HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, March 31, 1865-11.45 a. m.

Major-General PARKE,
Headquarters Army of the Potomac:

Eight deserters from General Willcox's front have just reported--one from Thirteenth Georgia, three from Thirty-eighth Georgia, one Seventh Louisiana, one Fourth Virginia, two Twenty-first North Carolina. An examination of them elected nothing of importance. They bring an Examiner of the 22nd, which i forward.

J. L. VAN BUREN,

Brevet Colonel, &c.

CITY POINT, VA., Much 23, 1865.

Major-General ORD:

I see what appears to be large fires due north from here, and also northward. Do you see what they are from your headquarters?

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 23, 1865. (Received 9.45 p.m.)

Lieutenant-General GRANT:

The fires which you see are the woods burning inside my lines. I have given directions to have them extinguished as soon as possible.

E. O. C. ORD,
Major-General.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF VIRGINIA, ARMY OF THE JAMES, In the Field, March 23, 1865-12 m.

Major-General WEITZEL,

Commanding Twenty-fifth Army Corps:

The colored regiment at City Point has been ordered to your command; also the colored cavalry from Point Lookout, numbering 900 horses and 1,200 men. They bring their transportation with them. They are now armed with muskets. General Ord thinks you had better make requisition for Sharps carbines for them.

THEODORE READ,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, White House, Va., March 23, 1865.

Lieutenant General U. S. GRANT,

Commanding Armies of the Untied States:

GENERAL: Your communication of the 21st instant, by hands of Major Ord, was received last night. I will certainly move from here on Saturday morning, the 25th instant. I intended to go via Jones' Bridge and Charles City Court-House and sent a communication to you yesterday by Captain Sheridan to that effect. The road via Jones' Bridge and Charles City Point-House is good, and the difference in distance will only be about four miles, so that it will take about the same length