CUMBERLAND, July 4, 1864.

Colonel HOY,

New Creek:

Send a messenger and order Colonel Stevenson to fall back on New Creek by the route indicated.

B. F. KELLEY,

Brigadier-General.

NEW CREEK, July 4, 1864.

Brigadier-General KELLEY:

Company L, Sixth West Virginia, just arrived. Company K is on the road; will be in about 12 o'clock to-night. All quiet.

J. F. HOY,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding.

CUMBERLAND, July 4, 1864.

Colonel HOY,

New Creek:

McNeill has retreated; our cavalry in pursuit. Nothing from Imboden's force at South Branch since my last.

B. F. KELLEY,

Brigadier-General.

GREEN SPRING, July 4, 1864.

General KELLEY:

There is no demonstration on this place yet. There is one canal boat of rebels coming up canal supposed to have one gun. Our troops at South Branch still holding block-house. Answer.

F. W. THOMPSON,

Colonel.

GREEN SPRING, July 4, 1864.

General B. F. KELLEY:

Reliable men report seeing three regiments at once in the vicinity of South Branch. They estimate them at 2,000 or 3,000. I know the force is at least a brigade. I judge from the position they occupy. All the roads or passes from here are guarded by them. Another scout just in says re-enforcements are coming in to the rebels.

THOMPSON.

GREEN SPRING, July 4, 1864.

General B. F. KELLEY:

Shall I order the infantry to leave Green Spring? I have just returned from South Branch. The rebels are in possession there. Infantry advancing to Green Spring.

THOMPSON,

Colonel.