On Friday [December 29] arrived a transport from Boston at Dover, after a very short passage; she brings a confirmation of the taking of the Nancy, Hunter; the particulars are as follows: She stood in for a pilot, when a boat with 8 men put off, and told them that they would pilot them in; but no sooner had they got on board, than they drew their hangers and pistols, and insisted on carrying her into Portsmouth [sic] instead of Boston. She had on board, besides what has been mentioned, a great many stands of arms, and a large brass mortar, upon a new construction.
