We had music from the Marine Band to-day in Lafayette
Square. The people are greatly pleased. Had word just after five this P.M. that
three vessels were yesterday captured by a pirate craft off Cape Henry and
burnt. Sent Fox at once with orders to telegraph to New York and Philadelphia,
etc., for every vessel in condition to proceed to sea without delay in search
of this wolf that is prowling so near us. If necessary the Tuscarora must sail
forthwith and not wait for Admiral Foote.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30,
1864, p. 327
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