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line, 37 miles from N. on the 10th, and for the first time entered a seceded State. The railroad from Louisville to this point had been destroyed at several points, and the telegraph also, and it has been but a day or two since they have been opened. We found our troops that had been left here by Buel living on short ration; not having had any mail for a month or two, and threatened by the enemy at various points, the streets being barricaded and the capitol is still occupied by soldiers. There were two divisions of the army immediately in advance of us, and some of the troops that had been laying here for a month or two have started on farther, where is not certain, but it is the general opinion that the next point of importance will be Chatanooga, to the south-east of here near Alabama. How soon we shall go I