Saturday last was sent in here by the Letter of Marque sloop General Howe, Capt. Carey,1 the brig Benjamin, Andrew Walker, late Master, from Nantz, in France, with a very valuable cargo; and a schooner from Alexandria, in Virginia,2 with tobacco, bread and flour: Capt. Carey took them off North-Carolina, out of a fleet of eleven sail; he could have taken them all, but had not seamen to man them.
The 10th inst. Lieutenant Farnham, Commander of his Majesty's armed brig Diligent, sent two boats into a harbour in Connecticut, called Scot's Cove, at noon day, and cut out a sloop having on board 250 barrels of flour, and a parcel of wheat, on account of the Congress, which sloop arrived here the Monday following.3
Yesterday were sent in here by the Letter of Marque brig Enterprize, Captain Squires of this port;4 a schooner and a sloop from Georgia for Martinico, laden with rice and indigo.5 Captain Squires captured another schooner, laden with salt, rum and molasses, and sent her into St. Augustine. The prize schooner which arrived here yesterday, was chased off Egg harbour last Sunday evening, by a rebel privateer.
