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STEAMER “AD-VANCE.”
Thomas M. Crossen, Captain, Steamer

James Maglenn, Chief Engineer.

‘* Ad-Vance.””
John White, Commissioner to England.

 

RUNNING THE BLOCKADE ON
THE AD-VANCE.”

By REV. MOSES D. HOGE, D. D.

Bermuda, Wednesday, October 8, 1863.—At 12 o’clock
went on board the Ad-Vance (Lord Clyde). My fellow pas-
sengers are Rev. Mr. Terry, Mrs. Pender, Messrs. Bur-
ton, Walker and Regnault. Got off at 10 o’clock; beauti-
ful view of Bermuda as we rapidly sped along. The Clyde
a fine and fast vessel. Officers, Colonel Crossen, Captain
Wylie (the English Captain) ; First Officer, —. —. ———
Surgeon, Dr. Swan; Purser, Mr. Plamner: Bienid Officer,
Mr. Smith. The Colonel is a noble man; Wylie a warm-
hearted Scotchman, though he looks English every inch, big,
burly and red faced, full of enthusiasm—full of poetry.
Flanner has good points. I have had some pleasant inter-
course with young Smith, who became pious at Hampden-
Sidney. We have taken no state rooms on the Clyde, al-
though there are a great number of unoccupied ones, but our
little company of passengers al] stay in the saloon at night.
The fare is rather rough, but that is nothing when we have a
good ship homeward bound.

We have been in much trouble on the ship to-day. The
eoal, which was thought to be very good (Welsh coal, Cardiff)
is found to be of very bad quality. This morning we could
not get up steam as usual. The serious question is discussed
whether we had better not return to Bermuda. After run-
ning fourteen knots we dropped down to five. It is thought
to be useless to go on toward the blockaders to ensure a cap-
ture. We put the vessel about and sailed a while due east,
but after a little while the draft increased and the paddles
made their former revolutions from twenty to twenty-three

per minute.