New-York tribune., 1867-08-01

against the Conederates They on the other hand had
many sueh sts which were unsasneu & Lu fhS csse
on the 6th Of April 1853 Commissioner Ouu WIS Gu
sa Sc VIII 10 0 eit,Ier side In other words
all the paroles held by the federas had peen satneG
and paid for IN equivalents and they held none OF such
10 he caTged against the Coufederates they would
longer respect such they held ana te u
liver men in actual capuvty-for such as they would
send The Confederates then had the outstanding pa
roles but Federas had the majority OF prisoners on
Confederates rhad delivered all their prisoners, 20
leave largo body OF their people, While
they at the same time had in their possession
the paroles of ten times as many prisoners as the enemy
had in captivity Commissioner Oad refused TINS ar
gave the parole referred to subsequently, in viola
tion of their parole and without beng declared ex-
changed ordered to duty and served against the south
Thereupon Oud offset such paroles against
similar paroles taken by our officers ana men ht Nieks
burg and declared ike number OF te latter e& hageu
From this time, is charged that the eaiei pIOV9lng
was practically untitled, and was not respected uur1g
the remainder Of the Such deliveries as were made
On the 10th Of August 1854 Commissioner Ould
the following communication TO Major John T. MuHoiu,
Assistant Agent OF Exchange p,c.ovo y. .,o 10 1864
sE Yog have several times proposed to ne to ssls1ss prisoners .s% e.,
man The same Of has also been je by officers having charge
S %sss eSe5e5s9 s5 Sl b S9 s G lso y Insisting
the terms Of the cartel which required ne dsye o. 5ef &
prisoners he'd 6 each and the sq9.E % So "p5 pS
sthoe provided you aree equal number Of Conie
time they viii he declared exchanged Ihis pop9iAl mace W o
longest in captivity viii delivered where Vraeiicabe lslal
nest 1 Rs'e yqg 6 SSs'9 servant "a
The delivery Of this letter was accompanied with state
ment the mortality which hurryng 80 many Fed
letter was sent to Gen hitchcock the Federal Commits
OF Exchange, but the only answer Commissioner
signed by Assistant Agent Milford in which the latter
stated he had received Commissioner Oulds letter nut
not authorized TO say any more than the mere ac
knowedgment of its receipt This arrangement II i had
been agreed upon, would have left the surplus III the
Federal hands
subsequently to this Commissioner ould, in the same
month august 1864. acting under the direct lnstruc
ons Of tho Confederate Secretary OF war offered 10 te
Federal Agent Of Exchange Gen Milford to deliver TO
him all the sick and wounded Federal prisoners without
insisting upon the delivery OF an eqmyalent number @ OF
prisoners i'm return He also informed Cen NJ OF the
terrible mortality among the Federal prisoners urging
him swift IN sending transportation tOthe mouth OF
the Savannah River for the purpose OF taking them away
wounded at Andersonve and other Confederate prisons
And further that the sick and wounded did not amount
would make up that number in well men, No timely adj
vantage taken of this offer by the Federal Gov
1t was December before the transportation was sent
and then men. large numbers OF whom were well
delivered by Commissioner Ould at Charleston and
Savannah, and he ready TO deliver more, notWth
standing the culties the Confederates were labOring
under consequence of Shermans invasion OF Georgia
On February H. 1868, Commissioner Ould proposed 10
Gen Grant TO deliver without delay all tho prisoners on
hand upon receiving from the latter that no
would deliver equal number Of Confederate prisoners
energy was used 10 send Immediately, through Whining
ton, James River, aud other llacucaDie ways h te
prisoners held This speedily consummated so lar as
all in prisons in North and South Carolina ana virginia
were concerned The presence OF the Federal troops III
the interior Of the South prevented the design from beng
carried elsewhere return number OF PRISONERS, 10
the amount OF about 5000 week, were sent 10 chnond
until the of closed all operations even down
to matter Of an adjustment Of accounts The ADJUST
nent has never been made
The Committee of the Confederate Congress, which
raised to investigate how their soldiers were treated IN
Northern PRISONS in speaking Of the question why the
prisoners not Otcner exchanged, used the following
language:
Secretary Stanton, who has uniusty charged the Con
federate authorities with lnuInanity Is open TO the
charge Of having done all I'm his power to prevent fair
exchange. Very recently, benjamin I. Butler,
his signature has declared that In April 1854, Fed
era Leut-Geu. Grant forbade him TO deliver TO the
Rebels single ablebOdied man, and moreover, Gen.
Butler acknowledges that in 10 Col Oulds letter
cOnsenng exchange, officer for officer and man Tor
man, he wrote reply, mot automatically, but Oh.
strusiyely and demOnsravey, not for the purpose OF
ftheIiug exchange OF prisoners but for the purpose OF
preventing and stopping the exchange, ana furnishing
ground on which we could fairly stand"