An express going immediately for Boston, I can only send a copy of the hasty lines which I have dispatched within this hour to go in a cutter from Cheseapeake bay. The Gazettes which will be regularly sent by the eastern Navy Board; and private letters from your friends in New England, by whatever opportunity may convey this, will make my abrupt manner a less disappointment to you than it would otherwise be. Your most Obedient humble Servant