New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-03

and are belle, n 10 be officers Of the Union army reid
I to be IN the hands Of the enemy, NJ
Ould furnished 10 Gen. Meredith what pnrpUted
20 re the proceedings Of civil Court in the state
Of Virginia The testimony in the eases not being iar;
nisled, By which 1t appeared that the Two men Aad
been sentenced 10 penientery for term OF years on
a charge Of ncgro-sieang; and lie GOVCibor OF "
gne. or Of bns part OF il in Rebellion. indoisec on the
apple alton If Gen. MEREDITH declaration thot the two
men in question shouid remain in the pencntiery while
he remcirea Governor cf Vir~ia III these instances
there hardly he doubt but hai these two men are
Undergoing iunDGtion aud suffering beeaufe 81 ihe!r
connection with the Federal Coy eminent on the pre-
tense oi being subjected 20 penalty Tor negIoteaSe'
fUppo 4 unnecessary TO proceed iuiiA.I into oe-
toll - sow To tlc satisfaction Of eYcIr who is wal
hing 80 accep, tle truth that lie practice Of the Souil
has Accn end cH!ilCly IN Keeping with tire spit 81
M Davis message 10 the Rebel Ccnf es or CARED
beyond it, end that there has rot been up 10 the preset
time The sghtcs indioaii0n of purnose TO relax n
any respect whatever IN .he exec lion ui their declared
policy n tie treatment Of coOrod troops cnd her VINE
OC whr may icl into ihoir hfnGsi ana hold u 10
be very certain tlHt they VIII keep from tho Agi
as possible t'ei. hl'haTors practices tLcy VIZ
pursue them ncaorahy u1os0 they cen be made to
.ha the National power is lac strongest and can SHOW
scby tie actual possession Of body OF tier troops
held IT, lie North prisoners Of who. by TIE laws
Of ar are liable To b. used for ret4iaoIy rnposes
~ hrs been supposed. even IN many paris Oh INC
North that the pr, position Of Mr.. Oud, OF tine 18th o,
October for an exchange or utlsoUcrs s IAN. ana
o,lt 10 be eecrutod; but il aoes not appear 10 he
c0sidorod that MI Oga las rot proposed 10 yicd to
us certain number Of prisoners Oh war and RECEIVE
like number IN return Y h.ch would DO most happy
Contamination that NCLla Dc az once GcccNti - tHS
Government. Ha. his propositoa Is that we shan
deliver % lin al Of the prisoners IN our possession
iemoun,ng now 10 about 1900 mca aud receive IN
reurn about 800 men, leaving about X1.uo men WHO
might. for few days. be considered Oh parole not 10
take rn oIus uul'ss duly exchangcd and then what
would NJ. Ould 10 with those mcnl
JU.eiug bv whit 10 has actually recently done he
woud -l0olbtedy assume 80 discharge those men from
all Obligations tACir parole and PAT them INTO tie
field 30 gh against national troops. standing under an
uustsinod national tGgtne very troors WHO CALAMITY
ffpeq bloody hattie ie.s within Ire
past few months
To show ITO extreme probability Of this it is Only
necessary to refer 10 few facts beginning WIN the
statement OF Mr. Od to Gen. Meredith. oiicioy eom.
nrnicntld 10 ne that he Mr.. 0uld would proceed 70
mako declarations OF exchanges Whenever be tOnsceh-
tiousv felt lie right do for the purpose Of putting
mon into the field thus openly setting aside tue coz tel
and the laws ard usages OF War in favor 81 las inQYidua!
sense Of I!ghtvhioh Of right IN Ms Oud. Is so
Of "tabllar statement" OF alleged capsures
principally in tie Western States amount
/ ing - OScr 1900 men, considcraD4c por-
ti0n Of whom undoubtedly captured by guerrilla
parties and were not soldiers but, for Tie Iost palt
pcaeea0ls citizens OF the country probably known -
lrieLds 10 The Union who for that reason were seizcu
and compelled TO make an oath not take aganf
the Southoin Couiederacy; and lis class Of persons
Nj oald expects Us 10 accept IN exchange in ieDei
troops captured mostly M NicKsbfg no. having heen
paro!ed in the South declared" exchanged by
Alr. Ould without any conference or understanding
with oar agent. in violation Of the provisions OF the
cartel and IN violation OF tie usages Of war.
