Show from Rebel sources the question of exchange washington 30 richmond lUch mond papers contain a dispatch dated bristol tonn tenn which I 1 says officers from the flout fiant state that our forces are arc moving forward in ill the direction of knoxville county between beans station and morristown th alie e country has been cleared of the enemy the E enquirer claims that the food prospects of virginia are arc as favorable is as could be desired and from a comp comparison alison with gitil tile the consumption odthe of the past two years ass assumes unies i that there will bo be in tile counties of the state of virginia within confederate lines four hundred thousand cattle five bundled thousand hogs and five hundred cd and fifty thousand sheep these resources aie in ill th c hands of the people and they are arc urged lf to o hi tribute liberally notwithstanding UFO boast of large resources the richmond market report is bacon 3 25 per pound the E enquirer treating on oil the exchange of prisoners argues ar aes ues that the whole question now in dispute between the commissioners is the treatment of negro cs the E enquirer A concludes that the law of congress for delivering all negroes and their whito officers ceis captured in ill arms to the state authorities ties for trial under state laws was too wide in its language langua 0 o and ana covered matter i that is not within the province of one nation to dictate to another and argues that no nation has the right to dictate to i another what troops such nation naion may or my not employ but that the right of Lf eltion tion for crimes committed still rein U 13 he enquirer also claims that the 1 ral aral government will not dare to send into tho the field but will keep them to gai guard ard depots and concludes as follows sl should bould they bo be sent into the iho field and be put in battle none would bo be taken prisoners our troops understand what to do in su lucli oil cases if any negroes have been captured during the war is as soldiers in the ranks we have not hoard of them wo we dont think such a case has been reported po arted tile law is therefore useless from mexico NEW YORK 27 an orleans letter in the herald contains later int intelligence ellig gence from new mexico A F rench french division of troops has been out flanked after leaving the city of mexico on an all expedition and were retreating back to the city |