mitted by General Connor. General Canby telegraphs a steamship was sent to Mobile on the 16th ultimo for the cotton, and that the delay has resulted from the neglect of the rebel authorities to furnish the cotton. The expense of demurrage is very heavy, and General Granger proposes to send the steam-ship back without the cotton unless it is delivered very soon. Perhaps Mr. Ould should be informed of this.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General and Chief of Staff.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Numbers 17.
Washington, January 11, 1865.

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22. The telegraphic order of the 7th instant from this office directing Brigadier General A. L. Lee, U. S. Volunteers, to at once repair to this city and report in person to the Adjutant-General of the Army is hereby confirmed.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,

Numbers 11.
New Orleans, La., January 11, 1865.

1. Major Frank W. Marston, Signal Corps, U. S. Army, is hereby relieved from duty as chief officer of this division and will turn over all the books, papers, and records pertaining to the office to Captain S. M. Eaton, who is hereby appointed in his place.

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7. Upon the recommendation of the chief mustering officer of the division, and subject to the approval of the War Department, First Lieutenant J. L. Baker, Twenty-third Wisconsin Volunteers, is hereby appointed assistant commissary of musters of the troops comprising the Reserve Corps of the division. He will report accordingly, without delay, to Major General F. Steele, U. S. Volunteers, at Kennerville, La.

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9. Captain A. Mason, assistant quartermaster of volunteers, having reported at these headquarters in accordance with War Department Special Orders, Numbers 469, series of 1864, is hereby ordered to report to the chief quartermaster, Department of the Gulf, for assignment to duty.

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By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, January 11, 1865.

Brigadier General J. BAILEY, Baton Rouge, La.:

The Second New York must report to the Cavalry Division. It is only on special service at Morganza.

By command of Major-General Hurlbut:

JOS. HIBBERT, JR.,

Assistant Adjutant-General.