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TIE FIRST DEcKED VEssEL.-We learn from Coopers Naval History, that the first decked vessel built within the old United States, of which have any account, was constructed by Schipper Adrian Blok, of the hanks of the Hudsou and probably with in the present limits of New York, during the sum ncr of l6l4. This vessel De Lled terms 'syacht,' and describes as having been of the dimensions of thrtyeight feet keel, forty-four and half feet on deck, and eleven feet beam. In this ''yacht' Blok passed through He'll Gate into the Souni, and steer ing east ward, he discovered small island which he named after himself going far Cape Cod by the Vineyard passage.