Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-15


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what cars sue hsd-Her safRteg EaeFaId.
ed - Ns@ xerH, but her La1diasst sa
/ SION.
Our readesrs viii find some account Of the steam.
err "Fingal," which arrived at Savannah, on Wed.
nesday, loaded with arms and ammunition, said BY
the New York Tines correspondent to be valued
at $500 600 in the subjoined letter. The Vexation
Of this writer viii have to be endured
corrsspOadencsof the New Yo,k TINES.
LONDON, October 10, 1861.
The steamer Bermudas, with a cargo of arms
and ammunition, has run the blockade and reached
Savannah IN safety. So we are told from merica
and the secessonists here are exultant They say
thai this will in the first place, enow the European
governments how weak the blockade is and en-
courage them TO break it; and they say besides.
that there was powder and clothing enough on
board Of her to place their army on an effective
| footing In short see no reason to doubt what |
have stated that this success is good to them as
/ ten thousad lives.
1t is likely to cost Us at least that With all eur
fleet 1t seems strange that we could not catch this
vessel for recOlleet that as early as the Path of
August, mentioned the lumor here that such a
vessel had called and that our authorities here
knew Of it. 1t could have been no other than this
sans vessel. and of course toe navy department
must have had still earlier knowledge than that
and yet the Bermuda seems to have gone straight
in without trouble. TO say the least il il annoy.
ing, and what are the consequences7 We have
hardly heard this news than we see it announced
in all the papers that steamer called the FingaE
freighted with an enormous qusntity of munitions
Of War of every sort, has left the Clyde nominaly
for MADEIRA and the west coast Of Africa, but o:
course really for America.
| mentioned in my letter fortnight since that
there was story IN Liverpool that such vessel
was getting ready, and now here she is. These
things trouble US loyalists here excessively, for
every cartridge board of this vessel may be the
life of some of our friends or relations every
pound of powder represents a terrible loss to our
side; every rag Of clothing represents so much
longer continuance of this war. For does one such
steamer, or two SUCH end the matter. The short
stay made in Liverpool and Glasgow convinced
me that things worse off for US than had sup,
posed. The secessionists there are exceedingly
numerous, and what is worse, they are in no want
of money.
stated sumo time ego that their principal source
of supply was the funds which the Southern
banks had transferred to England on the breaking
out of the war, but uadereslimSted the sum. Be-
sides this there are large private which
are hard to estimate at ALL they deposited in
many different places and are liable to fluctuations
particularly in the matter of cotton which has
nearly doubled in price and TO its S)uthsrn;o
OF course, if there are any, brings a continually
increasing wealth. do not believe that there is
any fear of an over-estimate when say that there
must be at le g fifteen million dollars Southern
property here in England.
This accounts for the fact that they have been able
10 buy the monopoly Of the manufacture of arms
in the English Market that they have freghted two
STEAMERS with eargoes, which case of the Fingai
is stated at S30OO00; and in that of the Bermuda
could hardly have been less; that they have bought
the steamers themselves, it seems to be supposed
they have; and that, if rUmor is to be believed
they are prepari to continue the progress as soon
as they hear the fate of the last adventure In
and munitions of war in England are enormous
and amouut in Birmingham alone, if the ne wsps-
pers to believed, to 500 900 month.
1t stands to reason that all these arms and &C.
cout epents must be sent off somehow, and there
is only way 1t stands to reason also that every
such cargo run in represents army to them, and
81 US the lives of thousands of men, and, perhaps
the less of the contest and the nal destruction of
the Union. Is it possible that the Fingal will be
allowed to fnd port?
Another curious fact is connected with this in an
indirect way. Twas told about a fortnight since,
in Liverpool, that there was a man there whose
name was told, who was intriguing among the
merchants and newspapers and endeayorlng to
organize party in favor of the breaking of our
blockade.
You may rely upon it that, as matters now stand
there is not the slightest danger such step from
England. Lord Russell's speech, if properly un>
derstood settles that question and even the Times
though it has published leader strangely misrep-
resentng that speech does not give the least count
enance to such course. / know the feeling among
the business men Of this city that point and !
am positive that they have no wish to undertake |
such task