This intilligence was communicated to the _Ellert_, by the boarding officer, and in quick time, her yards were manned & three cheers were given, which might have been heard miles.--two days after, we arrived in New York, and dispersed to our several places of residence.--I took passage with my two mates, & Josiah Crosby, in a Schooner for _Bass River_, we reached the river about the suns setting, & being but about 6 miles from my family, I could not feel willing to sleep without seeing them--consequently myself, & my 1^{st.} mate, _M^{r.} Berry_ each hired a Saddle horse, & started for Brewster, and I reach^{d.} my dwelling, & gave a knock, at your G. Mothers, sleeping room window, _the same I now occopy_, about 12^{[o:]}Clock. x x x x it may perhaps amuse my dear G. Childen, if I turn back to the time of my arrival, a prisoner, at S^{t.} Johns, a circomstance then took place, connected with my knocking at the window, as above [Sidenote: Petition to the Port Admiral] I learned, on my arrival in S^{t.} Johns, that the Port Admiral, Sir J. T. Duckworth, had given liberty, to the American Supercargoes & passenger, to purchase a vessel, & git home at their own expence, & he wou’d give them a protection from British Cruseirs; & as I had on board, two Brothers, Josiah & E. C. Crosby, the _latter_, quite a lad; the Idea struck me, that _posibly_, by application, I might obtain liberty to send the boy home, by this conveyance; for they had already purchased a small vessell & were then fitting her for sea--I accordingly drafted a petition; applying pritty strongly to the old Gentlemans feelings, in behalf of the disconsolate Parents &c &c, and presented it myself--after perusing the petition; the old Gen” rested his head in his hand, for a few moments, and looked up very kindly in my face, saying Yes, Yes, M^{r.} Cobb, _send him home to his Parents_ & I wish I felt at liberty to send every American in port home.--This, wou’d give me an oppertunity of informing my Family of my capture, of sending some money, spared me by the captors; and grattifiing my relatives by sending home their beloved son. I accordinly fixed him away; making a plaid for his neckhankercheif, with 24 Dubloons in Gold amounting to $384 dollars, which the _dear child_ put round his neck, in my room, in S^{t.} Johns & did not take it off, untill in my house, in the presencs of his Aunt; and after having delivered my letters &c--This happened, at about 8 ^{[o:]} Clock on the same evening I arrived at Bass revir--well’, at 12 ^{[o:]} Clock, as before stated I knowked at the Winder. It appears she had been reperusing my Lengthy letter, Amegining & revolving in mind all the horrows of my situation in an English prisin, _after she had been in bed_, & had not been asleep, when I know’d at the Window.