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strip Ameriean freemen of their dearest
liberties. Will you so far stultify your
selves as to make him the standard-bearer
of the Democracy ? With all bis heart he
"hoped not. Ho had never done otherwise,
and as between Linooln and Fremont, and
any man calling hiroself even hall Demo
crat, be wouJd have a cbqice, and would
be found voting with his friends; bat be
begged the convention not t® nominate
McClellan.
Almost afiy other man who claims to be
a Democrat would satisfy him and
'satisfy me lVOriiiwest. Weak as Is your
platform in many respects, wo will stand
up and do all in onr power to maintain it;
but, in God’s name, do not add to its weak
ness by placing such a man in nomination.
Mr. Carrigan, of Pennsylvania, followed
in answer to Harris, and- quoted from Mc
Clellan’s letter to Burnside, to Hulleck and
to Buell, v hen these gentlemen wore under
hint, to show he invariablj r admonished
_ them that tbe only object of the war was
Mavriage notices, Tributes of I to preserve tho integrity of the Union and
.satnomtransionudvertiaing, | the majesty of tbe laws, and that he inva-
ftfjrn adumet. riably cautioned them to strictly guard
against any infringement upon tho rights
of property and person. [Great applause.]
A Strange History:
A correspondent of the Chattanooga
Rebel, writing from East Point, relates tbe
following:
Among other freight for shipment, we
noticed at the East Point depot yesterday,
a coffin, under the immediate "charge:of a
lady, with whom there is connected a
strange history. I give it as related by
the lady herself. In ’62 Mr. R volun-.
leered in a Georgia regiment, then, as now,
ui the army of Virginia. About a year
agN the wife of Air. R , hearing that
her husband was killed in -in engagement
with the enemy, proceeded to Virginia and
brought homo liis remains and interred
thorn in her garden. Altera widowhood
of seven or eight ion tits, Mrs. 11 was
wedded to anot' er, with whom she has
lived happily until recently, when their
happiness was broken in upon by the sad
den arrival of her first husband, who had
bec’n taken prisoner at the time he was
supposed to have been killed.
But the straug-'st part of the story is
yot to come. . A few day* after tho singu
lar re appearance of Mr. R , a lady ar
rived from Virginia and claimed the corpse
buried in the garden as that of her husband,
purpose of bringing to your recollection
thy proposition, and of dissipating the idea,
that seems to have been purposely en
couraged by your public papers, that the
Confederate Government has refused cir
objected to a system, of exchange.
In order to avoid any mistake in that
direction, I now propose that all officers
and men, on both sides, be released in con
formity with the provisions.of the Cartel,
tho excess on one side or the other to be
on paiole. Will you accept this? I have
«<> expectation dl an ajisvmrg hnt, porhepa,
you may givo one. If it does; come, I hope
it will be soon. •
.Respectfully your ob’t serv’t,
* Bio. Ould, -
Agent of Exchange.
On the 29th of October, 1863,1 received
Gen. E..A: Hitchcock, U. S. Commissioner
of Exchange, enclosing a copy of my letter
t© you of the 10th inst. I now respectfully.
ask yon to state in writing whether you
have any reply to either of said communi
cations; and, if not, whether you have any
reason to give why no reply has been
made? Respectfully, .
Your out servant,
Bo. Ould,
Agent of Nxebatge.
In a short time I received the following
response' to wit: ^ ,
Flag of Tkuce Steamer New York, V
Varina, Va , Aug. 31, 1864. j
Hon. R. Ould, Agent of Exchange :
Sir.:—I have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of your favor of to day, requesting
answer, Ac., to your communication of the
from General Meredith % communication !. 10th inst., on question, of exchange of
informing ine that my proposal of the 20th i prisoners
deleft PtisccUaujr.
A Scene In Mis Chicago ConuhDon.
One of tho delegates from Ohio having
nominated Hon. Thomas H. Seymour, of
Connecticut, ns a candidate for the Presi
dential chair. Mr. B.G. Harris, of Maryland,
seconded the motion, and proceeded to
eulogizo his party services and abilities.
