The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-04
THE sINKING CONTRIBUTION.
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MORE EVIDENCES OF ITS COLLAPSE

MORE EVIDENCES OF ITS COLLAPSE.
From Our Special Correspondent
LoSDoS, Feb. 9, 1864
Three DAYS ago l sent letter of no
great length or Importance, having like
the IsraelItes Of old, to perform my week
| ly task without the necessary material l
now make amends by a still briefer
epistle, containing, however, a bit of
n VS. which should, think, be told to
the people OF the United States,
both north and South, loyal and rebel
What | am about to communicate I
know to be a fact, to which good for
tune has curiously assisted me. Loyal
men viii find no difficulty in crediting
/ IL, If the rebels don't / may parody
Stephenson's remarks, when asked
what would be the consequence if a
bull got on the track of the first loco
motive: 1t would" said he, " be bad
| for the bull,
On Saturday last, you may have OBJ
served, that the Confederate Cotton
Loan, after long prostration, went up
to the figure Of so What was the cause
of IT'D just this;
When it was at its lowest, the rebel
agents here, and q new company, got
up for the purpose, bought up the bonds
for their own profit and final venture.
They believe that the Rebellion is going
to collapse and like rats, have deter
mined to quit the sinking vessel, secu1-
ing at once their own safety and as
much plumber as possible. Accordingly,
they have purchased two British-built
/ steamers, one a fast side-wheel boat
that can 60 Is miles an hour. Four
days ago this vessel was at Falmouth,
taking in coal, intending TO start on the
morrow Sc is commanded by the
notorious Nafht, and has on board
Mason, Slidell, their secretarses, Eustis
and mcfarland, Maury, Dudley Mann,
and number of ladies' The first des-
tination Of the steamer is Bermuda,
now the rendezvous of the blockade
runners, where probably some of her
passengers will disembark and await
the rest of the venture in safety to their
precious selves. Mason and Sidell
viii, however, risk running the block
ade into some rebel port They take
with them an immense quantity of
Confederate bonds purchased cheaply,
as aforesaid }, and a considerable sum in
in gold, raised by the English Company,
at the head Of which is the firm Of
Isaacs, Campbell & Co, the army and
navy agents
The cotton being procured, the two yes
sells are to be freighted with it, 70 again
run the blockade, the profits to be di-
vded by the enterprizing getters-up of
the scheme, VINO henceiorth leave the
moribund Confederacy to its fate, to
live luxur;ously in London, Paris, or
Vienna-any or al of the European
capitals. Should the vessel be over
hauled by an American cruiser on its
way out, it will, Of course, hoist Eng
lish colors, and exhibit a false set Of
papers, prepared for the occasion; while
Capt Wilson, formerly of the Gre
Eastern, will Temporarily assume the
command. The great speed of the
vessel is confidently relied upon to
effect the enterprise
Here then Is q chance for Yankee
cruisers And here, too, is an iuustra-
on Of rebel honor and of the truth Of
Lamar's remarks in the intercepted
correspondence, that all the Confeder.
ate agents here are scoundrels, with
one trihing exception