Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-24
THE ARMY OF The POTOMAC.
IT Is AGAIN ON THE MOVE.
General Burnside to be Relieved
by Foster.
Capture of a Rebel Steamer.
FROM NEW YORK.
NEW YopV N,

NEW 1OhkJ NOV. 10
Times special:
An officer on General Banks staff wri-
ting to friend here, says large guam
! tity of cotton was captured near Browns
vile and expeditions had been sent up the
river to get all they could find. The Union
men in Brownsville, who hailed with de-
light the capture made by our forces, were
forming themselves into defensive orgsni-
cations, and rendering valuable services
as scouts.
The cotton which will be thrown into
market by our occupation of Texas will
reach rs, 900 bales. The amount stored on
the Rio Grande line is immense.
The day of General Schofsld's hesita-
tons is past and his order to recruit from
slaves the same as from white men is out.
The President yesterday, in course of
conversation, remarked that the next two
weeks would be momentous period Of
the rebellion.
A Chattanooga correspondent writing
under date of the 18th SAYS:
Will Bragg move upon Burnside with
portion of his forces, leaving the remain
der to resist an advance on the part of the
federars? Has he sufficiently fortified his
position in front Of Chattanooga to allow
him to do this .? That he might have done
this had not the situation been changed
within the last tTenty-hours is possible,
but as Hooker's advance from Bridgeport
settled the supply question, so another
movement has settled the possibility of
flank movement on East Tennessee. What
it is l am not at liberty to say, but it will
not be shrouied in mystery long. IT. as
is alleged by some refugees and deserterz,
a portion Of Bragg's forces have already
started on their mission against Burnside,
they must be Immediately recalled or
rebel communications will be severed and
the whole army threatened from the rear
Whatever movements may occur to compel
Bragg to change mis- base, no advance will
take place till Chattanooga can be made
the sase Of supplies. To advance even
with a certainty Of driving Bragg to At
lanta, before that time, would be madness.
That place can only Be converted iato such
base, after the railroad is completed be-
tween Bridgeport and Chattanooga
Events and meneuvering may bring on
battle, but l doubt il unless the rebels
concentrate all their armies and make 8
desperate effort to regain East Tennessee,
but certain it is they cannot take the Of
feDsi7e.
Special dispatches to the World from
Washington say:
Adyices from the front tonight, other
than those Of your special correspondent,
state that the weather has cleared up and
the roads but little damaged by the late
rains. In view of this important results
are now daily anticipated. The enemy are
certainly in force on the south bank of the
Rapidsn.
Iribune's Washington special:
The Navy Department has advices from
the Vanderbilt down to the second or third
week Of October. The Vanderbilt left
the Cape Of Good Hope early in the month
and when two days out fell in with Dutch
vessel il disabled condition, and, to save
the lives of forty persons on board, the Van
derbilt took the vessel in tow and returned
with her to the Cape, thus loOsing four
days.
At last accounts the Vanderbilt was at
the Island Of Msuritius and the Alabama
in the Bay Of Bengal. The Captain of the
Vanderbilt is believed to be well informed
with regard to the rebel pirates Curse.
Rumors are afost here to night to the
effect that General Grants forces had ad-
vanced upon Bragg and were now in At
lanta, Georgia, with Bragg in full retreat
These rumors have no shadow of fouDds-
ton.