Williamsburg, September 16.
In our last we mentioned the burning of a man of war's tender near Hampton, and other circumstances relative to the affair, but find the account is erroneous, and that we were misinformed. The vessel was the property of Captain [Henry] Collins, and the men belonging to the Magdalen. Captain Squires and some of his people were on board at the time the vessel reached the shore, but all left her except the gunner, the pilot and a private man, who took to their boat next day, and carried every thing they wanted, except the guns, the vessel's tackle, and furniture, which they gave to one Fin, near whose house she was. None of the men were molested, but treated with much civility. Ruth, the pilot, an American, was only secured as a witness against several notorious sheep-stealers.