, 1863-10-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
(specia1 Dispatch TO the Chicago Ttbane.1
WARRINGTON, October 20. 1863


TIE LACE In EXCHANGES.
The delay in arranging for IN exchange OF
prisoners, arises from difference regarding
the figures. Gen. Meredith claims that wo
arc 1arge1y ahead Of the rebels, and has the
necessary document TO prove this. Commits
eioner Ou1d asserts the esme for the rebel
Government, but has not produced any tan.
gib1e substautiation Of his assertion.
TREATMENT OF oCR PRISONERS At RICHMOND.
Lieut.. Col Irvine, Of the 10th New York
;cayalEy, who Was captured 1t the head Of his
regiment while behaving most CALAMITY in a
cava1sy fight at Brandy Station, during Hook.
eE's march toward .Mary1And, has been ex.
chauged, and arrived In town yesterdey. He
was exchanged for Lieut. Colonel who WAS
Chief Of Gen: .Mognn's Staff. He WAS the
only officer IN tha.i .iast oxchangn, except Cap-
tzins. Col. Irvine states that Unioa prison
srs are undergoing most hor1id treatment.
About Il 900 <re kep. without shelte1 md
without proper clothing, almost starved. One
man was brought into the hospit&1 extremely
Hand stated that no food had been gwen
him for eeven. days. Another WAS brought
+: IN almost famished and laid upon the floor and
piece Of bread put into his t1a1ds. He
gnawed couvu1sive]y at the bread aad few
moments after died, before he could bo placed
upon bed.
AGRICULTURAL,
The agricultural report for September, De.
layed II the preparation Of statistical table,
states TINT fall crops are good, and the damnge
BY early frosts great in tome sections, but
notso serious as thought at first
sHARrsuoo1EEs.
Col. r. s. Rowland Of New York las made
q proposition to the War Department to raIss
thousand eha,p sbooters in ten States, to be
used in dcl6chmcnA-.
MILITARY.
McDowe1'a cotton reports are s:fl1 in the
hands cf the Secretary OF War. It is known
lat Gen Curtis and numerous officers oi
grades. arc implicated.
,. TREASURY MATTERS.
The regular delivery Of Ten Thousand Dol.
lars dai1y cf fractional currency will be made
TO the United States Treasury for some tine
to come. The first delivery WAS made to.
day.
NATIONAL BASE5.
Certificates to commence banking hare
heen given to the following banks since our
last publication:
hnndted fhonsand dollars
:, Fnet National Bank Valparaiso, 1ndiana, hny
First National Bank, Ravcnnn. Ohio, aty thou
:, Filet National Bank, ottamwa. Iowa, aty
thousand dollars.
Coin checks for November coupons Of o.
S. tonds, Of National banks, will all be pay-
able at New York
Wan DEPARTMENT, PROVOST MARSHALL
GEs1's OFFICE, WAsHIEaToN, Oct r, 1868. T
CIRCULAR No. 95.-Regiments now In the serv-
ice which Tc-ec1ist as veto,an volunteers, under
the provisions OF General Order Nos. 1871 and ss5
cuHent series, and from the Adiutaut Generals
Office, will be credited to the States, and as far as
practicable, to thelCongresslonl Districts to
which tney belong. JAMES B. FRx,
Provost Marehal General.
WASHINGTON, Oct 20.-There Is talk in
military circles, Of the repeal Of the $500
ssction Of the CONSUMPTION act by Congress.
impossible that in the nexs draft exemption
BY money will be impossible.
Some per6ous adrocate new law, fixing
the exemption price as high IS 5000, ur even
$l,5t0, and pro riding that drafted men who
60 To- the army shall 1ecei7e the money 50
raised in their di.tzict. The scheme Is saId
to have originated with Mr.. CHASE.
Thomas Jefferson Boynton, late United
States Attorney tor the Southern District Of
Florida, was TO- day appointed Judge Of the
eaMe District, In place Of Marvin.
The Government has oficial advices from
Gen. Burnside, that his narches and victories
in EaEt Tennessee aud Southern Virginia, are
eUtnentIY EatisfactCrY and that ii Almost
every case the rebels laye been whipped and
rouled. Gen. Burnside declares that there is
not more loyal people living than ere found
in East Tennessee,
NAsH1sGros, Oct e0,-An amended circu-
1sr has been cent out from the Provost bar
stal Generals Office, by which it appears that
for cres7 recruit @ho Is \. veteran volunteer.
bou1fy md premium amounting to $403
riu be- paid, and to all other recruits not ret.
cran6 s:n2. these eare far the old organizations.
The object Ia to encourage volunteering. as
those who are drafted 1eceive only 800
bounty. hen enlisted under this order will
te permitted to select their regiments, which
however, must be ore Of the old regiments
N the field.