THE SHENANDOAH.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 262, 8 May 1865, Page 4

THE SHENANDOAH.

®iere is very little doubt, says the Otago Times that the Confederate cruiser Shenandoah, of whos Tislt to Melbourne reports hare recently been given, ha* within the past eight days been ip the vicinity of the coast of Otago. Since the departure of the ship Hydra, which arrived here on the 2nd instant with a cargo of cattle from Newcastle, it has leaked out that off West vessel was boarded by a boat from the Shenandoah, and t is stated that the cruiser had her supplies supplemented by the transference of twelve heal of cattle from the stock on board the Hydra. There is another statement, understood to be front an authentic source, that the purpose of the Shenandoeh in remaining about this coast was to receive rom Melbourne an addition to her crew, consisting of men who had been shipped there, and who had been despatched in a small vessel instructed to join the cruiser. It is a circumstance worthy of some notice, that a few nights after the arrival of the Hydra, a brilliant light was seen at sea by the pilot* stationed at Otago heads, resembling that which would be caused by a ship ou fire. The American three-maste-i schooner Lubra sailed from the port the same day, with a portion of original cargo for Sydney, and it was remarked bv one of the pilots at the heads, when the light was discernible, *• There goes the kerosene.” There is just a probability that the Lubra was overhauled by the Shenandoah and burnt. Her captain was previously made prisoner by the Confederate ship Florida, when his vessel the Southern Cross was burnt, and all his properly confiscated. The last American ship which left this port was the A. W. Stevens. She sailed for Newcastle on Monday, proceeding apparently by Cook’s Straits.