April 8, 1861; The Charleston Mercury
We understand that Gen. BEAUREGARD, yesterday morning, sent a messenger to notify Maj. ANDERSON that all supplies of provisions would be stopped forthwith.
The New York Tribune, alluding to the letter from a soldier in the fort, of which we published an extract on Saturday, says: ‘The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser printed yesterday a letter which we copy in another column purporting to be from a soldier in Fort Sumter, who states that the garrison have supplies for four months. The letter is probably a forgery, but, if it be genuine, the writer was either drunk or jesting.’