SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., December 6, 1861.

Act. Asst. Adjt. General B. C. CUTLER,

Los Angeles, Cal.:

Open all letters addressed to commander of district, and carry out the instructions until arrival of West.

By order:

RICHD. C. DRUM,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, Cal., December 7, 1861.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL,

Headquarters of the Army, Washington:

SIR: I have made satisfactory arrangements for protection of Overland Mail Route without sending troops over a route now impracticable -full particulars by mail. I propose to send Colonel Carleton with his own regiment and the First Battalion of Cavalry with a battery of artillery to re-open the southern mail route-recapture Forts Buchanan, Thorn, Fillmore, and Bliss. The expedition to move as soon as practicable, via Yuma. The troops are ready and anxious. Guaymas should be occupied, army and navy co-operating. I have the force to hold the whole country this side of the Rio Grande. Please answer by telegraph.

G. WRIGHT,

Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, Numbers 229.
San Francisco, Cal., December 7, 1861.

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2. Captain Demerritt's company, Second [California] Cavalry, will remove from Benicia Barracks to the arsenal, where quarters will be provided. Captain DeMerritt will report to Captain McAlister, Ordnance Corps.

By order of Brigadier-General Wright:

RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Numbers 20.
Los Angeles, Cal., December 7, 1861.

I. In compliance with instructions this day received from the headquarters Department of the Pacific, the commanding officer at Camp Wright will detach one company of infantry from his command and direct that it proceed without delay to Fort Yuma, and report for duty to Major E. A. Rigg, First Infantry California Volunteers, commanding that post.

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By order;

BEN. C. CUTLER,

First Lieutenant, First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. General