The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], A slight mistake.

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A slight mistake.

--The New York Independent says:

‘ "The last lot of rice sent over to Fort Sumter by the Charlestonians was largely mixed for the purpose of poisoning the garrison."

’ The Independent man is not posted. The last lot sent was of prime quality, from the Commissary stores of Fort Moultrie. It was sent in about twenty Dahlgren shells by Capt. Hamilton. What the garrison objected to was the method of transportation, not the sample.

To explain this, it may be well to state that, when a shell is to be used in place of solid shot, and not intended to burst, it is sometimes filled with rice — that grain being of about the weight of gunpowder, the ordinary charge of the shell. Captain Hamilton wished to fire some in this manner, and they were accordingly filled with one of the staples of Carolina. Although not mixed with poison, doubtless the garrison objected to them. Charleston Mercury.

The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 6, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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