The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-19
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Special to Herald

WASHINGTON, June 13--HOoker's
headquarters are near Fairfax and most
of his army is in the vicinity of the old
Bull Run battle-ground 1t does not
seem likely that he will venture into the
valley as he does not know what force of
the enemy is still at Culpepper; but he
will probably come back to the immedi-
ate Notifications so as to prevent flank
movement, and cross the Potomac in
case of emergency on the Maryland side
hear of no movement on the PENN
sular of our forces so as to threaten
Richmond
Special ia the Herald.
WASHINGTON, June ia letter from
a man formerly an officer in the service,
dated Harrisburg, June 16, P NJ, was
received here to-day. 1t states that the
trains of Gen. Tyler from Martinsburg
are just coming in. They report having
left the place on Sunday afternoon when
the enemy's cavalry were within two
miles of the town. They left unmolested
and have seen nothing of the enemy
along the whole route. ~
One of the most intelligent men among
them says they left Chambersburg Mon
day night late and up to that time the
enemy had not made his appearance at
that place.
There is now no doubt that Lee has a
large army with about one-third of it oc-
cupying the country in the vicinity of
Winchester and Martinsburg The loss
of Winchester laid open the Cumberland
Valley and Pennsylvania to invasion,
and iustifies the promptest measures to
increase our army.
Special 10 the Tribune.
WASHINGTON, June 19.-Five or six
hundred paroled prisoners who we're
captured in the cavalry fight at Beverly
Ford, arrived at Annapolis yesterday
Among them was Walter Cooper, the
Captains clerk of the Indanola, who has
arrived here makes the following import
ant statement:
He thinks, judging from the assertions
of the Richmond papers touching Lees
strength at the time of the battle at
Charlottesville and from the reinforce
ments that have been sent within the
last two or three weeks, HAT the rebel
army of the Potomac is between 100000
and 1901 600 strong
From the windows of the Libby Prison
which commands James River at the
point where travellers on the Petersburg
cross, 10000 or 10000 soldiers have
been seen crossing, coming northward
daily for the last two weeks. Those in
last Thursdays train, who were asked,
united in saying they were from Tennes-
see. None of these troops. remain in
Richmond, which is bare of soldiers as
it was at the time of the cavaly raid
Five thousand men could take it to-
day.
There are troops on the Blackwater.
1t was the belief in Richmond that
Lee was to make feigned attack on
Washington, while Stuart invades Penn
sylvania and Maryland. The rebels
were evidently severely handled at Bev-
erly Ford. Thirteen car loads of their
wounded in that engagement had arrived
in Richmond.
There are now in Libby Prison 81 of
fcers of Col. Straight's command, cap
tured by Forrest in Mississippi; 40 off
GERS taken at Beverly Ford, and 100
other men who deserted from cowardice
or home sickness, in tae hope of
speedy return on parole
fho rebels no longer parole these de-
serters, but keep them in closely confn-
ed and treat them so severely that many
of the weak ones are induced to take the
rebel oath of allegiance and join the reb-
ell army to escape The horrors of confne-
ment
Prices in Richmond are growing high
er and higher. Gold is from So so to
50 90 in Confederate money