arrangement will be promptly made. I only refer to this steam-boat trip as a convenient occasion, but should you prefer to come by the cars, of course I will be quite as happy to see you. I will except the pleasure of your company during your stay in Savannah, and will insist on your coming directly to my house.

Very respectfully and truly, yours,

A. R. LAWTON.

[6.]

CHARLESTON, S. C., April 23, 1861.

Honorable L. P. WALKER,

Montgomery, Ala.:

Powder in Augusta. Appoint agent to receive. Where is it required? Three officers for Pensacola left here Sunday.

G. T. BEAUREGARD.

[6.]

MONTGOMERY, April23, 1861.

(Received 3.40 p. m.)

General BEAUREGARD,

Charleston:

Agent will be in Augusta to-morrow night to store powder at arnsenal.

[6.]

J. GORGAS.

CHARLESTON, April 24, 1861.

Honorable L. P. WALKER:

We have made very large expeditures for everything so far, ans I desire to send an agent to Saint Louis and Louisville to make large purchases of provisions. Before I do so I desire to know if you have made any certain arrangements to supply troops in service or if you prefer me to send an agent. Please reply. Immediate answer solicited.

[6.]

F. W. PICKENS.

MONTGOMERY, April 24, 1861.

Governor FRANCIS W. PICKENS,

Charleston:

An agent has been sent to Saint Louis and Louisville to make purchases for the Army. I was only notified to-day of the transfer of your troops, and the estimate made for supplies did not embrace them. Steps, however, will be immediately taken to lay in supplies for them, and in two or three weeks they will reach you. Will this do?

L. P. WALKER.

[6.]

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

Milledgeville, Ga., April 24, 1861.

Honorable L. P. WALKER,

Secretary of War:

DEAR SIR: Adjutant-general Wayne has just returned from Savannah, where he has been rendering all the assistance in his power to General Lawton. He assures me that theplace is in quite a defenseless condition. A battery at Thunderbolt, in the rar of the city, is being located to command a channel by which syips of war of eighteen feet draft could pass in and get into the river above Fort Pulaski. Again, I have been doing all in my power to get heavy guns and other