STljc Lancaster JlntcUitjcnca: VOL. XLIX. Cancaster Jtrtclligeiurr, PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY MORNING, BY E. W. H UTTER. Office in “ Union Court,” in the rear of the Market House, adjoining Centre Square.. TERMS Subscription.^- Two dollars per annum, payable in advance; two twenty-five, if not paid within six -months; and jtwo titty, if not paid within the year. No subscription discontinued until all ar rearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. Advertisements. —Accompanied by the CASH, and not exceeding one square, will b'e inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents (breach additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. Job Printing.— Such as II tad Bills, Posting Bills, . Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &e., &e., executed ; with accuracy and at the shortest notice. ADVERTISEMENTS. By the President of tlie, United States. ' IN pursuance of law, I, JAMES K. POLK, Pn EV IDENT Of THE U.VITKI) STATES OF AMERICA.do hereby declare and make known, that public sales ■will be held at the undermentioned Land Offices, in Wisconsin, at the periods hereinafter designated, to : wit:— , At the Land Office at the “ FALLS OK ST. ;CROIX RIVER,” commencing on MONDAY, the day of August next, for the disposal of ',the public ltjuds within the undermentitirned town •ships, to wit: North of the base line, and west of the fourth prin cipal meridian. Townships twenty-fiveand twenty-six of range onf.. Townships twenty-five, twenty-six, and twentv seven, of range two.. Townships twenty-eight and twenty-nine of range SEVENTEEN. Townships twenty-nine, thirty, and thirtv-two. of range eighteen. Townships thirty, and fractional townships tliirtv one and thirty-two, of range nineteen. Fractional townships twenty-nine and thirty, and 'townships thirty-one and thirty-two of range twenty. At the SAME PLACF, commencing on MON DAY, the twenty-eighth day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands within the under mentioned .'townships anti fractional townships, to wit: North of the base line, and west of the fourth prin cipaj meridian. Fractional townships twenty-six ami twenty-seven, and townships twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty one, and'thirty two, of range twenty-one. Fractional townships twontv-eight and twenty-nine, and townships thirty and thirty-one, of range TWENTY-THREE, r Fractional townships twontv-nine, thirty, and thirty one, of range twenty-four. At the Land Office at (.iRKKN BAY, commenc ing on MONDAY, the twenty T first day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands situated within the undermentioned townships and fractional townships, viz: Nor//i of the base line, and east of the fourth princi pal meridian. Townships thirty-five, thirty-six, and thirty-seven, and fractional township thirty-eight, of range TWENTY. Fractional townships thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty seven and thirty-eight, of range twenty-one. Fractional townships tliirtv-five, thirty-six, thirty seven and thirty-eight of range twenty-two. Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools, military, or other purposes, will be excluded from the sales. The otfering'of the above mentioned lands will be commenced on the days appointed, and proceed in the order in which they are advertised, with all convenient 'dispatch, until tl\e whole shall have been offered and the sales thus closed. But no sale shall be kept open longer titan two weeks, and no private entry of any of the lands will be admit ted until the expiration of the two weeks. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, this eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eighty hundred and forty-eight. Uy the President: ‘ ; JAMES K. POLK. Richard M, Young, Commissioner of the General Land Office. NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS Every person entitled to the right of pre-emption to any of the lands within the townships and frac tional townships above enumerated, is required to establish the same to the satisfaction of the Regis ter and Receiver of the proper laud office, and make pavmcnt therefor ns soon as practicable after seeing this notice, ami before the day appointed for the commencement of the public sale-of the lands embracing the tract claimed, ortherwise such claim will he forfeited-. RICHARD M. YOI'NG, ('ominissioncr Knv! i W. O. llitkoK, {Successor to llickuksCanthu\) BOOK ZUADA’/f, and Blank Book Manufacturer , Harrisburg, Pa. THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and ihe public, that he is now carrying on the aobve.business iji the old stand, formerly occupied 'by Hickok & Cantine.. As the building has for the last eight years been conducted by him, he Hatters himself that, by carpful attention to business, he r will merit and still..receive a continuance of the patronage so liberally enjoyed bv the old.lirm. Particular attention will be paid to the ruliug and binding of every description of BLANK BOOKS, for banks, county offices, merchants, and private in dividuals, such as . Discount Ledgers, General do. Discount Note Books, Check Books, Tellers’ Statements, Ticklers, Scratches, Weekly Statements, Letter Books, Cash Books, Copy Books, Pass Books, Day Books,: Journals, Judgment Dockets, Appearance do. Quarter Sessions do. Execution • do. Election do. Orphans’ Court do. Naturalization do. Sheriff’s" do. Justices’ do. Ad Sectum Index do. Deed Books, Invoice Books, Commission Books, Miscellaneous do., WITH EVERY Full ami Half Bound Blank Books. He has made, particular arrangements to supply Prothonotaries with, the new and approved Judg ment Docket and Register, with the new Statement of Administration Acct., Old Books, Periodicals, Law. Books, Music, Newspapers, &c., bound to any pattern, and in any style required. He lias made full and ample arrangements to bind Harper’s Il lustrated Edition of the Bible, and Harper’s Illu minated Shakspeare, in a stylo of magnificence not to be excelled in the cities, in either Velvet, Tur key, Morocco, Calf or Slieep, and at very reasona ble prices.. Copying Presses supplied to order. — Paper Ruled to Pattern. All work warranted. References in the City of Lancaster—J. (iisii & Co.; Booksellers, E. W. Huttrr, Editor of the Lancaster Intelligencer Harrisburg, May 23, 1848. Fall Fashions. D f SHULTZ, Hatter, No. 19£ North Queen st., # would respectfully inform his friends and the public that he has just received from New York and Philadelphia the latest Fall and Winter Fashions, and. wili be pleased to furnish his customers and all others with them' at the shortest notice. As all his Hats are manufactured under his immediate super intendence, he feels warranted in saying, thqt for durability and finish they cannot be surpassed by any establishment in this !or any other city in the Union. His stock consists of Be.aver, Nutria, Brush, Russia, Moleskin, Silk, &c. &c. which he will dispose of at the lowest prices. Call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere. Jl CAPS, CAPS! ■HPassortment of Caps is one of the most extensive iffthe city and he is adding