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ns, and he ordered the vessel
office. In fact, he objected to the use of his name, for the reason

that he preferred the position that he then held in the army,
and for the further reason that he thought he was too young to
be governor. The people, however, thought differently and he
was borne into office by a popular upheaval. With what energy
and vigor he discharged his duties, how true he was in every
way to his State and his people, are matters of history and
need not be referred to here. He was inaugurated the ensuing :
September, and early in his administration he conceived the enty knots with-
sek of purchasing for the State a steamer to run the blockade was increased to thirty pounds op eee vue aaa
at Wilmington, bringing in supplies for our soldiers in the out difficulty 4 Her olhests ee wie over with her, sailing
field and for our suffering people at home.1 Captain Wylie, a a e urser; Capt. George Mor-

“Capt. Thomas N. Crossan, formerly of the United States Master ; Mr. Hughes, eee ose sbjestion © her was her size
Navy, was accordingly sent to England with Mr. Hughes, of nson, chief engineer. e o - latter rendering it difficult for
New Bern, where, in conjunction with Mr. John White, the ead heavy draught of nee at that time were a great bar to
agent of the State in England at the time, they purchased the her to cross the shoals, —— and in consequence of which she
fine side-wheel steamer Lord Clyde, then running between Glas- the navigation of the river, ;

Violation of quarantine regulatio gee
to return to a quarantine berth. But the chairman 0

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Board of Commissioners of Navigation was sent for, — i
gave a permit for the vessel to remain where she was,
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engines of great power and very highly finished, and her sp

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she easily averaged seventeen knots to the hour, a

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gow and Dublin, which name before her advent into Southern
waters was changed to that of Advance or Ad Vance, the latter
in compliment to the distinguished war governor, through whose
instructions and active influence the purchase had been made.

“In the spring of 1863 the Advance made her first successful
trip through the blockaders and arrived safely in the harbor of
Wilmington, bringing a large amount of much-needed supplies.
The Governor was informed of her arrival and came to Wil-
mington immediately, and the next day, Sunday, went down on
one of the river steamers with a number of his friends to the
ship, which was lying at the quarantine station about fifteen or
sixteen miles below the city. After spending several hours on
board examining the ship and partaking of the hospitalities of
its officers, it was determined to take her up to the city without
waiting for a permit from the health officers, as it was assumed
the Governor’s presence on board would be a justification for
the violation of quarantine regulations. Accordingly, steam
was raised and she came up to the city and was made fast to
the wharf in front of the custom house. This was objected to
by Major Strong, aide-de-camp to General Whiting, as being in

adjutant general of the

Vance came in as governor the time
carried the plan into execution.

i tton or
could never go out or return with a full cargo of co

“She ran the blockade successfully seven or iA
ing in all kinds of supplies that were a te foresight of
‘Toops and people, thanks to the energy 2” of her trips was
our patriotic war governor. The regularity 0 Be. ta
remarkable and could be forecast almost to the we set
deed, it was common to hear upon the streets the eget ee
otyped remark, ‘Tomorrow the Advance will be im, bets
the morrow came she could generally be seen oe
dock with the rich freight of goods and wares 80 ies - several
by our people. In the meantime, however, she ha pee e
harrow escapes from capture. Coming from —, at
Occasion, the weather being very stormy and a — emi
vailing, she ran ashore opposite Fort Caswell an ‘eae ers
there for two days. ‘The sea was so rough that the > lies
could not approach near enough to do - yer > i peril-
discharging part of her cargo she was relieved poe? eta
Ous position and got safely into port. But ar m water
trip was one made in the month of July, 1864, ae gentle-
She had on board as passengers a number - Rev Dr. Moses
men, among them Marshall Kane, of pegowe d come down
D. Hoge, of Richmond, Va., and others who ha

from St. J ohns, New Brunswick, and joined the ship at Ber-

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muda, and who were extremely anxious to reach the Confe