TUSCUMBIA, ALA., November 16, 1864.

Lieutenant General R. TAYLOR,

Selma, Ala.:

Has General Lyon any force to aid in the defense of Corinth or to command Tennessee River?

G. T. BEAUREGARD,

General.

TUSCUMBIA, November 16, 1864 - 6.30 p. m.

Lieutenant General R. TAYLOR,

Selma, Ala.:

Should you move into Georgia, as referred to in to-day's telegram, don't take away troops intended to protect Corinth and Mobile and Ohio Railroad, but hurry them forward soon as possible.

G. T. BEAUREGARD,

General.

TUSCUMBIA, November 17, 1864.

General S. COOPER,

Richmond, Va.:

I leave for Corinth this morning, whence I'll move according to circumstances. No news since report of yesterday.

G. T. BEAUREGARD,

General.

(Copy to Lieutenant General R. Taylor, Selma, Ala.)

TUSCUMBIA, November 17, 1864.

Governor J. E. BROWN,

Milledgeville, Ga.:

General R. Taylor has been ordered to take command forthwith of all Confederate troops in Georgia in the limits of Hood's department operating against Sherman.

G. T. BEAUREGARD,

General.

(Same to General Cooper, at Richmond.)

TUSCUMBIA, November 17, 1864.

General G. T. BEAUREGARD,

Cherokee Station:

Colonel Hill reports Fourth Corps and part of Twenty-third Corps at Pulaski, 15,000 strong, and that Federals are under the impression that Army of Tennessee will not advance.

GEORGE WM. BRENT,

Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.