Colonel Lyon’s Letters.
Claysville, Ala., Sat., July 23, 1864.—We have heard a good deal of distant cannonading for three or four days in the direction of Blue Mountain, 60 or 70 miles from here, where Pillow’s force used to be. We think General Rousseau is down there fighting him. Captain Ruger is with Rousseau.
Everything is quiet here in this vicinity. Yesterday I rode up to Company G and back (six miles), and this afternoon I am going to Company I, five miles down the river, returning tomorrow. I ride like a Texican, and begin to like the saddle.
