November 23, 1863, The New York Herald
There is no change in the Army of the Potomac. The different corps occupy the same positions which they did ten days ago. The enemy are working like beavers on their defences at the Rapidan. Meade’s troops are in good spirits, and eager for a fight. Mosby’s guerillas made a dash on a party of our cavalry near Bealton Station on Saturday, and carried off three commissary wagons. They were pursued as far as Thoroughfare Gap, and five of them captured.
Doubts having been expressed in regard to the truth of the statement that General Burnside was to be relieved of his command by General Foster, it may be stated that the order for the change was issued on the 16th instant and General Burnside is ordered to report to the Adjutant General in Washington.
There is nothing lately in Chattanooga.
We learn by the Star of the South, from New Orleans, that on the 13th instant the Thirteenth army corps, lately operating in the Teche country, embarked to BrashearCity for some unknown point in Texas, by way of Berwick’s Bay.
A full history of the Rio Grande expedition by our special correspondent together with important accompanying maps, is given in our columns today. The Mexican combinations in Tamaulipas and the conflicts of Cortinas, Cobos and Ruiz, will be found very interesting.
A second edition of the Johnson’s Island conspiracy found an exciting circulation in the neighborhood of Burlington, Vermont, yesterday, arising from reports that a body of rebels in Montreal had planned to seize FortMontgomery, destroy the drawbridge at Rouse’s Point, and plunder Plattsburg and Burlington. Information of such a plot reached Governor Smith and Collector Clapp on Friday. They immediately took steps to communicate with the officer in charge of FortMontgomery, who soon had its guns manned and read to give the renegades a warm reception.
Governor Smith is […..] for them” – that is, when they come.