The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-19
.ne Valley and Northwest.

numerous and onfiicttng reports
'"',s -,.tu, Of affairs In the valley ano
'.,svs., none Of which, howevsr, prsssn.
.,ss 10 an unfavorable light; and all o
q 'ss .sad to confirm the we'll -founded In,
u " mat the time 10 net remotely envel
go. ,ns future, when that fair per ton 81
is.,.,xs utii be restored to Virginia and
..,,uy. though IN large force, have evi
all he blow Inflicted At Mcdowell,
re uneasy and alarmed. Gradually the
,olamns Of Banks are falling beck be-
~ cautious advance Of Jackson and Ew
,,d he Yankees mapifestly feel that they
80. sa, slight tenure upon the fine farms
-,,,s The tanaticism OF Greeley had prom
:. hem IN that rich sec don. Many Of them
MD readily rsiir uish all their right ano
u. 70 extensive domain for q positive assu'
..,.,hs. they would not be called upon to
X,,us permanent occupants Of lot OF
,-,.pd not more than six feet by two.
W have heard Of Jackson's position. ant
,ms,ting OF his movements, but we have
.rors doubts as to the propTisty Of giving
hem publicity, and consulting our own judg'
mspi pr udentIy withhold them. Suffice 1t e
,,v, sr public qualification, that he 10 &C.
py.y alert, and fully alive 10 the mar H u
,,.s of his adroit and unscrupulous foe
KEEL is where he ought to be, ready to strike
/, blow at the point where his services are
rs; needed.
Our latest informatio states that Banks,
9Th his force, is in the neigh borhood OF
woodstock, evincing his insecurity by throw.
r up entrsnchm snts, thus Offering q show
/, resistance to the march Of cur army down
h, Valley. Some movement 10 plainly In
|oop xmr lation by this division Of the Federal
Anew. The forces which have here tofore c.
,up,ed and overrun the counties of Page and
warren have been Withdrawn, and it Is In =
ssr-.d tha, the column Of Banks 10 either en-.
lesvoling to strengthen itself By concentra.
hon, or preparing for an entire withdrawal
Hon that quarter, with view to q connsc.
!!n.eirf the line Of the Raj pahannock. This
halter movement will, in all probability, be
,o,lsd. Gen. Jackson is too shrewd and en-
srrstic az commander to permit his fec thus
easily to escape.
Areport, tols1ably we'll authenticated, states
tbs. the enemy appeared at Jackson's river.
n. terminus of the Virginia Central Rail.
,s.d, on Saturday last at one O'Clock, a.
raicA time Geographic communication be-
Fesn that point and 6taunton ceased. They
q. believed to bs In small force. Jackson's
.rer 10 so miles from the 4reenbrier White
|spLur Springs, 6 miles from the Rockbridge
I'M. and IS miles above Staunton. What
,utic plar portion OF the enemy's forces that
ave occupied this point, or where they came
-om, is not stated.
Cor frIaatory OF this latter report we find
ne following In the last number Of the
I'VE burg Republican
YAHKsBs At rBR WRITE EuLPHuR.-We are
informed that torce Of between twelve and
lf,een hundred of the enemy now occupies the
,ounty OF Green brier. Tnis was quite unex.
pee led to the people of tina county, who look.
ed only for Darauding parties. and for such,
rnpe preparations had been made. This un.
txp,c ted force succeeded in driving the only
mems c defsncs from tie county as far a.
he Sweet Springs, In Monroe, and we are
io.y TO learn that In u skirm ish with the enc
ny. several citZsrs ale missing, whom 1t is
igpposed ere killed.