On Monday last arrived the Little Sue Privateer, of 8 guns, formerly the Rutledge, of fourteen;1 she was taken by the Enterprize brig, of this port,2 off Charlestown Bar, in sight of the Rattlesnake, privateer, of 20 guns,3 her cargo consists of rum, sugar, china, dry goods, molasses.
A few days since the Schooner Betsey, Capt. Hamilton, of 10 Guns; and the Schooner Sir William Erskine, of 14 Guns, both Letters of Marque, bound for Jamaica, went into Sinepuxent River, and brought off a Brig called the Polly, loaded with 130 Hogsheads of Tobacco, &c. and arrived here with her last Thursday Night.4
The same Night arrived here a Prize Ship loaded with 900 Tierces of Rice, taken by the Letter of Marque Brig Lord Howe,5 and carried into St. Augustine, some time since.
Last Tuesday at Noon Day, Mr. Hoyt,6 with a small party of Refugees went from Lloyd's Neck, in Whale Boats, to New-Field Harbour, in Connecticut, and brough[t] off a Schooner: He tow'd another Vessel down the Bay, but being pursued from the Shore, was obliged to leave her; however he brought the Schooner safe into Hunting ton Harbour; and the Galley that was set fire to some Days since by the same Party, was burnt to the Water's Edge.
The following Vessels were laying in Boston Harbour the 17th ult.
The Warren, Hopkins, 32 Guns.7 The Raleigh, Thompson, 32 do.8 The Deane, Samuel Nicholson, 32 do.9 The La Brune, French Indiaman, 22 do.10 The Cumberland, 20 do.11 The Tyrannicide, Harding, 14 do.12 The Independence, 14 do.13 The Hazard, Sampson, 20 do.14 Hancock, olim the Weymouth Packet, 20 do.15 The Speedwell, 10 do.16 The Admiral Keppel, a Prize from Bristol, 16 do. The Cyrus, from do. 14 do.17 The Live-Oak, Forten, from Bristol, with Contributions from the Quakers to their Brethern in Philadelphia.18 The Lovely Lass, Wade, from London for New York.19 The Henrietta.20 The Swift, from Bristol, with Flour for New-York.21 The St. Helena. The Peggy.22 The Louisiana.23 A French and a Spanish Brig.
The following are cruizing off Martha's Vineyard.
The Ship Mars, Truxton, of 24 Guns.24 The General Arnold, Magee, of 20 Guns.25 The Revenge, Burr, of 12 Guns.26
