WASHINGTON, D. C., September 29, 1864.

General KELLEY,

Cumberland:

General Stevenson has been ordered to send you immediately 700 or 800 men from Martinsburg or Harper's Ferry.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General and Chief of Staff.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, [September] 29, 1864.

(Received 30th.)

General KELLEY:

I have ordered one-half of the regiments I have now at Gallipolis to proceed without delay to Grafton to report to you for temporary duty. These men can be spared only for a short time.

S. P. HEINTZELMAN,

Major-General.

WHEELING, September 29, 1864.

(Received 2.10 p. m.)

General KELLEY:

Is not General Duffie at Cumberland with a large number of cavalry? If so, may I not ask the Secretary of War to order a portion of them to report to you for duty temporarily, to meet the present raid.

A. I. BOREMAN.

CUMBERLAND, September 29, 1864.

Governor BOREMAN,

Wheeling:

General Duffie's command is neither armed not mounted. Are now awaiting their equipment. I go to Grafton to-night.

B. F. KELLEY,

Brevet Major-General.

CUMBERLAND, September 29, 1864.

Captain SHEETS,

New Creek:

You will send another section of Battery L, [First] Illinois Artillery to Grafton without delay. The railroad agent will provide transportation. Get them off at once.

B. F. KELLEY,

Brevet Major-General.

CLARKSBURG, September 29, 1864.

(Received 9.15 a. m.)

Brevet Major-General KELLEY:

At 7 this morning I received a telegram from Captain Hagans, eight miles north of Buckhannon. He says:

I entered Buckhannon last evening at 6 o'clock. The rebels left yesterday at 12. I think they have entirely disappeared, going in the direction of Webster County. They could attack Beverly from that direction.

H. H. HAGANS.