The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-06-26
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The iusolenes q the rebels ia regard 4
The exchange es p4Isceers is past ali e.al.a
rance. WAils. ne hold Eoas ur sse rris
onsss to ihesr ene, ae;s probably eyen
greater propaFGl.a, ;!,ey xssa.as the rish
10 regaists sha Hha!s naeatEasion oe sht
exchanges ho.a ca their 0ua side sna on
ears They eeally isl! as aAat they woa
E'a, aud sszt as eaolly what wo n.ost and
| shall 3e. IL sli cases threatening that, 4
things axe aot done exactly ses,oraiag u
ths!s S|ets!jca, exchanges shall cease
altogether. They held certain prisoner.
whose release ear Government has in vain
been seeking 10 procure fer many months,
aud nc reason Whatever IS given for their
detention, sad none can be Imagined
except 3 determination 10 withhold what
our authorities are known to desire very
/ earnestly.
| We hold as prisoners a considerable
number Of rebel priyateersmen. These
men, in their operations upon the high
seas, did violence to all The laws Of civil
lied warfare, and our authorities pretty
much made up their minds to keep them
till the end OF the war and have them
tried f0r piracy. But the rebels gave
formal notice, three or four weeks ago,
that the semi-pirates must be given up or
the prisoners whose discharge the United
States Government so anxiously desired
should never be discharged. Our Gov
ernment, after some hesitation, concluded
to grant the hard conditions. and actually
sent the semi-pirates for exchange to Fort
ress Monroe, where the negotiation failed
because the rebels backed out from the
arrangement which they themselves had
proposed. Noso the rebels tell Us tha.
there shall be no more exchanges unless
Gen. Buckner, charged with treason and
indicted for it by the judicial authorities
OF Kentucky, shall be exchanged for Gen.
Prentiss, the officer who so strangely and
lnexeusably permitted himself to be sur
prlsed by the enemy at Pittsburg landing
1t We were to yield to rebel dictation and
rebel threats in this matter, the very
next notice would be, that there shall be /
no more exchanges until one hundred and /
eighty men Of NOrgan's thieving and .
band, captured at Lebanon,
shall be given up. Lieut. Col Wood. of
that band, is actually boasting now thathe !
viii very speedily be exchanged, and no
doubt his confidence rests upon knowl-
edge OF the determination Of the rebel
Government to make the release of the
robbers of the guerilla bands an absolute
of any further exchanges at
Ill.
We may. as well meet these impudent
md presumptuous demands squarely first
IS last. The rebels should understand,
hat, in the matter of the exchange of
prisoners, they occupy but a poor position
or debating terms and conditions to us.
: they will have it SO, let the exchanges
toP-stop just as long as they choose .
Deeply Go we sympathize with the brave !
nd unfortunate patriots now held in
dungeons and denied many of !
he necessaries and all the comforts of ,
ife, and otherwise cruelty maltreatcd, but j
re know that they will calmly and even y
heerfully bear their hardships and 7
-rongs rather than see their government
umble itself before the rebel Confeder-
cy by unworthy and degrading conpH- /
lces. t