, 1861-02-11
ARRIVAL or TIE WIVES AND CHILDREN
OF TIE HEROES OF FT. SUMTER.
Their 84atements-The GAx43SoN %&4s
Of Prov1ktonRs I t.s...f.4S sess


Tered :thrumEhDut almost the eutiT6 voyage
~ .hswas deasssd eights@n hours oVer he* a.eAl
The families Of tho soldiers Of Fort Sumter
are sent home BY direction of Maj. Anderson,
in order to place them in safety.
Ofthe whole number ofpersuns who are thus
returned to this eity, g e!e children The fol-
Ars. s. 4: Cog and child, c. II. .Hcrsey. Felix
Rafferty,, Robt. Jackson. George Leighton, George
stenhou.e, Samuel n. Holmer, Il u: Stafford, ME-.
ION, Ms. Smith, Mrn, Nelson and thrce children,
Mira Burns, Mas Burns, .ars.(a1fny and twochil+
end I'd eaiaa, Ms 81 Bake9 s aad
Two children. Mrs. Carroll aud three children, Mrs.
'heMann and three children, ,Mrt. Rice and one
one child, Mre. Strand and ono child. Mrs. sheav
erer and one child. Samuel Simon, and si1 In the.
'steefaEr. Tbtal, q.
Shortly after their arrival they were taken to
: fort Hamilton, where they ore to remain for
the present. They represent the garrison Oh
in excellent health. The statements are con-
aieting In regard to the provisions In the Fort,
: though most believe them very scanty. The
supplies hare been pork, corn, beef and tlouE,
without any vegetables.
Ma1or Anderson seems to have inspired his
men with enthusiastic devotion. Said one Of
the women with whom NC conyeFsed: "There
Is not man but will fight for him, If it comes
to the point-if he is left the1e TO be butcher
ed" And she added, "ffit comes to that, it
/: will be nothing but a flood Of human blood
: They have everything ready fol an attack II
they had men enough and prov fsions enough,
the fort could never be taken. II they fight,
not soul can ever come out; olive 1t 1s D
thame." continued the woman, her face flush
Ing with Indignation, while her voice WIS
tremclous with emotion at the thought Of the
appalling fate in store for her husband: 1T is q
shame that the President will leave them IN
such peril ~ ave had to leaye our Husbands" !"
said another. t'because tRefe was not food
enough for Us all. And now the great Coy
ernnent will ALLOW them to be hutcnered ="
In reference to tue Star Of the West, some Of
them say, that in the Fort It was at first sup
posed to be ruse on the part pf The Carroll.
nia1s-hat the Charlestonians had Gent up the
boat and opened the fire, SO as to induce An
derBpn to attack them. But "a soon as the
garrison found out that this was, not the case,
every man Was eager for the word to apply the
matches, which they had ready. Maj. Ander-
sons preventing the contamination Of this de-
sire, seems to be the only cause Of disattsction
among the troops.
We spoke with bright, intelligent little
u eho, would pretur living in Fort Sumter or
Hamilton, She said she had no seen Fort
Hamilton yet, and did not know. which she
would like best She said they lived Is well
as they could expect to in such a place, and
added: 1--WE had coffee and hard bfead.-they
call searbiscuit hard bread-and soft bread
TINT is the bread they make at the fort-and
butter for breakfast:
nDid you have anyfhIng else 81, j.,
..a.. .we could e l7 Pot get: +, anything else"
tWe had torn beef and Ea1t pork. and SOME
tlmes bean soup and bread,'
"For supper~
ave had just the came for supper that ne
had for hreakfast-coffee and bread. We ney-
cr had any vegetables. The last day we were
fresh meat we ever had, We had az much AZ
we wanted such as it was, The men did the
cooking. and they are real nood cookx Weior
Anderson said that when t6ev ca1ne from F0rt,
Moultrle they brought many tblngs not in rea-
son, and left behind some tbines fhey needed.
They brought chairs without bottoms and ia.
bles without legs enough to ftand M
The women sav ftat for a fine Major Ander.
eon was not nlioweu to receive lsfte1s and
that now letters tbow that tt,eu hive hnor,
opened previous to their reaching Fort Sum
ter. They could buy nothing in Charleston,
not even q palr Of shoes for tlieir ckiIdren.
II sfus believed that The fort wonld hs a..
tucked On the closfnn Of the border State Eon.
ference at Washingt6n: ana he o,-rirnr ~ o-o
fully aware that pFcparotIops ara 7najsfnr far
an stack on the fort. and they underefand tt,at
the Great floating battery is nearly comn1eteJ
It IS saii to be imperrious to The shot rom he
many wearv eve ia tnrnrd 1Saiiv ,H +o,earJ ~
entrance Of .the harbor TO catch fhr frst
glimpse Of the hoped-for vessel with reinfnrrc-
nenfs,
Not one Of the garrison has deserted or nj.
tempted to escape, They arc ali fir7n md
cheerful, ready to resist an attack Int thev do
not for a moment suppose that fI,ey-seVentr.
nine In number-wiH be lcft hv the Fe3ersi
Government to. resist all South Carolina Thev
would prefer an attack to being starved onf
No reinforcenents had been received When
the Marion left, and from Capt Adkins's State
ment 1t would appear that difficulties wonld
be met In entering the harhor at Charleston
with reinforcements or supplies. The Charles
ton volunteers are drilling daily, and they With
the aid Of 1aboress are placing Moultrie aud the
other forts on the harbor in the best state Of
defense There are about three Thousand
soldiers now In entertainments, and their nu1n-
ber IL constantly augmented By arrivals from
the interior Of the State
It ia represented that wha' erer work Is done
In the way Of rendering Ft Moultrje capable of
repelling attack she cannot be made to com.
mand Sumter IN any event, or be able TO darn
age M7t fort By her canuonade.
Great difficulty Is experienced by the Charles.
ton military In the want of experienced
artiller1sts, a. they have but half dozen old
soldiers IN their ranks who arc acquainted With
the handling Of guns.
The maine channel still remains blocked un
with eunken vessels, and cannot be used until
cleared out
The vessels which now Ieare the port are
compelled to take the side channria snd can-
net iea7e At III witout tho id Of eha9leston a ssa
The fanailies spoken of above IN fort ss,,,-
ter Inst Friday, and BIZ the aid Of a '1ightrr
ry4 tax A{rnrf fs.% ho