"The enemy's loss is judged to be double our number, and about twenty prisoners. The enemy, on this occasion, behaved with their usual barbarity-wantonly and cruelly murdering the wounded prisoners, who fell into their hands, and plundering the inhabitants, burning and destroying every thing in their way.The enemy, before they left Fairfield, were joined by ten sail,

harbor as the fleet passed by; they fired several shots at the Spy, when near Goshen Reef, without injury. The ships were a fleet of victuallers, bound to England, under the Niger frigate, with many invalids on board.

On Friday last, a flag returned to New London from Newport with several prisoners, sick by ill usage.

August 1st, 1777. On Saturday, seven sail of British ships under convoy from Newport, passed New London.

On Sunday, Capt. Niles, in the Spy, brought into New London an empty sloop of 80 tons; in company with the above fleet, after wood on Long Island, and took another loaded with wood, taken by Capt's. Niles and Conklin.

Capt. Jason Chester, in a small armed boat from Middletown, in one week, took five sail of small coasting vessels, chiefly empty, and sent them into Con. necticut river.

Capt. Champlin, of New London, took and sent into Boston, a brig laden with rum, also a large schooner, part of a fleet of one hundred and sixty sail which had left St. Kitts.

The prisoners who had arrived at New London from Newport, their whole clothing was not of the value of one farthing, and they were covered with lice, and nearly rotten with scurvy and putrid fever. They left a number of Amer. icans on board the prison ship, confined promiscuously in the hold, officers, privates, negroes, &c., and by turns were allowed to breathe God's free air upon deck, (occasionally in the day time,) but the hot rays of the sun beat upon the decks all day, which rendered the hold as hot as an oven; and at evening were drove into the hold with gratings laid over them, and in this hot bath to remain until morning, twelve only were left there by the aforesaid prisoners from Connecticut; (Palmer and his crew were taken in armed vessels and could be exchanged only for such as had been so taken.)

Prisoners allowance at Newport, viz.: for six men, twenty-four hours-Mon. day, 1 qt. of oat meal, 23 lbs. of bread. Tuesday, 2 lbs. of beef, and 3 lbs. of flour. Wednesday, 2 lbs. of pork, and 1 qt. of pease. Thursday, 1 qt. of oat meal, and 3 lbs. of bread. Friday, 2 lbs. of beef, and 3 lbs. of flour. Saturday, 2 lbs. of pork, and 1 qt. of pease, (14 ounces to the pound.)

New London, August 8, 1777. Last Saturday, a flag returned to New Lon. don with a number of poor, emaciated prisoners from Newport, Rhode Island; their appearance was enough to excite the commiseration of the most barbarous savages; but the hearts of the British appear callous to every sentiment of humanity. The brutal policy of the enemy, is to debilitate the bodies and ruin

chiefly small vessels. Since the enemy went off, a number of disaffected persons, who, it is supposed, intended to join them, ⚫ have been taken into custody."

Gen. Wooster, who died of the wound which he received on the 27th of April, (in the affair of Danbury,) was one of the oldest and most experienced officers in the American service. He

the constitutions of their prisoners, leaving only life enough to answer an exchange; though many have died in the operation, performed by starvation. Capt. Moses Arnold, of Cape Ann, died in two hours after taken on board the flag, and was buried at Stonington. Samuel Kilby, Nathan Solly, and Francis Irons, lay sick in New London, the others, feeble as they were, crawled from town to town towards their homes. Their meagre countenances confirm the scanty pittance which had reduced them. Just before the arrival of the flag along side of the prison ship, Samuel Thompson, and the gunner of Captain Palmer's privateer, Edgarton, of Norwich, died by starvation. It was well asked, how long shall the States pay British seamen their wages, while prisoners, give them their private ventures, and lay them under no restraints; when should we retaliate, though "do good for evil" is a god-like virtue; if justice requires it, should it not be done? Dreadful thought! indeed dreadful! to an American to open something worse than an Inquisition, to torture the bodies of innocent men.

A flag sailed from New London for Newport, with thirty British prisoners, on Monday last, and returned on Wednesday, with thirty American prisoners. Samuel Fish died soon after he arrived in New London; twenty-seven of them crawled towards their homes. As the flag left the prison ship, Edward Williams, lieutenant of Capt. Palmer's privateer, and the cooper, died.

Capt. Champlin, sent into a safe port, a prize schooner with 220 hogsheads of

rum.

