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nd; but exactly how many we shall probably never know. Stanton, taking his cue from Hancock, asserts that the rebels have lost ten thousand men on the Weldon railroad in the last two weeks. These enormous falsehoods were doubtless made up with a view to affect the action of the Chicago Convention. A letter from a private soldier "in the trenches" in front of Petersburg says that Order 65 is producing a wholesome effect upon the Yankee troops Deserters are daily coming in and claiming the privileges guaranteed. Wheeler's Operations. A report comes to us by way of Bristol and Lynchburg that Wheeler has destroyed the Loudon bridge over the Tennessee river, and succeeded in capturing a large number of prisoners. The Northern Border. A Confederate officer, just from Staunton, says that the report was current there when he left that General Early gained a complete victory over the enemy on Saturday last near Shepherdstown; but as yet it lacks official confirmation.
Wheeler in East Tennessee. Lynchburg, August 31. --The correspondent of the Republican, under date at Bristol, 29th instant, says that General Wheeler has burnt London bridge, over the Tennessee river; that he west these to Maysville and captured seven hundred prisoners and thence to New Market, capturing two hundred more prisoners, all of whom were sent to South Carolina. The above news was received at Bristol by the afternoon train on the 19th, and is deemed reliable by the authorities there.