LEXINGTON, KY., May 24, 1864.

Governor O. P. MORTON,

Indianapolis, Ind.:

No later information received in regard to rebel movements. Will keep you fully informed. No necessity for calling out the militia as yet.

J. BATES DICKSON,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXINGTON, KY., May 24, 1864.

Brigadier General S. G. BURBRIDGE,

Merchants' Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio:

Your telegram about maps was this moment handed me; shall I send them by noon train? The colonel in command at Cumberland Gap says there is a force in front dressed in Federal uniform, and asks if you have sent any troops through Pound Gap. I replied Union forces hold the gap, but none from this district have gone beyond. Governor Morton says one regiment left last night, one leaves to- day, and two will leave to-morrow. If necessary he will call out the militia. I telegraphed him to need for the militia at present.

J. BATES DICKSON,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

LEXINGTON, KY., May 24, 1864.

Brigadier General S. G. BURBRIDGE,

Merchants' Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio:

I have directed General Ewing to dispose of two of the Indiana regiments at Louisville and along the railroad, and send two here, one of which I propose to send to Camp Nelson, keeping the other here. Do you approve of this?

J. BATES DICKSON,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS OF DISTRICT,
Columbus, Ky., May 24, 1864.

Major-General WASHBURN:

GENERAL: I sent out a mounted party to bring in the scout I said I would send. My party met him coming here, returning from the precise expedition I was going to send him on. He had undertaken it of his own accord. On the 16th he was in Corinth five hours; left that vicinity on the 17th. Colonel Bell, with a brigade, was at Corinth; did not hear of Neely. The most of Forrest's horses were at Tibbee Station, where grain is plenty. Five car-loads of corn arrived while he was there, by steam; some corn was already there, which had been brought by horse-cars. No one knew where Forrest was; believed to be at Tibbee Station. The talk was general in the camp that they were going to McMinnville, toward East Tennessee. It was also the talk that the road to Jackson was to be repaired; going to put 400 men at it. He is sure that no work was done on it, and the road is badly damaged; take 400 men three weeks to complete. Nobody could tell