Mr. Harris continued as follows:
One man named here to day is a tyrant
—[cheers and hisses]—bo who first initi
ated the policy by w high our rights and
liberties were stricken down ; that man is
George R. McClellan. [Confusion.] Mary
land,* which has suffered so much at the
hand of that limn, will not submit to his
nomination in silence. - II is offences shall
hi made known. This convention is a
j\ ry Appointed by the people to pass upon
the merits of public men whose names
may be presented for tho support of" the
great Democratic party. Gen. McClellan,*
1 repeat, is a tyrant. [Great eon fusion.]
il.e stood hero In indict him. [A delegate—
“ 1 call him to order.”]
The President said he hoped there was
no man present who would deny t he right
of free speech: certainly no Democrat
will. At tin. same time he hoped no dele-
gale would feel called'upon to pursue a
course of remarks so offen-.ivo notoJivicr-
tVi-o with tiwharmony of tho convention.
Mi*. Jlarri:, read McClellan’s order of
arrejt against the Maryland Legislature,
and proceeded to comment upon the same,
hut tho i onfusibh was so ' great that the
sneaker could npt be heard, except to say
ail the charges of usurpation end tyranny
that oon he brought against Lincoln and
Bu*.lcr he can make and substantiate
against McClellan. [Hisses, cheers and cries
of “ Vote for Jeff. Davis.”]
The President wished the convention
would como to order; thero is no attack
trade hero, lie said, but what can ho made
elsewhere,. and tho gentleman against
whom these charges are being made desires
they shall bo mad'e now and here, so that
Ive can moot and explain ificnt, These in
terruptions do injustice to ourselves, to
the speaker, and tho distinguished gentle
man again*;, whom they aro rnaiJe. Lot
the gentleman from Maryland have a full
hearing; and afterwards hear the other side
from gentlemen who aro ready and able
to make a full explanation.
Mr. Harris proceeded to say that Mc
Clellan was an assassin of State rights, a
usurper of liberties, and, if nominated, he
would be beaten everywhere, as ho was at
Antiotam. lid iddad, ho could not go
home and ask tho members of that Legis
Istureto vote iOi’.mch a man. He would
not himself vote tor him. [Hisses.]
Mr, Carrigan, of Penn., raised a point
of order, that the gentleman having said
he would not vote for McClellan if nomi
nated, he had no right to take part in the
proceedings of the convention.
The President’ decided the point of order
well taken, and, amid the wildest confusion,
Mr. Harris retired fro; a the stand. When
Harris, of Maryland, was making towards
li is scat, after.being declared out of drdor
because of his remark that, if McClellan
was nominated he would not support him,
a person, not a delegate, although sitting
within the circle, said to him : “ You ought
to ho turned out of tl o convention, you
Iraltori” whereupon Harris turned round
and knooked hitn out of his 'chair.. This
incident contributed much to the general
confusion which prevailed for several min
utes - #
Mr. Wickliffo withdrew the name of
Franklin Pierce.
Mr. McNeil, of Illinois, on behalf *1 a
portion of the Illinois delegation, and, as
he believed, of a majority of the delegates
the groat Northwest, nominated Horatio
oovmonr. [Prolonged cheers.] *
Tha Provident said the moitoit:' was out
«f order.' . , . '
Motions to adjourn, were made, but, de-
clnred ou>iof order.
Mr. Long, Of Ohio; took- the stand in
ojipo^iiion to MpCIuilan. He said Lincoln
ha:! been guilty of interfering with .tho
tV-edom ' -- •--
tests, Hi
you have
oi thy country for these tyrannies, and
usurpations, and yet you propose, to nom-
•"^tAjLinan
Han Lino
ffinnicil
legos an
is guilty
a inovert'
He t
CCTpii
who bore the
re the eamjeiianue-a»-"*—'
This eras the lady whom
hero Tins eras the lady whom we saw
at East Point, on tho eve of accompanying
the corpse back-to Virginia for interment
there. _Jt seema that both men were mem
bers of the same regiment, and that instead
of the Georgia lady’s husband being killed
and »ho other taken prisoner, as was sup
posed, it was just the reverse.
