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Captured by the blockaders.

Augusta, Aug. 6.

--The Charleston papers, of this morning, contain a telegraphic dispatch, dated Savannah, August 5th, stating that the steamer Lodena, Capt. Ludcher, from Nassau 31st ult., after entering Ossabaw Sound. Monday morning, grounded, and was captured by the Federal blockaders. George Marshall and two pilots, passengers, escaped in a small boat.

They represent that a large number of Federal vessels are about the port of Nassau, causing great excitement at that place. The Lodena first at tempted to enter Tybee, but was fired into from the Costello Tower, a shot passing through her cabin. Her cargo is very valuable.

The Daily Dispatch: August 7, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. August 7, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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