noon
He left them together for two hours , and then sent Mr. Pennant and a seaman to remove Corny to the quarters . Dave said they had talked only of family matters , though the son had explained to his father the plan to obtain possession of the Bronx . When the commander went on deck , the fog had disappeared , and the shore was to be seen at the distance of about six miles from the steamer . At eight bells , or noon , a steamer was discovered coming out of the bay by a channel between two islands . She carried the American flag over the Confederate , and no one doubted that she was the Floridian . In half an hour she was alongside , and she looked like a fine vessel , for she had come from the other side of the ocean as a blockade-runner . Mr. Flint reported that she had been captured without any resistance on the part of the crew .