QUESTION OF EXCHANGES.
To the Relatives and Friends of Confederate
Soldiers confined in Northern Prisons:
On the 23d of duly, 1863, .Lhe cartel of
exchange wna agreed upon. The chief, if
not only, purpose of that instrument was
to secure the release of all prisoners of
war- To that end, tb© fourth article nro-
vides that all prisoners of war should be
discharged on parole, in ten days after
their capture, and that the prisoners then
held.and those thereafter taken, should
bo transported to the points mutually
agreed upon, at the expense of the cap
turing party. The sixth also stipulates
that »li prisoners, of whatever arm of
service, are to be exchanged within ten
days from the time of their capture, if it bo
practicable to transfer them to their own
lines in that time; if not, assoon thereafter
as practicable.
From the date of tho cartel to July, 1863,
the Confederate authorities held the excess
of prisoners. During that interval, de
liveries were made as fast as tlrn Federal
Government furnished transportation. In
deed, upon more than ono occasion, 1 urged
the Feaeral authorities to send increased
means of transportation:; As ready as the
enemy always has been to bring false ac
cusations against us, it has never been
alleged that we failed or neglected to make
prompt deliveries of prisoners who were
under charges, when we. held the exoess.
On, the other hand, daring the same
time, the earuj^was openly and notoriously
violated by the Federal authorities. Offi
cers and men-were kept in cruel confine
ment, sometimes in irons or doomed cells,
without charges or trial.
Ir» July, 1863, tho enemy, for the first
time during the adoptioo of the cartel, held
the excess of prisoners. As soon as that
fact was ascertained, whenever a'delivery
was made by the Federal authorities, they
demanded an equal number io return. I
endeavored frequently to obtain from the
Federal Agent of Exchange a distinct
avowal of the intention:* of liis Government
as to tho delivery of prisoners, Out in vain.
At length, on the 20th of October, 1863, I
addressed to Brigadier General Meredith
the-following letter, to-wit:. .
Richmond, Va., Oct. 30th, 1863,
Bri'jadkr General S. A: Meredith, Agent
of Exchange:
Sir.;—More than ft month ago I asked
your acquiescence in a proposition, that all
officers and soldiers, on both sides, should
was “ not accepted.” I was .insultingly
told that if the excess of prisoners was de
livered they would be wrongfully declared
exchanged by me and put in t he field. ,To
show how groundless this imputation was,
it is only necessary for me to state that
since theh I have repeatedly offered to give
ten Federal captives for every Confederate
soldier whom the enemy will show to have
been wrongfully declared exchanged.
From the last named date until tho
present time, there have been but fpw de
liveries of prisoners, the enemy in each
case demanding a like numbo • in return.
It will be observed that the Confederate
authorities only claimed that the provi
sions of the cartel sh juld be fulfilled. They
only asked the enemy to do what, without
any hesitation, they had done during tho
first year of the operations of the cartel
Seeing a persistent purpose on the part oi
the Federal Government to violate its own
agreement, the Confederate authorities,
moved by the sufferings of the bravo men
who are so unjustly held in Northern
prisons, determined. to abate their fair
demands, and accordingly, on the 10th of
August, 1864. I addressed the following
communication to Major John E. Mu'iford,-
j Assistant Agent of Exchange, in charge of
the flag of truce boat, which an the same
day I delivered to him at Varina, on James
river;
War Department, V
Richmond, Va., Aug. 10th, 1864. }
Major John E. Mulford, Assistant Agent
of Exchange:
SirYou have severftl
xrcrcTTxi- TO uve ro exefiange Hie prisoners respective
ly held by the two belligerents, officer for
officer and man tor man. The seme offer
has also been made by oilier officials having
charge of matters connected with the ex
change of prisoners. This proposal has
hitherto been declared by the Confederate
authorities, they insisting upon tho terms
of the cartel, which required the delivery
of lhe excess on either side upon parole.
