already the honor to inform you that the said box was not in my possession, and I have nothing to add to this declaration.

With respect,

COUNT MEJAN.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, November 14, 1862

Count MEJAN,

Consul of France:

SIR: Major-General Butler desires to know if you will return a direct answer to his question, "Whether the box of papers belonging to the criminal Le More has been in your possession since the arrest of the criminal, or not?"

Respectfully,

BENJ. F. BUTLER,

Major-General, Commanding.

(Translation.)

CONSULATE OF FRANCE,

New Orleans, November 14, 1862.

Major-General BUTLER,

Commanding Army of the Gulf:

SIR: The box which you demand as belonging to Mr. Alfred Le More is no more in my possession, as I had the honor to inform you. It has been withdrawn from the consulate on the morning of the 12th. I have not been informed of the hour in which these gentlemen have been arrested. I cannot know, therefore, if it has been withdrawn before or after the arrest.

With respect,

COUNT MEJAN,

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., November 13, 1862.

Honorable E. M. STANTON:

I have two regiments of cavalry in the field without a carbine, and part of another. It is a source of deep mortification to our troops and I ask it as a special favor that they may be supplied at once.

O. P. MORTON,

WAR DEPARTMENT

Washington City, D. C., November 13, 1862.

Governor MORTON,

Indianapolis:

When the Army of the Potomac was organized the cavalry were armed with sabers and a pistols, and carbines were rejected by the chief of cavalry as useless, and it is only very lately that carbines have been introduced into that army, so that if your troops have no other cause of mortification than the absence of carbines, their condition will not be very bad. The Government is making efforts to supply carbines as rapidly as possible, but as the fashion has changed and