New-York, April 18.
The Roebuck man of war was at the Capes of Delaware last Friday week; put to sea that day, returned the next, with a schooner commanded by Seymour Hood, from North-Carolina, for Philadelphia: ー They took 30 barrels of naval stores out of the schooner, then scuttled her, and gave the boat to the crew to go ashore in. 1
1. "Sally, Seymour Hood, master; E. Bachelor, owner; from Ocaisock [Ocracoke], North Carolina, to Philadelphia; with tar and turpentine; destroyed off Cape Hinlopen," Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