to it daily. Customers may rest assured that they will be suited, as he has carefully selected his stock from the largest assort ments in New York and Philadelphia. Don’t for get the stand, directly opposite Michael’s Hotel, North Qugen street. Country Merchants visiting Lancaster, dealing in Hats or Caps, can be supplied at wholesale prices, from one to a dozen, such as they may want. He also informs his numerous friends and custo mers that he still continues to conduct the Hatting business in all branches as heretofore, at hia ® • OLD STAND IN NEW HOLLAND, to which place all orders for the delivery of n a i 9 are requested to be forwarded, sep 4 i4*ly DAVID SHULTZ. Notice to Distillers, AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCK WHEREAS, I, Jacob Weitzel, of thjr Lancaster, coppersmith, hsve receive ters Patent, recorded in the Patent office iij of Washington, certain useful improvemen construction of Stills, which improvement! of an additional tub, called a dc >;»\ng tal is placed partly above the stil 1 , >r doubler in inclosed, the beer which is puni the upper tuh passes down bv a plug pipe | doubling tub, where it is brought to a boili before it is let into the still, which pipe i; or stopped when requisite by means of a p of wood, copper, or anv other inaterial. What I claim as my improvements are ti described doubling tub and the plug by %\ beer passes from one tub to the other, tuh into the still. Having received information,amounting that my patent for the above described ments lias been violated bv several distille county and in various other places, I hei notice, that unless those persons who ha use of my invention, or have it now in use being authorized by me, eorne forward a full reparation for having infringed my pati on or before the first day of March next, be instituted against all and every such p persons. JACOB WEI' Fel.. 22, IS4B. Warren county, (Virginia,) at Private Sale. rpilE subscriber is desirous to dispose o J liable Farm, situated on the Shenandoc live miles abov,e Front Roval (the county t containing about -100 acres, a large propc tion of which is first quality meadow. Tf Farm is beautifully timbered, well watere admirably located in point of health, conv nience, and society. The greater part of i:; in the highest state of cultivation, we clover, and highly productive; upon the ] ..several comfortable Dvvelling'Housc: excellent store house, and the greatc jUSnialauce of the finest fruit of all desenj desirable- this Karin might be divided ini more Karma, giving to each a sufficiency ( and water, and when the projected impr of the Shenandoah ftiver shall he complete it soon wilLbe) this property cannot fail mensely valuable. 1 deem it unnecossur a more detailed description as persons dr purchase will doubtless examine for them:elves Aiiv communications addressed to me at Front Rovai, Warren countv,'*( Va.) wHI receive ; ttention. April IS, KS43-2mM2] WM. BEJsNET. ALL persons wishing to roof either m\v or old buildings with slate are hereby informed that the subscribers have now on hand at their quarries at Peach Bottom, Lancaster county, a large quan tity of ROOFING SLATE, of a superior quality ; also a proportion of second quality; all ai* which they will dispos'e of on very accommodating terms, either by the ton or by the square when put on the nml '- ' . f Persons wishing to root buildings of any descrip tion can always be supplied at the shortest notice by calling on the undersigned partner, at Iris Mills, near Goshen post other, Fulton township, in person, or address him by letter, directed to that office, and they will he promptly attended to. They! also fur ther request those who. may find it more convenient to call on John Elder, Esq., of the city of Lancas ter, or on Mr. Jeremiah Brown, of Columbia, they being fullvauthorizcd to contract for said companv. SLATER BROWN & CO.’ pulton twp., Fel>. 29, IS4S. 4tn-p Michael Mcgrann tai ces occasion to in form his patrons and the public {. enerally, tliat ho has removed from his old Tavern Stand, to a two story brick house nearly opposite, one door north of Wentz ns of this delightful Repository of Art and Science, that no pains'on his part will he spared to render it worthy of a visit from the philosopher or antiquarian, as well as from those of an humbler spherq. Admis sion 25 cents. [Lancaster, April H, IS-IS—3m-l 1 Removal. fTMIE subscriber repectfully informs 1 J_ and the public that he has removed t! established and well known shop lately o< William Cox, in North Duke street, on the where he is prepared to do all kinds of \ as making and repairing CARRIAGES, BAROUCHES, BUG SQUARE CARRIAGES, and vehicles of every kind belonging to making business. New work will be sold, and repairingc done cheaper, than at any other establ this city, and all work will be done in tl ‘most fashionable style, and manufacture best materials. All new work warrante He returns his thanks to the public for the liberal encourgcment heretofore extended to him, and hopes by strict personal attention to business, and moderate charges to merit and receive a c mtinuance of public patronage. GEO. B. MOWERY. April IS, I$4S. 12-6 m Look Here! Clocks and Watches. THE undersigned has just returned fijom Philadelphia with a new and splendid assortment of Clocks, Watches, Accordeons, Musical Boxes,‘Gold Pons, &c., which he prepared to dispose of on the most reasonable term's. Among bis assortment may be found Gold and Silver Levers, Imitation Levers, Quartiers and English Watches, and a new article of flocks, and all articles usually kept in his line. respect fully invites the inspection of hie frie idsjboth in town and country to his stock of goods with the as surance that from bis assortment they cannot fail to make a selection of any article they may want. Repairing attended to as usual, aiql all work warranted. JOHN BROWN* Agt. Feb. 15, IS4B. 3 W. 0. HICKOK. Gin-17 New and Secondhand Furniture Warerooms. milE undersigned beg leave to invite the public _|_ in general to examine their large ajnd well se lected assortment of Cabinet Furniture of all des criptions, including Sofas, Dressing ani plain Bu reaus, Wardrobes, Pier, Card and Din ng Tables, Bookcases and Secretarvs, Chairs of all sorts, French and German Looking Glasses, Silver and Plated Ware, and Office Furniture in general use. — Persons who are about purchasing furniture, will find it to their advantage to give us a call, as we are determined to sell good ware for reasonable prices. . COHEN LOBE, 115, South Second street, 3" doors belo.v Dock st., and opposite the old Custom House, Philadelphia, Penn. [Feb. 1,1848-3 m Chair Maker, Paper Hanger and Painter. Corner of South Queen and Vine streets . THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has now on hand, and is constantly manufacturing,to order CH AIRSfiJ of all kinds and descriptions, from the h ghest fapfca to the lowestprice. They have been generally/Tjl admired —are elegantly finished, and are of the most durable character. House painting in all its varieties qxecutcd by the undersigned.. His prices will be found extremely moderate. . , All orders for Paper Hangmg^WiU,h3 promptly executed* dec.22 1847 ADVERTISEMENTS. Slate for Sale, REMOVAL, GKORG K F, flOTli, / 44*>ly “ THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.”