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donkey engines 70 keep her from sinking From this boat
we can see that she has steam up cause and
that she has slightly changed her position possible
that the rebels wal succeed in stopping the leak
The Queen OF the West Is tho same boat that in July
last attempted the destruction Of the Arkansas a. she
lay at the vicksburg landing To the ram feet we are
much indebted for the Mssiesppi and nj
all events ihas been foremost in the performance Of dar
ing exploits. Colonel Elet has another expedition In
contemplation that II attempted success full win be
one Of the most brilliant OF che war.
Should the Queen Of the West attempt pass In tho
renton, Grand Gulf, Rodney, Natchez and Bayou Sara.
All these win prove Insignificant compared with thoee
which she has Just passed at vcksburg. AZ waTenton
the feryboat De Soto which captured last week ~
General Blair has repeatedly succeeded In passing Ne
batteries the last Of her coming up twenty
three shots fred at her. not of which struck
the mark. About two miles below tho mouth Of the
canal is bayou up which the De Soto Ia taken She 10
now undergoing alterations which may add 10 her import
The army and navy ara much eated at the success Of
the attempt to batteries Tho plan the result
Grant which terminated In tho selection Of Colonel Eet
TO conduct it, II s possible that great change win 10
made in the general situation Of matters In this ~
giop.
force Of infantry and artillery sent to Lake
Providence, La about nifty miles above here Satur
day last 10 look after body Of rebels in that quarter
Up 10 the time OF writing nothing has heard from y.
eltis likely that II VIII succeed in its mission. LAKE.
Providence is the largest town between yicksburg and
Napoleon and has the reputation Of being OF tho
hottest beds OF secession in louisiana Our beats haye
landed there several occasions and the natives had
the good sense TO conduct themselves with rroprcty.
Vcksburg papers Of yesterday morning have been re-
ceiyed here They contain nothing of Importance except
late Northern received via Richmond In regard 70
matters around Vieksbug they are exceedingly barren 81
information.
From our position watch mov cments in vickE
burg and the hills around It, Almost constantly we
vicinity Of the depot. What they doing unable
70 ascertain From the cupoa OF the Court House we can
observe their signal ars in frequent molten No rebel
standard Is visible. when sball our banner Goat
irumphanty over Vicksburg'
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r ~ r. N A v Y.

Thtss More ocean iron-Cisds 60 -. Dam.
esys propcsais rin b. s~sea ~ ne con.,ss..
too 4 thrss euovnoss aou dad ar similar
10 pttstor sni raraa, N cgrss n os1sirpesan
10 thh ~ shborhoos rhsy oil b~ over tor hund,s1
~, ons sti mech more Formidable tksf eiahsr no
wAuir 10 eiofe TIE lron sfmgr ~ 40 tsrrsts
vH be - hsn 10 teet thsk snd a. gulslie tg~
sblcb wults x Wps-aN - a. phssp 40 BLAZE ~ :
thse TIE battery vai Tsfps@ sugthing stherLo go
osfsi n rftsett ndcsi D. re.lsi on srdoanoa
Bsosa all b. abe V sass tvety.sst sua sa,eh IA
dgchsfgs ksf 80 wt'shi = ifoa 4 asnss ttot 10
x tasse na a. 49, bsafs a. tbs tfcshps fares
~ 40 iaafs "a mhbe hanifpi tons So sfs.t y ,hs
fatIfr ar.nHryi nag - inaxlpe1. Esr va beng
thr Et4ts steff aNfk RI sueA UaEft agsla =,
psfiafsrt Z naff e ~ tsAt some a rairaet1rs
h7gn - nfn efeft er ~ sisrAs tessfr IHly Fh
~ ts.t uNnnot h0sesfF, ~ tsNl II ess MA yerr
~ ts0ts48 a4ga NN st patdlsutseai stsagasf-- IL
ta Etlt e tte Nffa h#fV Ttf3 En- lNa4ay nast
tts Isl ttb1f.i - twig ftt Nts NsHy I've isss
stt. att fsftt .t Aaefe - tates wAh ~ lsssas.s
49, y Ul.4. .ifraaY .9si. aAf 10 ~ ftYsttssn
Ctltff grl /. De . ia.
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The Hun Of the stea sner NandekbiIl.
our NAVAL CORRESPONDENTS.


uNnAJ SIAfrs srEAsssr vA,prraIr,l
HivASa, Feb 4, 1888. (
Ny iset e,,er from Hampton Roads Of the ash ~, in
formed yo- were bound to the East Indies vi.
