The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-20

ler'0 Intervention the officers and men Ol
Col. Straight'e command have been releas-
ed from close confinement, and their irons
removed.
| 1rtbnne's Newborn letter OF tho 18th says
the rumOr comes from the front that the
enemy is coming again upon us. All is
| ready for them.
| NEw York. Feb I6.-The Tsibwnes ar
my dispatches report the review Of Mere
dith's Cavalry Division on Saturday, du-
| ring which Lieut.. King, Ofthe 7th Indiana,
was thrown from his horse, receiving inju-
| ries supposed to be fatal.
The Iribnnc'S Washington dispatches
say tho following correspondence between
| the authorities of the United States and
the Rebel authorities on the exchange Of
prisoners, &c, submitted to the Senate, has
just been published. We copy the letter Of
Gen. Butler defining the position Of the
Government and himself:
FORTRESS MONRoE, Jan. Sir: Your
| note addressed to Major General Hitch
cock, in relation to the appointment Ivy the
Government of the United States of q
Commissioner Of Exchange, is returned
| This Government claims and exercises the
power OF appointing its own agents to
represent its interests, independent OF any
supposed sanction by the Confederate au-
thorities. No right Of declaration OF out
| lawry by those authorities Of any officer
or soldier of the United States can be ad-
mitted or for moment be regarded by the
Government of the United States, AZ its
credit will not be by the persons upon
whom such intimidation is attempted.
am instructed to renew the offer, leaving
all other questions in allegiance, to ex-
| change man for man, officer for officer,
of equal rank, actually held in custody by
parties, until all prisoners of war so held
are thus exchanged. take leave to ex-
press the hope from humane cOnsidera
| tons for those confined as prisoners of
war on either side that these offers will be
| accepted. am further instructed to- in
| form you that unless the dag Of truce sent
forward under the sanction of the COM
manding General Of this Department is
| recognized and respected by your author
tiles, further communication between this
Government and the Confederate authori.
ties, by flag OF truce, must cease, however
| much the lOvo Of its ameliOrating in
fuences upon the right Of what ought to
be civilized warfare is to be regretted,
but the responsibility of such determine
ton must be left with those whom YOU
represent. l have the honor to be very re-
spectfully your obedient servant.
BENZ. r. BUTLER,
Maj. Gen'l and Com'r of Exchange.
To Hon. ROBERT GUILD, Commissioner OF
| Exchange, Richmond.
The Times special says that Gen. Butler
has issued an order forbidding the sale OF
liquor to be drunk on his premises, under
penalty of fine and Imprisonment at hard
labor. Also, an order that all estates in
| his Department abandoned or occupied by
rebels, bc taken possession OF by the S,l-
perintendent of Negro affairs, or trusty
agents.
The House will probably accept the Sem
! ate's tax on whisky OF 60 cents per gallon
by or 10 majority.
| Capt. Todd, Provost Marshal Of the Dis
L fri ~ III; ;u TOD he.
ed from duty, and placed under arrest
Cause unknown.
Especial to Commercially
WASHINGTON, Feb. l0.-There is an evil
dent disposition on the part of Congress to
grant authority 70 Secretary Chase to sell
| the oyerpluss of gold. His friends assert
that the receipts at Custom Houses be-
tween now and July would be more than
sufficient to meet the special demands
that will be due at the time and that ju-
| dicious sale of over one-half of the SO OOO,-
600 Of gold now in the Treasury will put a
stop to the speculations in gold. Others,
however, fear that If this is taken from
| the Treasury it will be sent a broad and will
have disastrous effect on our finances.
Union Prisoners Escaped from
Richmond.
FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. 1.-THE follow
lowing il from the Richmond Examilcr, Of
| the llth:
The following is list of the principal Of
fioers escaped and their rank. Among
others, we regret to have to class the noto-
rious Col. Straight. Col. J Il Boyd % ar
c Hubbard, 2lst Wis; Col. A Hendricks,
Sd Wis. Cavalry; Col. w b McCrery, 2lst
Wis.,; Col. Thos r Risy, Tth Pa; Col. =
Stafford, 9th N. Y; Col. G w Tiiden, 10th
Maine; Col. T s West, oath Wis.,; Col. A D
Straight, 5lst Ind; Col. Mills, 77th Pa;
Maj. J Il Collins, 39th Ind. Maj. g w Fitz
Simmons, 23d Ind; Maj. Hooper, 18th
Mass; Major b Mcdonald, lOoth Ohio;
Maj. Aaron Witger, 74th Pa; Maj. N
Walker, I'D Ind; Mai. + Henry, 5th O.
| The ExGmSner Of the Sd has the follow
ing names of those taken up to last report:
Col. J. ?. Stafford, Capt J. Yates, 5th Ohio.
Capt J. Stevens, 10Th n. r., Capt. +.
Lieut.. w. N. Daily, Sth Pa. Cav, Lieut.. A.
b. White, 4th Pa. Cav, Lieut.. Scherr, 74th
Pa, Lieut.. Watson, Goth Wis.,, Lieut.. P.
Mercer, 18th N. Y, Lieut.. 6. Fl. Morgan,
80th H., Lieut.. w, Il. Parr, 18th Cavalry,
Lieut.. A. Moore, 4th KY, Lieut.. p. 8. Ed
wards, 47th Pa, % Lieut.. z. 8. White, ed
Pa, I'd Lieut.. 8. p. Garble, esd Pa. These
men, besides 81 Captains and 50 Lieuten-
ants, making l50 in all, gained their liberty
without taking the parole or exchange. Of
| these only had returned to the prison up
to last night. Among the recaptured were
z Captains and LioutenNntS.
Gen. Neil Dow did not attempt the passage
Of the tunnel, for the reason that he was
afraid his strength would fail him in his
flight TO the embrace Of Butler the Beast.
Add to retaken ofacers-sd 1t II Ford
4th Pa. ID LII. s p Brown 18th u > Cav.
Adj Gen A Small 9th Md, Isaac Johnson,
Engineer steamer Satellite.
Officers reported arrived at Williams
burg, Col. Straight, Col. McCreary, 1t. Col.
Hubbard, Capt. Wallach Goth Ind, and
1t Harris.
Other names have not yet reached here
| yet. Our Cavalry are securing the coun-
try to the Chickahominy. GunbOats have
gone up the James and Chick aholniny
rivers to give protection to such as can he
found.
(Signedl j. +. BUTLER.
Maj. Gen. COfnd'1
foRTRkss MONROE, Feb. l5.-rwenty-
six Union prisoners arrived this forenoon.
having escaped from Libby Prison the 10th
inst. In addition to names already re-
ported are the following:
Col Y + Kennedy, 3D. Pa cav; II Col Geo
s Davis, 4th Me; It Col Alex Van Witzel,
74th Ia; Lit J + Boyd, Maj J O Collins,
10Th Ind; Maj o Collins, 18th Ind: Mai