The New York herald., 1864-10-11
TxsE sITUATxON.

General sheridan. lie commenced maving back down
che valley from Harrsorburs on Thursday ass, and
followed BY the rebel cavalry under Rosssr satur-
day he deemed best he says 10 make days delay.
IN order to 'e,e this cavalry general" Ap attack
by the Union csvery therefore ordered daylight
driven back the force Of tornado by the In,
petoous onset Of Casters and Msrrts men, and three
hundred prisoners, eleven pieces OF artillery cassons
battery forge fcry wagons ambulancss &c. wess
saken from tham rne beadqaarters wagons OF the rebel
Gen erals Rcsser Snd Iomax and Colonel Pollard
amorg tboee captured. The enemy "foowed by
tho imp for twenty ak miles. The eleven pieces
OF artillery oap.urss'make thrtysx in al taken the
rebels by saeridyns soldiers since the OF
sne campaign, The 10 uh. Els army is now At
sitasburs. after having overwhelmingly defeated tho
enemy everS engagement nag had and made pretty
complete destruction Of everyt thing In the way
sence throughout The valley that could be service
them In despatch from Woodstock, Friday last,
he describes his recent operations. He says that hs
destroyed In the Shenandoah Luray and Lille Fort val
eys thousand barns filled with wheat hay and
"a msug implements, and over seventy mills fIed with
fcur wheat, He has Obtained very large mum Der OF
nc has driven four herds OF before army
and has killed and issued to II abou. three thousand
sheep. THIS destruction and this spostion are in
coruancs with the instructions Of General Grant, who
nncs In these severe the only preventive Of
tie epemys periodical ncursons the valley which
ssys he has rendered the entire couatry through which
be passed untcnabie tho rebel army and
the nnabsu.s sick OF the war, which before they
not owing TO the abundance in The midst OF which
they were living. These the people many OF whom
had protection papers from formsr commanders OF
forces, who have Ter soms time beeu bushwhacking
every Union train and small party passing along their
roads Railroad commute through from Alexandra
70 sirasburg viii be completed in few days. The SOL
ders in Sherdses department have suffered cons!dera
by from the cold weather Of the past few days Snow
se 70 the depth Of three inches Cumberland Md on
Saturday last
Another advance bss been made BY the Army
o. the Potomac On Saturday morning last, tho
skirmsb line OF the entire Fifth corps was pushed for
ward acout shroe quarters OF mIe meeting with bur
slight resistance from the enemy, though they
shought 10 be In strong force 10 thA, vicinity. Al tie
dat latest the Firth corps stl he'd heir
p:'as--. acquired ground During Saturday night
irishiog with tho enemy the advanced lines OF our
men was very active Early Sunday morning
artecuDeisssnce ex.er ding mile and half n.fronl OF
their in.renchcd position made By division OF the
Ninth corps va!uuble Information was gained BY this
expedition. lbe os- slight DIR correspondent
rith the Nn,h corps THINKS that the rebels front OF
heiisr wing viii be easily pushed back tho Appom.t
OK should 1t be deemed necessary By the commanding
eneral TO make tbs effort.
Genera Grant iu despstchee 70 Secretary Stanton the
''st OF which dated O'Clock evening gves
further interesting particulars Of tho engagement FRI
day last between the Te corps the rebels when
,he latter severely beaten driven back to
Richmond. Their loss General Grant says, at least
thousand, incicding hundred and fifty prisoners
while did Iot ex.eed three hundred in killed
woanded and missing. They had General Gregg
killed, AID General Brstton Colonel Haskell and Major
iasSin, all OF south Carolina badly wounded The rebel
ccners Grary said % bave bean killed No,
withslardlg all ,nis the Rcsmond papers, OF course
claim vctery
Geaers shermsu; IN despatch ds,ed at eizh. o'clock
on suuiay evening" tho 81, a. Ala,ooua, Ga, gives
bror bet Satisfactory Of affairs that region Tor
che previous days He aludes to the repalse or
ite rebel attack Anatoons which has already been
oscr bod IN the ERALp, and says he reached keHesaw
II tiInc to witness the attack at a dsslnco Our
loss ab5u, seven hundred tina, OF the suemy ovor
evslye hundred. Tue small Union garrisons a. Big
shan!y and Acswortn were c,ptured, and about
seven mile. Of the railroad destroyed by tie rebels.
Gcrera sherusn corroooraes the statement OF one OF
correspondents IN yesterdays HERALD. By saying
chat be has at Aiatoua and Atlanta abundance OF
prsvsous Hood has been scared BY advance OF tho
Cnon FORCES north from Atlanta and has moved rapidly
back 10 Dallas and Van Writ. Ga, aid Is suspected Of
Z rirs 70 Kingston Rome IN consequence or
z. sach his movements are being closed watched.
P,~erai Sherman assures thai Atlanta 10 per.
Gauy secure; and certainly hls word should be .
railroad bot eco Allaoons and Atlanta being rapidly
pushed forward, and When that rs completed tho line
win hsvo been restored all the wsys through 70 the
Latter place from Nashville.
General Forrest. notwithstanding Rousseau hsd b.m a.
tim pretty closely pspsed the Tennessee river.
nnaly saocceded Thursday, In making bis way
across, F,orents. A',bama and reirsstlns sca,h
ward
force Of rebsis under General yon widely estimated
81 oct three and Thousand attacked and do
manded the surrender Of Hopsnsvie, kentucky, early
on last Sunday morning Colonel jackson, The Union
commander, refusing to comply, ngti o lour hours
followed resulting comparatively few casualties On
either side wheu The rebels fe,reaiea.