In view, however, of tho very large num
ber* of prisoners now held by each party,
and the suffering consequent upon their
continued confinement, I now consent to
the aliovc proposal, and agree to deliver
to you the prisoners held in captivity by.
the Confederate authorities, provided you
agreo to deliver nn equal number of Con
federate officers and men. As equal num
bers are delivered from time to time, they
will be declared exchanged.
The proposal is made with the under
standing that the officers and men who
have been longest in captivity will be first
delivered, where it is practicable. I shall
be happy to hear from you as speedily as
possible whether this arrangement can be
earned out.
Respectfully, your ohd’t nerv’t,
Robert Ould,
Agent of Exchange.
I accompanied the delivery of the letter
with a statement of the mortality wiiieh-
was hurrying so many Federal prisoners
at Anderaonvillc to tho grave.
On the 20th of tho same month, Major
Mulford returned with the flag of truce
steamer, but brought no answer to my
letter of the 10th of August. In conversa
tion wi.h him I asked him if lie had any
reply to make to my communication, and
his answer was that be was no t authorized
to make any. So deep was tSe solicitude
which I felt in the fate of the captives in
Northern prisons, that I deuwmined to
make another effort. In order to obviato
any objection which technicality might
raise as to the person to whom my com
munication was addressed,' I wrote to Maj.
General E. A. Hitchcock, who » the Fed
eral Commissioner of Exchange, residing
in Washington City, the following letter,
and delivered the same to Maj. Mulford on
the day of its date. Accompanying that
letter was a copy of the communication
which I had addressed to Major Mulford
on the 10th of August:
Richmond, Va., Aug. 22d, 1864.
Maj. Gen. E. A. Hitchcock, V. S. Com
missioner of Exchange :
Sir:—Enclosed is a copy of a commani
cation which, on the 10th inst., I addressed
and. delivered to Major John E, Mulford,
Assistant Agent of Exchange. Under the
circumstances of the case, I deem it proper
to forward this paper to yon, in order that
you may fully understand the position
which is taken by the Confederate authori-'
ties. I shall be glad if the proposition
therein niade is accepted by your Govern
ment. Respectfully,
Your obd’t servant,
' . Rdp OuLD,
Agent of Exchange.
On tlie afternoon of the 20th of August,
I waa.noti$ed that the flag of truce steamer
had again appeared at Varina. On tlie
following day I sent to Major Mulford the
follojHwgfiote, to-wit:
*“ mond, Aug. 31, 1864.
" " ’ ‘ plant Agent
To which, in reply, I would suy, I have
no communication on the subject irom our
authorities, nor am I yet authorized to
make answer.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Jno. E. Mulford,
Major and Aas’t Agent of Inarch a nge.
I have thus fully set before you the action
of the Confederate authorities in relation
to a matter which lays so near your hearts,
and how it has been received by the enemj*.
Tho fortunes of your fat hers, husbands,,
sons, brothers and friends aro as dear to
those authorities as their persons are
precious to you, and I have made this
publication, not only as an illustration of
Federal hud faith,* but also that you might
see that your Government has spared no
eflorc to secure the release of the gallant
men who have so often fronted death in
tho defence of our sacred cause.
Erf Ould,
Aug. 31, ISG4.. Agent ofi Exchange.
. An Analogy.
The elements of human nature.are the
same in all nations and ages, and it has been
frequently observed that history repeals
itself continually. There'is nothing that
Illustrates this truth- better than the pres
ent contest in America. The analogy
between this struggle and the .first war of
independence is perfect. We have, on one
side, oppression, arrogance, pride, love of
power and dominion, avarice, selfishness
and cruelty; on the othe 1 ,'courage, heroism
and an invincible determinat-ofi to be free.
