WILMINGTON, March 23, 1864.

General S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General:

Have you received information deemed reliable from Pickett? Shall I re-enforce by railroad if called upon? Under present orders about transportation, can any troops come from south? Pickett telegraphs that Burnside is said to be at Washington. Please answer.

W. H. C. WHITING,

Major-General.

[First indorsement.]

ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, March 24, 1864.

Respectfully referred to Quartermaster-General.

Kemper's brigade was yesterday ordered from Wilmington back to Kinston. Your views are requested as to their transportation by railroad, as it is a case of emergency.

By command of Secretary of War:

JOHN W. RIELY,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Second indorsement.]

MARCH 24, 1864.

Respectfully returned.

A single brigade can be transported from Wilmington without serious interference if the railroad is allowed to run its own schedule.

A. R. LAWTON,

Quartermaster-General.

[Third indorsement.]

General [COOPER]:

I have telegraphed General Whiting the substance of the Quartermaster-General's remarks.

JOHN W. RIELY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

RICHMOND, VA., March 24, 1864.

Major General W. H. C. WHITING,

Wilmington, N. C.:

Kemper's brigade, which you were yesterday directed to send back to Kinston,can move by railroad,allowing the authorities to run their own schedule.

S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General.

FAUQUIER, March 26, 1864.

Major-General STUART,

Commanding Cavalry Corps:

GENERAL: I received a few moments ago Major McClellan's note with reference to the movements of the enemy along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. I made a reconnaissance over there yesterday