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Schooner burnt.

--The Schr. Martha Ann, Capt. Styron, belonging to Capt. D. R. Brooks, of this place, was taken on the 13th instant near Lockwood's Folly, a few miles south of Smithville while becalmed, by one of Lincoln's war vessels and burnt. The Capt. and crew made their escape to the shore in the boat.--Washington (N. C.) Dispatch.

The Daily Dispatch: July 27, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. July 27, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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