RIO de Jansrio ba, after departure 4 proved
70 be report circulated by tho quionancs--
those wise, r.seeIng individuals who, like NJ
solomon the play, have Just obtained the n.o,t
reliable Information lhe highest authority hat
whose authority like Mr. seiotaon's Correspondent IN
ASIA Africa snd America generally prove a myth Tb-
report arose rom the Tact o taking board four
months stores ana the yague that the At,bstaa
had left the Atlantic 90 tue CANA Se.-. ell into tlss
error ON the principle has What ey~fyb body ssys must
be true bnt am bsppy to tell you that are after
game Of The species this place wh n II bsgxe
will repay somewhat for the disappn,msuts Ne have
endured sinse lrst departure frosi Nex York
where II confidently predicted would be success
fol. safely tbs, failure prove .Bat pr.
dicton true i not owing any of energy o. prr
severance bat 10 tina, bad luck which somems pursuss
tie best ende.gots urt tho acgle dame has length
ceScd % peEpclte ~, aud that are nov boat n on
that food tide wh.h lesds " fortune.
our passase tui. place occupied ave days
with AM event of Importance. 90 the 2sth ait 80 dis
covered ship standing 70 .le southWard ~hlh on
nearer approach, proved 70 be steamer. secing IL
she kept away aud made salt; mined atcy vent to
qrartors gave Chase sle tue America eUsiqn
and when within hair mile che hauIea a down
aDd set the English coor- Her people al qnstery
and they had boat minned Aaer All our visions of
prize We found she her BritanBc MaJesys ship
tadmus that left Hampton Roads a days before H.
am % ofs 10 account for her rsnnng away ana act
ting the american ensign, her ocers certainly
have known to be the Vanderbilt that ly within hsi
al Hampton Dads, unless u sample ~ British ait
70 make the blasted Yankee" think they had pills
have doub, they laughed over their beer, aud
thought u 80 Jolly"
The 0reo left here about week. ago su~i burned
several vaasch on Cadcnas. one q The coulaneI
spanish property. The Alabama reported 70 have put
into KmgstQn jamaica short tne snrs a. repairs bit
was not aoatd % siay there moe Than twenty fogr
hourr. schooner loaded with co.9n, under Bf.f ~
c0lorr, csAio yestcriay iusi shca1 ofus
There " u ris'n msn-p-wm here tt present Il
pitt tna, s,rna vero y hc s'atianei "a mg peFt 70
iriscc1t The vessels that c0usianfy mfr
irg here n retcdom. rwu mdfe sths.NHra osfae N
today, th ihe rtb rts Using ans my s6sa th
cotton md tu,pcutlrn. We 'csFe hcre lodayt bni
lnatlc = state dsststoa. those are seysfs gnr
80 ma ffenFh s.ll ,tepf n usa Esfpc. W.t Wufs
yol aFsiD " ffsi oft.fnA.iy.
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Arrival OF the United states Frigatc
Sabine.

Sabine.
The United states rrgate sabine Commodore Cadwaia,
der Rnggod commanding, arrived at hrs port yesterday
in forty one days from Porto praya, Cape do Verbs.
This Che ship sailed from New London the 81 OF No
vember last, cruise in search Of the Alabama 200
After cruising several days in the vicinity Of coast
she proceeded under shortened sail towards tho
Western Islands, experiencing tempcstuous weather
nearly the whole passage During gale on the Ith
November she lost OF her quarter boats from the
daviis by sea which swept over her. She arrived at
fasa On the 2sth OF November aud after wooding and
watering ship, sailed thence the 2i OF December,
during heavy southwest gale, aud after passing around
the Islands shaped har the Cape de Verbs,
running slowly to tho westward Of Madeira and tho Ca
nares. in he tack of vessels from Europe the East
Indies and the soa,l coast Of the uned States and
rived u, Porto Praya On the 23d Of December.
The steamer Mobcan, Captain Gibson rId arrived ut
Porto iraya few hours before the Sabine from Der.
muda.
On the "a ~ january the Shine after 1Hng ~ with
wafer aud word, under weigh and cruised The
Cape d. Verbs. In the track of vessels bolnd
from Europe and the 18th bore away FOR the o.