— Buchanan. CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1848. ADVERTISEMENTS. Lancaster city & county Millinery, In Kramph's Building, first door on the second floor. rpHE undersigned, Mary A. Ranninger, here- I with respectfully informs the public, that she intends, on Tuesday, the 18th of April, instant, to open a splendid assortment of Millinery Ware, in the large room, lately occupied by i\lr. Johnson, (Daguerreotype Painter,) in Mr. F. J. Kramph’s building, North East corner of North Queen and Orange streets, Lancaster, Pa., in the immediate neighborhood of Van Kanan’s, Scholfield's, Good & Johns’, Kauffman’s, and Michael's Hotels, and opposite the post office ; and invites all her respec tive customers, as well as the public in geneial, both in the city and county, to give her a call and to examine her stock. lie city of ed by let i] the city nts in the ts consist ib, whicli . tub the iped into [info the, Ijing state ie opened •Jug made All her articles are of the best quality, of the most fashionable style, and may be had at the most reasonable prices. Her stock consists principally in Straw, Fancy and Casing Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers, Bonnet and Dress Caps, Collars, Mourn ing Caps and Collars, &e. &c., as well as in a se lected assortment of tli,e handsomest Dress Goods ever offered to the public before. Old Bonnets will also be altered and made up anew, in the most fashionable style, with the greatest care, and on the most reasonable terms. Ladies’ Bonnets and Gentlemen’s Hats whitened and pressed. Notwithstanding that the Ladies, far and near, are fully convinced of her superior work, she nev ertheless d(J?s not consider it superfluous, here to state, that she has, at the same time, employed the best and most experienced assistants in her business, and no apprentices, who are merely learning the trade: Hence she is fully enabled, in every point of view, to render full and complete satisfaction to those who may favor her with a call. - to proof, mprove •s in this eby give ve made without nd make nt riglit, suit will erson or :zel. 'his val ch River, t )wn ( and ii.ajjfe MARY A. .RANNINGER. Lancaster, April 11, 1848. 3m-ll tins land 11 set in 'arm are , and an st abun tiouH. If o two or f timber ovement d (which > be im y to give siring to Carriage Manufactory. THE undersigned respectfully informs the public that he has removed his extensive COACHMAKING ESTABLISHMENT, to the town ofSchoeneck, in Lancaster county, 10 miles from Womelsdorf, in Berks countv, where he formerly conducted the same business, and' 15 miles from Reading. He is now prepared, at his new stand, to manufacture every article in his line, and also to execute repairs of coaches and other vehi cles at the shortest notice, and at the most reason able prices. He has constantly on hand a complete assortment of* toadies, Barouches, Rorjinways, with single or double seats, Buggys, with or without covers, made according -to the newest style and of the best materials;, which for durability ami neatness cannot be excelled. Per sons desiring neat, cheap* and substantial vehicles, will therefore find it to their advantage to patron ise this establishment, as his work is not to be sur passed. Orders, addressed to the Sehoeneek P.’ 0., Lancaster county, will be promptly executed, and the work will be delivered wherever customers may require it. ‘ Carriages ami buggys somewhat worn, will be taken in exchange for new work—as also country produce. Old coaches and buggys on hand, selling from $25 to S5O. Old vehicles repaired and repainted equal to any new. He will spare no pains to merit a continuance of public patronage, especially from his old custo mers in Lancaster and Berks counties, Schooueck, May 2, IS-IS Spr£clier & Rolricr’s Cheap Hard- Ware Store, HARDWARE, Glass, Paints, Oils, and Varnishes at that long established stand, East King st., Lancaster, formerly occupied by Howett & Krieder, a few doors east of the Court House, next door to the Drug Store of.. James Smith, and opposite Goo. Messcnkop’s Hotel, which they have recently taken and where they "'ill carry on the business. They most respectfully beg leave to invite the attention of their friends and acquaintances to their stock of Hardware, which they have just opened and will sell at the most reasonable prices, includ ing every variety of Iron and Steel, Latches, Locks, Dolts, Hinges, Screws, and all kinds of building materials, every description of Files, Blacksmith’s Bellows, Saddlery, best warranted Edge 'l’ools, Planes, and Veneers. Also a complete assortment of CEDAR WARE, such as tubs, buckets, butter churns, together with every article in their line. They will keep constantly on hand every variety of Coal and Wood Stoves; also a highly approved COOKING STOVE. The attention of young beginners is particularly called to their full and complete assortment of household utensils. Determined to spare no pains to accommodate purchasers, ami by steady adherence to business, they expect to merit a continuance of the liberal patronage thus far bestowed upon them. GEORGE 1). SPRECIIKU, REUBEN S. ROllllEH. Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange tor goods. jan 111-50 KEMOVAL—T. C. WILEY, Fashionable Boot and Ladies Shoe Establishment. THE undersigned begs leave to return his«TlfY7fl thanks to the public for the encourage-Ayjy ment heretofore extended to him, and to ac quaint his former patrons and friends and the pub lic generally, that he has removed his fashionable boot and shoe store from North Queen to East King street, dirictly opposite Mrs. Mcsscnkop’s Hotel, and one door east of James Smith’s Apothecary, where he is prepared to do all work in his line of business with neatness and despatch. He has on hand a general assortment of French & Morocco Skins for Boots, to which branch of his business he devotes particu lar attention, and guarantees his Boots to be ma'de in the neatest and most fashionable manner. He lias also just received from the city an assortment of lasts of the most fashionable styles for Ladies Shoes. He also keeps constantly on hand an as sortment of Ladies’ and Misses’ Shoes of his own manufacture, which he is confident will give gen eral satisfaction, as they arc made in the neatest and most fashionable manner. nig friends tjo the old ccupicd by t Railroad, work, such the coach (fall kinds l shment in 1 e best and :1 from the ; 1. April 25, 1848. Salisbury Handle Manufactory and Turning Mill. THE subscribers tender their thanks to their friends for the patronage extended to them in the business in which they are engaged, and res pectfully solicit a continuance ol their favors. They now inform their friends and the public generally, that they still'continue to manufacture at their establishment at Salisbury, (on the Phila delphia and Lancaster turnpike, one mile east of Kinzer’s and one mile north of the Gap,) Broom, Brush, Hoe, Shovel ar.d Fork Handles, Plastering Lath turned