The Priscilla, Capt. Rd. Cassady, sailed 3d July from Sligoe, bound for Liverpool, and was taken the 6th by a rebel privateer called the General Mifflin. These sons of freedom seized all the captain's cloaths that were worth any thing, and 88 1. in cash; every one of his men they took on board the privateer; plundered the vessel of spare rigging, stores, &c. and one bale of linen, part of the cargo, which chiefly consisted of yarn, and after leaving several of the crew on board, ordered the captain to be bound hand and foot, and put into confinement. In this miserable situation he remained until the 19th of July, when his vessel was retook by the Union, letter of marque, of London, within 10 leagues of Bourdeaux, and carried into Fowey. The privateer's people split all the sails except the foresail, by carrying, whenever they saw any vessel; Capt. Cassady was in a very poor state of health when they arrived at Fowey, and not able to stand, through the cruel treatment he received; his remaining so long bound, occasioned his flesh to swell to a shocking degree; all his prayers and intreaties were in vain, the in human tyrants had no compassion. Surely the fear of a single man retaking the vessel, could not induce them to this barbarity. She was a constant Irish trader, had not a gun on board, nor ammunition or warlike weapons of any kind.
