Last Friday the armed Brig belonging to this Colony, commanded by Capt. [Seth] Harding, arrived here from the western part of the Colony.
While the above Vessel was coming up the Harbour, one Robert Dunlap, a transient Person, by Trade a Leather Breeches Maker, attempted to swim from Groton Shore, on board said Vessel, for a Wager; but he sunk before he reached her, and was drowned.
Last Wednesday Afternoon, Capt. [Robert] Niles, in the Spy Privateer, being out on a Cruize between Montauk-Point and Block-Island, came across the Cerberus Frigate, who chased him as far in as the Race, and then left him: Capt. Niles lost his Top-mast in the Chace. Capt. [John Paul] Jones, in a Privateer, (one of the Continental Fleet), and Capt. [Lemuel] Brooks, in a New-Haven Privateer, who sail'd from this Port in Company with Capt. Niles, put into Newport.