Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-25
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30 g1sO ur ventures On sho Oceans 1aSasr1as
While bs our 4vublici' els lie sumter and the
Nasty ilIe, are fsmiisri the people Of foreign
psrta the the soqthe s nag and afiotdlng
food for ssrsons Fescson to Yankee slippers, rleF-
chant vessels hare aisS gone from Dixie Land,
snd are creating quite q str in maritime circles
abroad The Liverpool corFesp ondent Of the Ions
aon Neles, writing on the 4th inst, says rsi9 G
Today there was good deal Of excitement on
aGhRnge, in consequence of the arrival In the her-
ssy, late on Tussday evening, Of d., . Confederate
vessel direct from Charleston, The name of the
new arrival il Helen. commanded By Cspt. Weston;
Jr She left Chsr lesten on1the evening of the ID
MT, and Csplain Westendorf' informs Us that, he
passed safely out to sea- without seeing any Of the
bloeKsdinF usdron the entrances to- the port be-
lg oiiits clear of the Federal feet9 The Helen is
an American btift bark Of $40 tons, sH extremely
hauds0me' vessel, quite new, and 3, regular clip
PERI as her run from Charleston plainly shows
She has on board 400 bbs Of rosin and 900 bbls of
spirits turpentine; but just previous 20 leaving
Charleston she had slowed away $50 bales OF cot4
ten, which she was obliged to uRship again, 10 con-
sequence of the determination Of the ChaHeston
people not to LET bale of cotton go out of the
port.
The Helen sailed under the Confederate flag; and
made the passage from Charleston 20 this port in
IWehty-days,- although she encountered rather
stormy weather. Through the kindness of the con-
signees OF the Helen we are favored with files OF
Charleston papers, the latest dates being to Novenl
Der "a Although the papers are considerably d
vanished in size, yet they contain war and other
news Of the very latest dates from the North and
Europe. The papers are well advertised and cons
tain, numerous patriotic calls upon the people Of
the South for volunteers, and judging from the re
joinders these callsn ara well responded to. lssi
The Nelos notices the arrival of the. Bermuda at
Hayre and adds: - !. -.
a cansderable doubt exists upon the question as
to whether the Seutherners would send cotton 70
Europe should they have the chance, and as the ar
rival of the BeEmndasata4ayFe with nearly 600
bales Of cotton woud lead to the supposition that
such proceeding is practicable, a few obserKa-
tons on the subject from persons arrived direct
from the South may perhaps be OF some advantage
to holders and intending specula,or5.s The fact
that the Bermuda arrived with cotton is due solely
to the circumstance that she took outan immense
cargo of clothing, arms and ammunition to the
Confederate States--articles of which the South
zerners stand 10 very great need In consequence
of their services the Eonfederates, the owners and
Captain Of the Bermuda were given gratu't9usly
the cotton they brought to Havre. ItWas express
ly intimated TO them that no cotton would be allow
ed to go to Europe except in vessels which brought
into Southern ports articles Of primary necessity
In proof of this we may state that the Captain of
the bark Helen, which arrived at Liverpool yester-
day, direct from fie South was obliged to take out
of his vessel no less than 80 bales of cotton the
private property of the owners of the vessel whose
devotion TO fhe Southern eause is well known and
unanimously recognized, not only in America, but
in England Should therefore, any other vet sci st
tenipt to initiate the Bermuda and ':run tha blocks
lade" into Charleston in ballast, they would be grie
.yeusly disappointed in the hope of securing any
cotton. s.- Cd .a-.a ~ t= ...-- 81
q The Bermuda did not sail from Liverpool, but
from Falmouth, on the 22d,August last.