This vicinity is constantly liarrasscd by small parties of volunteers on our side, and jiarties of royalists and tories on the other, who ore making every effort to etTect mutual destruction ; seeking every opportunity to beat up each other's quarters, and to kill or capture all who are found in arms. This is to be considered a very hazardous situation ; it requires the utmost vigi. lance to "-uard against a surprise. ^lajor Tresoott is an excellent disciplinarian, an active vigilant officer, and well acquainted with his duty. A party of volunteers collected here on horseback, for a secret expedition, and by their earnest request, Major Trescott marched in the night with a party to cover their retreat, and to

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take any advantage which might offer. The party returned the next day with fix tory prisoners, three of whom were wounded by the broad-sword. One of our volunteers, named Hunt, received a dangerous wound through the shoulder and lungs ; the air escaped from tlie wound at every breath. Dr. Eustis came to the lines, and dilated the wound in the breast ; and as the patient is athletic, and had not sustnined a very copious loss of blood, he recommended repeated and liberal blood letting -- observing that in order to curt; a wound through the lungs, you nmst bleed your patient to diath. He eventually recovered, which is to be ascribed principally to the free use of the lancet, and such abstemious living, as to reduce him to the greatest extremity. A considerable number of wounded prisoners receive my daily attention.