South Carolina
New York, Fel) fnh. Tie stc;uner Muriob, iïom Charlas, tpu, arrived to-diy. Among the pasaengera are twenty wivcs and se ven teen cbildren of sol diera of Fort S mop ter ( who suSoi'od verji materially from soasickness (J uring the trip. They ïx-prosontlhe garrison at Fort Sumpter aaiñ e.vculluiii heal.b, not a singlo soldiui be ing ,on tliu sifck list. 'I'ho strongost union [jervaded thu company, and tbev looked tbrwárd to an nttack witli confideoco in Ihcir slrongth and ability to repel mi nttcck. There aro eeventyfivó soldiere and Ihirtv laborer.-;. all of whom apa now moaoting heavy columbiiids on the ramparts and in the fortreus yard. The mojority ot tbo soldiera ato of forcigo birtb, ab ut half of thein being Ii-iáh and a larga number Germao. The garrison is now sup-, plied daily with frcsh moats and provisionsof il! kinds, fiom Charleston, althougli only enougti is brought in for cach day!ó use. The snpply of salted meata and camp ralions is 'ampio for a loDg siugc. No foinforcements had been raceivod whon the Marión left, and from Captain Adkiqe' statement it would appeur that great diiliculty would bo met in entering the harbor at Charleston, with roinforcemonts or supplios. Thero aro about 3,000 eoldiers now ia the entrenclnnents, and their number is oonstaotly augmented by arrivals irom mu interior ot the State. It 13 representad that whatêverwotk is dono in the way oi reuderiog Fort Moultn'e eapable of repellingan attack,that s=he cannot bo marie to cominund Bumptor in any event, or be able to damage that lort by lier óanoonade. The wives and cbildren wíl] leaye tho Marión at four o'clock this P. M., on theïr way to Fort Humilton, whera they wil] lernain for the balance of tho winter. They are in good spirits and seem to think that their husbanda are perfcetly safo in their present situation.
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