The Chase Of The Pirate Tallahassee

A correspondent ot the He.rald wntes from Beaufort, North Carolina, November 8, as follows : " The United States ateamer Montgomery is lying oulside the bar, having arrived from sea this morning. She reportR a most desperólo chase and engagement with the pirate Tallahassee. " Yeaterday morning, whilo cruismg off the North Uaroiina coast, she discovered a black smoke on the horizon, and hüppbsiog it to proeeod Irorn some blockade runner, she steered in its direction. Aftcr the chase had continuud for sorno time, the li uil of the stranger wa plainly secn ; but ahe suddeol.v changed her eourse, and tor two or three hours her movutncnts were very etrange. But the Montgomery purHiieii her with the utinust vigor wherever she went, and after a long time had so gained on her, as to have her iu f u II riew. She was a loog white Bcrow steamer, schooner rigged' with two smoke-stacks, and answered the dwcriptioD of the pir ate Tallahas see ; arid no sooner was this known, than the Montgomery's orcnv were wild with joy. Shortly afterward tho rebel liag was visible, and a war pcndcnt was rlying trom her uiainmast. " Everythmg was preparad for aetion, and at the first dawu ot hope, that the guns oí the Montgomery might reaoh her, ' bang !" they weut, oue after anotber ; but the dislance was too gretit, and they feil far short. The pirate displayed great oowardioe, and did her utmost to escape. "The Montgomery continued to fire from her foreoastle gun, aud the tíying ïallahassee i'or souie time answered shot for shot. Had the Montgomery attempteil 'to use her broadside guns, in bringing tnem to bear, she would have lost_ground in the chase, and thus all hopes of capture or destructiou would have been lost. " During this time threo gunboats were in siglit, oue was too far away to be made out, wnile the Lilian, a very fast Hteamer, had nearly come up wilh the MooCgomery, She also fired at the rebel, but to such dieadvaptage ihat the shots feil short During the afternoon the pirate was in shoreoftho ery, aud her only chance of escape to sea was to cross the MoutgomeryV bow ; but tuis, she coucluded, was too daugerous an uudertaking, and she wiselj decided to conunu-e od her course until night should give her an opportunity to escape. Duriug the latter part of' the chase the Talluhassee was far ahead ; yet she was so pushed thatshe could not turn to the right nor to the lott without runuing across the bows of ei her Uio Lilias or the MoiHgomery, as she was between thetn. "The two Uniou steamera were so well tuatiaged as to compel the pírate to keop a direct courne, aud the coast ran iu such a diiection thut she would soon be cut ctï' by the land, uud.sbe was th iis completely caged iu. Had not Dight come ou it cariDot be doubtei that her dcstructiua would have been certain. " Tliis desperate and esciting chase, and an exti'ordiriary running engagenient bisttsd frotn about ton o'cluck in the iiiornmg until dark. 1 am told ihat it would be difficult to describe the scène produced ainong our brave blue jackats by the bitter disappoiutment which they were compelled to endure Every man was eager for n close fight."