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The Valley. Very little is known really of the movements of the Federal forces in the Valley. Our latest information induces the belief that the small force left at Winchester, terrified at the anticipated approach of Jackson's corps, has fallen back to the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and are now at Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg, constituting a guard for that thoroughfare. A detachment of Gen. Robertson's cavalry is said to have occupied Winchester on Tuesday.
smounted for the special service.--The situation, therefore, is a threatening one.--Crossing over to Bath and Sir John's Run, and de stroying the Great Cacapon Bridge, as they did before, and at the same time repeating their demonstration upon Martinsburg, and reducing the Opequan and Pillar bridges to ashes, they can command the road again, and get New Creek in their clutches at last, where, fortunately, however, we have but little left that would be disastrous to lose. These are the movements which are contemplated with the liveliest alarm by those timid loyalists who forget that, this time, the familiar rebel "if" is represented by the man who says he "has always seen the backs of his enemies." On my way to Martinsburg this morning, I conversed with a very frank and intelligent Captain in Donn Piatt's command, just from Winchester. He tells me that Piatt's brigade, of 3,000, without cavalry, had a smart skirmish yesterday with nearly 10,000 of the Ashby horse, three miles f