and sawed, Palling, Bench Screws, &c They have also, an excellent Turning Mill con nected with their establishment, and are prepared to do all kinds of Turning in wood, such as Porch Columns, Cabinet, Coach and Wagon Turning o! all kinds with promptness and despatch. They have nowon hand a lot of seasoned lumber, suitable for Cabinet Makers use, which will be turned to order or disposed of on reasonable terms. Also, a large lot of prime Ash Plank which will be sold low and sawed if wished to anv size. Any communications directed to Gap Post Office, Lancaster county, will meet with prompt attention, sept 7 ’47-32-ly A. F. & S. C. SLAYMAKER- Castings! Castings! THE Subscribers having rented the shop, to gether with all the Lathes, Tools, Patterns, B:c., belonging to Pennel & Lenher, late in the oc cupancy of James 11. Pennel, they are prepared to do all kinds of CASTING AND FINISHING , such as Railroad work, Furnace and Forge Cast ings, Mill Gearing, Factory work, Horse Power and Agricultural Castings, &c. Having patterns of every description on hand, they are prepared to execute aIL orders at the. shortest notice. Also, Patterns made to order. From the known experience of the subscribers in the above business, the assurance is given that all orders will be faithfully executed. JAMES BOON, MICHAEL HANVEY. May 2, IS4S. tf-14 New Supply of Boots & Shoes ! h a v Gum Shoes, &c. • flj THE subscriber has just received a supply of Boots, Shoes, Gum Shoes, &c., at his stand, in North Queen Street, two doors above the Post Office, to which he invites the attention of his patrons and the public'in general. He hais a supply of Gum Shoes of every descrip tion, consisting of Buskins, Sandals, and plain, with double soles, and also a common article. Nov 9 ’47-41] ADAM 8. KELLER. cm W. 0. BUTLER, We commence below a well-written- sketch of the life of the Democratic nominee for Vice Presi dent of the United States. Gen. William O. But ler, which we will continue, in distinct parts, until completed, not having space for the whole of it at once. It was written ior the Union by Fraxcis 15.I 5 . Bi.aiii, Esq. of Maryland. We shall take the liberty of presenting the life under various heads, and give, as introductory, the part relating to In memoirs of individuals of distinction, it is usual to look back to their ancestry. The feeling is universal which prompts us to learn something of even an ordinary acquaintance in whom interest is felt. It will indulge, therefore, only a natural and proper curiosity to introduce the subject of this notice by a short account of a family whose strik ing traits survive in him so remarkably. General Butler's grandfather, Thomas Butler, was bom Gth April. 1720, in Kilkenny, lieland* He married there in 1742. Three of his five sorife who attained manhood, Richard, William, and Thomas, were bom abroad, Pierce, the father of General William 0. Butler, and Edward, the youngest son, were born in Pennsylvania. It is remarkable that all these men, and all their immediate male des cendants. with a single exception, were engaged in the military service of this country. The eldest, Richard, was Lieutenant Colonel of Morgan's celebrated rifle .regiment, and to him it owed much of the high ‘character that gave*it a fame of its own, apart from the other corps of the revolution. The cool, disciplined valor which gave steady and deadly direction to the rifles of this regi ment, was derived principally from this officer, who devoted himself to the drill o c his men. He was promoted to the full command of a regiment some time during the war, and inthat capacity command ed Wayne's left wing in the attack on Stouey Point. About the year 17'JU. he was appointed Major General. Chi the -Ith of November, 1701, he was killed in Gen. St. Clair's bloody battle with the In dians. His combat with the Indians, after he was shot, gave such a peculiar interest to his fate, that a representation of himself and the group surround ing him was exhibited throughout the Union in wax figures. Notices of this accomplished soldier will be found in Marshall's Life of Washington, pages 200, :jl 1, -12 U. Jn Gen. St. Clair's report, in the American Museum, vol. xi,'p. 11, appendix. William Butler, the second son, was ah officer throughout the revolutionary war, rose to the rank of Colonel, and was in many of the severest battles. He was the favorite of the family, and was boasted.' of by this race of heroes as the coolest ami boldest man in battle they had ever known. When the army was greatly reduced in rank and file, and there were many superfluous officers, they organi zed themselves into a separate corps, and elected him to the command. Gen. Washington declined receiving this novel corps of commissioned soldiers, hut, in a proud testimonial, did honor to their de voted patriotism. Of Thomas Butler, the third son. we glean the JESSE IIEINIiOLD. following facts from the American Biographical Dictionary. In the year 17 70, whilst he was a student of law in the office of the eminent Judge Wilson, of Philadelphia, he left his pursuit and joined the army as a subaltern. He soon obtained the command of a company, in which he continued to the close of the revolutionary war. He/was in almost every action fought in the Middle States during the war. At the battle of Brandywine he received the thanks of' Washington on the field of battle, through his Aid-de-camp Gen -Hamilton, lor his intrepid conduct in rallying a detachment of retreating troops, and giving the enemy a severe fire. At the battle of Monmouth he received the thanks of Gen. Wayne for defending a defile, in the lace of a severe lire irom the enemy, while Col. Richard Butler's regiment made good its retreat. At the close' of the war he retired into private ife, as a farmer, and continued in the enjoyment of ural and domestic happiness until the year 17’Jl, vhen he again- took the field to meet the savage foe that menaced our western Irontier. He command ed a battalion in the disastrous battle of November •1, 17 ( .'1,in which his brother foil. Orders were given by Gen. St. Clair to charge with the bayonet. ami Major Butler, though his leg had been broken by a ball, yet on horseback, led bis battalion to the charge, h was with dilliculy his surviving brother, Captain Edward Butler,, removed him from the field. In I 7'.