From (hat time Greene's communications to the president of congress are full of the hurried preparations 2:oing on at New York for some important enterprise ; little did [ie, or any other |)erson suspect to what point that enterprze was directed.

It appears that General Greene had estabh'shed a regular communication for obtainitig intelligence from the city by spies; and his correspondents in that place were at a loss whether the expedition was intended for Rhode Island or Virginia, ''j'o one er other of these plnces (he enemy had been careful to throw out hint?!, or exhibit appearances, that the expedilioa was directed.

Yet Greene was not deceived, for in a letter of the 21st (just two days before the discovery of the plot) to General Washington he writes, " Colonel communicated the last

intelligence we have from New Y'ork ; since that I have not been able to obtain the least inlorrnation of what is going on there. Though we have people in from three different quarters, none of them returning:, makes me suspect some secret expedition is in contemplation, the success of which depends altogether upon its being kept a secret.

The British conmander had now become sensible that no time was to be lost, as most probably, on the return of Washington from Hartford, he would assume the command in person at West Point, or confide it to Greene. The present, therefore, was the most favorable time that would ever present itself-''^-

"Andre was accordmgly dispatched in (he Vulture sloopof war. to hold a personal conference wi(h General Arnold. I'he Vulture ascended t.;e Hudson river on the k!Oih, as far as Teller's Point, and came to anchor at (he mouth of the Haversiraw bay. Here Andre eagerly awaited some opportiujity to acquaint Arnold with his arrival. An occasion tor so doing presented itself the next day.