The New York herald., 1862-01-12
GENERAL DIvs e!yIsIoN.
OUR BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE

oUh BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 10, 1862.
'e'e eSd zAefr Cay0oe Thas Haze Run the Blockade Q
S0A'ae'n Fo't'-Aansaetories Of Cannon, 0unposcde
and Pucssn0n teys Al IL SesaA -Dsnces Of the Nj
assppi-Lass and Important NsJ from EngIend-
S!pme,ss Thence Of Arms end Army Supplies-Aeoif
of a.. Reasl h issares in Lomdon-T heir Influence ~
Member o. Parida.' '"s-1As Blockade Ms So,ass''
Ports to b. DiscuSed II o'''a"e.".Nyw" y -".'''
England France and Spain % .s. m ,S,s ,,orr,r
The steamer from Fortress H.. ~,-on.-. r,o,'
brought up eleven more Of the Un,oA pchr,or,
Richmond. Tho same arrival also brought =, mn !.
paper OF January Q, and verbal from that city
January g. -
ihave ascertained beyond al doubt that tho steamer
saooan account Of the arrival OF which at Charleston
January sent to you the 4th-took cargo Of cotton
from Charleston to Liverpool early in December running
tne blockade of Charleston that occasion also. She
was loaded up tho Ashley river before the end Of Nove
be and got out about the I'd Sd OF December through
tho Mamt channel. This channel Is one Of the most
northern Charleston twelve feet Of water
The vessel which took Messrs. Slde and Mason when
they left Charleston, also the blockade through this
channel The privateer Gordon into Charleston by
this channel early in December, and was there
December f. During the month OF November the
following vessels left Charleston and the blockade
West Indian loaded with turpentne rosn and tar, for
Nova Scotia; tho bark Helen, formerly tho Rowsna,
Philadelphia vessel with similar but larger and much
valuable cargo for Spanish port the schooner
General Ripley, with rice, for Oporto; the ship Flying
Cloud. the bark Norman the brgs Albatross and State
Rights and one two Others the names Of which am
unable 10 learn The steamer Nashville went out through
this channel october &C. The arrivals and departures at
Savannah during tho month Of November embraced at
least dozen valuable cargoes. The British steamer
Fngal arrived thore November 49, with IS 900 Enfield
rifles and great many OF cloth thread, &C. The
steamer Bermuda arrived there subsequently,, with
similar but smaller cargo
There ID cannon foundry at Charleston, which
was built to mako iron cannon, of which great
number Of excellent have been made. About
the middle Of November they had completed an
addition to it, at which they have ever since been
turning ous small brass field pieces, which infer
from tho description to bo six-pounders. Thoy
are beautifully Finished and each piece under
goes severe tests to strength, &C., before it is
mounted They all ried. It would be worth while to
cxpend something Ia order to find out whore these brass
field pieces sent to. They just the thing for opera
tions such country lies the right bank OF the
Potomac; and ii any considerable number Of them have
been sent in this direction, IL will look IL there bu
slness on hand. They are making percussion cars in
There Is mapuiactory AZ Charleston for renna the sui
phur that is brought in large quantities from Alabama
There two powder mills Charleston, both In full
operation.
A letter from Mobile, dated Dec. %, was received at
Charleston Jan. 8. Tho writer states that at all tho
towns and cities the Mississippi river provisions Of
all kinds are abundant and cheap In Memphis there
thirty five Thousand barrels Of flour, in Now Orleans
sixty thousand barrels OF four Tho day before the letter
was written large schooner arrived at Mobile from a
vana, with full cargo OF Coffee medicines sulphur and
fruits The report had been started that there
the very reverse was the fact The defences other
points between Columbus and Memphis, of the most
formidable description and are accurately described In
the article in the HERALD On the subject, published some
time ago.
Tho cargoes brought over from England TO Nassau. in
the British steamers Ga iator Bermuda and Finga are
safely landed a. Southern ports ong the articles are
three CT tho celebrated Whiworth cannon zach carrying
ball weighing hundred and twenty pounds; twenty
four largo sized iron red cannon, eighteen small sized
iron red cannon twelve small bra ass red cannon twen
w9 percussion fos o. nogaa nalu
blankets, ninety thousand heavy Cloth ovcrcoats ninety
thousand pairs of leather shoes and hroc anded kegs OF
gunpcwder The shipment of these articles In England
done in o The gunpowder was, indeed,
put aboard the Fnga in the night, but a the other ar
Ss Tes a tho 10 Foreign oo
of IT, but thought II beneath their notice. Tho Uncd
States Minister at London was informed OF 1t; but he
took steps to prevent it, Our naval o0ers were In
formed OF tor at least they might have boon they
had read the papers, but whether they know or not,
the vessels the above cagoes tho blockade
and the conraband merchandise safo at Its dest
nation.
letter from member Of the British Parliament was
which have been permitted to read Parlia,ncn. will
about tho 10th Of this month"; and tho writer says
there doubt that the questions arising out OF the
present unhappy condition Of America will be freely dis
cussod In that body He says that the agents Of tho Con-
ederato government In London have caused to be print
ed and sont to each member OF Parliament pamphlet
of oight pages On the Blockade of the southern Poris
Ia which the ground is taken tina. the blockade Is not
and has been effective, enl supported by alleged
facts which, true establish that position. The writer
OF the letter thinks that this and other Efforts Of the Goa
fcderatc sgcnts there viii add weight to the dspdijn
boir n m
OF Parliament to tako such action will induce the Eng
lIsh government, in connection with the governmep Qf
France and Spain. 70 opanth9 cotton nr1 q hs Soath
Ue says thnt tho Epgs newspapers have not told bali
the distress and sQnsrns there exists in England not
alone among tho working people, bat also among other
classes resulting from want OF cotton and consequent
stopping q mahufsctofles. He ssyg That when parla-
ent meets ,ss ysise e The Epgish people On CHS sub,
% disregard IT. aud ho thinks that If by that timo the
Onion aImics have not achieved decided success
aud THUS afforded grounds for the belief that rnited
States government viii open the pcfs Of Tho South
to tho commerce OF ths world, those ports win bs
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