New London, August 22, 1777. On Saturday evening, Capt. Tinker, in a small privateer, from East Haddam; a small sloop, John Harris, Master, and a large boat of Peter Rogers', of New London, were all drove on shore at Narragansett Beach by a British ship. Near the same time, a sloop, John Keeny, master and owner, of New London, was taken by a boat of a British man-ofwar, but the men escaped in their small boat to Block Island.

Three British ships appeared in the sound several days.

Saturday last, a prize brig, taken by the ship Oliver Cromwell, was sent into a safe port, laden with beef, pork, butter, flour, &c., of 160 tons.

The following is a letter sent by express to Gov. Trumbull, dated, “In Council of Safety, Bennington, August 16th, 1777. Brig. Gen. Stark, of New Hampshire, with his brigade, together with the militia, two companies of rangers, raised by this State, with part of Col. Simon's regiment of militia, are now in action with a number of the enemy's troops, assembled near this place, which for some time has been very severe. We have in possession, taken from

commanded the Connecticut militia that were first marched to New York, in 1775, and had a subsequent command in Canada, in 1776. His loss was greatly lamented by his country. The following biographical notice has been published at a former period:

"Gen. DAVID WOOSTER was a native of Stratford, and was

the enemy this day, four brass field pieces, ordnance, stores, &c., and this minute five hundred prisoners have arrived. We have taken the ground, although fortified with intrenchments, &c., they were reinforced, made a second stand, and still continue the action. The loss on each side, is doubtless considerable number not known.

P. S. The second action took place about a mile from the first; many of the enemy were killed; took two hundred more prisoners, being in all seven hun. dred; and in all five field pieces."

New Haven, August 27, 1777. Monday morning the British Swan, and three tenders, came too, off Milford Farms, where they landed about forty men, supposed with the intention to take cattle, but on their approach were drove off by the owners; they remained about 20 minutes on shore, in which time they broke the windows and doors, &c., of Mr. Merwin's house, destroyed his beds, and furniture, &c., but upon the people's assembling they departed with great precipitation, and took with them two hogs, and a few cheeses. A few shots were exchanged after they were in their boats, without injury.

Sept. 12th, 1777. Capt. Niles, in the schooner Spy, sent into New London, a fine sloop of 80 tons, laden with wood, which he took at anchor under the Long Island shore.

Last Friday, was taken into Connecticut river, by two armed whale boats, from Middletown, two sloops, one of 50 tons, taken in Cow Bay, near New York, the other taken in the sound.

On Saturday, two men who were detected in conveying tories to Long Island from Killingworth, were committed to gaol in New London.

Last Sabbath, eight sail of shipping under convoy, went down the sound.

Near thirty sail of English shipping were seen last week, under Long Island shore, taking in wood.

Tuesday last, a sloop of about 70 tons, was taken in the sound, by Captain Briggs, of Boston, and sent into New London.

New London, Sept. 19th, 1777. Tuesday se'nnight the ship Oliver Crom. well, of Connecticut, took a prize ship into Boston; she mounted sixteen carriage guns, with fifty men, and several passengers-one of them, a captain of a fifty gun ship, and had on board quite a quantity of dollars and wrought plate.

Capt. Conklin, in the privateer Revenge, of New London, took an English brig with 30 hogsheads of rum, &c., on board, which arrived safe in port. The prize a few days before spoke the Snow, with 427 hogsheads of rum on board, a prize to Capt. Staples, in a privateer, from New Haven.

born in 1711. He was educated at Yale College, and took his first degree in 1738. He commanded the sloop of war which conveyed the Connecticut troops in the expedition against Louisburg, in 1745. This sloop, together with one from Rhode Island, which accompanied it on the expedition, engaged the "Renounce," a French frigate of 36 guns, which, although superior in force to

Sept. 26, 1777. Last Monday, a fleet of twenty-one sail came out of Gardner's Bay, among which were seven or eight ships, and went down the sound, bound to Newport. The same day a ship of 200 tons, prize to Capt. Conklin, arrived at Stonington, laden with 75,000 feet of mahogany, and 30 tons of logwood.

About an hour after the last prize came to anchor, Capt. Conklin was chased by a man-of-war and schooner of twelve guns, belonging to the last above fleet, and the English vessels in attempting to head Capt. Conklin and cut him off from land, ran on Watch Hill reef, about one mile from Capt. Conklin, who came to anchor within Watch Point. A brisk fire was kept up between them for several hours; and the man.of-war came to anchor just without the schooner to protect her against Capt. Conklin. The schooner remained on the reef until next morning, when the British set her on fire in the hold, and then went on board the man-of-war's boat and left her, and she was soon blown up by her magazine. The guns, some small arms, and anchors were saved, and a man found dead by the side of her. Capt. Conklin escaped unhurt.

