An item referred to a letter dated Honolulu
29 October reporting that the CSS Shenandoah burned the Hawaii-flagged whaler
Harvest owned by the house of Pfluger Brothers, Honolulu, Hawaii.
It was now said that the owners asked the British government for compensation
and which was paid. The newspaper concluded that she was a British pirate and
not a Confederate raider.
Note
1.
This must be the firm founded by the German captain Henry Hackfeld on 1 October
1849 namen H. Hackfield&Co. His brother-in-law was J.C. Pflueger (05-10-1883
Germany) since 1853 partner in the same firm. Whaling was one of their main
issues. Hackfeld himself left Hawaii in 1861 for Germany leaving his
brother-in-law in charge at Honolulu.
