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l as for that of numerous unarmed citizens who have been subjected to outrages unparalleled in civilized warfare, will not hesitate, I feel constrained to declare, to resort to retaliation, even to the extent sanctioned by the Jewish law — an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and life for life. I await an answer, containing an explicit declaration of the intentions of the United States Government respecting these prisoners. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, Daniel Ruggles, Brigadier-General Com'g District. To which Gen. Butler replied as follows: Headq's Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, La., July 21, 1862. General: It is the intention of the United States Government to let these men go on their parole, and one of them has been gone more than a week. I have the honor to be your ob't serv't. Benj. F. Butler, Major-General Commanding. Brig. Gen. Ruggles, Com'g at Tangipahoa. A letter from New Orleans gives the following account of the tre