INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS: Exchange of Prisoners on the Basis of the Cartel of 1812; MOVEMENTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI (7/26/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 7/26/1862

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Copies of Richmond and Petersburgh papers to the 23d inst. are received, and we give from them various extracts of interest. The leading editorial in the Richmond Enquirer, of the 23d, is upon the pending exchange of prisoners. It says:

"The basis of the exchange has been the cartel of 1812. This cartel marks an important era in this war. It is the acknowledgment of our quasi nationality. We are by it made belligerents, and the Government of the United States treats with the Government of the Confederate States through Commissioners."

The Enquirer claims that one more Confederate victory will end the war, and that "Commissioners for a truce and armistice will meet -- these necessary preludes to peace."

The publication of the heavy list of rebel losses in the late battles before Richmond is continued in the Enquirer. The Seventh Virginia Regiment, which was in no engagement but that of Monday, 30th of June, carried into action about 225 men, and lost 111, nearly one-half.

The Enquirer has a long list of hospitals, including fifteen army hospitals, six private hospitals, and some thirty additional hospitals just opened. Hospital tents, it is stated, are being erected in Howard's Grove and MAYO's and DEBRILL's warehouses, and the Danville workshops in Manchester have also been opened for hospitals.

Rowdvism and disorder appear to have the upper hand in Richmond, and the Inquirer complains [???] military guards "who shoot down men wantonly, and also do a great deal of mischief in the wav of robbing and bruising." It also complains of "straggling desperadoes and runaways from camp whose fixed occupation is stealing, stubbing, bruising and rowdying."

The inflated condition of the Confederate paper currency has caused stocks to go up in proportion. The following sales are quoted:

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Interesting Southern News: Exchange of Prisoners on the Basis of the Cartel of 1812 – 2-3
Affairs at Vicksburgh: Shelling the Rebel Batteries – 3
The Army of Virginia: An Attack Expected from Jackson and Ewell – 3
The Army of the Potomac: The Health of the Troops Improving – 3
Affairs in Memphis: Gen. Sherman in Command – 4
News from Washington: Arrangements for the Collection of the Internal Tax – 4-5
Our Navy: It Consisted of 88 Ships in 1861, and now Numbers 292 – 5-8
Editorial: Our Naval Power – Facts for Friends and Foes – 8-9
Irregularities of Enlistment – Another Reform Needed – 9
American Manufactures at the Great Exhibition – 9
The Designs of France in Mexico and the United States – 9