formation and cut off his scouts. Battalion of Ninth Iowa gong toward Searcy to-morrow. Push your defenses, particularly the felling of trees.

E. A. CARR,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

DEVALL'S BLUFF, June 13, 1864.

Brigadier General E. A. CARR:

Mr. Wild and other citizens report a party of guerrillas, about 200, 15 miles northeast of here. Twenty-five camp within 5 miles of the river to-day. Shelby is said to have been at Cotton Plan on Thursday, and from what I can learn I think he is going, or has gone, to Clarendon.

J. K. MIZNER,

Colonel Third Michigan Cavalry.

BROWNSVILLE, June 13, 1864.

Captain C. H. DYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

I have just returned from my scout. Have found plenty of guerrillas, but not in much force at any one place. Should have remained out two or three days longer if I could have moved into the country east of Plum Bayou. The steams are so high that it is impossible to march east of that place. Have captured some horses and guns; no prisoners were brought in. I was obliged to come back by way of Ashley's Mills. The bayous are so high that they cannot be forded.

O. WOOD,

Colonel, Commanding.

LEWISBURG, June 13, 1864.

Captain C. H. DYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Arrived at this post. Will start to Little Rock to-morrow. There is none of Shelby's command south of White River or at Batesville. My scouts had several people direct from Batesville on 11th instant; all state that he has moved down north side White River.

JAS. STUART,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Scout.

LEWISBURG, June 13, 1864.

Brigadier General E. A. CARR:

GENERAL: Lieutenant-Colonel Fuller returned this evening from scout through Perry and Yell Counties. Did not effect much on account of the enemy scattering in all directions. Had 1 man mortally wounded. Captured 2 of the rebels; brought in 28 men of the regiment who have been lying out since the fall of Dardanelle. Received order this evening to appear with Lieutenant-Colonel Ful-