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ere to accompany him. The aim of the latter was to secure Sanders's mail. He succeeded in having it arranged that George, with his friends, should proceed by way of Matamoras to Halifax, while Reid Sanders and he, with the documents and dispatches to be taken, were to run the blockade at Charleston, and get to Halifax via Nassau. In accordance with this plan Sander, Jr., and Harrison proceeded to Charleston and purchased a yacht, which they loaded with turpentine, and started gaily out in January last, to slip through the blockading fleet and make for Nassau. Great interest was taken in the enterprise, and before leaving the voyagers were entertained at a dinner with Beauregard and the leading celebrities of the city. Meantime Harris had succeeded in communicating with one of the vessels of the out-side fleet and putting its commander upon the watch. The yacht, as she ran out of the harbor, was speedily detected, and subjected to a cannonade, which frightened Sanders out of h