The New York herald., 1863-10-21

! charge vile one b tict utca tt u sicciG OK
change 10 alsw the Other to select the efuvacnts .,
gave YOU IN privilege and you ct avail yourself
Of IL weGid name ths Federal cniefs ard uei who
were discharged from their parole By reason OF the
| declaration OF exchange then made. This notification
you was not only 10 acc,Idance with former practice
| but Was sanctioned, II not demanded, by the nth
article OF the cartel, which after prov ding for the
ner y wLch each party may drcbarge their olcess and
from parole, says "ths enabling each party 10 re
love from parole such of their own officers and men as
the party may choose" have said this course was In
accorcsuee with former practice and for proof refer you
70 the letors o. ieatenan Colonel Ludlow former agent
OF exchange, OF the following dates OF this yoar wit
Api o. $, l3 10 and 81 May ~. 90 and 3o June s. and
and men.
In one Of Lieut. Col Ludows communications OF May
30, 1868, he says have declared exchanged the Holly
springs capture, the Ninety first regiment Illinois yolun.
teers, captured at Ezabehowu KY, December 27 1862
ana tho CAPTURE at Mount Sterling the 22d and 23d Of
March, 1863 also the officers and mon OF tho rdianoa.
The exact numbers have hand but they foot up
some hundreds less than the balance due. will furnish
You Will the exact numbers soon received" The
same boat that conveyed that communication brought
another written subsequently, but dated the day.
foows'I have declared exchanged the Fifty first t6ls)
regiment Indiana Volunteers. Seventy third regiment
Indiana Volunteers and Third regiment Ohio Volunteers
These number each less three hundred men, and com
pose part OF Streights brigade will add TO the above
declaration the Eghtoth regiment Illinois Volunteers.
and fifty eight members OF the First Tennessee cavairy
The enlisted men alone designated in either Of the
communications, exceeded tho ''baiance due to Lieu
tenant Colonel Ludlow The excess in both communica-
lures at Mount Sterling the 22d aud 23d OF March,
1853"
You VIII observe that Lieutenant Colonel Ludlow, Ia
these two COMMUNICATIONS did not furnish with any
list, or even give me the number of men by which
could declare equivalents nor did he give any tne
preiare my announcement" quote from your letter Of
Not only was that the case, but he made a
wholesale exchange, Of the Mount Sterling cap
made {" on the 22d and 23d day of March,
loG without any designation Of corps division, bri-
gade, regiment or company Further than that have
never, 10 this day been furnished with list of those
CAPTURED at Mount serng or even with the aggregate
number.
Such, then the circumstances and such the pre-
cedelts under which declared the exchange OF Sepem
bS III n nave posc % into minute and
character o your letter of the 24th OF September You
state thai you consider my course to be deliberate
breach oi good faith on the part OF the autho.
Of way you have used language '"%fs %hoh cssts ssss
an offensive dispersion both upon myself and tho
government represent II there had not been subjects
OF grave import to both people referred to in other
portions OF your communication would have treated il
with the silent contempt deserved and returned II to
you without comment For the first time in the CORES.
ponGence of the agents Of exchange has any such dscou
tesy occurred regret it very much Heretofore have
had occasion to complain OF the OF your govern
ment, but II has always been Gone with decorum. have
agent OF exchange, insuted his goverpment with
charge OF deSerate breach or good faith II is mat.
ter Of very little moment to me what may be your opn-
ion OF my course" There some people connected
with this war who eithcr from ignorance or passion
seem to have no ccar ideas on any subject The opinion
OF such, even If uttered in tho language Of courtesy,
is but OF little avail but If expressed with intemrerance
only "exalts their foly There has been no breach OF
faith the part OF the Confederate States deberate
otherwise You were mportuned TO agree to some
fair principle by which paroles could be ad usted aud
computed. after patient watng-after failure your
part to respond armatvey negativeIythe Confede.
rate government through Its agent OF exchange, did
what was demanded BY courtesy. and justified both by
former practice and the provisions OF the cartel
proceed to notice the nisstaiements Of your lot
ter. will not call them "del oerate" although you had
phraseoogy open the mputaton OF dscourtesy and
coarsoness finds In such communications as the present
only the precedent OF your example.
