, 1862-10-06
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT FROM
FORTRESS MONROE.
IRE tARTEL OF EXCHANGE,
THE HARPER'S FERRY SURRENDER
BEING INVESTIGATED,
i Wisconsin Colonel Dismissed from
the Service.

WASHINGTON, Oct. lit is believed that
the ncarest point to Washington on tho South
ern Potomac, at which there arc any rebels, ia
the Rappahannock Station, on the Orange and
Al.Aand1ta railroad, f1fty.one miles from
Alexandria.
This morning. one Of Gen. 1fallcck's scouts
brought In man named II. Mckenuey, who
vas arrested near Leesburg on the charge OF
Icing sly In tho rebel service. lilo was ta-
ken lefore the provost marahal, Who seut him
to the uld capitol prlsun.
The fo}loWiDg is Tho cartel under which
rrisoncrs arc exchanged in tho existing var
with the Southern States:
HAXALL'5 LAND1Sti, on JAMES RtyEE.l
The undersigned, having been commis-
sioncd BY the authorizes They respectively
represent, to nuke arrangements for il geDeriI
exchange Of prisoners OF war, hare agreed to
lie following articles;
, Ar ART,ctE ',. 1.-it is hereby agreed and s'ipu-
lated that all ptf5oncrs Of war held By either
party, Including those taken on private armed
vessels, sllall DC discharged, upon conditions
"rrlsoncrs TO 30 exchanged, man for
man, and officer for officer; prlvatccrs
to be placed upon the footing OF oiil:
officers Of lower grades may be exchangeai,lo
ior officers Of higher grades, aud men aud oil
GERS ot d1fltrCnt services may be exchapuyI
according to the fOlloisln scale Of equivalents;
a general commanding or an att-
iniral shall be exchanged tor officers of equal
rini, or ior sixty p1lgates or common seallcu;
Lug otllcer Or major general for officers OF
tqusl rsnk or forty priVates Or common sea.
ultn; cenmnIdtr Chrrying br .ld ppnuaut
II brsadlcr general for twenty prlYates;
captain ~ the navy or colonel for fifteen p1i-
;atts; a Lieutenant colonel or commander In
II lieutenant commander or m,jor for eight
TttMtes; lieutenant Or master III navy Or
cApta1ll In army or marines tvr six privates
masters mate Or lieutenant und ensisas III
army for four prlyates or common
fca1Ien; .ntdslnplnen or. warrant officers,
Ut prlyateere for three priyates or common
tea1nen. I'd. Captains, lfenteuants, ,or masters Of
merchant vessels or prlvatecr3, and all petty
officers In tle navy, aud I'LL non conmi:.
stoned officers In the army or marines, shall
1o: iseycrally eAci,apgcd for persons Of e4ual
ecamcn: aud prlyato soldiers or seanlen shall
DO exchanged fur cach Other IMAM for mall,
ART. 2nd. Local, state, civil, and militia
rank held by ptrsons not In service, will not
bU recognized I'LL the basis Of exchange Is
made, being tho grade equally lell IN tbs Sur.
vico Of the respective parties.
Art. 3. II citizens held by either Marty on
charges Of disloyalty or any alleged civil OF:
fcncea ore exchanged, it slall only 10 for clsi-
zens: Captured suttlGis anu transfers aud all
civilians IN actual service of either party shall
be exchanged Tor pcrsons ln sinlillr position
ART. !. AL prisoners Of var are to 10 or
charged on parole In ten days aiter, their can
tu1e nnd prisoners nov held and those lurea(.
ter taken tn be transported ta parties mutual
y :agrsea upon Of tug sxpense Of the captur.
clsrged Shall not 10 DtS pef'ntssd no. 10 teke SS
military, police or constlbulafy forcs in
any tort, gnfrison or field work held by either
oi the respective PARTIES, nor as guards of
prisons, dGpots or stores, nor to 30 discharged
'om f e9shays any ha"ty 9saally ny @ by soldiers
cartel: Exchange is not 10 bu considered
complete until tue oilicrrs or men exchanged
shull be actually restored to tho lines to which
A1t7. 8. Each party upon discharge Of pr1s.
oncrs OF other party Is authorized to discharge
an EQUAL number OF tIlcll own officers or men
from parole furnishing at so,nu ttmo to tue
other party list of their prisoners dischar ,ed
aud Of their men relieved from parole, titus
cnnbltrg each party to relieve from parole |
fueh oi their Own officers md men rs tue I
party nay choose. The list thus mutually
tue tue condition ofexchangiug prisoners
AIT. G.-Tle stipulations aud provisions |
aforementioned arc to be Of bluding obliga-
ton during tlu cuntinua nee uf tho war. It |
matters not which party may ll,vo tic sur.
rlus Of prisoners, the great principles inyoly- |
I'd being: First. all equitable exchange Of |
prisoners, man for man, officer for otilcer, |
and officers Of higher grades as for prlyates,
according to the sculc Of equivalents; second,
that rfiyateers aud officers aud men OF ditlsr.
ent services may be exchanged according to
scale OF equivalents; third, tIst all prisoners,
Of whatever nr1n OF service, nre 10: be cx.
changed or parolcd ten days from the tune
OF their capture If It. be practicable to |
transfer them. to their o"n lines in
Eat time, # not rs SOON tser,.
ntter ns practicable; fourth, that no
1tlctr. or soldier, er cmrlo}e In the service |
of either party /: to be considered as cxcllang.
I'd antt ahso1ycl from Ills parole Until his |
lquiyalcnt has actually reached tho lines Of !
lis fritn tnds; nth. that the parole forbtds pr.
LonstatMary duty.
{stguCd,) JHo. A. Dig,
NM. Gen. U. s. Il.
d. Hill,
MAJ. Gen. c. s. a.