Complex sentence: On the last day of October, and "Niphon" seized another blockade runner named "Annie" off New Inlet, North Carolina, a British steamer with cargo of tobacco, cotton, and turpentine.
Split into simpler sentences: On the last day of October, and "Niphon" seized another blockade runner named "Annie" off New Inlet, North Carolina. She was a British steamer with cargo of tobacco, cotton, and turpentine.