coast. his vessel struck a rock or bar
1
teen miles from shore. which had
| doubtless been throw n up by recent
earthquake. He had 400 passengers
on board, many being women and
| children. He at once took personal
| command. and by the perfect disci
piine he had maintained among the
| crew, he controlled the excited pas
sengers. Indeed. his was a personality
that would inspire confidence under all
circumstances. Through an opening
| fifty feet long, water poured into the
vessel. He put all men at the pumps.
| turned toward the shore, and got his
| boats and life RATS ready. he got
within three miles OF land before he
| found it necessary to abandon the
sinking vessel. Rapidly he had the
women and children transferred to the
small boats. and then the men and
then the crew-until at length he
alone remained the sole human being
upon his fated ship. Then, hurrying
the boats away. he himself stepped
upon a life raft, and when not more
than nifty yards away. the great ves-
sci plunged into the waves. creating
vortex of waters from which he
| barely escaped. But no soul was lost.
| His perfect self-command, his perfect
| discipline. secured the safety of every
passenger. These were landed with
| out trouble on the neiahboring shore,
and the admirable conduct OF Captain