Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-01-06
The EIcnange Of fPrIsoners.

The Exchange OF Prisoners.
II is impossible 10 ascertain as yet bow
the matter siAads as to The exchange o
prisoners since the refusal OF tue rebels tC
negotiate wish Gen. Butler. Tue letter.
from Fortress Monroe give various and in
consistent versions Of the reply made to
Gen. Butler, and tor some reason the off
cial correspondence is withheld. The Tri.
6une's correspondent at fortress MuurUy
gives au account oi the return OF $50 of our
men iu exchange tor those sent to City
Point by Gen. Butler, aud adds -
The letters and dispatches stated that
they sent these men 10 exchange for those
! that had been sent up, but that 10 more
! should be sent uuIil we release all in our
! hands, when they would do the same, and
until We gave up every claim which we had
made in behalf OF our soldiers thea prisO-
ncrs, consented to sacrifice the cOlored
soldiers We had enlisted, turned over their
( officers to the cruel punishmcntS imposed
by the (pre'ented) law of the confederate
congress, aud consented officially that Gen
Butler should be executed Immediately up
on capture, and that his officers aui sol.
diers shOuld be imprisoned. iroucI aud
sny tn,,h..r 80 ~ W @ nolu
With the gensral.'
Commissioner Ouid evidently wrote no
.,cb D,,s.,s. III, :, ,r.;,h 49,
ro,r.-no.I,n,,. ~, 80 u.
-''"' 'u Sue 'eP'y 10 "eu. nu't' >
proposition. Their exchange OF the $50
men indicates that they are willing to ex-
tn, s.,,,,, c.,,.i, ,,,,,,,t,.. ,,,,,n- ,t,,
they will ro, ~. o,,;o,o ,,-,b.- v;,b Co,
Butler bec.ys,. p,ss;J.D, u wis .or. ,ir,o
ago proclaimed him an op,is,r wssb.
iuglon dispatch saws the Government will
make 90 further proposals for an .,cl,uga
nor listen 10 auv. until the rebel .u,bori
lies ree9guize Gen Bn,Ier,s,.,,, ,s an of.
ficer OF the Uui,ed States army. IL is per-
fyctIy right 10 demand this of the rebels,
and TO compel them 10 it, ifauv feasible
means presents, but it IS most unfortunate
that Gen. Buffers case should have been
complicated with the question ofexchauges.
already embarrassed hy the personal quar-
rel OF the commissioners. This was fore
seea and might have been avoided. But it
i too late now, AMI there will probably be
no more exchanges Of prisoners while the
war lasts. The only way to save our meu
from lingering death ia southern prisons is
to push on the var and rescue them ut the
s,rl,.-r r.o.sipl. mnr,rnf
The letter from which We have quoted
I
srr.,oc,,, ~ ,,r,,. M. ,-b.I D,iso..-. rr,1o-
80. - -:
"'s 1'''''o"' ""' "'''" u'u' 10 re'a''"'e
by giving them the same ratl"us, clothing
anl fire ns are allowed to our men in the
pi..L,,rr ,,-iuo., T,is-.,..Ii,.,;,,,, ,,,,,,,,,
oe just ou' us "n'y e"se' ""uid De 10
produce greater suffering among the pris-
oners on both sides, and it there is 10 be a
cont.st IN see, uyhicb -iI. can he ,b. ,,,,,
=,
OatoAFOuS VIC Hn"y "e sure 'uit the con-
federatcs Will Guido US. But Is that what
we want?
/ ~. r;-,,., y,..-,-L .,.,,,.
49, VI '"0 90" -
December, ""d "u article upon the SUBJECT
/ in which il assumed that the government
at WAsbing,on wouId not .ons.r, IN ex.
,,,.;,o ,.r,,i.--,, s.,..I.-.,..
1unNe
VIII give up tue negro so'u'ers VINO were
once slaves. How the rebels look at this
matter the Dispafeh makes very clear:
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