[Third indorsement.]

Referred to the Adjutant-General to issue order as above directed by the President, one copy to be addressed to the commandant of Fortress Monroe, another, under cover, to the U. S. district attorney.

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, May 8, 1867.

Honorable L. H. CHANDLER, U. S. District Attorney for Virginia:

(Ebbitt House, City of Washington.)

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith inclosed a copy of an order from the President to the commanding officer of Fort Monroe, to surrender Jefferson Davis to the U. S. marshal or his deputies, upon any process which may issue from the Federal court in Virginia, agreeably to your request of the 4th instant to the Secretary of War.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Indorsement.]

Received.

L. H. CHANDLER,

U. S. District Attorney for Virginia.

[Inclosure.]

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, May 8, 1867.

Bvt. Brigadier General H. S. BURTON, U. S. Army, or

COMMANDING OFFICER FORT MONROE,

Old Point Comfort, Va.:

SIR: The President of the United States directs that you surrender Jefferson Davis, now held in confinement under military authority at Fort Monroe, to the U. S. marshal or his deputies, upon any process which may issue from the Federal court in the State of Virginia.

You will report the action taken by you under this order, and forward a copy of any process which may be served upon you to this office.

By order of the President:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, May 12, 1867-10 a. m.

Major-General SCHOFIELD, Commanding, &c., Richmond:

The Honorable Mr. Evarts, of New York, special counsel employed by the Attorney-General in the case of Davis, goes to Richmond to-day by way of Fredericksburg. I have given him a letter to you and commended him to your kind attention.

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.