with the force under my command. If I find the danger imminent I will abandon this post and concentrate on the railroad, if I have your permission to do so.

OLIVER WOOD,

Colonel Twenty-second Ohio.

LITTLE ROCK, April 29, 1864.

Colonel WOOD,

Commanding, Brownsville:

I have no cavalry to send you. You have my permission to do all things with your own men that will tend to the security of the railroad.

J. R. WEST,

Brigadier-General, Commanding,

LITTLE ROCK, April 29, 1864.

Colonel WOOD,

Commanding, Brownsville:

Stop the train; send in back here at once with the 2090 infantry. I have just learned that I am to be attacked to-morrow. You must look out for yourself.

J. R. WEST,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

LITTLE ROCK, April 29, 1864.

Colonel GEIGER,

Commanding, Devall's Bluff:

Send 30 men as guard of the Westmoreland. She is going to Jacksonport for cavalry for you. When the come, use them. General Steele and the rebels are both making for this point; it is a race between them. I may be attacked to-morrow.

J. R. WEST.

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

LITTLE ROCK, April 29, 1864.

Colonel R. R. LIVINGTON,

Commanding, Jacksonport:

Send by the Westmoreland all the cavalry she can carry to Devall's Bluff, ready for active duty.

J. R. WEST,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Operator at Devall's Bluff will put this dispatch in the hands of the captain of the Westmoreland, to de delivered to the commanding officer, Jacksonport.

J. R. WEST,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.