We are informed that his Majesty's Frigate Perseus has taken so many Prizes off the Carolinas, that for want of Hands she was obliged to carry them to the West-Indies.
The following Prizes have been lately carried into Rhode-Island: Sloop Chance, from Hispaniola, Molasses, Coffee and Rum; and a new Sloop from New-London to Hispaniola,1 by the Juno Frigate; Schooner Olive, from Cape Francois to New-London, with Salt and Molasses, and a Sloop from South-Carolina,2 by the Unicorn; A Sloop and Schooner by the Amazon; 3 and a Sloop from South-Carolina by the Orpheus 4
Prizes sent in here since our last by his Majesty's Ships, viz.
A Rebel Privateer Brig called the Defence, Capt. Pickering, of 14 Guns, from South-Carolina.
And Schooner Dolphin, William Raddon, Master, from Philadelphia, laden with Flour, Tar, Tobacco and Lumber, both by his Majesty's Ship Roebuck
A Rebel Privateer Sloop of 10 Guns, called the Sachem, Capt. Qames] Robinson, from Philadelphia, by the Perseus.5
The Schooner Mary, Capt. Tennet, from Cape Francois, for Philadelphia, with Rum, Sugar and Molasses.
Schooner Harmony, Simmons, Master, from Surinham for Philadelphia, with Rum, Sugar and Molasses, both taken the 11th Instant by the Pearl
Schooner Raven from Philadelphia for Nantucket, by the Thames
A Schooner Name Unknown, by the Camilla.
The 12th Instant, Capt. Hammond [Andrew Snape Hamond], engaged a Ship of 24 Guns, off Cape Henlopen, from France for Philadelphia, loaded with Gunpowder, &c. and after a few Broadsides she blew up, and every Soul on board perished.6
Lieut. Douglass was put on board the Sachem, and on the 13th he pushed up the Delaware, and burnt a Ship outward bound, called the Elphinstone, loaded with Flour and Indigo.
