The New York herald., 1863-12-31

on Friday.
The country viii be anxou. to know what General bat
er mas 70 say about all this understand that be last
nRht forwarded dispatches TO tho Secretary Of War
he snoleet II seems TO they will bo worth seeing.
DO was very angry last evening ha bears mark OF pas
sioh Today Tor ! met him the ramparts aud he
seemed as placid as tho heaveDs. Notwithstanding ap
ances however, have DO doubt that The lion shook
have not before mo the terms n words and ngures,
OF the cartel but think the rebels demanded that all the
cooIed troops shall be counted outside the privileges OF
exch1nge, bot subsequently, made full or quasi agree
M nea 20 eau them men, and 30 pass them over nndor
cover of that cognomen Tho rebels ikew so dcmanded
that aer an exchange had been made OF man for man
we Should parole tho surplus OF their In hands,
some eighteen or twenty thousand prisoners or perhaps
more aud pass them into the concderacy 80 that
suppse, like the liberated rebels at Vcksburg, they
could swell and strengthen the ranks u the public
enemy do not know how far our government yielded
on Ine AtIer point but the rebels am quite well in
FORMED insist it. and declare that they will accept
notnhs ess II s probable that goveenment moved
by motives Of humanity has assented will assent, TO
ny onaVcs which the rebels may impose short OF
hoere'nn ~ onr soldiers from the prisons OF Rchmoud,
and rescue them from famine and death and yet hope
not
Since writing tho foregoing have conversed with
General Butler these matters He tolls that tho
reoel ominssoner Of Exchange, Mr. 0ud. insists that
have made in behalf OF their own soldiers
VINO are prisoners OF war, consent 1, sacrifice
tS9 tor SUssa soldiers pass over their officers s
them punishment by the rebel Congress and employ
ano.her commissioner OF exchange TO represent the
United states, no exchange be Effected This, you
sec, pretty much as have stated II on tho authority
OF Other sourcea The General thinks that there but
one way to meet ths state OF things, and that BY
the sIernest retaliation He sneered At the threat held
out 10 Jefferson Davis proclamation against himself and
hs ohcers and declared that II hair on the head OF ono
OF DIS officers soldiers DO injured, except IN just war
rare the day that that IS done shall be day OF sorrow
ana mourning for ali mea included in the socaed icon
ieaeae states OF America" lie pronounced tho Interrupt
oh OF the exchange sunday by the Richmond Cabinet
ie'ch he now thinks that our government, having ex
hanfted every form OF appeal 10 the rebel govern
mtnt to exchange prisoners whom they cannot from
stafvdHu-a state or things which all writers on the
uses and laws of nations declare TO be Just grounds for
the men 80 held by all enemy TO be lberaed-there Is
nothing hit TO the Unted states but TO authorize that
snncro number Of rebel eicers be placed under such
keeping aud be upon such diet shall IN all respects
correspond 10 The treatment ss - clothing food aud fuel
tha our wrechd receive IN the steucb houses Of the
robe capital did not think the General IN degree
excited but be was emphatic in all that he said IN regard
TO retaton. And think be but interprets IN all this
nottn iban the fecng Of the whole army
evideat that he thinks the time auspcious for an
appeal TO the nation for he reasons the country hav
ing now ex hansed negotiation conciaon and offers OF
pardon, II IS time 10 call upon the loyal North for voun
teers 10 relieve the national pris confined at Rich
nond and there cin be- he added. "sir occasion
for bounty or othcr Inducements 10 OIL up armies.
Why" be remarked, "the rebels could have done no
better thnS 70 unite the North 10 revive the spirit
evoked throughout the nation TO the point m which It
stood upon the receipt OF the intelligence OF tho attack
Fort Sumter And believe all this 10 be true and
further that no man, loyal or dsoyai would dare TO
20 the baiioba prisoners
The truth Vs. the rebels clearly that should the
exchange be carried verbally agreed upon between
Mr. 0uld and General Butler. would, In less than
weeks have all our men out of the rebel hands aud stl
hod surplus OF about twenty i've thousand rebc sol
cers and hteon hundred rebel ooe That Is the hitch
aud The rub Ia thess circumstances the decrep and
rotten sud sinking concern at Richmond would be
petey our mercy they having nothing Iet upon which
10 rctaliate upon tor thing that n hs ufure might
tranepre. This Ia whore the shoe pipches, and Is the
very reason why the rebels nss that before exchange
can be rcnewedas now learn positively thai they do
we must agree and bind ourselves 70 parole
this immense surplus of prisoners m our Gus.
tody. They have determined that no exchange snail
made rhort OF this and prevent the o hcr
prisoners IN federal custody making point VI the bar
bsro.t conduct OF the Richmond governent resort has
been had to the petty suDege thai the ban of outlaw
ry is upon General Butler ASd who u that outlaws
bm2 Why Jefferson DAVIS, the socalled President o
thing which he calls confederacy, which tAs all ths
world aware Is not rccospizec Ary where upon earth
How long vii the government Of the Unted States
tins sort OF dctaioo from oaba Of starvonEs VINO ID
not exceed -four, they number more than
two, millions ] tell you frankly, u VII
Northern People. I THINK. ! hear them escaim
ing, In voices of thuoder. mo murc submissioD--ex
change upon equal terms-man for man. whether ouf
b. black white It was only last night of'
Ger. who of the exchange men from Richmond
told the board the New kork officer soldier
10 the Richmond prisons wanted our government 10 ed
a hairs breadth this matter on the contrary. tbes
the rebes DO deal fairly tbis question u
change then 10 the name o God Yet the power o the
tonai government be felt. clay on they ray "to the
rebe prisoners just the rebe authorities sy "a
national prisoner and damned be they who nrst cry
hold enough" That beng the sentiment - mon vb'
hive carried the heights Nicksturg and Port Hudson
what shall be tue response OF their friends IN she pre-
Iperous North