November 2, 1863, The New York Herald
Affairs in the Army of the Potomac do not present many new features. Beyond some guerilla movements in the rear of General Meade’s army, and some manÅ“uvering for favorable positions for an anticipated coming fight on the part of both armies, there is nothing of any importance going on.
The HERALD correspondents who follow the fortunes of the Union armies have suffered somewhat severely by their enterprise and daring in the effort to obtain early and accurate news by personal exposure and indifference to danger. four of our special correspondents are now prisoners in the hands of the enemy: — Mr. S.G. Bulkeley, who is in Castle Thunder, Richmond, Virginia; Mr. Finley Anderson, who is held in durance on the miserable pretext of being a spy in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Messrs. L.A. Hendricks and G. H. Hart, who are captives in the hands of the rebel guerilla chief Mosby, having been taken at Auburn Station, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, the night before last.
The story of General Hooker’s late resistance to the attack of the rebels near Chattanooga and the repulse of the enemy is recounted in a despatch to the War Department from General Thomas. The forces under Generals Howard and Geary behaved splendidly, driving the enemy from the breastworks and across the creek at the point of the bayonet. The Eleventh Army corps, under Howard in this gallant fight, recovered the laurels it lost at Chancellorsville.
The sale of government bonds proves how high the national credit stands, and presents a marked contrast to the financial condition of the rebel government. The subscription agent at Philadelphia reports the sale of $16,500,000 five-twenties on Saturday, making over $36,000,000 for the past week. One hundred and fifty millions of these bonds still remain open for the enterprise of capitalists. Foreign competition is said to be very heavy, and may probably absorb a very large portion of the bonds, together with what will be taken by banks and trust companies for investment. The agent, under these circumstances, desires to avoid any favoritism, by giving timely notice of the contingencies of the loan being consumed, and summarily placed beyond the reach of the people except at a premium.
A despatch from Cincinnati tells of a wonderful conspiracy, said to have been just discovered in Ohio, the objects of which are to release the rebel prisoners in Camp Chase, to seize the arsenal at Columbus, smash up the penitentiary, let John Morgan loose on the world, and do considerable damage generally, including overthrow of the State government “and the commencement of its rebel campaign in Ohio.” The developments of this extraordinary conspiracy will no doubt be intensely interesting if they should ever come to light.