Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-01-31
From the Cincinnati Gaxeac. Goth inst
Important Letter from one Of Mnj. An
dcTsOu,s Officers.

The following il an abst act of letter from
Capt. Doubleday, at fort Sumter: "Whilc the
leaders are becoming more pacific, the mob Is
becoming more outrageous and ungoyernable
hear they are loud in their threats about me
They SAY there may he some excuse for other
officers as they are supposed to bs Southern men
performing duty dsagreeable 10 them, but | am
an open Republican and enemy. Some inluen-
tial Southern men have written to Governor
Pickens that his refusal TO allow Va TO hold any
communication with the city, an his interior.
cnce with our mails, has made South Carolina
enemies in many Southern States, and he has
been urged to relax hir severity. We have been
living on our rations and few vegetables laid
in for Capt. Fosters workmcn, who went awav,
and yet the Murcury has the impudcncc 10 saw
We are fed 10y them. We have receive ed no sun.
plies ofany kind from Charleston. with ,hc
single trfinG exception OF a box of candles Snug
glcd in. Id Major Anderson is allowed the
privilege OF contracting for fresh meats and
vegetables, IS is done everywhere in the army
he will exercise it, but ii they are offered as
presents from South Carolina, he will not re.
ccivc them. Country people who never saw n
gun or fort, and who have no education, and
own little property, are raving mad to attack us
We may be toe increduloss, but feel no apprehen-
sion and don't believe the fort can be taken. Day
before Yesterday the Carolinans landed two or
three mortars on Cummings Point, on the nearest
point of land for attacking the fort. There il
not particle Of truth in the story of a mutiny
II started in Charleston, to induce tn. Gov
eminent to surrender this place. There have
been no prisoners in the guard house for a long
time. Men arc behaving admirably, and are in
good spirits, full of fun, and spelling for fight
"As for surrcndcrlng, under any circunistan.
ccs, they never dreamed Of it. You need paw
no attention to ANYTHING YOU rec in the Charlie.
ton papers in reference to our afiairs. If YOU
will reflect that when boat with a white flag
comes from Charleston, none of our men are
allowed to communicate with it, you will readily
see that all their stories about are mere in
vcntions. Men bear their privatons and severe
guard duty very checrtully. They miss their
tobacco more than ANYTHING else.
"Two steamboats, were on watch over us all
last night, in the direction of the bar. and
the other towards Charleston. This totally con
tradicts the stories of supplies and free com
municatiop with Charleston.
al have no faith in the result os the confer
ence called by Virginia. | have good reason
to know that the extremists in the Virginia
Legislature consented TO the appointment Of
Commissioners in order to deprive Union of
all arguments against secession. The Com
missioners will be entirely controlled by the
Legislature, and compelled to present such ulti-
matum to the North a. she cannot submit to.
Then the crv viii be raised that the North re-
fuses all compromise, and Virginia sill be thus
carried into secession. This know to be the
pan"