GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Numbers 147.
New Orleans, October 11, 1864.

A guerrilla party, under the leadership of one Omar Boudreaux, having entered the town of Labadieville, parish of Assumption, on the night of September 8, 1864, and having while there murdered a loyal citizen of the United States named C. G. Guerrin; and in view of the fact that the relatives of the authors of this crime are in peaceful possession of property inside the Union lines, and also of the fact that the widow of the late C. G. Guerrin being left destitute, it is hereby ordered that the parents of Emil Hebert, Numa Hebert, Omar Grau, Omar Boudreaux, Jean Webre, jr., Lovering Webre, and Louis Folse, jr., members of the guerilla party before mentioned, be assessed in the sum of $5,000, to be paid in legal currency of the United States, on or before the 22nd day of November next, to the commanding officer of the District of La Fourche, or such other officer as he may designate to receive it, by the parties and in the amounts hereinafter indicated, to be paid over to the executors of the estate of the late C. G. Guerrin, for the benefit of his widow:

Evarice Hebert..................................... $875 00

Hermogene Grau..................................... 261 00

Widow of Valentine Boudreaux....................... 102 00

Jean Webre, sr..................................... 3,355 00

Louis Folse, sr.................................... 407 00

In default of payment of this amount by either of the parties above named on or before the date prescribed, the property of the party or parties so defaulting, both real and personal, will be held by the United States, and they punished for disobedience of military orders.

Louis David, sr., father of Mrs. Guerrin, and Maximien Laburguerre, her brother-in-law, are the executors of the late C. G. Guerrin.

By order of Major-General Hurlbut:

GEORGE B. DRAKE,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS,
New Orleans, October 11, 1864.

Colonel CHARLES L. HARRIS,

Commanding at Brashear City:

(Through Brigadier-General Cameron.)

SIR: The brigadier-general commanding directs me to state that four barbette guns are to be placed immediately at Fort Buchanan, and manned under your direction. You will assist the engineer officer in getting these guns into position, and after they are you will see that they are brought into effective use to cover the mouth of the Teche, the land approaches to Berwick, and entrance to Lake Palourde. Upon completion of this work you will inform these headquarters, that further orders may be given you.

JOHN G. TELFORD,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

THIBODEAUX, October 11, 1864-6.45 p. m.

Major GEORGE B. DRAKE,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Colonel Harris, at Brashear, telegraphs me that he has a report that the enemy are moving in force to attack him and the Bayou of La