The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-11-15
LATER FROM THE NORTH.

We have received copies of New York papers o
| Saturday, the 18th instant.
| II EMENTs IN THE vALLEY-sHRRIDAN EvAcUAf1S'
THE COUNTRY.
| The Yankee letters give tile particulars OF Sheri
| dams march out of the Valley. One dated at New
town, on the 9th, says:
| The army of General Sheridan broke camp ol
Cedar creek early this morning, fell into line be
tween sunrise md ii O'Clock A. NJ, and by noonda
was fairly on the march northward towards tn
| Opequan. This change of base is said TO be in ac
cordauce with the programme previously determine,
upon "a the national election was Over am
the Copperheads, with their Southern allies, coul
not take advantage oi the change TO influence III
| election.
The army has, therefore, stood its ground in orde
to give its moral support to the loyal voters of tn
country, when it had not more active business en-
gagemeuts with Barys army. Meantime. the 10
| rage question has become serious with tn
army, All the hay and fodder for many mile
around has been consumed, and oats. All that thi
Government furnishes for quedrepeds' demand
| must he transported nearly forty miles from Mar
tlnsburg. To get nearer our base OF supplies IL,
therefore, an object Of prime Importance to the sub
sistence Of horses well as nfn.
The column was strsightened out and fairly undcl
way by II o'clock. The Nineteenth army corps hay
ing the right of the line took the right of the pike
marching III two lines, company mont Ihe SiXtt
corps marched in the same manner along the wes
Of the line. The wagon trains occupied the centre
of the column, also marching III two lines along
the nike, the other in the field The artillery
brought up the rear of the column, and the Eighth
corps, or rather the command of general Crook
covered the whole, marching in the rear.
When fairly Strengthened out along the pike ani
in the fields, the troops presented most interesting
sight, to say nothing of the strange accompaniment
of black servants mounted skinny horses, other,
on foot packing cooking utensils and odds and ends
of every kind. There cows driven or led along,
some OF them with soldiers knapsacks dashed upon
their horns in default of better transportation.
At L. II. only the cavalry, whose duty II was TO
cover the TANKS watch against the following Of the
enemy were left behind. Let it ba understood then
that il not from any attack upon us by the enemy
that the army is Withdrawn. The Valley, undoubt-
edly is TO be held; but inasInuch as this can bt
done thirty mile. nearer our base OF supplies as
we'll at Cedar creek, every consideration IS Ill IA
voT of the change
Besides since it is possible to prevent mounted
troops from passing down the Valley either flank
under cover Of the Little North mountain on the
west. the Blue Ridge on the east, who can power
fully threaten cur communications, and which only
cavalry can pursue, catch and cope with Good
generalshp would dictate that the army should be
where it can throw out its cavalry either flank,
and cooperate with it as occasion requires.
large body of rebel cavalry, under Fit4hugh Lee
and Rosser, have passei down the Valley between
Little and Great North mountains, and emerged op-
poslte Winchester Yesterday. They estimated al
one thousand five hundred to two thousand strong
they may be larger The object SAID to be TO at
tack incheser and MaTtinsbulg simultaneously
and capture what supplies we may have accumu-
lated particularly at the latter place. If Wnches
ter cannot be taken, then they to concentrate
Martnsburg. Afterwards they to operate on
the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad, of course.
1t is supposed this cavalry crossed west from
New Market through the gap from which emerges q
branch OF the north fork of the Shenandoah and
following the valley along the head waters OF Cedar
creekrto PughtoWn coming out at Blue gap through
which passes the road from Winchester TO ltomneN
and Mechanicsburg. A glance at the map will show
that this route is wholly protected from observation
| By Little North mountain.
The valley is full of sympathizers with rebellion
and food and forage around there for and beast
The came valley, followed down the bed of Bacl
creek, leads to Martinsburg and Falling Waters
| where the Baltimore and Ohio railroad is struck.
| The army for the present is in camp near Barton
vile, two miles north of Middetown; but the pause
here is probably only temporary one. This large
| emy have not the means at hand for moving TIL
army down the Valley; they cannot sub5lst eXcep
| by bringing large train.
| A later letter says, under date Winchester, No
| vember Q, i. NJ: Colonel Edwards, commanding thi
post, has information through scouts, and by othe
TO large body of the same under RosSer, estimated
| Mt five thousand, reached WarlensyiIlP, Virginia
| on the night of the 7th.
| They stated that the whole command was unde
orders to advance that place, with the design,
1 was supposed, of attacking Winchester and Mar
rinsburg, and also operating on the Baltimore an,
| Ohio railroad. They ascertained that General She
! ridan closely watching their movements an,
was prenered for them at all points, and accordingly
| deemed II prudent to retire. The orders was coun
termanded and the whole body marched, is sup
| posed in the direction of Moorfeld, sixty mile
| west They were said to be Ftzhugn Lees cavalry
| under General Rosser, Lee not being with them
| Everything is quiet here. The railroad is complet
to ChaTle6tOwn and construction trains run 10 sum
| NIT Hill.