J. €. Frémont to Simon B. Buckner, August 25, 1861

> Saint Lowis, August 25, 1861.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith sot MUR E to my sites headquarters from Col. R. J. Oglesby, Righth Regiment Illinois Volun- ., E

* Soe p. 299, Vol. ITI, of this series, teers, commanding at Cairo, TIL, reporting the circumstances of the capture of the steamer W. D. Terry, on the Ohio River, at Paducah, by the U. S. gunboat Lexington, and a statement by the officers of the mail steamboat Samuel Orr, running between Evansville and Padueah, in reference to her capture in reprisal for the above by a Paducah mob.

Events have thus transpired clearly indicating the complicity of citizens of Kentucky with the rebel forces, and showing the impracticability of carrying on operations in that direction without involving the Kentucky shore.

Colonel Oglesby has telegraphed to me this morning that he is to receive to-morrow a deputation from the governor of Kentucky, and he has furnished them a safeguard.

very respectfully, your obedient servant