district, the citizens of Trinidad cannot expect any county boundary line to constitute a barrier to the pursuit of hostile Indians by the troops under my command. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. J. LIPPITT, Colonel Commanding Second California Volunteer Infantry, Commanding Humboldt Military District. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, Capt. GEORGE F. PRICE, Comdg. Co. M, Second Cav. California Vols., Camp Alert, Cal.: CAPTAIN: I have lately received reports of Indian difficulties at or in the vicinity of Honey Lake, and deeming it necessary to send some troops to look after affairs in that quarter as well as the country around Pyramid Lake, I have ordered your company designated for this duty. The quartermaster's department has made arrangements for your transportation from this place by steamer to-morrow evening as far as Sacramento, and from that place you will march via the Placerville route to Carson City. An agent of the quartermaster will accompany you and furnish everything necessary for the movement. An order has been sent to the commanding officer at Fort Churchill to send to Carson City in wagons subsistence for your command for one month. After receiving your supplies I desire you to move with your command to Susanville, on Honey Lake, or to such point as you may deem your presence necessary. The main object of sending you is to restore peace between the white people and the Indians. Should you capture any of the latter who have been guilty of murder, robbery, &c., execute summary justice on them. I have generally found that by hanging a few of the worst Indians peace and quiet is soon restored. My instructions to you must necessarily be of a general character. Knowing your activity and zeal, coupled with a knowledge of that country, I take great pleasure in confiding to your judgment and management the entire business. Consult with Governor Nye and the leading citizens whom you may fall in with, and report frequently to these headquarters. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. WRIGHT, Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding. STEAMER PANAMA, Near San Francisco, April 26, 1862. General WRIGHT, U. S. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific: SIR: I take the earliest opportunity to lay before you the inclosed copies of letters addressed to Governor Pesqueira, of Sonora, Mexico, by the rebel General H. H. Sibley and his next in command, Colonel Reily.* Please forward after your perusal to the State Department at Washington. I also deliver you important extracts of letters from reliable persons at El Paso, made and forwarded by our very worthy * For first inclosure see Sibley to the Governor of the State of Sonora, December 16, 1861, p. 766; and for last inclosure see Escalante to Moody (inclosure of the letter from Waterman to Wright, April 7), p. 988. + See Robertson to Wright, April 18, p. 1012. and efficient consul at Mazatlan, R. L. Robertson. Our loyal citizens in the northern States of Mexico, especially Sonora, deem it of great importance our Government should prevent the exit of the rebels into Mexico; at least to have an armed vessel at Guaymas to guard against any of their contemplated demonstrations at that important harbor. With the greatest respect, I have the honor, general, to be, your most obedient servant, FARRELLY ALDEN, Ex U. S. Vice-Consul. [Inclosure No. 1.] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NEW MEXICO, C. S. ARMY, His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF Sonora: H. H. SIBLEY, Brigadier-General, C. S. Army, Comdg. Army of New Mexico. [Inclosure No. 2.] HERMOSILLO, SONORA, MEXICO, March 14, 1862. His Excellency Señor Don IGNACIO PESQUEIRA, Governor of the State of Sonora, Republic of Mexico: The undersigned has the honor to inform Your Excellency that I am here, having a communication to you from Brig. Gen. H. H. Sibley, of the Army of the Confederate States of America, and commanding the Army of New Mexico. In obedience to orders received at Fort Thorn, on the Rio Grande, I was proceeding to Ures, but am happy to find Your Excellency in this city. The undersigned would be pleased if Your Excellency would designate a time when you would give me a personal interview, so that I might present you with my letter of credence from the general, and at the same time deliver the communication with which I have the honor to be intrusted. I have the honor to be, with sentiments of the highest consideration and respect, most respectfully, yours, JAMES REILY, [Inclosure No. 3.] HERMOSILLO, SONORA, March 15, 1862. His Excellency Señor Don IGNACIO PESQUEIRA, Governor of the State of Sonora, Republic of Mexico: The undersigned has the honor to call the attention of Your Excellency to an article headed "Mysterious proceedings in the South," in a newspaper published at San Francisco, Cal., styled The Herald and Mirror, and dated February 14, 1862, and circulated in this city. The undersigned most respectfully requests to be informed if His Excellency credits the falsehood stated in said article? If His Excellency the Governor credits the falsehood, the undersigned most respectfully requests that he be at once informed what action has been taken in the matter by himself or the General Government. Has General Wright the privilege to occupy Guaymas with Federal troops? The undersigned most respectfully requests an early reply to this note to the communication of General Sibley, and the return of this newspaper inclosed. With sentiments of highest consideration and respect, Colonel, C. S. Army, First Regiment, Army of New Mexico [Inclosure No. 4.] HERMOSILLO, March 17, 1862. His Excellency Señor Don IGNACIO PESQUEIRA, &c., Sonora: The undersigned presents his compliments to His Excellency the Governor of Sonora, and informs him that the undersigned would be gratified to pay a brief visit by the diligence to-morrow to Guaymas. The undersigned requests to be informed if His Excellency has any objection to his visiting Guaymas, as the undersigned is unwilling to do anything contrary to the wish or policy of His Excellency the Governor. With sentiments of great consideration and respect, [Inclosure No. 5.] HERMOSILLO, SONORA, March 18, 1862. His Excellency Señor Don IGNACIO