Hrpi thence along the OF the West ludcs
rannng 10 the southwest and westward Of BE mda tax
INK niot oil Barncgat three r. NJ on the i0h last
The nfiiccrs and all well. The on misfortune
met with during the Of hundred days oss
OF hue lad, James Eaton, ~ English parcnage Liverpool
boy who fell overheard while going from the board
gaDswas 10 the main chains at four clock on the
ing Of The 9TH IL January The ship hove To- the life
buoy dropped, boat lowered In which Lieutenant J. w
Kelley proceeded towards the spot where he supposed
10 be. Afer hour spent IN the dlisent and
ul search be- returned without having heard OF
the un ofnRe boy The sbp put about and further
search made hour but without success The hfe
buoy recovered, and the ship put her agaa
with the sad conviction that OF The Btsle community
had forever passed from their midst.
The sabine has boara AM thing OF the Ala
baua ether Ionfederates, tbopb sbe has spoken
boarded every vessel She has s,iled about
thousand miles, and been At ninety OFT
hundred day absence. Oicers and ave hundred
all well.
The following - a list u her officers
LoB.modore-,' adwalader Riogyold.
Lieutenant and Erecyt,ce lhcer-John W. Kelley.
Pdgaiose.-J Geo. Harms
Surgc0-J. j. Abernethy.
fIpdal Of M1r.Bss--' hsrlcs Ievwo1d
A. sNp Nassfs-Jobn Ever IIcfns u Bea'tie " VILLAIN
IL. hathaway, D1dley Taylor, Edvatd B Htssey.
Ac'ing Em.sn-L Brown, Jr.
Lieatpoalo Of Narnes--wnilaIn y. Remey.
AsaisfoNf Saryoou-J.hD T. Luck.
PoSDosLr's TiTk--frank H. Arms.
Noe. H., criy W MeKeever James Courtney, James p.
Stur8is. bar,es A. lhorne Robert D.. AnsoD
1ciino b0gt .sn,n- Islchard Robinson.
f1sHsg-t,eofpe h. Braclsn
Corp Bf,,-Willsm ". jenkins.
va in"af,f-Georgc Boerum.
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Additional from Port Royal.

UkfEkAL fUsIFk's ILLtT--IHk FIN-E YOUTH CAHU'
LIMA MORO REGIMENT.
poRr RoYAt, y. G., Feb ., 1863.
The most Of MAJOR General Fosters nrs', from North
Carolina, has ARR, cd here in good condition
The First South Carolina negro regiment arrived hcre
Yesterday from expedition sixty miles the ~. Ma
rvs rvc Georgia To the town Of Woodstock which they
br ned after having repused the oDemy IN severe
gagement They also destroyed some extensive salt
The regimen, fough, like veterans aud repnlsei snpc
= mn
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CAPTURE OF HfBnL rlCkkrs-NO ENEMY nOKTH
0Y THE RAPrAnANSoCK--A RfBEL RENDEZVOUS
BK0EEN ~, ErC., gre.
STAFFORD Corsr fiorsy Va, Fob. II 1903
Colonel wypdam has just reached here from
noissanee from ahppahannocs station. ls ieft Centre
willie the morning of.ine stb, with The fith New York
cavalry, and biyolacse1 Al Bristoe station The
morning Captain Pended, with s1uadfpu q the Ffh
New York ordered 70 w4rreutpn 70 clean out the
place Of rebey The morning they seized the tsle
graph station wsrreptnn Junction cutting the wire
thence 70 tn. gsPpshsnRock A, Tx they at
tackled aud pursued the rebel PICKETT capturing tao ~
them, VI whom. Captain Randall, 0rmeriy captain
in the United slsies Army ffsu, 1872 70 ISIS but
notorious blsiwack0
high a. b b. lnp.s.sbs and thst the ads utterly
impractcsbe for inss,ry sn es that rebel forces
ihss ado o. The Kspp.ssnGocs except seOuins
party milcs bcr,sd H,rs0ad Church TD@ srsnce
arxed the tsbei peel ls Nbp mounted sId srmei
With np.sets, slme having biyolcis They cafufcd
several hrr.es the rebels Throwing sw.y their arms.
Llsat. Col johnson Z ~ command.
Capt onEsr yesterday made reconDoisrsDts To Pap
pahsabock station aud espgtet Sansd eaiyu
~hJ-s house he rcbes have lsci rendezvous 10
their RAIDS nacs cavih. hanss bees ssed
dcp5t ior supplies of Euerlss .ud rcD. cavalry par
tee sarge quantity n prov SONS ard forage we're
m there bcludug hanJteI and afty busbais Of
corn ,na hfty barrels Of meal aith = fe~ sfms and
equipments,
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THE CRUISE FOR THE PRIVATEERS.
