MARCH 30, 1865-10 p. m.

Colonel T. S. BOWERS,

City Point:

Please tell the President I have seen some deserters to-night. The enemy does not yet seem to comprehend the movement. No change.

G. WEITZEL,

Major-General.

MARCH 30, 1865. (Via City Point.)

Lieutenant General U. S. GRANT:

Signal officers report that only the regular trains ran to-day between Richmond and Petersburg.

G. WEITZEL,

Major-General.

MARCH 30, 1865-10 p. m. (Via City Point.)

Lieutenant General U. S. GRANT:

Up to this hour the enemy on my front does not seem to have comprehended your movement. Deserter just in. No change. All seem to think it a raid of Sheridan on South Side road.

G. WEITZEL,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
March 30, 1865.

General DEVENS:

Is there anything new on your front this morning?

G. WEITZEL,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS,
March 30, 1865.

Major-General WITZEL:

Nothing whatever. One deserter to the enemy from the Fifth Maryland last night.

CHAS. DEVENS,

Brigadier-General.

HDQRS. DISMOUNTED DETACHMENTS CAVALRY CORPS,
Near City Point, Va., March 30, 1865.

Captain C. CLAPP,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

CAPTAIN: Will you please inform me whether, in case I were to draw the horses and mount 280 men, you would have any use for them. I can draw the horses and mount the men, but unless the men can be of