tain balance of Twenty-sixth for present. Watch the lower end of railroad. Have ordered General Hobson to remain at Lebanon for present. If Wheeler comes into Kentucky I will move on his rear with three cavalry regiments from Burnside Point.

S. G. BURBRIDGE,

Brevet Major-General.

LOUISVILLE, KY., August 30, 1864.

Captain J. BATES DICKSON,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Lexington:

Last evening Jessee, with 150 men, captured a squad of 8 or 10 colored troops at Ghent, and murdered them. Other squads are in the country where he is hunting. Can't you send some men there?

THOS B. FAIRLEIGH,

Lieutenant-Colonel.

LOUISVILLE, August 30, 1864 - 7 p. m.

General BURBRIDGE:

General BURBRIDGE:

Colonel Johnson, FIFTY-second Kentucky, just in, reports as certain that Wheeler captured Lebanon, Tenn., last night at 7 o'clock, and moved toward Gallatin, while the commanding officer burnt some buildings in preparation for an attack. The railroad had better be looked for at once.

THOS B. FAIRLEIGH,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding.

LEXINGTON, August 31, 1864.

Colonel BROWN,

Camp Burnside, Ky.:

Keep a watch out toward Monticello and Burkesville. Wheeler had a scout at Celina. Keep up communication with Burkesville and these headquarters.

By order of General McLean:

J. S. BUTLER,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

CHICAGO, ILL., August 30, 1864 - 1 p. m.

(Received 2. 50 p. m.)

General. H. W. HALLECK,

Chief of Staff, Washington:

Commander at Gallipolis reports that rumors do not bear investigation, and thinks the reports of an advance in the valley a canard. Should they prove true, I have not troops to send to appose Breckinridge. All quiet here, and no trouble apprehended.

S. P. HEINTZELMAN,

Major-General.