The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29
"New England Chronicle"

Ids SCILt us q NOPJ VI - P"ENA 49, 49, -
bove title, printed at Providence, April
18th, 1916" The sheet is about half the
size Of the Journal, and is embrowned by
lapse Of time. It's Typography is ancient
like, and its phraseology peculiar. In its
pages are most stirring appeals to patriot
ism, records of engagements, movements of
troops, acts of Congress, correspondence
between distinguished men, advertisements,
&c. We copy below an account of an
exploit of the continental feet under
Admiral Esek Hopkins"
. Providence, 1prI Is, 1776.
Sunday night last Admiral Esek
Hopkins, in the Alfred man-of-war,
with six others of the continental fleet,
very deeply laden with cannon and
warlike shores from New Providence,
arrived at New London. On Thurs
day the 4th inst. they fell in with and
took the bomb brig, Capt. Steeds, one
of the piratical feet that has long in
tested our bay 4; she mounted 8 car
riage-g guns, 2 howits, and had on board
considerable quantity Of stores. The
next day they took another of the pi-
rates, an armed schooner, mounting 6
carriage guns, commanded by one
Wallace, a nephew to the villain who
has the chief command on this station.
And on Saturday morning the 9th in
slant, at four o'clock, off point Judah,
the Admiral Capt. John Hopkins in
the Cabot, and Capt Whipple in the
Columbus, fell in with the Glasgow
ship of war, Of "a guns. and her ten
der, the latter of which was taken; the
Glasgow, after an engagement of three
hours, in which she. was much dam
aged, bore away for the harbor of New
port, to join Capt. Wallace, and our
deet being so heavy laden with their
valuable cargoes, she unhappily es-
capped. On board the AmirRPs ship 6
seamen, and midshipman belonging
to the bond brig, who was in the cock
pit, were killed, and or z wounded +;
Capt. John Hopkins, Of the Cabot, was
wounded in the hand; the master Mr..
Seymour, of Philadelphia q lieuten
ant of marines, and 2 seamen, Killed,
and 4 wounded: on board the Colum-
bus one man was wounded. 'Tis not
vet known what loss the Glasgow sus.
tained, but it must have been great, as
before she got off her quarter deck was
observed to be entirely cleared. The
continental fleet the same day procee.
ded up the sound for New London
where we hear they are landing theil
cargoes, and will soon be in a condi
ton TO attack the ministerial feet. Be
sides the prizes above mentioned, they
carried in brig and sloop from New
York, laden with wheat and flour, sup
posed to have been destined for tht
supply of our enemies. The officer
and men on board the continental YES
sells behaved with the greatest brave
ry, and had the engagement happened
a few miles further distant from New
port, the Glasgow must have fallen in
to their hands.
As soon as the Glasgow got in, th'
Rose, Capt. Wallace, the Nautilus
Capt. Ayscough, with several tender
and pirated prizes, stood out to sea
leaving the Glasgow, a large scow
and two small sloops, at anchor, abou
three quarters of a, mile from Brenton'
+ Point. The ensuing night, a party Q
troops carried one Is poeader, one $
one 6, and two 4 Founders on sait
noint; and early next morning sautet
the Glasgow with such warmth tha
She slipped her cable, and pushed NJ
the river, without firing a gun, under
all the sail she could make, and the
j others followed with great precipita-
ton. Byt terrible cracking On boarf
the Glasgow, the noise and confusion
among her men, it is thought the can
non did good execution. The Winf
shifting TO the northward about noon
those vessels ran down the back 0
Conanicut, and stood out to sea- sup
posed to have gone in quest OF capt
Wallace, to make woful complaint o
the ircivility of the Yankees
A number of negroes belonging tc