is made simultaneously along a line of nearly 50 miles. I write hurriedly, and I do not wish to detain the steamer, which is now ready to leave.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

I. N. PALMER,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Major R. R. S. DAVIS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

MAJOR: By direction of the commanding general I inclose the within statement of the condition of the subsistence department at New Berne; also of Morehead City, Beaufort, and Fort Macon.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. A. JUDSON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Inclosure Numbers 1.]

JANUARY 31, 1864.

Rations on hand at Morehead City, including Forts Macon and Beaufort:

Rations.

Hard bread. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000

Beans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000

Rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000

Tea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000

Sugar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,000

Vinegar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000

Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000

Molasses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000

Potatoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000

JOS. A. GOLDTHWAIT,

Captain and Commissary of Subsistence.

[Inclosure Numbers 2.]

FEBRUARY 2, 1864.

Rations on hand at New Berne, approximately:

Rations.

Meats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687,000

Breadstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456,000

Coffee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,000

Tea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578,000

Sugar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,000

Beans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000

Pease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,000

Rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,000

Mixed vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,000

Potatoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213,000

JOS. A. GOLDTHWAIT,

Captain and Commissary of Subsistence.

NEW BERNE, N. C., February 3, 1864-8 p. m.

MAJOR: My last communication to you concerning the state of affairs as this place was addressed to you yesterday at 5 p. m. At that hour the communication with Morehead City by telegraphs was interrupted, and the telegraphs operator at Newport reported the rebels on the railroad at that place. I was in communication with the stations Croaten and Havelock until 10 p. m. yesterday, at which time I ordered the commands at those points to this place, as the post at