Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-06-19
Special to New Yor X Tribune.

New YORK, June IS.
Five or six hundred paro!ed prisoners, who
were captured in the cavalry fight at Beverly
Ford, arrived at Annapolis yesterday. With
them came Mr.. Walter Cooper, the Captains
clerk of the Indianola, who has been in Lib
hey prison since the capture of his vessel.
Mr.. Cooper, who has arrived here, makes the
following important statement: r-f
He thinks judging from the assertion of
the Richmond papers touching Lees strength
at the time of the battle of Charlottesville and
from the reinlorcements that have been sent
within the last two or three weeks that the
rebei army OF the Potomac is between 1901 900
and 100000 strong. From the windows of
the Libby prison, which commands the James
river at the point where travellers on the
Pittsburg Railroad cross, 10000 or 1000
soldiers have been seen coming Northward
daily, for the past two weeks. Those on the
last Thursdays train who were asked, united
in saying that they were from Tennessee.
None OF these troops remain in Richmond
which is as bare of soldiers as it was at the
time our Cavalry just missed capturing the
rebel capital. One thousand men could take
it to-day.
Petersburg is also without garrison
There are no troops on the Black Water.
1t was the general opinion in Richmond
that Lee twas to make a feignted attack on
Washington, while Stuart invaded Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland. .a s.5 :
The rebels were evidently severely handled
at Beverley Ford. Thirteen car loads of :heir
wounded in that engagement arrived at
Richmond
There are in Libbey Prison 81 officers of
Col. Straight's command, captured by For
rest IN Mississippi, 40 officers taken at Bev-
erly Ford, and 100 other men who deserted
from cowardice or homesickness in the hope
OF speedy return on parole. The rebels no
longer parole their descrters but keep them
closely confined and treat them so severely
that many of the weak ones are induced to
take the rebel oath of allegiance and even to
join the rebel army, to escape the horrors of
confinement
Prices in Richmond are growing higher and
higher. Gold is from So, to So in Confed-
crate money.
| Special to Tribune.
| WASHINGTON, June II.
at the approach of the fugitives from Win
chester in some instances, Pennsylvania farm
ers set fire to their barns.
l. is still believed not improbable that the
rebel army will undertake movement into
the Free States, and that the services of every
man who offers may yet be brought into
requisition.
The belief now is that Lee is not now in
the Shenandoah Vallsy, but his present where
abouts are not ascertained
NEW YORK, June II.
The 7th regiment marched down Broadway
l pnYO11fQ rsh, nk II 81 ~ AL
regiments leave this afternoon.
| PHILADELPHIA, June 10.
The Baltimore Clipper of last evening
states: -...-
We learn from the headquarters of Gen.
Schenck that the rebels invested Harper's
Ferry on the 9th and attempted to surprise
Gen. Tyler. The latter retired to Maryland
Heights and shelled the rebels, compelling
them to evacuate the Ferry. The rebels then
rereated to Williamsport. Tyler recrossed
and occupied his former position.
The rebels tore up the railroad, and dam
aged the canal. ;aae
Travel is resumed between Harper's Ferry
and Baltimore.
Accounts agree that the rebels have left
Chambersburg, and are now at Westminster,
and but small force at Hagerstown.
A special to the Enquirer from Washing
ton, says letter from an aid of Gen. Lowell,
found in rebel mail, states that the rebel
cavalry are en-route for Pittsburg from Suf-
folk. There were only three rebel regiments
in the vicinity of Blacxwater on Saturday.
No rumors of any fighting by Hooker.
HARRISBURG, June, IS.
1t is believed there are no rebel troops in
the State now. Jenkins cavalry was at Ha-
gerstown last night. There is no evidence of
there having been any infantry with him.
The rebels cleaned out all the drug stores,
paying in Confederate scrip, they also took a
number Of the most prominent farmers in that
section. '-