PALMETTO, September 24, 1864.

Brigadier-General TYLER,

West Point:

Please inform me by telegraph at what time President Davis will leave WEST Point, and what officers are with him.

J. B. HOOD,

General.

PALMETTO, September 24, 1864.

Brigadier-General ADAMS,

Selma, Ala.:

I suppose General Taylor does not understand the position of this army as it now covers Opelika. Therefore you will countermand your instructions, and Armistead's brigade will move without delay to Phillips' Ferry, as previously ordered.

J. B. HOOD,

General.

MACON, September 24, 1864.

General J. B. HOOD,

Commanding:

Ten thousand or 15,000 bales of cotton at Griffin. Had I not better remove it before I have the track taken up? Rails are being taken up above Griffin rapidly.

MARCUS J. WRIGHT,

Brigadier-General.

PALMETTO, GA., September 24, 1864.

Lieutenant General R. TAYLOR,

Mobile:

Have any troops crossed to this side of the MISSISSIPPI River? The newspapers so report.

J. B. HOOD,

General.

ENGINEER OFFICE, DEPT. OF ALA., MISS., AND E. LA.,

Selma, Ala., September 24, 1864.

Major SURGET:

At the request of Colonel Lockett, I have the honor to submit the following report of engineer operations in this department:

First. Works at Mobile in rapid state of progress, with a force of about 5,000 laborers and mechanics at work; with the same force kept constantly engaged will be completed in main points in about one month.

Second. At Selma, Ala., a line of works encircling the city prepared for raids; in tolerable condition of defense; good state of repair; no work being done.

THIRD. At Demopolis, Ala., a line of works semi-detached encircling the town, inclosing (when completed) workshops and arsenals, in tolerable repair; no work being done. A force of some fifteen mechanics at work in engineer workshops.