| Description | Proceedings taken by the Governor in consequence of Captain Vandeput's firing on the town, accounts from the camp report all quiet there, both armies are strongly entrenched, the General is much distressed for provisions, the "King Fisher" has been at the Hook and taken two vessels bound to the West Indies which she sent to Boston, a sloop came down the river last week and sold her cargo to the Captain of a transport, this also has gone to Boston, the sloop was watched, pursued and burnt, other persons who have furnished provisions to the army and navy have been taken and are now in close confinement in the jail of the city, the Governor has satisfied Congress respecting their suspicions of his correspondence with the General |