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Capture of a schooner — an Engagement.

Mobile, Jan. 22.
--The schooner Wilder, from Havana, loaded with cigars and sundries, was captured on the 20th instant, thirteen miles below this city.

F Morgan,(below MobileJan. 21.--Captain Cottrell's company had a sharp and creditable contest on yesterday, at the mouth of the Lagoon, over the capture of the schooner Wilder. There was no loss on our side. The enemy lost a number of men and a ship's gig, but succeeded in taking possession of the schooner and its cargo.

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