-~~~>~~0~~~~~~
The Florida Chased by the
GuMbOat SOlhOma.
Arrival Of the United States Frigate
Sabine at this Pert.
The United States Steamer Vanderbilt
at Havana.
ABSURD REPORT FROM PORT HUDSON,
&s.s As., 10.

Chase Of the Privateer Florida by tho
0Onbont sonomn.
We learn by tho ohosrs who arrived At this port last
evening in The prise bark sprngbok, and belonging
the United States steamer sonoma that the sonoma,
when of the Bahamas the LIST inst. to
the vndward lying to- and apparently waiting for her
TO up She proved to be the prvateer Florida and
IS ehe made what the sonoma she imme.
diatey got under weigh and started OF In all possible
haste. He sonoma kept after her and chased her for
thrys houra, but owing to the superior speed Of the
Florida, she outran hor.
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Arrival 90 the Earopa az Boston.

BCsf0s. leb Him
BosrOv, Feb n, lss3.
The EafopA arrived bsfs SON nAsI ~ . 9untsr
ysg lhres O'Clock lhs snetno7a.
The mails ana he nsvspap.r baS io The press Ter TO
Europa win be despatched y Ss- York By Li. evenings
tram which Ill arays there eary hour 10 morrow
fu0fntug
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TukDAY Last.
YoRxfows, Feb 10. 1898.
The engagement on Saturday night beyond Williams
burg s different from he frat report
Our loss killed wounded and missing vii be
s,dersby Iess than thirty The wounds 81 Cart fairih
not pronounced mortal
Lieutenant James smith and several ohers supposed
to DO prisoners, have made their escape.
Captain Hagormc. asher and Lhu'eDaut william
undoubtedly IN tbs bands % the enemy, also the
body OF Lieutenant Rninemilltr, who was probably
Killed
A negro who In from DclScol bridge, whers
General Wise has has headquarters, says tn prisoners
there Of them wounded IA. INSTRUCTIONS Of
General Keyes lS,d been adhered to- hs trap, evidently
set by the rebels would not have beea catered.
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MissssPr1 RIVER, NEAR vicKseuR nc, Feb = 1868.
A very exciting witnessed here this
hg. The Unien Queen Of tho West, captain + W.
Sutherland the blockade Of the rebel batteries
gioksburg. Colonel Charles X. Hlet. commander of
The fleet, board OF ber and directed
nsnt In this vcnisy. when the rebels the ram run
into rebel steamer the city and then pass
ths river unnjured they e-s ssonished than
chagriped because believed, by them al least,
that no Union steamboat could safely pass their ormda
bic batteries.
The following is partia list Of the officers board
the ram:--colonel Charles r. Elet, N command, y ".
Sutherland, captain; J. 8. Tuthil, arst lieutenant, Sims
Edison master J. G. Duncan, MASTER Reuben Jowpsend,
engineer.
Tho Queen o. the Yves, hal been previously provided
with all arran.e doomed necessary 10 insure the
complete Of the dangerous undertaking Three
hundred bales Of had boon procured further ~ The
river and placed on board, particularly about he
machinery, 10 order 70 bcr from any serious
injury oy shot and shell irSR the rebel batter es.
rear AdmirM Porter bad given orders that she should
proceed down 70 ycksbug destroy the rebel steamboat
City OF Vcksoure, lying opposite the city and then
past the lower rebo batteries The Colonel drectss
Yep close 10 too right bank gong down all
hhv hts on board exngushcdas u was Intended tia,
the should run the gauntlet tho dar nossand having
Of the canal and there wait for further oraara
The Colonel started with the ram from aoye the hand
Of hair part o'clock ihs morning soon after gcttiu1
under weigh he discovered bat the change r,,e ~ o.,
uo,ition a the wheclwhssh rse removed ff H. tn
p,eition TO place behind Tho buiw arlsfasr ss
Il almost impossible 10 sesr ths boat with sua tent al
snfacy. Consequently an hour wsa spent m efectrg H.
necessary alterations II was abo1t SIX o'clock St as
the sun was rsiag, wfen The rounded no cogt N
Land lyng oppos FlcksburF she had only lnn enth
on board 20 work her Il having oecn arranged hat lie
fHN NFt tFFgea = nth
get 90 board 81 her hCow after she hal passed ne lat
terlcs when rounding the point Tho distinctly ecop
by The rebels They Immediately vpeBeI heavy ire
from several Of ter batteries which the cfesis ~
the bufs 0bOat tbs city. Tho Queen Owy and steadily
proceeded down The rvcr under heavy IRE from those
iattcrIs until she reached .oIut 0ppos Ito the
prot where the steamboat city NJ NicksburR w1s
,ying tsirc Eilct says that steamboat, was
fyiig Ii almost thc position The rebel ram
Erkansas when he uto her M tht sare Queen "
she west II the rehc aeamboai should ~ struck AZ The
.sm vEx ruInrg down The river. fla prov. IN.
