CUMBERLAND, January 8, 1864.

Brigadier-General AVERELL,

Martinsburg:

To put a stop to further controversy at New Creek concerning questions of jurisdiction, I issue the following instructions to-day to the commanding officer First Virginia Cavalry: "You will promptly obey all orders from Colonel Mulligan, commanding division, during the continuance of the present emergency. "

B. F. KELLEY,

Brigadier-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 11.
Washington, January 8, 1864.

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27. The following-named officers are hereby assigned to duty with Major-General Burnside, U. S. Volunteers, at New York City, and will report in person without delay accordingly:

Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Richmond, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Loring, assistant inspector-general.

Lieutenant Colonel E. R. Goodrich, commissary of subsistence of volunteers.

Major E. M. Neill, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers.

Major J. L. Van. Buren, additional aide-de-camp.

Major William Cutting, aide-de-camp.

Captain Charles G. Hutton, aide-de-camp.

Captain R. H. I. Godbard, aide-de-camp.

Captain D. R. Larned, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers.

Captain Duncan A. Pell, additional aide-de-camp.

Captain G. R. Fearing, additional aide-de-camp.

Captain J. F. D'Wolf, commissary of subsistence of volunteers.

Captain W. H. French, commissary of subsistence of volunteers.

Captain John A. Morris, assistant quartermaster of volunteers.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,

January 9, 1864-9 a. m.

Major General JOHN SEDGWICK,

Headquarters Sixth Corps:

I have the honor to inform you that Major-General Meade left for Washington this morning, to be absent a few days, and that the command of this army during his absence devolves upon you.

S. WILLIAMS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.