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65.-destruction of the steamer Dare.
Admiral Lee's report.
United States flag-ship Minnesota, off Wilmington, N. C., January 8.
sir: The new and swift steamer Dare attempted yesterday morning to get into Wilmington by this entrance; was chased off by the Montgomery and Aries; ran herself ashore, above Georgetown, bilged, filled, and became a complete wreck.
This was her first trip.
Inclosed is her charter to run cotton.
The annexed list shows that the Dare is the twentieth steamer destroyed or captured.
by the Wilmington blockaders since the middle of July last, making an average loss of one steamer for every nine days to the blockade-runners, under whose discouraging losses illegal trade with Wilmington is rapidly diminishing.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, yours, S. P. Lee, Acting Rear-Admiral, Commanding N. A. B. G. Hon Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy.
A national account.
Wilmington, N. C., January 9, 1864.
It is my pu