DEVALL'S BLUFF, October 15, 1864-9 p. m.

Captain C. H. DYER,

Little Rock:

Major-General Herron and Brigade-General Dennis came up on gun-boat 38, and purpose going to Little Rock to-morrow. General Dennis did not bring any troops with him. The gun-boat brought word that two transports were fired into this side of Clarendon and turned back. I shall send the Celeste down at midnight with 100 men, and shall also send the following notice to be posted up in the vicinity of Clarendon:

HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS,
Devall's Bluff, October 15, 1864.

Unarmed steamers have been lately fired into by hands of guerrillas and robbers on White River. I am directed by the major-general commanding the department to warn, and do hereby warn, the inhabitants in the vicinity of these outrages that if the firing on steam-boats does not cease, every house within ten miles of Clarendon will be burned to the ground.

C. C. ANDREWS,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

(Copy to General Steele.)

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER,
Fort Smith, Ark., October 15, 1864.

Captain JOHN F. LACE,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of Arkansas:

SIR: In answer to your communication of September 14, asking for "an estimate of the rebel troops serving in this vicinity, and the names of division, brigade, and regimental commanders, with the estimated strength and condition of each," I would state: The country lying west of Arkansas and north of the Red River, companies the District of the Indian Territory, commanded by Major General S. B. Maxey, with headquarters at Doaksville, C. N. The troops serving in the field constitute Cooper's division, District of Indian Territory, under command of Brigadier General Douglas H. Cooper, with headquarters now at or near Perryville, C. N. This division consists of two brigades, Gano's and Stand Watie's. The brigade of Brigadier General R. M. Gano comprises the following regiments, viz:

Estimated strength.

Gurley's (Thirtieth Texas) cavalry................... 700

De Morse's (Twenty-ninth Texas) cavalry.............. 400

Hardeman's (Thirtieth [Thirty-first] Texas

cavalry.............................................. 500

Martin's (Thirty-first [Fifth] Texas cavalry

[Partisan Rangers]................................... 600

Barrett's [Burnet's] battalion sharpshooters......... 300

Well's battalion Texas cavalry....................... 250

Howell's battery, six pieces (two 12-pounders,

four 6-pounders)..................................... 100

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Total................................................2,850

The brigade of Brigadier General Stand Watie comprises the following regiments, viz:

Estimated strength.

Two regiments Choctaws.............................. 1,200

Two regiments Chickasaws............................ 1,000

Two regiments Cherokees............................. 1,200

Two 12-pounder mountain howitzers, two 6-pounder

mountain howitzers.................................. 100

Lieutenant Colonel Jack McCurtain's battalion Choctaws..... 450

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Total............................................... 3,950