HEADQUARTERS MARMADUKE'S BRIGADE,
May 13, 1864.

Major H. EWING,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

MAJOR: The brigade is now encamped on Bayou Bartholomew at crossing of Monticello and Gaines' Landing road. There are 15,000 or more bushels of corn accessible to our trains in the neighborhood, the farthest lot being 3 miles distant. The water is the only objection to this camp, but it will do pretty well as long as the weather remains cool. Nothing has been heard from the enemy. No report from the scout above Monticelo. A scout has been ordered to Gaines' Landing. A citizen named Wilson, formerly of Bolivar county, Miss., has four wagons, with 19 bales of cotton, which he desires to sell to the enemy for supplies. He has a permit to sell from Captain Reg. H. thompson, commanding battalion, who professes to be acting under orders from district headquarters. I have stopped the wagons and will not allow him to proceed unless you so order. Do you know anything of Captain Thompson? It is rumored that he is a guerrilla and entirely irresponsible. A steam mill is convenient to camp, and it is thought an abundance of good beef can be procured.

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

W. L. JEFFERS,

Colonel, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, La., May 14, 1864.

Major General J. G. WALKER,

Commanding Division en route for Alexandria:

GENERAL: General Banks has been re-enforced. General Smith directs that you push on your command rapidly to the assistance of Major-General Taylor.

I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. R. BOGGS,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

(Same to Brigadier-Generals Parsons and Churchill.)

CIRCULAR.] HDQRS. DISTRICT OF INDIAN TERRITORY,

Fort Towson, C. N., May 14, 1864.

The following address of His Excellency Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate Stats, is hereby published for the information of the people of the Six Confederate Indian Nations.

S. B. MAXEY,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

RICHMOND, February 22, 1864.

ISRAEL FOLSOM,

President of the Grand Council of the Six Confederate Indian Nations,

And Samuel Graland, Choctaw chief: John Jumper, Seminole chief; Samuel Chicote, Creek chief; George Washington, Caddo chief; Winchester Colbert, Governor Chickasaw Nation; Stand Watie, Cherokee chief:

I have received and read with much interest your communication of the 24th of