Last Wednesday [November 22] arrived here from Georgia, Mr. John Lewis, who sometime past sailed from this colony in a small sloop, Capt. John Wanton, loaded with apples, cyder, &c. bound to Georgia; but off Charlestown, SouthCarolina, in a fog, they fell in with the Tamer sloop of war, on board of which was Governor Campbell of South-Carolina; who brought Capt. Wanton to, took out some of his apples, &c. told him he was a good prize, and put on board the gunner of fort Johnston, (who made his escape from said fort when the Carolina people took possession of it) and one. hand more, with two chests of arms, and two trunks of pistols and cutlasses, leaving Capt. Wanton and his men on board, and gave the gunner orders to go to St. Augustine for 200 men to come to South-Carolina to retake fort Johnston. When they got out of sight of the Tamer, Capt. Wanton and his men shut the gunner down in the hold, carried the vessel into Georgia, and informed the committee of that place with their proceedings, who treated them very genteely; they valued the arms, &c. at 200 £. sterling. On examining the gunner, they found he had a letter from Governor Campbell, which they sent to the [South Carolina Provincial] Congress, contents unknown.1
Yesterday morning arrived from Boston, the Swan sloop of war, Capt. Ayscough, with a large armed schooner, a small armed sloop, and a large transport snow. ー Soon after these vessels arrived, some officers and men came ashore on the Long-Wharf, with several instruments, and took a survey of this harbour.
Besides the above vessels, there are now in this harbour, the Rose, Glasgow, a bomb-brig of 10 or 12 guns, an armed schooner, and two small armed sloops.