The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-11
OUR ARMIES.
Fota ths T;plss

Secretary Stanton fayors the country this morn
irg with official dispatches from the army on tho
jane, from our army IN the Shenandoah valley,
from our army in Georgia, from our forces in
Midd'e Tennessee, and from our force in South
esstern Kcnucky, lately operating in South
western Virginia. Thes- dispatches come direct
from General Grant 10Th iust.), from General
Butler (Sih inst }, rom Sheridan (7th inst) from
General Sherman (9th inst). from General
Thomas 18Th inst and from General Burbridse
(8ih insO We are enabled thus to get a full
view at the fields Of active operation.
To iegh VITA thu mos impUrtIn crcunstauce
Of whicb this morning we get the first intOrma
tion-tbe rclrogHde movement OF Sheri Ian in the
ShenhDdUah. General sheridan Informs Il, that
ON ii uri day last hi, army commenced moving
nOTtbwHTd n The Shenandoah valley, aud by
SAtnTUty had reached Strasburg, which Is about
nifty miles above Port Republic from near which
. be started. In moving back, the whole country
from the Blue Riuge to the North NJ ,untain
including 'bG Luruy valley and Lttie Fort vtl-
ley, as wei ~ Toe mann vi ley, was made uutent-
BILE Tor Rche army, 10y the >tru ctor of seventy
mills Il lea with corn aud wheat, and ill fhe
gram and forage in over two thou,Aud btrns
BESIDES The cap ure Of four ;hou-and heat of
= stock, three thousand sheep, aud large number
Of horses.
GcuGat Sheridan SAYS the people in tha valley
are new &, tting siCK OF war, though heretofore
thty ban no reason 10 complain, aS tIev wed 10
X, E.
followed out Il Instructions of Lieuten int Gene
raj Giant who means 10 m,ke impOssihls the
peru an nj rcc, patton of this region hN a NehJl
army. 4eu RAJ Sheridan says his 8 iders have
been lushWhaCkeu ny 'ho peOple al thruugn the
valley, TINS showing that tn y are allies of the
Rebel amy.
The cHemN'4 infantry forces did not follow him
up il bio ret or DC, Gut tue whol- OF the sDJl
cavtirN II the v.licy, undcr Russer huag u1On
his rear, yG him some anuOyancs. oAeri
dan Ottnmih,d d 70 MAKE a delay OF a day 60
"setlle thiS new cavary Gencrt" AMI no
dieC ed 10 her 10 "iuisn him" on SUNDAY last,
which To H. ~ - ms g. hav' dOu. IN a s.yle that
deserves 10 he called Shsiidan'S O,cg. Hs took
from the Rene- eleven gam, Masking thIty. six
piec Of artillery captured in tho entire cam
paIrU.
AS 20 tie ultimate purpose of Sheri an We
Deed L,t spycuiate; but tore il doubt tht, his
present muN' men !, arcOrdaut with orders from
l. eutenan Guor'a Grant, who h1pDsHad TO be
L. w so ng'on whcu Sheridan INA 10 ~ I1vtnce
upon EHT'y, tbr e ~ eks agp, and again, il .esns
hOppep,d 10 he IN Washingt N whel sheridan
began his rctrutrde. In this c,nurctiOn, the
RicbmO.d sentinel of Saturday last tell, US that
siico tho 'ecOnt Ot tins month tn " Yankees
have teen running trans on the o augs ant
AleXandTiu II ~, al from Alexandra TO the K ip-
pahannock ryeT. aud it saws IL is "probtu tuat
Sher, az de -Gh 70 th,OW h,nwT HDJH this De,o
hne " th a view 10 place uiu,ulf .arer 20 Grant
and bu- ia.iutae combine ana s.'uu ttuebIs
operst Ors sEsm,t K camuud." Necreta Y S anton
Rso IN h'N OniieHu IT tti, morning, LIS us that
the RAJ road ueiug EXTENDED ~ Front ROYAL
for the supPy oi sheridan"
From c'htl departments and srmies thete Il
nOthDp a solute UeN, though the tac,s o iicialy
given ave deeply increasing. General Buffers
CeApach ~ ale, 10 Ga, actiuu Of Fridly LAST on the
NORTH bdnk Of the James the second Rlbel
at empt ana their cOnd failure tp drive him from
his position. Tie says that our success was a
decicto Oue; 81 IN reference to the me iGair Is
The despalcb OF LieuteuaDt-Ge GENERAL Gran, who
says he hhus t'.t our casualties were mu h less
than hrst rrpuTted-fhat four han ired will Iver
our tntre .Us- while the enemy's /. nearly twice
'HTlt.
0CDerai SheinIn gives us notes upon the re-
cent OhtIsivt movements OF Hood and the b title
Of AlHrssua, Wniyh he had anticipated and nuen
propHIrd Tor. he Rtbeis, Us we had previously
been taform' d, were thwartcd. Hold, OIserging
oar hiWoact, moved rapidly back & ID las,
amt, say Sh rulan, significantly, II am watching
him
G. n'ial Thomas, a. N ishvlllc, iuG,rms us that
forItnt has fled out Ot TeuntssctLsnd has loss ID
the river of that name. 10 st.g. that Rou>se tu
did not ,'yCTteke aud dcs itY4iim hnt we have
at lenst got rd OF the raiders preseace IN Ten.
nessee.
GfDera' bur6TdRe sends despatch from Cat
letsliure, kcuturhy, giving he detaiis OF his
recent raid rpsn she sal works of Sou hwe5.ern
Rheii'ia, frum winch u appears that the X ,bel
cla'ms of great yic'ory we're quite absurd.
To Obtain n clear birf6.eye view of tue move
mebts of vaht "rmies on gigantic iie o. We ad yisa
all to study the remarkable bulletin Of to-day
frGm the War Office.