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al has arrived, and we will probably get off by to morrow night. We have received the news of the fall of Vicksburg, the attack upon Charleston, and Lee's retreat. This news has depressed us very much. Let us hope that the next will be more encouraging. The following extract from a report of Captain Raphael Semmes, commanding C. S. steamer Alabama, to the Secretary of the Navy, gives a correct statement of the action between the Alabama and the Hatteras: C. S. Steamer Alabama, Bahia, May 12th, 1863 * * * * * I arrived off Galveston, (under sail,) on the 11th of January, and just before nightfall made the enemy's fleet lying off the bar, consisting of five ships of war. One of the steamers was soon after perceived to get underway, and steer in our direction. I ordered steam to be got up, but kept sail on the ship as a decoy, that I might entice the enemy's ship sufficiently far from the fleet to offer her battle. I wore ship, and stood away from the bar, permitti