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The privateer Savannah. The United States steamer Harriet Lane, from Fortress Monroe, arrived at New York on Tuesday, with six invalids from the flagship Minnesota, the master, Byers, and three seamen of the prize brig Hattie Jackson, and the officers and nine of the crew of the privateer Savannah. The following particulars we copy from the Evening Post: The Harriet Lane comes to the Brooklyn Navy-Yard to replace her present armament with more effective ordnance. She is now armed with three 32's, four 24's, and one 12 pound gun. A long range rifled gun, eight inch, capable of throwing an elongated shell of one hundred and twenty pounds, and whose range is said to be five miles, has been prepared for the Harriet Lane, and will be put on board. The gun is now at Governor's Island. With this gun forward, and, as Capt. Faunce desires, four rifled 24's or 32's aft, the Harriet Lane will become one of the most serviceable vessels in our Navy. The officers and crew of th