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denas.
The privateer Florida, . matter Of course, was re
csved with much rejoicing by the residents OF Nassau on
her arrival at that port, tho 3oth ut. Her com
mander Captain Maft, very politely received and
entertained by the Governor and all tho repairs and sup
pliss that she needed were quickly furnished. Her
officers entertain tho highest opinions OF the sea going
qualities and speed Of their vessel, and laugh nj our
cruisers They did not hesitate TO say where they wero
boundto the equator but this 10 probably only blind
Many vessels expected at Nassau, among them
the Nashville ba ashe Is held In her prcsent berth by
the Passac and Montauk her arrival at Nassau win
doubt be much delayed.
The onsers and others attached 10 tho Florida had
diculty in using confederate money in Nassau. II was
willingly received at par. The Florida sailed from Mas
san alst ut having obtained everything she 90
sired, and fully equipped for long cruise.
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The Rebels ut the British West Indies.
QUE HAVANA cORREspoSDENcE.


HAVANA, Feb. s, 1868
Tho Florida left Nassau week ago day after having
received coal &c. She reported to have made seven
Banks.
We have had several British vessels In port lately
tho Galatea, Steady, Styx and Rinaldo.
report circulated hero that tho Alabama had
sunk by the Tioga and sonona OF Kingston, from
which place had boon ordered u sea- owing 10 the
protest Of the officers OF the Hatteaa, who had been
landed there The report traced To It's source and
II was finally denied That tho Alabama had gone into
Kingston with thu Of the Hatteras was known
here ard stated 10 my last letter. Nothing was
sad about the
The United states steamer Vanderbilt LEFT Havana on
the evening Of the 4th inst.
Arrived February 3, English schooner Anna. eight days
from Matamoros with cotton she is ninety eight tons
burden.
The Improbable story from Port Hudson.
following report IRON Fort Hudson. 1t no doub, arose
from the sinking OF the ateras and has been magnihed
to suit the tastes Of the people Of the South
Posr Hupsos, Ia, Feb. o, 1853.
The Uniod siates sloop.oi Brooklyn was surk by
the steamers Alabama Florida and Harriet lane, tho
Brooklyn having been sent pursuit OF the latter.
BiLriMoRr, Feb II 1868.
The Aa.. ic0n has received Richmond Paper, which
contains the desuatch from Port Hudson relative TO the
sloop Brooklyn. II embraces strng of reports
said to have been received there by dcsercrs. Among
others II IL sad that report had reached Baton Rouge
that the Brooklyn had been sunk as stated. Il is ev
IDENTIFY unreliable ruInor.
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INTERESTING FROM TEXAS.
The AFFAIR ut Gnlvese0n.
ONLY EIGHT or THE CREW OF THE HARRIET LAM

80, = ,,.>.,,n -. -, -, -, -. a.',,,. -,
yn1pn
posror ren n 1sea
,,o,,o, ,ron, c,n,a;r pro.,or !, conon,nx q ror,v
"..e' "o''' N'''e''A i'o'o', :" oonp'"' ','oy
second massachusetts regiment daed Houston, january
states that his comoany together with con,p,py d
-.. $50. -, c',.-, 60, c.. -.
'aP''A 7'ei aoa 'onfAAy y ap'''" 9"N't'' W"
Honsion
~, ,.n,, ~, a.. ~ = ,,,
no MI anu N''''''' "'o - 'oio"s
Company G-klled-Frank j. Mott, OF Quincy, by a
she'll woundea-l " n Parker a han in tbe arm
- -" :" ~ $50 -,
s"'tr"y' T. D. papy, AZ thc manu- .scscrey "ep y my
BAH IN the arm, severely, Jas ". W,nal, confusion,
sightlv cercean, n r Went>xor,h han in tha Loo
s'shuy 4 s"ee'her, oacksDo' ID me emu, sNgntJ
James J.. Davis, by splinter in the face; John H. Bar
nard to,, in the lee s,ieh,Iv
=, ,. %
nups "'hc's haa bs''o" 'scap's '1ciHeh"h' Il u.
