April 13, 1861; The Charleston Mercury
GEN. BEAUREGARD, we learn, has attached to his staff Hon. ROGER A. PRYOR, of Virginia, and Hon. WM. PORCHER MILES, volunteering their services; and these gentlemen, in addition to Hon. LOUIS T. WIGFALL, Hon. JAMES CHESNUT and Hon. JOHN L. MANNING, with the regular army staff appointments, were all busy yesterday in bearing despatches to the various military posts, sometimes incurring the risk of a stray ball sent from Sumter.