Yesterday afternoon an express came in from General Lee, with advice that the fleet is gone from Cape Fear; that it was the prevailing opinion they were bound to South Carolina, though General Lee thinks it most likely they are coming round to this colony.
It is an undoubted fact that all the Tories who were in Lord Dunmore's service have left him, there not being above half the fleet now at Gwyn's island; where they are gone to is uncertain. This, it is imagined, was occasioned by a fever which has raged with great fury amongst them for some time past, and from the funeral processions that have been seen there, very probably has proved fatal to some persons of distinction.
The piratical vessel commanded by Bartlet Goodrich is taken and himself and ten others made prisoners. She mounts four carriage guns, and had on board a quantity of West India produce, some gunpowder, small arms, and a number of other very useful articles.
