Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-11
The Recent Exchange of Prisoners AT
Chnrl. sion.


The Recent Exchange Of Prisoners al
Chad. stOn.
A few weeks ago forty Union officers
were taken to Charleston, and imprisoned |
wheretheywould be most subject to the FIRE
Of the Union batteries. Gen. Foster o.
tained Atty rebel officers and exposed them
TO the rebel firing The rebel chiefs did
not admire that kind Of vigorous retaliation,
and the rebel ofioers grew fearfully wroth
over the matter, aud wrote letters to the
Charleston authorities complaining bitter
". They relented speedily, and proposed
an exchange on equal terms 10 which Gen.
Foster ass snted- The exchange took place
on the Sd Of August. The two exchange
boats met in the vicinity of Fort Sumter.
The regular firing thereupon ceased, ana
our soldiers lined the shores, watching the
movements of the two boats. The walls OF
Fort Sumter were lined by several hundred
rebels not usually there. In two hours the
exchange was effected. The rebels disaP-
peared from the parapets Of Sumter.
the Union prisoners thus released were
at Macon beforet they we're taken to Charles
they Sefs1 'lmpfIsoned IN common jail
most filthy place kept for felons in the
rebel army. The others protested against
such confinement, and were shortly after
removed to an unoecupied house IN the
city. Here theyw treated comparative
" well, " barring the shooting" which they
were exposed TO. There is said to econsid-
cradle latent Union sentiment in Charles
ton.
Therebels have however, brought GOO
more officers to Charleston, to expo=ethenl
in the same manner.
Their barbarity may however. result in
another exchange.
Our Prisoners in the Hands Of the
.. Rebels.
Most of the prisoners now in the hands Of
the rebels, are within the borders of South
Carolina and Georgia. While we hold
10000 rebel prisoners to-day, they have
about 10000 Of our men. The reason for
this state of affairs is due chiefly to differ
ence Of opinion between the authorities On
either side with reference to the number OF
duly paroled and ex-hanged prisoners on
either side, and also as to the recognition
by the rebel authorities Of negro soldiers as
prisoners Of war. During the discussion OF
these points last winter, exchanges were
stopped and have not been formally resum-
ed since that time There have been irreg-
ular exchanges in the South and Southwest
and other points, but none on very large |
scale. ..-t-
The rebels in our hands are a jolly, |
healthy, well.kept lot of fellows, who on
ately ih4othe ssrvioe-4on the ether hand
our men in their hands are poorly kept,
half starved and sickly In addition to
.lsis sss--O-is slae is.a=tiAH f r,Asrn soldier
They have never yet been recognized by the
rebels as prisoners Of war. The duty Of the
government is, cLsarly, that Of retaliation
until every man wearing the uniform Of an
American soldieris -rasI4aniad = ~
Whether there will be an exchange of
prisoners soon depends altogether upon the
rebels. If Sherman is successful and Georgia
is exposed to his arms, it viii be difficult to
finds n safe place for prisoners. If the rebels
are taught by stern retaliation to regard
the black soldier, we msy soon have an ex- !
change. Ifthe government will only show t
the Determination it should they can be |
into terms.
The French Get Important American j.,
-J News
To the good people on this side Of the !
the sensation rumors that reach i
and France, are very amusing.
The telegraph in England is under the
control, by law, Of one Reuter-, who gives 4
10 all the news brought By steamer from n
his country, hue that suits his own sym a
psthy with the rebels. On the continent G
here is much doing, just now, in Ameri
IAN stocks. Consequently the French .
Bulls and Bears are as expert and indus
rious in the invention of sensation re-
ports as are their friends in wall and E E
Williams streets New York +
A writer from Paris to the London "
tandard, says There i5a complete panic y
mong the Federal residents here, owing =
o the Arabia's kilograms. The fact that i
% news whatever has been received u
Grant for the last four 2
nRilt is construed into a sign that some q
erious disaster had befallen his army. \,
ne French Gorernmeqt is said to hare re- IS
Piped dispatches representing The Northez7a w
z,sse as on the eps of a collapse. an
The reason why four steamers brought II II
0 news to the anxious in Paris is very M
ell understood here, as We ourselyer had a
aroely any news from Grant for several va
eeks durihg the fearfully hot and dusty q
Gather which succeeded his crossing the m,
ames River. What IS however, most in re.
resting is that the French Government had of
ews Of the prospective collapse of the an
orthern cause. This news probably came
: the way Of the New York copperbeads ses
Id gold gamblers. The reverse is the thi
cause Of the North is in danger 70
no permanent collapse. On the contrary. @ ea
Is firmly established in the hearts of the an. m
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