Truman Seymour to Daniel McSweeney, January 24, 1861
_ Sir: I am directed by Major Anderson, commanding this post, to ascertain whether you will furnish such fresh beef and vegetables as may be required here; the beef upon the terms of the contract under which you supplied Fort Moultrie; the vegetables to be purchased by you for us at fair market prices ; the whole to be delivered as hitherto, four times in ten days, at some wharf in Charleston, for transportation to Fort Johnson, where it will be received by this garrison. This arrangement, which has been approved by the governor of South Carolina, it is desired shall go into effect immediately, and if you consent to it, you can send 184 pounds of fresh beef at a time, at such hour and . wherever Quartermaster-General Hatch (120 Meeting street) may advise you. Of the vegetables you will be further directed. Please acknowledge the receipt ‘of this as soon as possible, in order, if necessary, that
other arrangements may be made.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Captain, U. 8. Army.
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION.
{Inclosure No. 2.]
[By telegraph for the Baltimore Sun.]
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA—A BOAT FROM FORT SUMTER FIRED AT BY THE SOUTH CAROLINIANS—HON. JEFF. DAVIS SPOKEN OF FOR PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
tie CHARLESTON, JANUARY 23.—The battery on the beach at Sullivan's Island fired into