II. DO borne IL mind, that TIE cartel w'svTtray
alrcgated BIZ tie Message OF Ar DAVIS not indeed ~
10 it, Abiding character upon thc South. ioI Mir DAVIS
had lao pow under the LAWS u way to aboge Tie pro
yicas Of That Instrument but his declared pm poses
in violation Of the oaIel would have fully Justified tue
United STATES Government in declaring lis provisions
nul and vod willie, at the same time the Government
has bcen az liberty 10 require Ia Observance " Lie part
OF lho South
the tabular settlement prepared by Nj Oud lut tat
there were some men inclnded In that statement who
had been egtimateiy made prisoners q war, tAousa
not delivered accc rd!ng 20 tie cartel but FOR TIC most
part the prisoners included IN that tabular statement
were not set down having been captured pol any
known battlefield as having been taken 'rom or
with any known Union commanders nJr arc tue! re-
ported a having been delivered 10 aIy Union com
mardor Int they are set down rs having
been captured at large in the State OF kentucky nobody
knows where: ia the state Of Tennessee or IN other
States Of TIC West and South: while in no less han
iou instances they ere reported MS la'ihg teon cap
tured i'm "KClfucky and Iennessec"-thc tUo states
berc thus ooI led togethor--aDg Il impossible. ron
the tabular statement .tsef 10 determine vLerc they
were c2lurcd, cr whether, iIdeed, any nlltiy ci'
turcs Whatever made. EXCEPT few nj th.ckala
IA and possibly few IT oro o. two other place..
Mr. Otld - o reDt under tho cartel, ara has no
powers bcYond those recognized N he coIte for the
exec alton OF 8 PROV !s0us yet lie has recently assumed
70 decide az in ur'aut Cucstion by which he undertook
% hberlie from the Obligations Of their parole ne Whole
Of tie rIsOYeis some COCO or 1900 captured ~ Gcl
Brnks It Port HGdsor. srd paToled by Gen. Ranks
under speciol agreement VITA The Rebel commander
The world knows that those rrfOne!s fell trcoadi
fjoeLg into lie hands Of Gen. Banks IL the surrender
OF Port Hudson and Gen Banks lad tie power T. send
them 10 the North IL It he'd been his pleasure 20 do sO
but lie made agrsenea. it'll the Rebel eonnlander
to release them ~ parole ara released them az AoOc
In CONFORMITY ith the agreement.
The cartel for the exchange Of prisoners proidcdtTo
places Tor their delivery 10 VIZ cry PONY on 1ahes
River aud YickobuIg the hisaifJ1 pi Dut 10 pro
yded also iat when either Of these PAGES should be-
cons aiaraahle by the crigenccs ~ glf for tho do
livery Of prisoners. other points might be agreed
uron' By tie commanders IN the fed. ms was pre-
ci,sly what Lprencd Vicksburg having fslien into
tie hands OK Con. Grant. had by that oxi6eIcy be
come unavailable Dr tie delivery Of captured Rebel
soldiers and hen, subseQgcnfy, Gen. Banks caHo
into possession Of several thousand prisoners ~ shc
unconditional surrender ~ Port Hudson, lie made an
ogfc>aerf with the Rebel Gen. Gardner their com
f.aaCcr, 10 deliver LIS prisoners on i-ro!e a. AoDHe
M. Ould. without my proper authority whatever.
ssyned to write letter on tbe 10Th oi October la
co-r ~ which e las not furnished rs. but wnr mas
boe9 rullished in Richmond Cgspaper IN which he
stcr Dts 10 relonse all Of those p.so1eis rom cuGa
-, ,,,der ,bor parole because rs 10 undertakes 10
decide thov were not delivered a. places named IN Tie
rs w'en the cnrl Itself prov dcs FOR Other places 81
delivery than those expressly named in tie cartel when
rendered necessity ty the exgepcics OF xar !, ,ee
boGv Of en in question have poem put into ne helG 70
Col! q,aa tie Federal troops By whom they were cap
nod but few months snce end this. too. without
having been exchanged end WHOM htNhg ,oe'
rroerlr released from tie Oblt mons Oh tbelF paf1r
S,ce writing the above l nave received an onlciai
re,,,t frra Gen Meredith ole POINT IN when VIII tc
ferc stated 70 Yii that Gen Meredith Tor ne plrpote
~ Withdrawing gathering PRISONERS ion Ilcn'.2Ld
distinctly proposed e MI Ogld INT nc Woulu s.iu I'M
- 0l0 or more Confederate p'roners as hS! a. DO
rbt hold Of our men, and receive IN return our Jr'
optfs hid in tie soatA, which lroposit.9n Nj, Cad
I I,a,i c,clauqe: tie efeo. Of which undoubtedly
s enf5 Sc tn csneel lie eIcesa q prisoners ~ orr
Lerd5 hr delivery Of sbogs 600 for ab9gt la,VUi
-. iro III, Rebel Authorities tie entire deposition
- s,Ih coirel troops and their whto officers as
Ytev picht capture; TO expose Capts. Sawyer and
Ii,p 10 tlc ir fate unoer orders In lIchmod "hich
! 5a,. nerer ben eourerm0Esfdi 10 turn loose again
c-.iu notorious guerrilla leaders to renew ineiI raw
ecce in Kentucky ard Missouri (citAer Of wren ssles
Ssve ever rnited with tie socelied southern CGedei-
/ 80 a.. s,fd g-esh Of KClelf 10 be