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On the 10th of October , at nine A.M. , the semaphores of the Bahama Canal signaled a thick smoke on the horizon . Two hours later a large steamer exchanged signals with them . the name of the Atlanta flew at once over Tampa Town . At four o'clock the English vessel entered the Bay of Espiritu Santo . At five it crossed the passage of Hillisborough Bay at full steam . At six she cast anchor at Port Tampa . The anchor had scarcely caught the sandy bottom when five hundred boats surrounded the Atlanta , and the steamer was taken by assault .