Captain Frederick Nelson of the pilot-boat Charles H. Marshall No. 3, reports that on the 17th instant be spoke the fishing schooner Rose, of Boston, the captain of which came on board and reported having been boarded, the day previous, by a privateer, bearing N. by E. 30 miles from Nantucket. The pirate took two barrels of mackerel and all the pork they had on board. He said that he would not hurt any poor man but was looking out for the rich ones. Subsequently the pirate came alongside the pilot-boat and impudently inquired of the boat-keeper if he had seen any square-rigged vessels.

She is a three-masted schooner, apparently of English build, and carries three guns. When first seen she had British colors flying.