return them when this cloud shall have passed away. Captain Moore, or Mr. Frink, of the Tehama Hotel, will inform you who I am. If you shall conclude to favor the committee with any number of arms, be so kind as to have them so boxed as to resemble merchandise-long handle shovels, for instance-and direct them to "Taylor & Co., merchants, Virginia City, Nev. Ter. " Mr. Taylor is partner of John C. Fall, of Marysville, and is a memer of the committee of safety.

Hoping to hear favorably from you at an early day, I am, dear sir, your obedient servant,

JNO A. COLLINS,

Corresponding Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, Numbers 90.
San Francisco, May 27, 1861.

1. Six ordnance men will be sent from the arsenal at Benicia to Fort Point for temporary service to assist in mounting guns.

2. The strictest precautions will be taken by the officer in command of the troops at Benicia to guard against the communication of fire, through the use of lights, matches, or other means, to the ordnance buildings which they occupy and the stores in their vicinity.

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By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:

D. C. BUELL,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

San Francisco, May 27, 1861.

Major G. A. H. BLAKE,

First Dragoons, Commanding Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter.:

SIR: The colonel commanding the department desires you, if you deem it necessary, to keep a company of dragoons moving on the Overland Mail Route, for a considerable distance in advance of your post, for the protection of life and property against Indian depredations.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

D. C. BUELL,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, Numbers 91.
San Francisco, May 28, 1861.

1. The detachment now at Honey Lake, from Captain Lendrum's company (I), Third Artillery, will be withdrawn and will join the company at Alcatraz Island, bringing with it the movable public property.

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By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:

D. C. BUELL,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Numbers 6.
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., May 28, 1861.

1. Company E, Ninth Infantry, is transferred from Fort Walla Walla to Fort Dalles, and Company G, Ninth Infantry, is transferred from