RICHMOND, April 17, 1865.

Major-General WEITZEL, Commanding Twenty-fifth Army Corps:

General Ord's orders from General Grant are that your troops must be south of Petersburg or southwest. He can not, therefore, give permission to locate on the James River. You can, however, go anywhere near the South Railroad between the Weldon and Danville railroads. My leave is granted. Good bye.

JNO. A. KRESS,

Lieutenant-Colonel, &c.

HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
April 17, 1865.

Colonel E. W. SMITH, Assistant Adjutant-General:

I have designated the Twenty-second U. S. Colored Troops as the regiment to participate in the funeral ceremonies of President Lincoln. They will probably reach City Point by 12 to-night. When did President Lincoln die, and how did he die?

G. WEITZEL,

Major-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DIST. OF EASTERN VIRGINIA, Numbers 27.
Norfolk, Va., April 17, 1865.

All officers and soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia who were not present at the surrender of that army by General Robert E. Lee, at Appomattox Court-House, on the 9th of April, 1865, are hereby informed that the terms ot capitulatiton are extended to them, and that they can at once avail themselves of the same by coming within the lines of the U. S. forces, at or near Norfolk, Va., laying down their arms and receiving their paroles. They will report to Lieutenant Colonel O. L. Mann, provost-marshal, Norfolk.

By order of Brigadier General George H. Gordon:

T. H. HARRIS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, April 17, 1865.

Commander F. A. PARKER, U. S. Navy,

Commanding Potomac Flotila, Saint Inigoes, Md.:

Search all vessels going out of the river for the assassins; detain all suspicious persons; guard against all crossing of the river and touching of vessels or boats on the Virginia shore.

GIDEON WELLES,

Secretary of the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, April 17, 1865.

COMMANDING OFFICER OF NAVAL FORCE, HAMPTON ROADS, VA.:

Send any vesels that may be unemployed to blockade Eastern shore of Virginia and Maryland coast from Point Lookout to Baltimore, reporting for further orders to senior officer of Potomac Flotila between these points.

GIDEON WELLES,

Secretary of the Navy.