The Sphynx, on her passage from this port took a large brig loaded with gunpowder and dry goods, intended for the use of the Rebels, and carried her into Halifax.
The Greyhound took and sent in another large brig from Bourdeaux, bound for Boston, loaded with gunpowder and dry goods.1
On Thursday Morning last, his Majesty's Armed Sloop Harlem, Lieut. [John] Knight, came in from Halifax: On his Passage thither he took a Brig from Guadaloupe bound for Piscataqua, loaded with Salt, Gunpowder and Naval Stores; and a Sloop from Dartmouth, in Massachusetts-Bay, for North Carolina, in Ballast, and with some Congress Money on board.2
Prizes sent in since our last besides those above mentioned, viz.
Ship Billey and Mary, with 464 Hogsheads of Tobacco;
The Brig Leogan [les Graces], from the French Islands for Virginia, with Wine, Brandy and Molasses;
Sloop Hetty, from Charlestown for Philadelphia, with Salt, Molasses, Rum and Rice; all by his Majesty's Ship Phoenix, Capt. [Hdye] Parker [Jr.].
Schooner Industry, from Annapolis, for the West Indies by his Majesty's Ship Thames.
A Sloop from the French Islands for North-Carolina, by the Brune, Captain [James] Ferguson, who destroyed several other small Vessels.3
A Rebel Brig ventured out a few Days since from New-Haven in Connecticut, and stirprized two small Sloops laden with Wood, on the Coast between Huntington and Satacut.
