The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-22

tons Of the cartel" Sherman replies TO this,
informing Hood that he accepts his offer, the
basis OF exchange 20 be the old carel.
This Is quickly followed by ano'her letter from
sherman. saying that he cInput recall th1.c
prisoners who may have reached beyond Chatti-
nooga; that on arriving at Nrh,illc they pro-
per fall under the jurisdiction Of the COmm,-
sioner, Colonel ii Diimau but proposing 20 eN-
change such as be has ON hand. lie says ho
holds ON the spot tweuty.eight officers aud seven
bundled and eighty two enlisted men, and en-
route for Chattanooga nincty.thrce officers and
nne hundred and seven men, making G
thousand, egl hundred and ten on hand, that
he will exchange for a like number Of his own
men. captured by Hood in this campaign, who
belong 20 regiments with him, and who can
resume their places at once. He takes it f1r
granted Hood will do the same with his. In
other words, for these men he (Shcrmanl is not
willing to take equivalents belonging TO rcgl-
menis whose terms are out aud who have been
discharged.
sherman further says that by the laws Of the
COniederay states IlI men eligible for service are
.ps0 taot0 soldiers, and If needed for civil duty
they are simply detailed soldiers that he touad
In Atlanta "AbOut a thousand Of these fellows
and that he is satisfied they are tit subjects Of
exchange, and proposes II Hood will release an
equal number Of their prisoners at tAuder,Onvilo,
he (Sherman) will gather these together and send
them as prisoners, and will take for them men
belonging to any part OF the United States army
subject to Hoods control.
Hood replies to this, reminding Sherman that
he had previously accepted his offer "tO exchange
prisoners of war in hand at this momcut;" that
there was no condition attached to the acceptance
on Shcrmau's part OF his offer 10 exchange pri-
soners, and that he Hood regarded It rs obigl-
tory 10 the extent of the number of prisoners
represented by Sherman to be within his juris-
diction.
He saws that Sherman's refusal to receive in
exchange his soldiers belonging TO regiments
whose times are out, and who have been dis
charged, disclOses u fixed purpose on the part OF
his Government to doom 10 hopeless captivity
those prisoners whose term of service has eN-
pirCd or will soon expire that the new principle
which Sherman seeks TO interpolate upon the
cartel of our respective Governments, as well
rs upon the laws and customs OF war, will
not be sanctioned by him; that all captyes
taken in war who owe no obligation TO the cap
tors must stand upon the same equal footing;
that the volunteer of day and the couscrpt for
the war, who may be captured in war, are equally
subject to all of the burdens and equally
entitled to all of the rights secured by the laws
of nations; that this principle is distinctly con
ceded in the cartel entered into by our respect
i've Governments, and is sanctioned by reason,
justice, and the public law of all civilized
nations. General Hood further says that Sher-
mans ayowal that this class Of soldiers Chose
whose term of service had eNpired) will not be
exchanged is deeply regretted by him, and that
he hopes that this declared policy Of ShCrmau's
Government will be reConsidered, as it is unustly
oppressive to those whom the hazards of military
service has rendered prisoners and is viOatiye
of the wel-understood obligations assumed by a
Government towards those who are enlisted in
its service.
Hood father informs sherman that his offer to
him 70 effect an exchange Of prisoners, captured
during this campaign, was not only approved,
but that the Government placed at his disposal
for immediate exchange, man for man, all the
prison at AndersOnylle.
Hood renews TO Sherman his offer to exchange
prisoners as proposed in his first communication,
and here the matter ends.