l. Your computation OF paroles is incorrect on both
Sides As to your item Of l208 officers and IA 1865 men,
embraced by tho first five sections Of exchange notice.
have no exception TO make. Some Of our vicksburg
rolls were lost, and have not the OF making an
accurate computation As to them.
men embracing the sixth section of my exchange notice
Is incorrect In the FIRST place, all the officers both
sides who have been delivered at City Point are ex
changed. They were specially exchanged Major Mul-
ford knows that fact All Confederate soldiers who were
delivered at City Point up to May 49, s63 including said
up to May 8. 1858. The number Of Confederate
poa o% s'nss ssy IS oy ss date uaGss &
In my notice., = s.ssi, instead Of 8.o4. The
parole you say there seventy six officers and nineteen
thousand and eighty three men. II these officers are
those delivered az City Point you make an error against
May, 1868 (he time Of the last exchange OF federal
troops to the lst Of september. 1858 (hs time named
prvates eighteen thousand SIX hundred and tep All OF
these parole. have other valid paroles 10 my
possession, amounting 70 a least sixteen thousand more
Allowing therefore, that your vicksburg computation Is
correct upon the last notice which you have
owing you ton thousand and twenty tour as YOU claim
Macy of the sixteen thousand paroles to which have
ferred have been acknowledged bv Lieutenant Colonel
Ludlow Ia his correspondence 30 much your COM
putation and your exchange notice based upon Il.
.. You say failed to announce TO you "the sixth
mond EnGrr OF the 10th inst which covers ~ olcers
aud s,0ls enlisted mon" This 10 not On the lst OF
s n y @ had S
ries were made a. city Pont between July 90 and July
rs, and therefore, announcement was the same as
the other lid not inform you OF the exchange Of the
City Point men IN my letter Of the llth September be-
cause had already notified you the Let OF August
g. You say did not furnish you with any list or even
give the number OF men, by which you could declare
eaSvasn nor @ Sa give you any time to your
rarolod delivered at City Point numbering up TO
september 1870 men. AS TO other parcels held by
ycu fnled TO accept decline the upon which
they to be committed and adjusted and therefore,
II useless to send them. You had ought TO have
there was any particular capture on parole. any
special Class OF parolod men whom you wished IN do
clare exchanged you had only to announce that fact
and the lists would be furnished II had them and
you had not With what propriety could send you lists
which believed TO be In accordance with the cartel but
which you ntimatcd would decline TO acknowledge
Moreover according to my Interpretation OF the cartel
TINT nstumcnt clearly gives the right to you to
their raroc. Whenever discharge our officers and men
from their parole
claim the right when you declare an exchange OF
your paroled men, bad sent you lists OF such OF your
officers and men we're relieved from their parole by my
declaration OF exchange would in effect have violated
that provision the cartel which gives right 70 cach
party TO relieve from parole such Of their officers
and men rs the party may choose" II was entirely
necessary for TO give you the number Of whom
my notice declared exchanged. They all vicksburg
captures ortty Point deliveries. You had the rolls OF
both You had IN your possession as much information
a. could communicate, II had held the vicksburg
rolls which d'd not. have already proved 10 you by
the record that the former federal agent when he declared
exchange. gave Mother lists the rumber Of men
There i, bowever recent You yourself have
ius. declared epns exchange You bavo furnished
with any lists or designation OF corps, division br
gadc, regiment or company, notwithstanding the csmor
you have raised about omission In those
Your objection TO want OF time for the preparation OF
your small a best The cartel docs
not make incumbent upon TO give you timc. Your
predecessor did not give 70 mo Tho correspondence,
however between before the 18th of September
OF such nature as must have prevented surprise
did not make any such agreement with your prede
cessor Lieut.. Col Ludlow as you state did ever
make any agreement with any by which rcnounced
the rghs claim the paroles given at Gettysburg Tho
first Official ,eter which ever addressed 10 you n
relation to his very subject. II bears date August
1868, and is rs follows