The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-09-23
I1p1aq s9a ROBERT 0ULD,
s5r Confederate Com'r Of Exchange.


THE REJECTION OF THE ACCEPTANCE By Elm
COINS AND HITcHcocK's AGENT AFTER
.a THREE WEEKS pELfBERATroN.
A.e ,'s VARINA, Va, Aug. 81, 1864.
X - Il haze no communication on the
subject from our authorities, nor ,am Iyet
authorized to make aasNer.
h r. JOHN E. MULFORD,
Major and Assist Agent for Exchange.
THE REASON FOR THE REJEcrIoN-THE NE
~ GRO THE ONLY OBSTACLE. 3l
= The wrongs, indignities and
privations suffered by our (white) soldiers
would move me to consent to anything to
procure their exchange, EXCEPT to bar
ter away the honor and faith of the Gov
ernment of the United States, which has
been solemnly pledged to the COLORED
soldiers in its ranks.
BhNJ. +. BUTLER,
Major General aud Agent Of Exchange.
all other questions between us
may be postponed for future settlement,
but the fair exchange OF c0lored soldiers,
and their white officers. will be insisted on
by the Government BEFORE ANOTHER
REBEL SOLDIER OR OFFICER WILL
BE EXCHANGED. .IIfts.H & 81.
Z 4 .,. WILLIAM WHITING, ~,
Solicitor, of the War Department..
HOW THE WHITE SOLDIERS SUF-
.. ..r... FER AND DIE. ....
From the Memorial of the Thirty five Thousand
Perishing Prisoners in the Pen Of Pestilence
and Famine at Anders0nville, Ga.
THE SITUATION OF THE MEN.
To the President Of the United States:
These thirty Ave.
thousand are confined in q field Of some
thirty acres, enclosed by a board fence
heavily guarded. About one.third have
various kinds of indifferent shelter, or
even shade Of any kind, and are exposed
10 the storms and rains, which are OF al
most daily occurrence; the cold dews of
the night, and the mere terrible effects OF
the sun striking with almost tropical fierce
ness upon their unprotected heads, This
mass of men jostle and crowd each other
up and down the limits OF their enclosure,
in storm or sun, and others lie down upon
the pitiless earth at night with no other
clothing upon their backs, few oe them
having even blanket. Thou.
sands are without pants or coat, and han
dreds without even pair Of drawers to
cover their nakedness. s'.''
- TUE sC4NTY RATION.
To these men, as indeed to all prisoners,
there is issued three>quarters Of pound of
bread or meal, and one eighth OF a pound
of meat per day. This is the entire ration,
and upon it the prisoner must live or die.
The meal is often unsifted and sour, aud
the m eat such as in the North is consigned
to the soapmaker.
10 Z SICKNESS AND DEATH. .i
But to starvation and exposure, to sun
and storm, add the sickness which prevails
to a most alarming and terrible extent.
ON AN AVERAGE ONE HUNDRED
DIE DAILY. = 1t needs no COM
ment no efforts at word painting, to make
such a picture stand ont boldly in most
horrible colors.
DESPAIR AND IDIoCY-pEATH C0URTED.
They are last losing hope, and becoming
utterly reckless of life. Numbers, crazed
by their suherings, wander about in state
Of idiocy others deliberately cross the
"dead line" aud are remonelessly shot
down.
THE CHARACTER OF MEN LEFT TO sUCH A
FATE BY LINCOLN.
Few of them have been captuI d ex.
cept in the front Of battle, in the deadly
encounter, and only when overpowered by
numbers. They constitute as gallant q
portion of our armies as carry our banners
anywhere. If released, they wonld soon
return to the army again to do vigorous
battle for our cause.
WHY THEY SUFFER AND DIE-THE MEN
UNDERSTAND THE REAsoN-THE NEGRO.
We are told that tue only obstacle IN The
ioay of erchange IS Me status cf enlisted
negroes captured from our armies, the
United States claiming that the cartel
covers all who serve under its flag, and the
Confederate States refusing to.. Consider the
colored soldiers, heretofore slaves, as pris-
oners Of war.
THE NEGRO PRISONERS FOR WHOM OUR WHITE
MEN ARE sACRITICED-How THEY
/. ....rJ LIVE AND ARE CARED FOR.
The blacks, on the contrary are seldom i1D
prisOaed. They are distributed among the
citizens, or employed on government works.
Under these circumstances they receive
enough to eat and are worked no harder
than they have been accustomed. They
are neither starved nor killed on by the
pestilence in the dungeons Of Richmond and
Charleston. 1t is true they are again made
slaves; bit their sLaae,y IS reedon ana nap
,ptness compared .oith ths ertel existence ra+
passd upon, oar sallant mss Ihsy are n1s
.eeref of hope, as are the CHIT soldiers, dying
BY pieoemeaL 1Aeifr, chances q ssedpe are