From the September 13, 1864, New York Times "Capture of Notorious Blockade-Runners."
Washington, Monday, Sept. 12.
"Captain GLISSON, of the U.S. steamer Santiago de Cuba, under date of Sept. 11, informs the Navy department that on Saturday, when on his way to Hampton Roads for coal, he discovered, chased and captured a blockade-runner.
"She proved to be the English steamer A.D. Vance, late Lord Clyde, from Wilmington, N.C. She is an iron, side-wheel steamer, two years old, very fast, and has on board some 410 bales of cotton and some turpentine.
"Her full cargo cannot be known until she is broken out in Boston, for which port she will be dispatched, in charge of Acting Ensign E.C. BOWER.
"This vessel had been one of the most successful of the blockade-runners, and those on board say she was caught only in consequence of the bad coal she used."
A Really Big Capture for the Federal Navy. --Old B-Runner
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