BULL'S GAP, September 9, 1864.

General STEEDMAN,

Chattanooga:

I will watch the river above Knoxville. Keep me advised of the enemy's movements. How high can you patrol the river? What is Williams' probable force? Please answer without delay. We must capture all who come this way.

ALVAN C. GILLEM,

Brigadier-General.

KNOXVILLE, September 9, 1864.

Colonel DILLARD,

Cumberland Gap:

If property is in danger of being transported to any place under insurrectionary control, the owners must give reasonable security, or the property will be seized. See "Commercial Intercourse," Page 21. Williams' brigade, of Wheeler's force, is driven back and may move up Powell's Valley. Keep advised and be ready. You can handle them.

J. AMMEN,

Brigadier-General of Volunteers.

LOUDON, September 9, 1864 - 10. 20 a. m.

Captain W. P. AMMEN,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Scouts came in 12 p. m. last night from Clinch River; they were at Wallace's Ferry, Williams' Ferry, Hickory Creek Ford, and other points; report enemy cannot cross river unless bring boats; no boats in river and too high to ford. Learned nothing of whereabouts of enemy.

M. L. PATTERSON,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding.

LOUDON, September 9, 1864.

Captain W. P. AMMEN,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

By courier just in Major Reeves reports that his scouts have been out on Crossville road twenty miles. Scouts saw men from Crossville; no enemy there. He says it is rumored, but don't vouch, that Wheeler is making for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad about Gallatin, Tenn. All quiet here.

M. L. PATTERSON,

Lieutenant-Colonel.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO,
Knoxville, Tenn., September 9, 1864.

Brevet Major-General BURBRIDGE,

Commanding District of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.:

Rumor says that Wheeler is going for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad near Gallatin.

G. M. BASCOM,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.