New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-02
FROM GEN. nANKs's cOHnANo.
Position OF tbc TrOsps-Anofher Move 81
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"a NeRrO-Pasi-FoOied tirginiap,

From Our sPoeisl Conospsrdsni
SAxoT HooE, Md July 23, 1861.
This place il a station only on The Baltimore and
Ollie Railroad, one mile below liaETcfs Ferry, and
the nearest point to the Headquarters Of tie Depart
u,ent Of the Shenandoah at which Il can now datc o
letter. Gen. Banks has his actual headquarters @, O.
farm house o mile or two back rom tho river, and his
command arc eneampci 10 various points on tho Mary
land side of tie Potomac, extending from Williams
port, twenty nics above, ,,hcro tie lth Connecticut
lies, to the Monocasy, Is many miles below, near
which is stationed tie 80 WhcJusin. These Ie oX-
troao out-posis, however, and Die main body o.. the
troops are cucamped in this immediate vicinity.
Another move was made at Harpers Ferry yester-
day afternoon which made me change NY quarters, tho
appearance OF thing indicating thai longer stay there
might prove unhealthy. The "a Massachusetts, re-
NAMED as garrison after The Other troops left Sum
day. and while they were tlero elt no apprehension
of danger from the Rebel fever but az dc rcg.
meut a crossed over 10 this side ast evening leaving
only pckot-gnard Of three companies, and the Post
Office was moved over ll-o, lconsuded thai tue health
Of a correspondent Of The TGruSE ard Treasurer Of
tic New-England Life Assurance Company, WOud be
more secure on the North tide Of the Potomac. his
amos total evacuation Of IlaleI Ferry had no spe-
cial caus9, although thore are many dying runoIs
about lecncmy engin Loadon and Jefferson Countes,
in considerable bodice bu oxcep fcw small squads
Of mounted Guerilla, OF the armed Rebels have
vcnturcd near enough 70 the lines TO be seen by
pckets aud scouts. Last niQLt there was alarm and
a few shots fired by the pigket-, bat no attack.
Except Companies A, Capt. Ajbot' c, Capt.
Cogswell; and G, Capi. Carey, under command IF
Lieut-Co Andrews, left At HarpeIs Ferry on the post
ofhonor, che I'd Ma acJuscis regiment now occupy
DE Maryland Rights or, rather, plateau on tho foot
bills Of The mountain, immediately but Ear below the
Pinnacle where Major Doubleday battery is
planted. Their camp is not a tented one, the camp
eJurase Of an the troops having been removed from
Hupcs Ferry several daya ago, and not yet returned
TO The c mcnt; bat the ground il DRY, the sky clear
and le mountain mir Whoc5omc and inyigonting 20
thlt thc mcn 10 not s1icr llon lodging under " The
bread canopy. Their dniy IN tl's position is 30 sup
port q battery planted on thu brow of the hll fronting
Bolivar aud he upper part Of IImTers Forry, which
j. f3ilne Of three laei G-poudcls two guns belong
ing to the Ncw-lork 9Th, aud ono 10 The Rhode Island
lst, noH manned by the adilleiiss Of The Rhode
Is'ul 81, who have jus come from Washington 10
relieve tiosc OF the ls' Regimen.
There was great gathering yesterday among Tic
people IT Harper Ferry mainly among uon-gesid,nts
anxious 10 ge' away, and 80 il necessary TO get
Pass from Col. Gordon 60 through the lnes in any
direction lie had hs bands fun refer TO IBIS That
may relate little ineiep. which s rather revere on
the Chyaly. A hl Virginan applied to the Colonel
ior Pass andes tho press Of bu5ncs malei, nsecsary
for each applicant 20 furnish bis own, this Pecincn Of
lbe +. F. Y.o-thoaeh possibly, only one Of the
white tras' was asked Tor bis. lie modes''y said
he had " no lsmn =" and couldn't wiita one himself;
wherculon Col. Gordon 20 bis profound astouishmeat
and incilua1ion to,, / suppos., though it was not
exhibited turned him over 10 "a negro servant from
Massachusetts,, vino wrote the rass!
The famous initials Z. f. " have had thcir sigaili-
canca CHANGED by some o. our boss IN she lac cam
Iagn, in conscl of THEN coustml alasriy in uu-
ring. 10 East Footed Vir3iniaus,