II. Lieutenant Charles M. Yellott, First Regiment Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Volunteer Infantry, is hereby announced as assistant provost-marshal, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. Lieutenant Yellott will report to Captain Yontz for assignment to duty.

By command of Brigadier-General Howe:

CHARLES HAMLIN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS INDEPENDENT RANGERS,
Point of Rocks, August 1, 1864.

Major C. HAMLIN,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Your dispatch of last evening addressed to commanding officer of this post received early this morning. A detachment of this command left here at 7 this a. m. for Loudoun.

DANL. M. KEYES,

Captain, Commanding.

BALTIMORE, MD., August 1, 1864.

(Received 5. 10 p. m.)

Major CHARLES HAMLIN:

Much obliged for your prompt and satisfactory dispatch about the safety of our road between Monocacy and Sandy Hook. Under your advices I have ordered the mail train forward.

W. P. SMITH.

CUMBERLAND, MD., August 1, 1864--7. 45 p. m.

Major-General HALLECK,

Chief of Staff, Washington:

The enemy attacked my outposts at 5 p. m. We fought him up to this time. He has retired probably to renew the attack in the morning. I trust I can maintain my position.

B. F. KELLEY,

Brigadier-General.

(Copy to General Hunter and Governor Boreman. Send copy also to General Averell.)

PITTSBURG, August 1, 1864.

(Received 11. 20 a. m.)

General KELLEY:

Scouts were sent out last night to penetrate in Virginia to find out the truth of Breckinridge's moving west. Of course you have reliable ones that will give you correct information as to the kind of force, if any, number of cavalry and artillery. So soon as I know that Wheeling or this section is threatened, I will assemble 15,000 men, with eighteen or twenty pieces of artillery. Try and inform me of everything.

D. N. COUCH,

Major-General.