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make the attack before the moon rose but
could not AT eleven, O'Clock she was lifting
her head above the horizon when our 6ye
boats left the ship, every thiag having been
previously arranged by our gallant captain.


Our order OF battle was as follows. the
launch and End cutter were to board the Sou,h-
ern vessel; the LIST, Sd and 4th cutters. were 10
carry the middle one, and then TO take the
third or northern boat. For siIencing the ar
tllery at the Fort, we had filled and slowed in
our cutters, cylinders TO suit the calibre of tbe
guns OF the gun boats, with which we intend
ed to play on the Fort. ! believe that all on,
measures were very judiciously taken, but the
obscurity OF night, the narrowness of entrance
10 the river, and our ignorance Of its precise
position rcnderedthem abortive. We, of course
deeply regret the failure of this expedition
but as il arose from a combination of accidents
not always avoidable in warfare, and partic,,,
larly liable to occur in night attacks, it behooyes
US to submit TO il with good grace, and hone
for a more successful issue to our next exne-
dition. We may yet have a chance to "show
them the ropes" and be assured we shall moi
be slow to embrace it.-Jvortolk Herald.


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THE MEXICAN PRIvATEER.-Thc following
account which we copy from the Yarmouth
Nova Scotia, Herald, received at Boston bv
the Charter Oak, in some degree confirms the
story ofthe captures made by Mexican pri
vateer, which we have before received from
Jamaica. Whether the unknown vessel be
Privateer or Pirate, perhaps is of little moment
so far as those are concerned who NAV fall
into her power.


YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia, June %


Suspicious Vessel-Captain w. Kelly. Of
schooner Mazeppa, on her homeward voyage.
in latiluae 28, longitude 66 40, fell in with
vessel of suspicious appearance. She was
long black schooner Of about $50 tons, with
tall raking masts, low hull, and high rails
During the day Capt Kelly saw her board
two briggs, one bound South, the other North
East. He lost sight of her at dark, about six
miles to wiudward, lying along side one of the
briggs, and to Capt. KS surprise, about an hour
afterwards she came within few yards Of the
Mazeppa, and kept under her stern upwards
Of two hours, and then sailed off in an east
erly direction No person was seen on her
decks, and Capt K is Of opinion that she was
a pirate; and thinks he escaped because the
stranger had made prizes of the two brigs.
and was therefore short OF hands He de
scribes her as one Of the fastest sailing crafts
he ever saw upon the ocean. She may have
been Mexican Privateer


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Is The venerable Matthias Bruen died
few days since at Albany.