*2 he was continued iu the establish- iicnt as a Major, and in 17‘J-l lie was promoted to o the-rank ol' Lieutenant Colonel commandant of he hh sub-legion. He commanded in this year fort Fayette, at Pittsburg, and prevented the dolu* led insurgents from taking it—more by his name than by his forces, lor lie had but lew troops. The close of his life was embittered with trouble. In 1803 he was arrested by the commanding General (Wilkinson) at Fort Adams, on the Mississippi, and sent to Maryland, where be was tried by a court-martial, and acquitted of all the charges, save that of iccaring liis hai>\ He was then ordered to New Orleans, where he arrived to take command, of the troops, October 20th. He was again arrest ed next month; but the court did not sit until July of the next year, and their decision is not known. Colonel Butler died September 7, 1805. Out of the arrest and persecution of this sturdy veteran, Wash ington Irving (Knickerbocker) lias worked up a ’ fine piece of burlesque, in which Gen. Wilkinson's character is inimitably delineated in that of the vain and pompous General Von Poffenburg. Percival Butler, the fourth son, father of General William O. Butler, was born at Carlisle, Pennsyl vania, in 1700. He entered the army as a lieutenant at the age of eighteen; was with Washington at Valley Forge ; was in the battle of Monmouth, and at the taking of Yorktown—being through the whole series of struggles in the Middle States, with the troops under the commander-in-chief, except for a short period when he was attached to a light corps commanded by'Lafayette, who presented him a sword. Near the close of the war, he went to the South with the Pennsylvania brigade, where peace found him. He emigrated to Kentucky in 17S1. He was the last of the old stock left when the war of 1812 commenced. He was made Ad jutant General when Kentucky became a State, and in that capacity joined one of the armies sent out by Kentucky during, the war. Edward Butler, the youngest of the five brothers,! was too young to enter the army in the first stages of the revolution, but joined it near the close, and had risen to a Captaincy when Gen. St. Clair took the command, and led it to that disastrous defeat in which so many of the best soldiers ol the coun try perished. He there evinced the highest cour age and strongest fraternal affection, in carrying his wounded brother out ol the mlssacre, which was continued for miles along the route of the re treating army, and from which so few escaped, even of those who fled unencumbered. He subse quently became Adjutant Gen.'l in Waynes army. Of these five brothers, four had sons—all of whom, with one exception, were engaged in the military or naval service of the country during the last war. Ist. General Richard Butler's son William, died a lieutenant in the navy, early in the last war. His son Captain James Butler, was at the head of the Pittsburg Blues, which company he commanded in the campaign of-the northwest, and was particu larly distinguished in the battle of Mississinnawa. 2d. Colonel William Butler, also of the revolu- T. C. WILEY. tf-13 tionary army, had two sons; one died in the navy, the other a subaltern in Wayne's army. He was in the battle with the Indians in 17U l. 3d. Lieut. Col. Thomas Butler, of the old stock, had three sons, the eldest a judge.' The second, Col. Robert Butler, was at the head of Gen. Jack son's stafT throughout the last war. The third, William E. Butler, also served in the army of Gen. Jackson. 4ill. Percival Butler, Captain in the revolutiona ry war, and Adjutant General of Kentucky during the last war, had four sons; first. Thomas, who was a Captain, and'aid to General Jackson at New Orleans; next, General William 0. Butler, the sub ject of this notice; third, Richard, who wus an Assistant Adjutant General in the campaigns of the war of 1812. Percival Butler, the youngest son, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH THE Democratic Candidate for Vice President. THE ANCESTRY OF GFN. BUTLER. now a distinguished lawyer, was not of an age to bear aims in the last war. Of the second genera tion of Butlers, there are nine certainly, and proba bly more, engaged in the present war. His First Campaign. 'Phis glance at the family shows the character of the race. An anecdote, derived from a letter from an old Pennsylvania friend of the parents, who transplanted it from Ireland, shows that this milita ry instinct was an inheritance. “ While the live sons.” says the letter, “were absent from homo in the service of the country, the old father took it in his head to go also. The neighbors collected to remonstrate against it; but his wife said. “ Let him go! I can get along without him, and raise some- thing to feed the army in the bargain; and the country wants every man who can shoulder a mus ket. " : It was doubtless this extraordinary zeal of the Butler family which induced Gen. Washington to give the toast—“ The Butlers, and their five sons," at his own table, whilst surroundad by a large party of officers. This anecdote rests on the author ity of the late Gen. Findlay, of Cincinnati. A similar tribute of respect was paid to this devoted house of soldiers by General Lafayette, in a letter now extant, and in the possession of a lady con nected with it by marriage. Lafayette says, •• When I wanted a thing well done, f ordered a Butler to do it.'' From this retrospect, it will be seen that, in all tHe wars of the country —in the revolutionary war, in the Indian war, and the present Mexican war— the blood of almost every Butler able to bear arms has been freely shed in the public cause. Major General William O. Butler is now among the highest in the military service of his country; and he has attained this grade from the ranks—the position of a private being the only one he ever sought. At the opening of the war of 1812, he had just graduated in the Transylvania University, and was looking to the law as a profession. The surrender of Detroit, and of the army by Hull, aroused the patriotism and the valor ol Kentucky; and young’Butler, yet in his minority, was among the first to volunteer. He gave up his books, and ghfe enjoyments of the gay and polished society ol Uexingtoii, where he lived among a circle of fond and partial relations—the hope to gratify their am bition in shining at the bar, or in the political forum of the State—to join Capt. Hart's company of in fantry as a private soldier. Before the march to join the northwestern army, he was-elected a corporal. In this grade he mar ched to the relief of Fort Wayne, which was invested by hostile Indians. These were driven before'the Kentucky volunteers to .their towns on the Wabash, which were destroyed, and the troops then returned to the Miami of the lakes, where they made a winter encampment. Here an ensign's comihission in the second regiment of United States infantry was tendered to the volunteer corporal, which he declined, unless permitted to remain with the northwestern army, which he had entered to share in the effort ol the Kentucky militia to wipe out ,the disgrace of Hull's surrender by the recap ture of Detroit. His proposition was assented to. and he received an ensign's appointment in the 17tli infantry, then a part of the northwestern army, under the command of Gen. Winchester. After enduring every privation* in a winter encamp ment, in the wilderness and frozen marshes of the lake country, awaiting in vain the expected support of additional forces, the Kentucky volunteers, led by Lewis, Allen, and Madison, with Well's regi ment, (17 tH U. 5..) advanced to encounter the force of British and Indians which defended Detriot.