Neacombe had i've ballet hoes through hs coat but
cared nnhurt
Lieutenant n r.wdyu vss wounded In The bock I'm,
ou,.,
shnesiy was shot through both legs badly and enc
Of them had TO be ampn, ai..d at tie knee
r,,.,uu -. ,ua,n., /, - 49,, .,. :,
-" " :" ~ -" ''''0o : =
Merfin ~ TIE manu. severely A fnsiey 10 me heal,
slightly: John Barnes In the leg. slightly.
-
Colonel Bnrril, Surgeon Cummings and g. J. sargtr,
ehapain were aso taken prisoners ut the same time
,,.a.. u.,a,. $500. -, IL -, -. ,.n,.. .-.aa..
are wen 'nken caro- q anu very com'oftbie, ond nope
soon 20 he paroea and sent home
o,,,,,., nv,op, ~ .c~,v. ,.,,.o - ,,.
VIRTUAL Mroh ~ ApdIhAL iAkhSoof kh'Ai'NE
TO TnE cArftHE OF TIE HARRIET LANE.
a., rtsosbf hAf'foip' wv SH'Aks' 'sn ~ 1903.
SIT ne's~i,h encose 'ne r'pcrs q aeing Mss'e' y.
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The Affair ut IA bIMe -, Texas.
OFFICIAL REPORT RELATfvE TO THk LOSS or yHg
BARK MORNING LIGHT AND SCHOONER VELOCITY.

OFFICIAL REPORT RELATIVE TO THk LOSS or gaE
BARK MORNING LIGHT AND scBooSHa VELOCITY.
FLAGSHIP Hartford, NEW oEixA~s Ian. 20, 1885,.
SRI have received dispatches IRON Commodore He'll
aud Lieutenant Commander Read the onssto Texas,
extracts aud copy Of which here~sh enclose ny which
you will that disasters on that ooase are not
ended As had already anticipated appears that the
enemy out Of Sabine Pass with cotton fortified
steamers a certain morning. and out TO
twelve fourteen miles where the Morning. IAght
The latter soon got under weigh but. by the rebe
counts, and have other, they gave chase, soon
came M with and captured her withou, losing man
The same course Of nor-resiatance appears 10 hsye
been pursued BY the officers and crew Of that vessel
pursued by those OF the wes seld and Harriet
Lane. The scht Velocity made sur.
render ana was taken into port. very thankful that
they did not get the guus nj the Morning IAsht, ~ "
would have enabled theni 20 battery % great
strength ia such shsllew pass
You VIII notice the guns ~ the Morning Ilght
loaded and went % when they became heated by which
Judge the did not nre their last
charge, b., surrendered without struggle
pleased bv Commodore Belts report that The
Harriet Innc n S Galveston barber, although they
have tried fapre-s ~ with the idea that she had
ont d,fir tHe last gale. which is known be
u. q. FARRAeuT, Rear Admiral.
To Gfpy n Wnfrs, Secretary Of tho Navy.
r. =. have sst learned that the Morning Light was
cap'nred 10 dead calm by steamer conlns IN astcrn
N her. y @. FARRAGJr, Pear Admiral
Lieut.. Read a. lhs United states gunboat New london
in the despatch referred 10 Admiral Tarraguts report
stes that he ordered 10 company with the gunboa
Csyusa, 10 proceed 70 Sabine Pass the relief Of the
Morning Light, the Rache Seaman end Velocity, block
aiding there, reported captured ny the rebels f2N
The 2Sd Of January, be discovered the Morning Light
steamer Just leaving her, and In few minutes The
former discovered ~ be "a ere.
The Cayuga ordered forward but Il was i'm
possible TO save her The ire vas started 10 the
after part n tbs ship. The enemy t0wcd bes Ia
ten feet water rerhale with hope ~ Fetn her Tho
bar uto the pass -Four o. her suns dobarecd ~
The heat three on the port side aud the Fafbaard
side The latter had fallen n,o the hold and The shot
comm iuet above her copper boat ieug ncar
the time two q her shell oSpoded The enemy had
undoubtedly removed tho powder ron tic msgazilc -
40 eYpos,n Took place except the rurs and she'll u Ia
thought The enemy did not set any q the guns X The
Morning Light
AZ a. the sehOonofs Rachael Eeaman AID yeloeity the
former Lieutenant Read had learned hd rnCaIci gbe
latter saS taItnred With the Morning Light