shots that were fired from the fort must have done some execution, as a quantity of blood was seen on the shore, and two swords and a pistol were left behind, and their barges were seen to be struck by the artillery from the town.

On the morning of the 14th August, at four o'clock, the enemy attacked Queenstown, in Queen Anne county, both by land and water ;— about 600 troops were landed and marched up to the town, and 20 armed barges made the attack by water-the attack was so unexpected, that but little resistance was made-a picket guard of the American militia were fired on by the enemy, 1 of them was killed, and 2 or wounded-the militia retreated to Centreville and left the enemy in possession of the town.

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Were the enemy to confine himself to the cap. turing of vessels and their cargoes, and the destruction of public property, he would be justifiable; but it is due to truth, not to conceal, that, departing from all established rules of warfare, he not only carried off private property, whenever he could seize it, but also destroyed what. ever he could reach, and could not remove. the 2d November, he landed on George's island, and burned all the buildings on it, he decoyed a great number of negroes, with a promise to make them free-and afterwards shipped these wretches to the West-Indies, where they were sold as slaves, for the benefit of British officers. The following device was practiced with success

A party of militia, (17 in number,) stationed themselves behind the Sand-hills, while two white men, with their faces and hands blacked, went down upon the beach, and waved their handkerchiefs to the ships, when a boat, with six men, immediately came ashore, followed, at some

distance, by two others, full of men. Just as the men from the first boat were preparing to land, one of those disguised, in walking a few steps, showed his bare aneles, which he omitted to blacken, when the enemy exclaimed White men in disguise, by; let us push off!"which they did, and, at the same moment, the militia ran out and fired upon them, until they were out of gun-shot; they killed two out of the six.

It would be impossible, in the compass allotted to this work, to do justice to the enemy :his barbarous and plundering conduct in the Chesapeake, and adjoining rivers, can only be equalled by the conduct of the same enemy in a former war. "The species of warfare," says the editor of a Norfolk paper, "waged by Captain Lloyd of the Plantagenet, on the inhabitants of Princess Anne county, is of that pitiful and dishonourable kind, which cannot fail to attach a lasting stigma to his character, and cause his name to descend to oblivion, coupled with that of the infamous Dunmore, and clogged with the bitter execrations of all who shall hear the tale of his rapacity."

The Norfolk Herald thus ably and humanely notices the seizing and carrying off negroes.

"To take cattle or other stock, would be consistent with the usage of civilized warfare; but to take Negroes, who are human beings; to tear them forover from their kindred and connexions is what we should never expect from a Christian nation, espeially one that has done so much to abolish the slave trade." There are Negroes in Virginia, and we believe in all the southern states, who have their interests and affections as strongly engrafted in their hearts, as the whites, and who feel the sacred

ties of filial, parental, and conjugal affection, equally strong, and who are warmly attached to their owners, and the scenes of their nativity. To those, no inducement, which the enemy could offer, would be sufficient to tempt them away. To drag them away, then, by force, would be the greatest cruelty. Yes, it is reserved for England, who boasts of her religion, and love of humanity, to practice this piece of cruelty, so repugnant to the dictates of christianity and civilization."

The great vigilance and activity of the citizens, tended not only to disappoint, but frequently to punish the marauders.

On the 11th September, about 15 men volunteered from a militia company, stationed near the inlet, at Norfolk, to go and attack a party the British, who were said to be on shore at the Cape. When they came to the Cape, and were mounting one of the sand hills, they found themselves in full view, and within musket-shot of a large body of marines, who were exercising. A eluster of officers were standing some distance off, between their main body and our militia--the latter had not a moment to spare; they took deliberate aim at the officers and fired; four of them fell! The militia then made the best of -their way back to camp, while the enemy's shot whistled over their heads in all directions, but without effect.

The proceedings of the enemy along the coast,. east of the Delaware, were not generally impor tant.

The frigate United States, Com. Decatur; frigate Macedonian, Capt. Jones; and sloop of war Hornet, Capt. Biddle, on the 24th May, got under way from New-York, with an intention of proceeding to sea through the Sound. When

off Hunt's Point the mainmast of the United States was struck with lightning, which tore away the Commodore's broad pendant, and. brought it down on deck, passed into one of the port-holes, down the after hatchway, through the ward room into the doctor's room, put out his, candle, tore up his bed, and then passed between the skin and ceiling of the ship, and tore up about 20 nails of her copper at water's edge. No further trace of it could be discovered. Macedonian was about 100 yards astern of the United States, and on observing the lightning strike her, immediately hove her topsails aback, fearing that the fire might find its way to the magazine.

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On the 1st of June, the vessels attempted to put to sea, but were chased into New-London by a British force, consisting of a 74, a razee, and a frigate. The blockade of New-London was immediately formed; and the inhabitants very highly alarmed lest the town would be attacked.

On the 21st June, the British privateer Buckskin, (formerly belonging to Salem,) chased a coaster into Owl Head Narrows, (a small harbour in Massachusetts,) where five others were lying, the whole of which were captured and removed down into what is called the Thoroughfare, preparatory to being manned out, and they began unlading one of the sloops, into which they intended to put the prisoners. During this time, from 2 to 300 militia collected, and proeeeded down to Fox Island, it being thick foggy weather, when at 1-2 past 3, on the morning of the 224. the fog elearing away, the privateer appeared at anchor about 20 rods from the shore, where they commenced firing upon her with small arms, and one field piece, which killed the

privateersmen almost as fast as they came on deck. The 1st lieutenant cut the cable, and in attempting to hoist the jib, (lying flat on his back,) had his under jaw shot away; the captain was killed; and but 9 men, it is said, remained unhurt, the rest being either killed or wounded. It being ebb tide, she drifted out, and when out of the reach of the musketry, got under way, leaving all her prizes, which again fell into the hands of the rightful owners. The crews put in to man them, in attempting to escape to the privateer in boats, were either killed or wounded, The action lasted an hour.

On the 23d June, two barges, containing each about 15 men, from the blockading squadron off New-London, attempted to land near the lighthouse, but on observing a company of artillery near the shore, pulled off as fast as possible. When the enemy imagined themselves out of danger, they stood in the barges and cheered. At this moment a shot was fired from the artillery, which struck one of the boats, and killed or wounded eight or ten of the men in it.

A Mr. Scudder formed a design of destroying the British ship Ramilies, of 74 guns, off NewLondon. For this purpose ten kegs of powder were put into a strong cask, with a quantity of sulphur mixed into it. At the head of the cask was fixed two gun-locks, with eords fastened to the triggers, and to the under side of the barrels in the hatchway, so that it was impossible to hoist the barrels without springing the locks each side of the powder-and on the top was placed a quantity of turpentine, and spirits of turpentine, which in all probability was sufficient to have destroyed any vessel that ever floated on the water, if she could have been got along