— On leaving Kentucky, the volunteers had pledged themselves to drive the British invaders from our soil. These men and their leaders were held in such estimation at home, that the expectation form ed of them exceeded their promises ; and these vol unteers. though disappointed in every succor which they had reason to anticipate—wanting in provis ions, clothes, cannon, in everything—resolved, ra ther than lose reputation, to press on to the enter prise, and endeavor to draw on after them, by en tering into action, the troops behind, it is not proper here to enter into explanations of the causes of the disaster at the-river Raisin, the consequence of this movement, nor to give the particulars of the battle. 'Hie incidents which signalzed the character of the subject of the memoir alone are proper here. There were two bailies at the river Raisin—one on the IStb, the other on the U'Jd of January. In the first, the whole body of Indian warriors.drawn together from all the lake tribes, for the defence of .Upper Canada against the approaching Kentuck ians, were encountered. In moving to the attack of this formidable force ot fiercest, and bravest, and most expert warriors on the continent, a strong party of them were described I'rotn the line with which Knsign Butler advanced, running forward to | reach a fence, as a coror from which to ply their j lilies. Butler .instantly proposed, and was permit- I led, to anticipate them. Calling upon some of the most ulert ami active men of the company, he ran directly to meet the Indians at the fence. He and I his comrades outstripped the enemy ; and. getting i possession of the fence, kept the advantage of the I position lor their advancing friends. This incident of however little importance as to results, is worth remembrance in giving the traits of a young sol dier’s character. It is said that the hardiest veteran, at the opening of the lire in battle, feels, for the somewhat appalled; and Gen. Wolfe, one of the bravest of men. declared that the '• horrid yell of the Indian strikes the boldest heart with affright." The strippling student, who. for the first time, beheld a field of battle on the snows of the river Raisin, presenting in bold relief long files of those terrible enemies, whose massacres had fil led his native State with tales of horror, must have felt some stirring sensations. But the crack of the Indian rifle, and his savage yell, awoke in him the chivalric instincts of his nature ; and the prompti tude with which he communicated his enthusiasm to a lew comrades around, and rushing forward to meet danger in its most appalling lorm, risking himself to save others, and to secure a triumph which he could scarcely hope to share, gave earnest of the military talent, the self-sacrificing courage, and the soldierly sympathies which have drawn to him the nation’s esteem. The close of the battle of the 18th gave another instance in which these latter traits of Gen. Butler's characternvere still more strikingly illustrated. The Ihdians, driven from the defences around the town on the river Raisin, retired fighting into the thick woods beyond it. The contest of sharp-shooting from tree to tree was here 1 continued—the Kentuckians pressing for ward, and the Indians retreating—until night closed in, when the Kentuckians were recalled to the en campment in the village. The Indians advanced as their opposers withdrew, and kept up the hre until the Kentuckians emerged from the woods into the open ground. Just as the column to which Knsign Butler belonged reached the verge of the , dark forest, the voice of a wounded man, who had been leftsome distance behind, was heard calling out most piteously for help. Butler induced three of his company to go back in the woods with him, to bring him off. He was found, and they fought their way back—one of the men, Jeremiah Walker, receiving a shot, of which he subsequently died. In the second sanguinary battle of the river Raisin, on the *JJd of January, with the. British and Indians, another act of self-devotion was performed by Butler. After the rout and massacre of the right wiug, belonging to Well’s command,_ihe whole force of the British and Indians was concentrated against the small body of troops under Major Mad ison, that maintained their ground within the pick eted gardens. A double barn, commanding the plat of ground on which the Kentuckians stood, was approached on one side by the Indians, under the cover of an orchard and fence, the British on the other side, being so posted as to command the space between it and the pickets. A party in the rear of the barn was discovered advancing to take possession of it. All saw the fatal consequences of the secure lodgment of the enemy a place which would present every man within thepickets at close rifle shot to the aim of their marksmen. Major Madison inquired if there was no one who would volunteer to run the gauntlet of the fire of the Bri tish and Indian lines, and pat a torch to the com bustibles within the barn, to saye the remnant of the little army from sacrifice; Butler, without a moment's delay, took some blazing sticks from a lire at hand, leaped tiie pickets, and, running at his utmost speed, thrust the fire into the straw within the barn. One who was an anxious spectator of the event we narrate, says, “that although volley upon volley was fired at him, Butler, after making some steps on his way back, turned to see if the fire had taken, and, not being satisfied, returned to the barn* and set it in a blaze. As the eontlagra tion grew, the enemy was seen retreating from the rear of the building, which they had entered at one end as the dame was ascending in the other. Soon alter reaching tne pickets in safety, amid the shouts ol his friends, he was struck by a ball in his breast. Believing from the pain he felt, that it had penetra ted his'chest, turning to Adjutant (now General) McCalla, one ot his Lexington comrades, and pres sing his hand to the spot, he said, u I tear this shot is mortal; but while lam able to move, I will do my duty." To the anxious inquiries of this triend, who met him soon afterward again, he opened his vest: with a smile, and showed him that the ball spent itself on the thick wadding, of his coat and on his breastbone. He suffered, however, for many weeks. The little band within the pickets, which Win chester had surrendered, after being carried himself a prisoner into Proctor's camp, denied his powers. They continued to hold the enemy at bay until they were enabled to capitulate on honorable terms, which, nevertheless. Proctor shamefully violated, by leaving the sick and wounded who were unable to walk, to the tomahawk of his allies. Butler, who was among the few of the wounded who escaped the massacre, was marched through .Canada to Fort Niagara—suffering under his wound, and every pri vation—oppressed with grief, hunger, fatigue, and the inclement cold of that desolate region. Even here he forgot himself, and his mind \Vandered hack to the last night scene which he' surveyed on the bloody shores of the river Raisin. He gav§ up the heroic pait, and became the school-boy agadq, and commemorated his sorrows for his lost friends, in verse, like some passTpnate, heart-broken These elegiac strains were never intended for any but the eye of mutual friends, whose S3’mpathies, like his own, poured out| tears with their plaints over'the dead. We give -Some of these lines of his boyhood, to show that the