We were forcibly impressed with the exact
.'similarity ofctrcuDistances'in this war and
the war of the Revolution by several pass- ,
ages, to which our attention was directed
hv a friend, in a litt'ejwo-. k by RiGi nond
Price, published ot Dublin, in 1776, and j
entitled “ Observations on the nature of !
civil liberty, the principles of Government, :
and the justice and policy, tift-hfe. war with \
America. We extract several passages ;
which, with the change of names, may be j
exactly applied to the Federal Government 1
in its infamous and insane efforts to subju- ’)
gate the South. Speaking of t ho war and
its motives and effects upon Britain, the
writer says:
“ But what deserves particular consider- |
atioO here is, that this is a contest from
which no advantages can possible be de
rived. fiat a revenue; for the provinces
of America, when desolated, will afford no
revenae; or, if they should, the expense of
subduing them and keeping them in sub
jection will much exceed the revenue. Net j
any of the'.advantages of trade, for it is j
folly, next to insanity, to think trade can j
be promoted by impoverishing our custom- !
era,and fixing in their minds ah everlasting
abhoirrencB of us.. It remains, therefore,
that this war can have no other object
than tho extension of power. Miserable
reflection ! To sheathe our swords in the
bowels of our brethren, and spread misery
and ruin among a happy people, for no
other end than to oblige them to acknowl
edge oursipreraacy S How horrid ! This
18 the cursed ambition. that led a *Ctes:xr
and an Alexauder, and many other mad
conquerors to attack peaceful communities
and to lay wasf.e the earth.
“Beta, wofse principle than even this
influences some among us. Pride aiid love
of dominion are principles hateful cnongh,
but Wind resentment and the desire of re
venge are infernal principles. And these,
1 am afraid, have no small share at present,
in guiding our public conduct." One cannot
hoip, indeed, being astonished at the vir
ulence with which some speak on the pres
ent occasion against the colonies. For
what have they done ? Have they crossed
the ocean and invaded us ? Have they at
tempted to take from us the fruits of our
labor, and to overturn that form of gov
ernment which we hold so sacred ? This
cannot he pretended. On the contrary;
this is what we have done to them.' We
have transported ourselves to their peace
ful retreat, and employed our fleets and
armies to stop up their ports, to seizo their
effects and to burny their towns. Would
wo hut let them aionc, and suffer them' to
enjoy in security their property and gov
ernments, instead of disturbing us, they
would thank and bless us.. And yet it i's
me who imagine ourselves ill used 1!. The
truth is,ti) expected to find them :v cow
ardly rabble, who would lie quietly at oar
feet, and they disappointed us. They deny
the plenitude of our power over them, and
insist on biting treated as free communj).'
ties. It is this that bus provoked us, and
kindled our governors into rage.”
* * . “It has, however, been as
serted, tbftii even their good is intended
this war. Many of us are persuaded t!
they- will bo’huppier under our gov.erpment
than any government of their o.w
that their liberties will bo i
for them by us than when
ow'd hands. -djEQm " ‘
upon us th'i tiw
what is most for
Can be kinder, N
have formed to exte.-mato
I5§H_
an armed force weave npw endeavoring
to destroy the laws and governments of
America, and yet I have heard it said that
we-are endeavoring to support law and
government there. We are insisting npen
our right to levy Contributions upon tbeiii,
and tQ. main tain this right we are bringing
upon theti,i all the miseries a people can
endure; and yot it is asserted that Vvo
mean nothing but their security and hap
piness.” ' * ■
Thus wroto a British.jieace man in 1776.
How Btrange it is that the very people who
made the greatest complaints of British
oppression Men-r-al though they did but a
small share of the fighting-—should, while
yetBomeof tho riten who engaged in that
contest are still living, perpetrate the very
crimes against freedom and humanity that
they so loudly denounced in the British
Government, and people ! It wduld he hu
miliating to hunifth nature, did we rccog
nizo these creatures as having anything in
common,with the nobler and better portion
of the species —Floridian d- Journal.
