OMAHA, February 9, 1865.

Captain J. B. DAVID,

Columbus:

Send two or three Pawnee Indians well up Loup Fork for the purpose of ascertaining the movements of hostile Indians in that direction. If they find no Indians on the Loup direct them to cross over to Wood River, near its head, and ascertain, if possible, whether there are any Indians in that country. Say to them we will pay them well for their time.

ROBT. B. MITCHELL,

Brigadier-General.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., February 10, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Asst. Adjt. General, Military Division of West Mississippi:

COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the following report of information received at this office this 10th day of February, 1865: Information received at this office this day is mainly confirmatory of previous statements. General Shelby is reported in command of all the cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Department. A Mr. Morris is reported to be at Houston, Tex., engaged in the preparation of a machine for blowing up the blockading fleet of Galveston. It is exposed that his arrangements will be perfected this month.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

S. M. EATON,

Captain and Chief Signal Officer, Mil. Div. of West Mississippi.

BATON ROUGE, February 10, 1865.

(Received 7. 30 p. m.)

Captain S. M. EATON,

Chief Signal Officer:

A report has just reached this place from Clinton, La., that there was a telegraph dispatch received at that place yesterday to the effect that General Sherman was a Branchville, S. C., intrenching, and that General Lee was advancing against him with 100,000 men; also that the rebel peace commissioners had returned to Richmond without accomplishing anything.

GEO. G. CURTISS,

First Lieutenant, Eighteenth New York Battery.

GENERAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 21.
Washington, February 10, 1865.

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IV. The Department of Mississippi will embrace so much of that State as may be occupied by the troops of the Military Division of West Mississippi on the River.