heroic youth had a bos som not less kind than bßave. THE FIELD OF RAISIN. The battle's o'er! the din is plfit, Night's mantle on the field is cast; The Indian yell is heard no more,’ And silence broods o'er Erie’s shore. At this lone hour I go to tread The field where valor vainly bled— To raise the wounded warrior’s crest, Or warm with tears his icy breast; To treasure up his last command, And bear it to his native land. It may one pulse of joy impart To a fond mother's bleeding heart; Or for a moment it may dry, The tear-drop in the widow's eve. Vain hope, away! The widow ne’er Her warrior's dying wish shall hear. The passing zephyr bears no sigh, No wounded warrior meets the eve — Death is his sleep by Erie’s wave, Of Raisin's snow we heap his grave ! How many hopes lie murdered here — The mother’s joy, the father’s pride, The country’s boast, the foeman’s fear, In wilder’d havoc, side by side. Lend ine, thou silent queen of night, Lend me awhile thy waning light, That I may see each well loved form, That sunk beneath the morning storm. These lines are introductory to what may be considered a succession of epitaphs on the personal friends whose bodies he found upon the field. It would extend the extract too far to inseit them. We can only add the close of the poem, where he takes leave a of group of his young comrades, in Hart's company, who had fallea together: And here I see that youthful band, That loved to move at Hart's command ; 1 saw them for the battle dressed, And still thickest pressed, J marked their crimson plumage wave. How many fill this bloody grave ! Their pillow and their winding sheet! The virgin snow—a shroud must meet! But wherefore do I linger here ? Why drop this unavailing tear 7 Where’er 1 turn, some youthful form, Like flowret broken by the storm, ‘ Appeals to me in sad array, And bids me yet a moment stay, Till I could fondly lay me down, And sleep with him on the cold ground, For thee, thou dread and solemn plain, 1 ne’er shall look on’thee again: Ami spring, with her effacing showers, Shall cume, and summer’s mantling ffowers : ' And each succeeding winter throw On thy red breast new robes of snow ; Vet I will wear thee in my heart, All dark and gory as thou art. His Services at the Battle of N. Orleans. lien. Jackson's sense of the services of Butler in this memorable campaign, was strongly expressed in the following letiertoa member of the Kentucky Legislature: Hkumitaulv, Feb. 20, IS I I My Dear Sir: You ask me.to give you my opin ion of the military services of the then Capt. (now Colonel) William (). Butler, of Kentucky, during the investment of New Orleans by the British for ces in 181-1 anil 1815. I wish 1 had sullieicut strength to speak fully of tho-merit and the servi ces of Col. Butler on that occasion; this strength I have not. Suffice it to say, that on all occasions he displayed that heroic chivalry, and calmness of judgment in the midst of danger, which distinguish , the valuable officer in the hour of battle. In a con spicuous manner were those noble qualities dis played by him on the night of the 23d December. 1811, and on the Sth of January, 18U>, as well as at all times during the piesence of the British army at New Orleans. In short, he was to be found at all points where.duty called. I hazard nothing in saying, that should our country again be engaged in war during the active age of Colonel Butler, he would be one of the very best selections that could j be made to command our army, and lead the eagles lof our country on to victory and renown. He has ! sufficient energy to assume all responsibility neces sary to success, and for his country's good. ANDREW JACKSON General Jackson gave earlier proof of the high estimation in which he held the young soldier who had identified himself with his own glory at New Orleans. He made him his aid-de-camp in 1810, which station he retained on the peace establish ment. with tho rank of Colonel. But, like his illus trious patron, he soon felt that military station and distinction had no charms for him when unattended with the dangers, duties, and patriotic achievements of war. Retires to Private Life . He resigned, therefore, even the association with his veteran chief, of which he was so proud, and retired in 1817 to private life. He resumed his study of the profession that was interrupted by the war, married, and settled down on his patrimonial possession at l he confluence of the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, in the noiseless but arduous vocations of civil life. Tbe abode which he had chosen made it peculiarly so with him. The region around him was wild and romantic, sparsely settled, and by 'pastoral people. There are no populous towns. The high, rolling, and yet rich lands—the precipi tous clifls of the Kentucky, of Eagle, of Severn, and other tributaries which pouf into it near the mouth, make this section of the State still, to some extent, a wilderness of thickets—of the tangled pea vine, the grape vine, and nut-bearing trees, which rendered all Kentucky, until the intrusion of the whites, one great Indian park. The whole luxuri ; ant domain was preserved by the Indians as a pas ture for deer, elk, and other animals—their enjoyment alike as a chase and a subsistence—by excluding every tribe from fixing a habitation in it. Its name consecrated asjtho dark and bloody ground; and war pursued every foot that trod it. In the midst of this -region, in April 1791, William O. Butler was born, in Jessamine county on the Ken tucky river. His father had married in Lexington, soon after his arrival in Kentucky, 1782, Miss Hawkins, a sister-in-law of Col. Todd, who com manded and perished in the battle of the Blue-Licks. Following the instincts of his family, which seemed ever to court danger, Gen. Pierce Butler, as neigh borhood encroached around him, removed, not long after the birth of his son William, to the mouth of the Kentucky river. Through this section, the Indian war-path into the heart of Kentucky passed. Until the peace of 1791, there wag scarcely a day that some hostile savage did not prowl through the tangled forests, and the labyrinths of hills, streams, and cliffs, which adopted this region to their lurking warfare. From it they emerged when they made their last formidable- inincursion, and pushed their foray to the environs of Frankfort, the capital of the State. General Pierce Butler had on one side of him the Ohio» on the far ther shore of which the savage hotdeß still held the mastery ; and on the other, the romantic re gion through which they hunted and pressed their war enterprises. And here, amid the scenes of border warfare, his son William had that spirit which has animated him through life, educated by the legends of the Indian-fighting hunters of Ken tucky. To the feelings and taste inspired by the‘peculi arities of the place and circumstances adverted to, must lie attributed the return of Col. Butler to his lather's home, to enter on his profession as a lawyer There were no great causes or rich clients to at tract him— ; iio dense population to lift him to* the political honors of the State. The eloquence and learning, the industry and integrity which he gave to adjust the controversies of Gallatin and the sur rounding counties, would have crowned him with wealth and professional distinction, if'exhibited'at Louisville or Lexington.. But he coveted neither. Independence, the affections of his early associates, the love of a family circle, and the charm which the recollection of a happy boy-hood gave to the scenes in which he was reared, were all besought; and he found them all in the romantic dells and woodland heights of the Kentucky, and on the sides of the far-spreading, gentl}£flowing, beautiful Ohio. The feeling which his sincere and sensitive nature had imbibed here, was as strong as that of the Switzer for his bright lakes, lolty mountains, ami deep valleys. 