The Pennsylvania Journal, Or, Weekly Advertiser

The brig Nancy, Capt. Montgomery, of six three pounders and eleven men, from St. Croix and St. Thomas for this port, with 386 barrels of gunpowder, 50 firelocks, 1000 bayonets, 10 hogsheads of rum, and 6 hogsheads of sugar, &c. on board, in the morning of the 27th ult. when standing for Cape May, discovered 6 sail of men of war, tenders, &c. making towards him, as also a row-boat: The boat and tender is he soon after engaged and beat off, stood close alongshore, and got assistance from Captains Weeks and Bay; when it was agreed to run the brig ashore, which was done, and under favour of a fog they saved 268 barrels of powder, some arms, and one dry goods; when the fog clearing away, Capt. Montgomery discovered the enemy's ships very near him, and five boats coming to board the brig; on which he started a quantity of powder in the cabin, and so shot the main-sail, in the fold of which he put fire, and then quitted her. The men of war's boats (some lay two, some three,) boarded the brig and took possession of her with three cheers; soon after which the fire took the desired effect and blew the pirates 80 or 90 yards into the air, and much shattered one of their boats under her stern.—Eleven dead bodies have since come on shore with two gold laced hats and a leg with a gaiter —From the great number of limbs floating and drove ashore, it is supposed 30 or 40 of them were destroyed in this glorious explosion.—A number of people from on board our ships of war, and a number of the inhabitants of Cape-May mounted a gun on shore, with which they kept up a fire at the barges, which the men of war, &c. returned and killed Mr. Week's third Lieutenant of the continental ship Reprisal, and wounded a boy in the thigh.