Montgomery, May 24, 1861.
Collector F. H. Hatch,
New Orleans:
Ship Windsor Forest cleared from Liverpool on 27th of April, with munitions of war for this Government. Her charter was for Quebec; really, however, for Southern port. Her real course to the Gulf lies by the south side of Cuba. She will be near Cape San Antonio by the 1st of June. She should be advised of blockade. Can you put pilot-boat on this duty?
L. P. WALKER.