HDQRS. FOURTH DIV., DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Martinsburg, March 10, 1864.

Brigadier-General KELLEY, Cumberland:

Two men, Emory and hayden, of Baltimore, have been arrested attempting to pass lines southward, the former to join the rebel army and the latter to rejoin his company. hayden had papers upon his person showing the military forces at Baltimore and this place. Shall I try him by military commission? Is the First Virginia Cavalry on the way here?

WM. W. AVERELL,

Brigadier-general.

HDQRS. FOURTH DIV., DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Martinsburg, March 10, 1864.

Brigadier-General KELLEY, Commanding Department, Cumberland:

Dispatch received. One prisoner's name is Duncan, instead of hayden.

WM. W. AVERELL,

Brigadier-general.

MARCH 10, 1864.

Brigadier-General KELLEY, Commanding Department, Cumberland:

Nine rebels, assembled at a wedding near Winchester, were captured last night by one of my patrols, under Lieutenant Kerr, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. All quiet.

WM. W. AVERELL,

Brigadier-General.

HDQRS. FOURTH DIV., DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Martinsburg, March 10, 1864.

Brigadier-General SULLIVAN,

Commanding Division, harper's Ferry:

It is reported by one of my patrols that about 90 rebels, under Baylor, are hovering about Smithfield.

WM. W. AVERELL,

Brigadier-General.

GETTY'S STATION, March 10, 1864.

Major R. S. Davis, Assistant Adjutant-General:

Have just returned from the front; all quiet. have re-established my pickets at Bernard's Mills. The rebels threw a number of shells at them this a. m. No damage done or likely to be.

C. A. HECKMAN,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Major R. S. CAVIS, Assistant Adjutant-General:

I have number of men without arms. My requisitions, forwarded some two weeks since, have received no attention. I wish you would