Sent a boat on board, and took possession of the schooner Weather Gauge, of Provincetown, six weeks out.

The last two captures supplied us with large numbers of Northern newspapers as late as August 18th.

* * * _Saturday, September 13th_ .-- Gave chase to a sail reported on the weather bow, and upon coming up with her, and heaving her to with a blank cartridge, she proved to be the hermaphrodite whaling brig Altamaha, from New Bedford, five months out.

Little or no success.
Captured her, put a prize crew on board, and made sail in chase of a barque to windward.
* * * * * _Sunday, September 14th_ .-- * * * Last night at a quarter past eleven I was aroused by the report that a large ship was close on board of us.
Hurried on deck, wore ship, and gave-chase; the strange sail being about two to two and a half miles from us, partially to windward.

Made all sail, held our wind, and gradually eat him out of the wind, as well as head-reached on him.