Lancaster intelligencer. (Lancaster [Pa.]) 1847-1922, June 13, 1848, Image 1

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..
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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 <f the (lenenfl Lapil Offer.
May 23 17-131
id hook m\i>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 <s■. Brother's Bee Hive Store, in
North Queen street, where he will be m< st happy
to accommodate his numerous customers. His
table and bar will be constantly supplied by the
best the market and season can afford, and on the
premises there is sufficientstablingto accommodate
a large number of horses. The place having un
dergone a thorough repair, Mr. McGrann feels able
to render entire satisfaction to his customers, and
he trusts to receive a continuance of the very liberal
degree of patronage heretofore extended |to him.
He would also inform his old customers, that he
still follows the bottling business, and isj'ready to
supply them with bottled PORTER, ALE, CIDER,
and BROWN STOUT, at the old prices and the
usual distances from the city.
April 11. 1 l-3m
Lancaster Museum,
& AND GALLERY OK FINE AI
MR. NOAH SMITH, who has boon for some
time past in the employ of* Mr. Lmdis, the
founder of.this popular establishment, takes plea- •
sure in informing the citizens of the city md cotyi
lv of Lancaster, that he has purchased the same
hum Mr. Landis, and tlmt from this date it will be
under bis control and direction.
'file Museum has been thoroughly refitted of late,
with new decorations, scenery, &<•., an 1 a great
many specimens of natural and artificial curiosities
have been added to the heretofore largo :atalogue.
Mr. Smith assures the frjhmlfl and patr >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-
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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
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