Thc_Noblest Homan of Them All.
In the trenches in front of Atlanta,
among the Georgia Militia, is a veteran
soldier. Captain Samuel R. Ahdersbn, of
Tennessee. The history cf thisNvaty fruh-«
ful as it has been, does not afford a. noh'er
example of gallantry and patriotism. Fuw
Tennesseeans will recognize our old tri< ud
as Captain Anderson. It is not claiming
too much to say that no State, won more
credit in the'war with Mexico than Ten
nessee, aud it will not be doing injustice
to any one to say that no one of her gat-,
lanl sons acquitted himself with more cred
it in that war thaifi Samuel R. Anderson;
the Lieut. Colonel of the-1st Tennessee vc*
gimenf. At tho breaking out, of* the pres
ent war, lie was appointed by Governor-
Ilnris, Major General in fue Provisional
Army of Tenniosee. Upon.the transfer of
that army to the Confederacy, he was con-
tinaod in command by President Dav.-; cd
a Brigadier General, and .made an aruconr,
emopeign in .Western Virginia, under Gey.
lire when ho confronted Rcsecnuy . The
impaired Wealth of Gen. A. forced him to .
resign his commission. Recent erenfA.
found him a refugee in Georgia Hia health:
. having neon entirely restored, Gen. A., re
gardless of rank, looking to the sei'vice of
the country rather than to his own ad-
vanceneot, became a private in tho Ge'or-
gta Mi' ilia. Desiring the haneSt of his
experience, lie was prevailed upon to ac
cept tho captaiuey of tho company to
which iv wao*attachad.
m;aky.
“ P. W. A.” of the Savannah Republican,
in a late let Lor from Richmond, comments
upon tlio reprehensible habit ofodice clerks
babbling about t he matters they have to
transcribe. The o?d adage “ three can keep
a secret if two be away,” is always true.
As to Point Lookout, wo have understood
that the graver erii.no of treachery as well
as idle gossip,qirevented the release, of our
prisoners confined there t .
Bui for tbe timely arri val of a portion r>f
cavalry forces, from New Orleans, at Fort
ress Monroe,-on its why to Grant and its
immediate transfer to Washington, ftDd
criminal curiosity of some of our people in
regard to the expedition for the release of
the Confederate prisoners at Point Lookouts
there is very little,doubt that the prisoners
would have been released and Washington
captured. Tne, expedition -never sailed,
however, on account of the publicity given
to it. > . ' . . - /.
It is believed, that notvvit.lrstanding the
arrival of tlie forces, from New Orleans,
with the assistance of the released pris
oners, wo might have laid the Federal
capital, in mins, and compelled ’ Grant to.
ret reat from Virginia for tho defence of his
own country. The young gentlemen in the
Departments who aro- necessarily cogni
zant of important military ..movements, are
"so exeeedmgly amiable, and so dosiroas of
rendering themselves agreeable, that they
sometimes find it impossible not to speak
of these,movements at their houses, and
especially to tlie young ladies with whom
they associate, always, of course, in - the.
most confidential- manner. The young la
dies being equally, amiable, cannot be ex
pected not t.crconfide the scanting news to
their partic ular confidants, though hot un
til they iiiivo exacted front them those
solemn vows' of sacrosy, which they have
already made themselves. In this way "in
telligence ot importaiu movements some
times get noised abroad, and onpe-.stiiried',
it is not long in reaching the spies in town
and the enemy for whom they Jabor. So
far has this thing been carried, that one
day a gentleman having aommunieatod to
rue a verv important fact, I y dot it red to-
ask him how he came in possession of it.j>
He replied Unita certuin budy had tojd him.-
But how came that lady Lo know anything
a he at it ? His answer was, .that It bad
been cOmmujiieated to her by a frioniF of
hers in one cf the Departments ! . ‘
Che city of Pittsburg must have a nice
of ‘‘ city fathers.” Two of .her.'ala'epr
»nc of recoiv-
he was Bcntehc-
,otuee,for
