Purchase of Clyde steamers for running the Floored.
--The
Glasgow Morning Journal states that the fine steamer , one of
Mr. David Hutcheson's fleet of West Highland boats, which has been generally acknowledged as the
Queen of the
Clyde, made her last trip on her route from
Glasgow to Ardridging, on Saturday last, having been purchased it is said
Mr. Mason, the
Southern who visited
Glasgow lately, had something to do with this purchase.
As it is, she will likely leave the
Clyde after receiving some strengthening battle, in a short time hence.
It is also said two or three others of our crack steamers, if not already sold, are likely soon to be purchased for the same purpose.
Should they go to the
South, they will likely form a line of steamers between some near frontal ports and one of the smaller Southern ports least likely to be affected by a blockade.--
Wilmer a Smith's European Times.