ler, Major Van Houten, Captain Henning and Dunscomb, before a board of officers at Little Rock. Unless otherwise ordered, will leave here to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. One hundred Texans are reported holding post at Mount Ida.

Respectfully,

A. H. RYAN,

Colonel, Commanding.

[Indorsement.]

Colonel Ryan must either stay himself or leave Lieutenant-Colonel Fuller till he returns. Both must not be absent at the same time.

E. A. C[ARR],

Brigadier-General.

BROWNSVILLE, June 13, 1864.

Captain C. H. DYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

I move from this station at 8 p. m. Broke down ten wagons getting through a swamp. Have repaired enough to move again. Will encamp to-night 13 miles from here on direct road to Pine Bluff.

A. ERSKINE,

Colonel, Commanding Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry.

CAMP TEN MILES FROM BROWNSVILLE,

June 13, 1864-5 p. m.

Captain C. H. DYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

I was only able to accomplish 10 miles. The roads are very bad, mules unmanageable, and wagons breaking down almost every mile. Shall march to-morrow morning at 6 o'clock and go forward as rapidly as possible. The country is completely overflowed.

A. ERSKINE,

Colonel, Commanding, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry.

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 13, 1864-3 p. m.

Major-General ROSECRANS,

Saint Louis, Mo.:

The President directs that the archives and papers of the Belgian consulate, alleged to have been taken from the possession of Mr. Hunt, late Belgian consul, by your provost-marshal, be returned to him, and that no proceedings be had against him without orders from this Department; that you release him if he be imprisoned, and that you report by telegraph what proceedings, if any, have been had by your provost-marshal, or any other officer under your command, in reference to Mr. Hunt or the papers and archives of his consulate, and the grounds or causes of such proceedings.

EDWIN M. STANTON.

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