From the September 13, 1864, New York Times.
Along with information about the capture of the blockade-runner Elsie, the paper also had these tidbits:
*** The prize steamer Georgia arrived at Beaufort, N.C., on the 9th, and would proceed to Boston.
*** It was reported at Beaufort that the Confederate steamer Edith was about to leave Wilmington, heavily armed.
From Halifax, N.S., Monday, Sept. 12.
*** The blockade-runners Old Dominion arrived here on Saturday night and the City of Petersburgh on Sunday morning. They have about eighteen hundred bales of cotton on board, destined for England, said to be payment of the interest for the rebel loan. They left Wilmington last Monday night.
The Georgia was on its way to prize court. It was feared that the Confederates would send another raider, the Edith, out to plunder the coast of the U.S. as the Tallahassee had recently done. Evidently, the Confederate government could get loans from England (govt. or private?) as long as they paid interest in cotton.
Lots of Activity. --Old B-R'er
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