August 4, 1861 – Four Prizes Captured!

Norfolk, July 31.—The privateer Gordon, of Charleston, on Sunday last captured and carried into Hatteras Inlet, the brig McGilley [William McGilvery], of Bangor, Maine, with a cargo of Molasses. Also, the schooner Protection, from Cuba, bound to Philadelphia with a cargo of fruit.

The privateer Mariner has captured another schooner [the Nathaniel Chase] with fruit.

The privateer York has captured the brig D. S. Martin [B. T. Martin], of Boston, with a cargo of machinery.

Nashville Union and American, Nashville, TN

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