The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-27 00:00:00

(Friuli the New Fork ileac', Oct. IL)

Secretary Stanton favours the country this morn- ,1
mg with official despatches from our army on the James,
frees our army In the Shenandoah Valley, from
ewe army in Gems* from oar forces le Middle Ten-
nem% and from oar kale in flusath-matern Rentucky,
lately operetta; ie ilostb-wean Virginia. Them de-
spatches some direct frees Geural Grant (9th inst.), from
General Haller (Bth Met.), from General Sheridan Mb Mat).
from Gueral Sherman (9th lost.), from General Thomas
(Bth lama), and from General Banbridge (Bth task). W.
are ambled then to give a fall view of the fields of *olive
oUveii•ll-
- with the most important eireamstanoe of which
this leareisig we get the gm iisformatioa—the retrogade
Dimwitted of littexidaa is the Shasaackals. Gen. Sheridan
informs u that on Thursday last his army commenced
movies northward in the Shosudoah Valley, and by Satur-
day hod reached Ehrenberg, which is about fifty miles above
Port Republic, from near which he Marled. In movie/
bec4 .Ihe whole enamels from the Bins Ridge to the North
Moue
inetaMmt the Loony Valley and Little Fort
Valley, as wail as the main Valley, was made oaten.
able foe • rebel army, by the destruction of
seventy mills filled with corn and wheat, and all
the giCia sad forage la over two thousand tarns, UM* the
rapaufe of four thousand head of stook, three thousand
sheep, and •large ember of horse'. (Mural Sheridan says
the pelpple of the Valley are now getting sick of war, though
heretofore they bad no reason to complain, am they lived in
great abundance. In doing this work, Sheridan followed
out the iostructions of Lieatenant-Oeural Great, who
means to make impassible the permanent occupation of
this region by a rebel army. General Sheridan says hie
soldiers have been bash.wharked by the people all
through the Valley, thus showing that they are allies
of the rebel army. The soemy's infantry forces
did sot fellow him up in his retrograde ; but the whole of
the rebel cavalry in the Valley under Rosser hung upon
his rear, and gave him some annoyance. Sheridan deter.
iniaed to make • delay of • day to " settle this new cavalry
general," and he directed Torbert to " Web him " on Sun-
day last, which Torbert amass to ham dose in a style that
desserveri to be called "Sheridan's own." He took from the
rebels 11 guns, making 36 pieces of artillery captured in the
satire campaign.
As to the ultimate purpose of Sheridan we need not
immolate ; but there is ao doubt that his present movement
is accordant with orders from Lient.-General Great, who
"happened" to be in Weehingtoo whoa Sheridan made hie
advents, upon Forty, three weeks ago, and again, it seams,
"happened" to be in Washington when Sheridan began hie
retrograde. In this connexion the Richmond &linnet of
Saturday last tells as that since the 2nd of this month, the
"Yankees have been running trains on the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad from Alexandria to the Rappahannock
River ; " sad it says it is "probable that Sheridan designs
to throw himself upon this new Rae with a view to Mau
himself Dearer to Grant, and thus facilitate combined and
simultaneous operations against Richmond." Secretary
Simian also, in hie bulletin of this morning, tells us that
the railroad was being extended to Front Royal "for the
supply of Sheridan."
From other departments and armies there is nothing ab-
solutely new, though the facts officially givers are deeply
Warming. General Bathes despatch relates to the
action of Friday last on the worth bank of the James—the
mooed rebel attempt and their second failure to drive him
from his position. He says that our monis was • decided
one ; and in reference to the same affair irthe despatch of
Lisateeset-Geural Grant, who mays he lads that our
oasealties were mach leas than fret repotted—that 400 will
cover our sails• losa, while the enemy's is nearly twice se
large. In reissues to this last battle our correspondents
to-day give highly-interorting details.
General Sherman gives as motes apes the recent offensive
movements of Hood and the battle of Alatoona, which he
had anticipated and been prepared for. The rebels, as we
had previously been informed, were thwarted—Hoed,
observing oar approach, moved rapidly hack to Dallas, and,
says Sherman, significantly, " I am watching him."
General Thomas, at Nashville, informs us that Forrest has
fled out of Tearooms, and hie rimmed the river of that name.
It seems that Rousseau did not overtake and destroy him,
but we have at Lest got rid of the raider's premium in
✓emorse.

General Barhridge seeds a despatch from Catletabarils,
Kentucky, sir* the &Wit of his resent mid upon the
malt works of Sonth-westera Virginia, from which it apeman
that the rebel claims of • great victory were quite ahead.