Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-20
FROM BANKS COLUMN.
urLr7Aay AND CIVIL Affairs AT wrscussrfR.

Correspondence Of the associated Press.
WlHcHEsrEa, June :. The Potomac Enc
Shenandoah rivers ale highrr than for Ior
years bu(ure, reta,ding the movements of t!:e
army corps under General Banks. Tho loss
tho bridgs at Harper's Ferry, and imPosaibii
ly OF CROSSING with safety, Cit IN orr supply
trains az we'll "a portion oi cur troops AM
compelled Qusrterlnsatera to supply the troop!
by way Of Cumberland. Yesterday however, TIT
supply trains OF General Williams division size
ccedcd in getting over Mt Williemsport, ahd
Guneral Greeno's brigade will cross to day.
There is no rail transportation between here
md liarpcr's Ferry, thu bridge over The Opo-
guam having iiehn destroyed, and tho embark
ment ut Shenandoah City washed AMY. The
telegraph along the same route has been PSF.
TALLY destroyed ttuH VIC are just at present
cut Of from any regular communication with
the EEh.
General Fremont, st last accounts, was 81
Mount Jscksni, pursuing The Rebel force up
the Valley General Shields, Bftor leaving
Middetown, went up tbs Luray Valley as for
ss Elk Run, or Swift Run Gap, but falling to
overtake or cut CT tho enemy, in consequence
Of tho bridges having been destroyed, returned
togai ds Front Royal. Beyond doubt Jackson
has escaped with but little loss. Returned
prisoners ssy his force is reduced almost to the
starving point Tor want Ct food, subsisting on
two crackers per day.
\ considerable number OF paroled GONZALES
cent prisoners, Lett here By Jackson on his
retreat, go to Washington to-day. Thence
they will te sent home to await an exchange.
Mast OF those remaining in hospital are doing
we'll, ard bat Tery feT deaths have occurred
among thcm DR.. Antissll, Acting Medical
Direclar OF rhe Corps, is indetstigsbie in his
attention to them. Many ladies of the town
arc uarcnitting in their attention TO the wants
Of the sick and wounded.
There ere now in confinement hsrs sixty
Rebel prisoners of war, under charge oil Dap
tain Cogs we'll, OF the second Massachusetts,
and between thres snd four hundred are Cow
en- route hither from Strasbirg. These will
be sent to Baltimore tomorrow. In order to
prevent any insult to the prisoner, as we'll as
any demonstration on The part CT secession
sympalhizars, strong patrol will escort them
through the town, who will promptly suppress
and punish any attempt OF the kind.
General Banks has his headquarters here at
present. Captain Bertram, ID Wisconsin,
Deputy Provost Marshal, nsintsins excellent
nrlsr, and is quietly searching the houses Of
ao.ed secess ionists Tor arms, articles contra :
band OF war, and army and su.lors' supplies,
which sre appropriated to private use. Tbs
uslial Provost Guard has been augmented By
the Goth New York.
Tae regulations concerning passes to citi-
zcT,s arc much more stringent than e7eT be-
foro UnlCss applications aro endorsed oy
some OF the best Union cit;zcns.in town, they
bio refused BY Captain Borlran, and a strict
watch is kept on all the roads leading from
town.
It has recently eome to light that on Friday
morning previous to tina stack on Oolonpl
Eenly Of Front Royal large mail was received
here from Jsckson's army, conveying the in
telligsncs that he Was approaching with an
overpoweTlnE force. The female secession
relies were lubilant % well as defiant 1t 10
also known that other mails had been pvevi-
oualy received from the same point but all
attempts to ferret onl the parties engaged
huyu thus III failed.
A gentleman well known 10 many Of our
Ctiicurs, who Was concealed several days in
town, overheard cJurersa ton participated in
by Confederate officers. One who appears 10
be veil informed 10 regard to rebel movements
81 d if Richmond vas evacuated tho whole
fol &C would be thrown into the Valley, and
would maintain y guerilla warfare TO the
last.
General Uooper's brigade passed through
town yesterday in excellent spirits and health.
ltsurpri4es observers Of the hostility c1hibi-
ted toward; our army on lis retreat, to meet
now with such numbers Of good Uaon-nen"
here The femsle sscessioniata alone taxa pride
in having their real Sentiments known to lib
by words, gestures and deeds. Hereafter out
ward demonstrations Of their secession pro-
cll7ities will be promptly suppressed By the
military authorities.
Jackson did not hesitate to declare that the
main object Of his expedition had failed and
be attributed the failure to the non-arrirsl OF
his rear supports, under Longstreet and Smith.
He said his whole force reached nearly SIXTY
thousand men.
General Sigsl vss serenaded last night at