Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Armstrong or search for Armstrong in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Citizens' State-rights ticket.-- Peachy R. Grattan, P. H. Aylett, Geo. W. Randolph. (search)
ed the Government. No letters have been received from him or any of his officers since the 17th inst., when Captain Foster informed the War Department of the offer by the State authorities to send the mails to Fort Johnson, mid-way between Charleston and Fort Sumter. An official inquiry was addressed to Major Anderson this morning with a view of ascertaining the exact facts. Before Lieutenant Slemmer and his small command left the Navy-Yard, to garrison their present stronghold, a requisition was obtained from Commodore Armstrong for provisions, &c., of which the storehouse contained ample supplies. But the custodian of these stores, upon which the secession forces are now subsisting, very coolly drew his pen through the items of beef, pork, flour, &c., remarking that those would be wanted in the yard. Luckily a supply was obtained from the storeship Supply, upon which the gallant garrison can subsist. Mrs. Slemmer, who is with her husband, is a South Carolinian by birth.