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.
The pilot-boat Isaac Webb No. 8, reports that on the 17th instant he passed a quantity of burned material of a vessel, such as planks, timbers, spars, a side ladder, &c., same night saw part of a vessel’s spars, sails, &c., adrift, with other wrecked stuff. On the 19th instant, in lat. 40 30, lon. 68 30, heard ten or twelve heavy guns fired in quick accession, in a south-west direction; supposed about 15 miles distant.
A passenger by the steamer City of New-York, which arrived on Sunday, makes the following statement: On Saturday evening, at 9 1/2 o’clock, when we were 35 miles south of Nantucket, we descried a large ship on fire, supposed to be another victim to the Rebel privateers cruising on our immediate coast. The extent of the flames indicated that the ship would be a total loss.
New-York Daily Tribune, New York, NY
