SPRINGFIELD, ILL, July 8, 1862.

(Received 1.24 p. m.)

Honorable EDWIM M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

A very competent officer of long experience proposes to raise a battery. I can furnish him with guns and equipments. Will you accept an additional battery? It can be done immediately.

RICHD. YATES,

Governor of Illinois.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., July 8, 1862-2.10 p. m.

Governor YATES,

Springfield, Ill.:

I will accept the battery.

EDWIN M. STANTON.

BOSTON, July 8, 1862.

Brigadier General C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

No orders have been received from Washington by U. S. disbursing officers here authorized them to pay the $25 bounty to new recruits. They refuse payment without express orders. Many recruits, enlisted during the week under promise of bounty, and now ordered away from State to regiments in field without first receiving it for their families, are justly discontented. Orders for its payment should issue to disbursing officers here immediately. Every hour's delay does harm.

WM. SCHOULER,

Adjutant-General of Massachusetts.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

Springfield, Ill., July 9, 1862.

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

DEAR SIR: Honorable Robert Smith, at present paymaster U. S. Army at Saint Louis, is desirous of obtaining authority to raise a brigade. I need hardly say to you that Mr. Smith is one of our leading citizens, a gentlemen of experience and ability. He, I have no doubt, would be very likely to succeed in the undertaking if he had the authority. We need the men, and if it can be done, should like to see the good work begun.

Very respectfully,

RICHD. YATES,

Governor of Illinois.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., July 9, 1862.

The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:

The undersigned would urge upon you the vital importance of procuring the passage of a law by Congress by which men can be drafted into the Army. If Congress shall adjourn without doing this you