The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-02-03

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SSH Afr dark We COINED 81 Der
fast aud when VIC got up seus3 her
lying to under sic IN. We bHi been
at quarters a6os' - miuuts a we
camr Up Capt Rlaks hsilsl aod ak
ci what .hp i we. The snstr
wa. Her Beu,sh Mapay shay
spaare
CAPT Blako ssid, vilI send a
boat 81 ard
The boat being lowered away, was
ordered 70 lake charge ard board
Before We went one. hair the ships
length away from the side The slTan.
ger opened Sre. I, wa returned by
ihe lIat,eras, and bath started ahead
u DR. a ful head q steam, exebang
ing bloadsides as fast q. they could
load and fire for about twenty minutes
with big guns, agd then with mus.
krtr,, from b1ih vessels.
An this time had been trying 10
board my vessel, bul could 10, come
up After The mu,ketry ceased /
disco, cred HAT The liatlcras Wa
stopped, aud was blowing oil steam.
with The enemy alongside for the par.
pose Of boarding,
] heard the enemy cheering, and
knew the Ilattelas had been caplur-
I'd. ] thought il no use TO give my
self up IS a prisoner, aud rowed back
to The fleet under cover Of darkness,
in the hopes Of giving information Of
the affair. The Brooklyn went out
this morning and found lie llaleras
sunk.
Newbern, Jan. u.
Newspapers received here fsom Tie
interior indicatc that the Rebels are
greatly exercised abou; tie couetn.
lraiion of the military aud naval for-
ers in this Department, and much
my titled as TO It's object.
The testimony Of refugees recently
arrived within our lines is, that moth
outstanding their plueky demonslra.
ton and their determination 10 fight
desperately, the rebels are nearly dis
piriled, and frequently confess their |
10 hold out much longer
without foreign aid.
FRIDAY.
n. " Jan. 20.
The steamer Eagle, from Havana,
has arrived.
A Havana letttr Of the 2ith, to the I
Associated Press, states the pirate
Florida arrived there on tile 2lst
from Mobile, coaled during the night, I
and sailed on tie 22l, on a piratical I
cruise.
The pirate first met the bark Ia
Ciquera from Portland, bat tie bark
kept well in shore and the pirales .
bow was recalled--the La Ciqucra
thus escaping.
In the afternoon she fell in with {
the brig Wmdward, Captain Roberts,
from Matanzas, with mola,ses for
Portland. Tie Windaard was rob
bed and burned, the crew being sent
ashore in their own boat. Her cargo
belonged 10 Spanish merchant.
On the morning Of the 23d, Of
Cardenas, the pirate captured and
burned the brig Cora Ann, from Ma
HAS, Me-, Capt. Small, from phia
lelphia, laden with shocks. She vi.
burnt only fifteen miles from land li,e
Captain and ereY being sent ino
Cardenas IN their own boat.
Soon after The pirate captured twp
nor. brigs, just out from Cardenas,
burned one aud sunk the other
a schooner which arrived at lla-
vana on the morning cf the 2ith,
.iates that the pirate was last sen
with British fag flying. steering for
hc Bahamas.
New York, Jan. 20.
Tie steamer ST. Mary, from New
Orleans OH the 20th, and KEY West
he 24lh, has arrived.
The guuboat Tioga arrived at Key
West on the 22d, with a valuable
,rizc, the British steamer Pearl, cap.
ured Of the Bahamas. II
Chicago, Jan. 70.
A special dispatch from Cairo, says
hat information has been received
hat General McClernand's forces
rave landed Oh the Louisiana side Of
he Mississinni river Ave miles below