3 Elected to Con press by the Democratic. " Party. This retirement, which may almost be considered was enjoyed by Col. Butler nearly twenty lwe years. when he was called out to redeem, by his personal popularity, the congressional district in whibh he lived. It was supposed that no one else coulcksave It from the whigs. Like all the rest of the family—none of whom had made their military service a passport to the honors and emol uments of civil stations—he was averse to relin quish the attitude he occupied, to enter on a party struggle. The Importunity of friends prevailed ; and he was elected to two successive terms.in Con gress—absolutely relusing to be a candidate a third time: he spoke seldom in Congress ; but. in two or three fine speeches, which appear in'the debates, u power will readily be detected, which could not have failed to conduct to the highest distinction in that body. Taste, judgment, and eloquence char acterized all hies efforts in Congress. A fine man ner, an agreeable voice, and the high consideration atfeorded to him by the members of all parties, gave him—what is the. good fortune of lew to ob tain—an attentive and gratified audience. • In Politics—Always Democratic. General Butler s political principles have been, from his youth to the present day, uniformly Dem ocratic. Brought up in the school of opinion in which Mr. Clay was one a successful teacher, On. Butler refused to yield his principles, to promote the aspirations of Kentucky's champion. Neither cajolements nor threats could swerve him irom the line of rectitude , and this lact accounts for his having lived so much in retirement since the period of Mr. ('lay's defection from his old political friends. Speech on the JVPLeod Case . While he held a seat in Congress in 1841, the case of the M'Leod trial came up, and Gen. Butler delivered one of the most effective speeches which were uttered on the occasion. Advocates the Pcstorafion of the. Fine, to Gen. Jackson When the proposition to restore the line to Gen. Jackson came up in IHUS. Gen. Butler made the most effective speech delivered on- the Occasion. It was listened u> by both parties of the House of Representatives with breathless attention.. When in* ceased, a tumultuous congratulation followed, which evinced the high pleasure it produced upon the members.' Candidate for Governor In 18-11 the same experiment was made with Butler's popularity to carry the State for the De mocracy, as had succeeded in his congressional district. He was nominated as the democratic can didate for gorvernor by the bth of January conven tion, and there is good ground to believe that he would have been chosen over his estimable whig" competitor, Governor Owsley, but. for the universal conviction throughout the State that the defeat of Mr. Clay's party, by the choice of a democratic governor in August, would have operated to injure Mr. Clay's prospects throughout the Union in the presidential election which followed immediately after, in November. With Mr. Clay's popularity, I and the activity of all his friends—with the State | pride so long exulted by tbe aspiration of giving a •President to tbe Union—more eagerly than e\er enlisted against the democracy. Colonel Butler di minished the whig majority from twenty thousand to less thou live thousand. His Person and Character. In person, Gen. Butler is tall, straight, and hand somely formed; exceedingly active und alert. His mien is inviting—his manners graceful—his gait and air military—his countenance trank and pic,is iug—the outline of his features of the aquiline cast, -thin and pointed in expression—the general con tour of his head is Roman. ’ The character of General Butler in private life is in fine keeping with that exhibited in his public career. In the domestic circle, care, kindness, as siduous activity in anticipating the wants of all around him—readiness to forego his own gratifica tions to gratify others, have become habits growing out of his affections. His love makes perpetual sunshine at his home. Among his neighbors, libe rality. affability, and active sympathy mark his so cial intercourse, and unbending integrity and justice all his dealings. His home is one of unpretending simplicity. It is too much the habit in Kentucky, with stern amf fierce men, to carry their personal and political ends with a high hand. Gen. Butler, with all the masculine strength, courage, and repu tation, to give success to attempts of this sort, never evinced the slighest disposition to indulge the power ; whilst his well-known firmness always forbade such attempts on him. His life has been one of peace with all men, except the enemies oi his country. “ My Sainted Mother. 5 ’ The mother of John Randolph taught his infant lips to pray. This fact he could never forget. It influenced his whole life, and saved-him from tbe dangers of infidelity. He was one day speaking on the subject of ifidelity, to which he had been much exposed by his intercourse with men of infidel principles, to a distinguished southern gentleman, and used this remarkable language: “ I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if it had not.been for one thing—the remembrance ol the tiine».\vhen my sainted mother used to make me kneel by her side? taking my little hands folded in hers, and caused me to repeat the Lord's Prayer. ’ Every mother who reads this anecdote may read an important practical lesson, which she ought to ’put to use in the case of her own children. No mother can ever know .how great will be the in fluence on her son, in all his future life in this world and in the world-to come, of teaching him to pray. How appropriate, how beautiful the conduct of that mother who teaches her little son to kneel by her side as he retires to rest, to lift up his young heart to the God that made him, and on whose care and mercy he must rely-in all the future years of his existence! If all mothers would teach their children to pray with and for them, how soon would this world's aspect be changed, and bud and blossom as the rose! And the mother who does not teach her children to pray has no ground to believe that she shall ever meet her children in heaven, or that she will- ever reach there herself. Prayerless mothers never find admission to heaven. The Bible.—A million und a half copies of the Bible were issued by the British and Foreign"Bibie Society last year NO. 20.