New London, Oct. 3, 1777.

Last Sunday, Capt. McGee, in a privateer sloop, sent into an eastern port, two prize brigs.

New London, Oct. 10, 1777. Arrived in a safe port a valuable prize ship, laden with sugar and cotton, worth £60,000, taken by the Alfred, Capt. Hinman, and the Raleigh, Capt. Thompson, two ships of war.

Last Friday, went up the sound a fleet of twenty sail from Newport.

A large party of the enemy from New York, landed at Tarrytown, in the State of New York, and on the last Saturday marched ten miles eastward, when Gen's. Putnam and Parsons, (who were previously joined by the militia almost to a man, and several volunteer companies from the west part of Connecticut,) attacked the enemy so warmly that they retreated to their shipping on the North river, and the next day they went up to Peekskill, where they were again attacked.

New London, Oct. 17, 1777. On the last Sabbath, the sloop Two Brothers, a privateer, T. Chester, captain, returned to New London, who in lat. 34, suffered damage from a British transport ship, of superior force, and full of men. Capt. Chester had one killed and three wounded.

And on Wednesday, thirty seamen taken in the Weymouth packet, by Capt. Harding, in the ship Oliver Cromwell, arrived in New London, who with fifteen other prisoners were sent in a flag to New York to be exchanged for an equal number of our men.

New London, Oct. 24, 1777. Last Tuesday, a chain shot from the British, at the north end of Rhode Island, at our encampment, killed one man and wounded another from Connecticut.

both her assailants, was compelled to sheer off, to avoid being captured. In the French war, he was appointed to the command of one of the regiments raised by this State for that service; sustained the command during most of the war, and acquired the reputation of a faithful, brave, and good officer. From his military experience and character, and the reputation which he had

The flag sent to New York from New London with prisoners, the night she left New London was found on shore at Crane Neck on Long Island; thirtyseven of forty-five prisoners rose upon the captain, took the vessel, robbed her of her provisions and escaped to the Island to avoid the ships of war. The remainder of the forty-five were taken on board the Scorpion, Capt. Brown, who prevented the flag from proceeding to New York. Complaints were made that a prison ship was not provided to confine the British prisoners, until the enemy should send a cartel to redeem them.

A flag sailed from New London for Newport with seven prisoners, last Wednesday, taken from the Weymouth packet; two had escaped the previous night, supposed to have taken a boat for Long Island.

New London, Oct. 31, 1777. Last Saturday, fifteen prisoners who were taken in an armed schooner in the North river by a party of men in boats, were brought to Hartford, and committed to gaol; and the next day one hundred and twenty British troops, and five Hessian officers, among whom was Col. Spade, arrived at Hartford, from Albany, taken at the northward, previous to the capitulation of Gen. Burgoyne.

Deacon W. Hewitt, of Stonington, had in the troops fighting for the liberty of the States, two sons, who were captains, three lieutenants, one ensign, and one a fifer, when the father was in the 67th year of his age.

New London, Nov. 7, 1777. Last Tuesday, a frigate and three other vessels went down the sound with troops from New York to Newport.

By a letter dated Horse Neck, Nov. 2d, 1777, it appears that a class of villains who were harbored at Westchester, N. Y., who had been accustomed the season previous of plundering the unarmed inhabitants in the country, and had nearly ruined many respectable and wealthy families. Col. Smith with others formed a design to break up the the banditti, therefore they detached 150 men under Lieut. Col. Smith, of Col. Enos' regiment, with Captains Leavenworth and Ely, of Meigs' regiment, and Pettibone, of Enos', (on the 29th of October, 1777,) on the 30th of October, they arrived at Wright's Mills, 13 miles from Westchester, and in the night marched to the place destined, and arrived there a little before day light; divided into three parties, and surrounded most of the houses in the place; and made prisoners of six of the enemy's light horsemen, about thirty of the band of horse theives and cow drivers, and six of the militia; took about forty cattle and horses, and about forty-five arms, and other articles of value; burnt three vessels laden with provisions, for New York; and then returned to Horse Neck, on the 1st of November, at 10 o'clock; all which was