HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LITTLE ROCK,
Little Rock. Ark., June 9, 1864.

Colonel GEIGER,

Devall's Bluff:

Generals Sickles and Steele will be at the Bluff this afternoon. Have your command turned out so that they can see them. Can you send scout on east side of White River to observe Shelby? Colonel Stuart with 250 men is [at] and beyond Clinton.

By order of Brigadier General E. A. Carr:

C. H. DYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LITTLE ROCK,
Little Rock, Ark., June 9, 1864.

Colonel JAMES STUART,

Tenth Illinois Cav., Clinton, Ark., via Lewisburg:

There is a battalion of the Ninth Iowa Cavalry near Searcy. By order of Brigadier General E. A. Carr:

C. H. DYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL., June 9, 1864.

(Received 8.55 p. m.)

His Excellency A. LINCOLN,

President:

I have received from General Rosecrans information of most vital importance to the Government, which cannot be conveyed to you in its full important by mail or by express. I think it very important that you summons General Rosecrans or Colonel J. P. Sanderson, his provost-marshal, to Washington immediately.

RICHARD YATES,

Governor of Illinois.

ROLLA, MO., June 9, 1864.

Major O. D. GREENE,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

I have just seen telegram of Brigadier-General Ewing, ordering Major Bartlett with his battalion to Saint James, in my district, stating that Major Bartlett's command would still be in his (General Ewing's) district; he would not report to General Guitar. How Major Bartlett, stationed at Saint James, can be in Saint Louis District and subject to the orders of Brigadier-General Ewing, I can't understand. I have the honor most respectfully to request an explanation.

O. GUITAR,

Brigadier-General.