The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-12-13
Rstalta1ion aln IalsSouri.

- Rstaliation IN missouri. siua.ess
The Commercial Advertiser has letter from
st. Louis, under date Of the S0th ult which says
''The order OF JEFF Davis to Gen. Holmes, Of
Arkansas, to demand the surrender of General
Mcneil for shooting ten Rebel soldiers in this
State, is q rich proceeding Mcneil is State
Militia General, and is not directly responsible
to the United States Government for bis acts
His shooting Of the ten parole breakers was q
severe lesson, but il wss simply carrying out the
tactics Of the guerrillas themselves. 1t has been
! standing order With our soldiers in North Mis-.
souri, for the last six months to shoot every guer
rila found in arms on sight, and the guerrillas
have accepted the ordeal by shooting our men.
Taking prisoners has been dispensed with. The
ten Rebels who we're shot at Palmyra aggravated
their guilt As guerrillas BY violating their parole
a fact which Was proved BY evidence Of their
own accomplicea The shooting was measure
Of retaliation adopted after the example set BY
JED. Davis in holding Corcorsn and others q
hostages for the privateers. Whenever the
Rebels get ready to commence the execution Of
their threats in NcNeil's case, they may drive
on. There about fifteen hundred guerrillas,
officers and men, now in our hands, and they are
coming in every day. Il would DO one-sided
game Immediately. We could hang ten Rebels
for every Union man they laid violent hands
upon" = .7h-5A5SA5t a.hf 4 Sa@Aa !
E1oHrsKH Iaox.CLADs BulLDua loR 1m REB,
xIs N EuRoPI.-A private letter from an
lAuerican residing in London, Who d in . situa-
ton to be advised, to his friends In this CITY,
contains the following He says-after referring
to the fact that the Federal Government has
not regarded the rebellion q serious matter
."Why, even now it would b, difficult tor me g
induce dozen Of our so.called great men 70 be.
lieve that the rebels abroad are making greater
efforts than ever before. ]. know beyond perad.
venture that no less than eighteen tron-eiad
steamers of various kinds. and dinensions a.e
being built in England and France for the Jen
Davis Government Some Of these VESSELS are
nearly finished, and will b. launched ana ABROAD
doing their work Of devastation before the new
wear. have written III. Seward concerning
this business, and yet ! am doubtful lsuch y the
incidence, or perhaps should say indinerence,
which possesses the Cabinet at Washington)
whether any decided steps will be taken to meet
these formidable monsters Of the deep @[Ro-
chester Union and Advertiser. et aa.soe..ao
I WAsH1xGroN's WIIL-Ats recent meeting
Of the New York Historical Society, Mr.. Moore,
the librarian, drew attention to the destruction
or scattering Of valuable memorials Of the
country % our army advanced in Virginia
He had An important statement to make, which
he knew would provoke the indignation Of oil
present, as it did his own. He had been informed
from reliable source, that the original will Of
General Washington, which had been deposited
at Fairfax Court House, had been taken away
and had been sold to the British Museum, thus
depriving the nation Of one Of the most vslus.
BILE relics of its great founder. He urged that
L. Ia ~ una Pd
and preserve such memorial in the future.
From TEE WEsr.-We have received letter
from our friend and townsmsn, P. Melendy, Esq.
who is now engaged in the discharge of his du.
ties as the commissioner for the selection Of
100000 acres Of the public lands for the endox-
ment of the State Agricultural College. He
writes from Fort Dodge under date of Nov. 20,
and We make the following extract: II have
just returned from Sioux City Have been in the
Indian country, and have travelled about eight
hundred miles since left home. Ihave selected
about one hundred thousand acres up to date,
and it will take about feur weeks longer to look
up the balance. Shall start tomorrow for the
counties north Of here. "-ICedar Rapids Gazette
french FASHIONS CoHNo. The London Her.
aid says, "A recent steamer took out twenty-four
French guillotines, consigned to . confidential
that is the ease, the Confederates had better
make their submission before these guillotines
arrive, for when once in operation their execu-
ton will be rapid The practice the Johnny
Bull stomach has had during this war has made
it equal to swallowing such doses as this.
{ A RISE AND FALL IN CcAL 0IL.-The :
cent imitation in the prices Of refined crude
coal oil, and the enormous advance in prices,
has been suddenly checked, and the decline is
likely to be correspondingly rapid. The re-
fined article. at one time, sold as low as TWEEN.
Ity-fve cents. It gradually advanced to fifty
cents after which it suddenly sprang up t.
eighty cents, ninety cents, and one dollar, and
in small lots, to one dollar and ten cents pei
gallon. Yesterday it sold at seventy FIVE tc
eighty cents, and only sixty cents were offered
forlots to arrive. Within the past two weeks
some petroleum spectators have become mill
ionairs, as others, in good financial standing
have as far receded in the opposite direction
philadelphia Press.