PESQUEIRA, &c., Sonora, Republic of Mexico: The undersigned has the honor to acknowledge the receipt on yesterday of His Excellency's two notes, one directed to Brig. Gen. H. H. Sibley and the other to myself. The undersigned requests His Excellency to issue him a passport for himself and escort, and also his letter of recredence to General H. H. Sibley, C. S. Army, commanding Army of New Mexico. The undersigned is sincere in the expression of the wish that nothing will occur to obstruct the present friendly relations now existing between the Confederate States and the State of Sonora. The undersigned most respectfully requests the return of the newspaper styled The Herald and Mirror, of date February 14, 1862, which he had the honor to inclose to Your Excellency. I have the honor to be, with sentiments of highest consideration and respect, respectfully, yours, JAMES REILY, Colonel, C. S. Army. [Inclosure No. 6.] HERMOSILLO, SONORA, March 24, 1862. His Excellency Señor Don IGNACIO PESQUEIRA, Governor of Sonora, Mexico, at Ures: The undersigned has the honor herewith to inclose the letter* of credence from General Sibley, C. S. Army, by which the undersigned was accredited to the confidence and kind consideration of Your Excellency, and which letter has by some mistake been returned to the undersigned. The undersigned respectfully requests from Your Excellency the letter of recredence (usual in such cases) directed to the general, and by which he may be informed whether in my deportment and official and private intercourse with Your Excellency, and during my residence in Sonora, I have obeyed his instructions to cultivate the most respectful and friendly relations. The undersigned will take great pleasure in reporting to the general the courtesy with which he has been treated, and his belief in the desire of Your Excellency to be on good terms with the Government of the Confederate States, and also your determination to maintain a strict neutrality in the present war between the South and the North. The undersigned requests Your Excellency would be pleased to direct your answer to this letter to the care of the prefect at Magdalena. With sentiments of highest regard and consideration, I remain, most respectfully, yours, JAMES REILY, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Capt. JOHN B. SHINN, Comdg. Light Company A, Third Artillery, San Felipe, Cal.: CAPTAIN: I presume you will arrive at San Felipe to-day. Stay at that point the whole of the 27th instant; leave for Vallecito on the 28th; leave Vallecito for Carriso Creek on the 29th; leave Carriso Creek for Indian Well at 4 p. m. on the 30th. I shall cause all the water at Sackett's Wells to be saved for you; but these wells are drying up, so you must not count on even one gallon per animal. Have all your kegs filled at Carriso Creek. Have your barley soaked, so as to feed of soaked barley at Sackett's Wells five quarts per animal. At Sackett's Wells you will find a feed of hay. Thus you will arrive quite fresh at Indian Well early on May 1. Start again at 4 p. m., with soaked barley for a night's feed. I will send you back word again, if necessary. I am, captain, very respectfully, JAMES H. CARLETON, Colonel First California Volunteers. SPECIAL ORDERS, Į HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, No. 51. Indian Well, Cal., April 27, 1862. After this date companies of troops and Government trains will pass the Yuma Desert in the night, starting from Carriso Creek at 4 p. m., going eastward. Cavalry and quartermaster's trains must be so divided as to not have over eighty animals leave Carriso Creek twenty-four hours in advance of the next eighty. Thus the supply of water at Indian Well, the Alamo, and Cooke's Wells will each afford a supply for eighty animals. By order of Colonel Carleton: BEN. C. CUTLER, First Lieut., First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. NOTE. The above order does not apply to Shinn's battery, which leaves Carriso Creek April 30 at 4 p. m. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, First Lieut. W. G. MORRIS, Second Cavalry California Volunteers, Indian Well: SIR: The colonel commanding directs that you remain at Indian Well in person with the party you have detailed, to be stationed permanently at that point until after Shinn's battery has passed there. You will see yourself that the barrels which Judge Winston brings from Sackett's Wells are properly placed in the earth, and that all the barrels here are filled with water for the battery which leaves Carriso Creek April 30 at 4 p. m. The party detailed by you to remain permanently at Indian Well will relieve the party from Fort Yuma now here. The remainder of your party will proceed to Yuma with Judge Winston's train. After seeing that every facility is afforded Lieutenant Shinn in getting a good supply of water at this point, you can come on to Fort Yuma with the light battery. The party from Fort Yuma now on duty here will remain here until after the battery has left, and then go on to Fort Yuma by the first train which passes for that point. You are to instruct the party of vedettes stationed here that in addition to their other duties they will be expected to keep the barrels at these wells filled up with water at all times. Captain Moore has contracted with Mr. Williams, of Carriso Creek, to deliver some seven or eight tons of hay at this point, the first load to be placed here in about one week from this date. Very respectfully, &c., BEN. C. CUTLER, First Lieut., First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Captain DOUGLAS, Second Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Fort Anderson: CAPTAIN: In consequence of the weakening of the force at Fort Lyon and the withdrawing of the troops at Riley's, you are expected to extend your operations so as to include the district lying between Redwood Creek and Mad River. By order of Colonel Lippitt: Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN HANNA. JR., First Lieut. and Adjt. Second Infantry California Vols., Adjutant-General THOMAS: SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 1862. Will the War Department please assign Bvt. Maj. P. Lugenbeel to duty according to his brevet? He is at Vancouver, and volunteer troops assembling there under majors. G. WRIGHT, |