TWENTIETH PRECINCT,

November 10, 1864.

Captain PUFFER:

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to state that no disturbance has occurred in this vicinity; not a single arrest has been made.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

D. D. T. GORDON,

Captain and Assistant Quartermaster.

TWENTY-FIRST PRECINCT,

November 10, 1864.

Captain A. F. PUFFER:

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report continued quiet in this vicinity.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. W. PAINE,

Major.

TWENTY-SECOND PRECINCT,

November 10, 1864.

General GORDON:

All is quiet here, and has been so during the night.

Respectfully,

J. P. K. MYGATT,

Acting Lieutenant.

SYRACUSE, November 10, 1864.

(Received 10.10 p. m.)

Secretary SEWARD:

Just from Buffalo. The Georgiana is near Fort Colburn, twenty miles distant. She was lately purchased at Toronto, Canada West, for commercial purposes, and $17,000 in gold paid. The price is far beyond her value, in the opinion of the best judges. This, in connection with the fact that the business season is at end, stamps the transaction with suspicion, and warrants the belief that she is intended for raiding operations.

JNO. J. PECK,

Major-General.

KERNSTOWN, VA., November 11, 1864-10 a. m.

(Received 12th.)

Lieutenant-General GRANT,

City Point, Va.:

A small division of my cavalry has just returned from the east side of the Blue Ridge. It went through Manassas Gap to Roctortown, and then down the country, coming back by way of Ashby's Gap. They brought back 300 head of cattle, a lot of sheep and horses, burned all the granaries and destroyed all the provisions they could on the road. They report that the country is full of grain and forage. This will be a warning which will probably be taken advantage of by any Union citizens living in that country. I think it best, general, to