JOcuotcb to politics, literature, Agriculture, Scicucc, ilToralitu, autr cncral ifnteUigencc,
VOL 20.
STROUDSBUR'G, MONROE COUNTY, PA. JUNE 2T, IS61.
NO. 23
Pllblish&d bV Theodore ScIlOCll Charleston College when onlj fifteen charged the duties of this responsible po- I
tit ' ...,. to jeara of age. but was expelled beforo sition, and as parties were marshaling for
TERMS. Two dollars per annumin advance Two J . . , . . v , . . , ' . . ,r A, ,, , ,
dollars and a quarter, halfyearly ami if not paid be- graduation for irregularities, and having the contest id the Jb all of 1P60, Mr.
fXlS succeeded in obtaining the position of In- Banks took th$ State bj surprise on an- i
except Ht the option of UieEciiioi. , structor of Mathematics on board the nonncing his intention to retire from po
onerVhVnfs additional inscr- United States sloop of war Natchez, went litical life. He removed to Chicago ear-'
ton . 2s cents. ongerjcs n pinrnrn OQ Q twQ year9 cruiso to the coast of ly in the present year, to connect himself
ORilt1 ft TING. South America. After bis return, the with the Illinois Central Railroad, as
- . :, ....nJntnfi ninin :.nd ,J college which ha J expelled him pate him Manager Director, and President Lincoln
nnnientai Type, we arc prepared to execute every tie
scripwon oi
O.mts. Circulars, Hill Heads, Notes. Dlank Receipts -
Justices. LcgalanJothcr Blanks, Pamphlets. &o.,prln, uaj, uuu v yuuo uonumuu niu uu-f vjuwiuui uu.uo gicui, euurgy, uia
ted with neatness and despatch, on reasunahictcrms tjes 0r iD..tructor on board the frigate well-known administrative ability, and j
at this mccj Independence. This post be did not long the military knowledge wbioh ho acquir-
rr-o -n-cnr TyraTm) ru"Kn?PATS hold. Retiring from the navy, ho occu- ed while Commandor-in Chief of the Mas
liiii H.hW. mAJUU-liWiiiiiii.o. j . d him(cIf 1n raijroad engineering5 in ' sacbusett- militia, fit him admirably for
Sketches of the Career of Gensrals Mc- o....i. n t ! Tflq? i,: .!...; J i
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Uieilan, xremouit Bauns, nuu -uuwci, i
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inero 18 a very u-Jiurai uuxiciy iu ,
know all about the antecedents of those
iiuow uii uuuut iu
wuo are to be tuo leaner oi mc uranu
Army of the United States ,n the pend- .
coiitehr, ana
A . J
below, we rive
brief
Bkctches of the Generals rccctfly appoint
ed:
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE B. M CLELLAN.
Next in rank to Lieule nant-General
Scott stauds Maior-General Georye 13
SlcClellau. He is
years ol age having teen born iu
Delphi, on December H 1826. At the
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ae oi
Acad
oecona i,ieuienani ot aucer,. uuu,
the Mexican war, however, he had nooP;J
portunity of dittioguiiog him.elf, and
then, -for gallant and notorious coo-;
duet iri the battle, of Contrera, and Cher-,
duco, as mc oruers c Xpre..eu ,
was breveted First Liut
gallant and raeritortous
battlo o( Moiitio del Key
8, I"47 he was offered a
if. tail)
cy, which he declined.
He wat advanced '
to thi rank, however, vutssrquently.
'lor ,
ca ant and meritorious conduct to ttie
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battle of Chanu tei-ec," Hud n-reived the
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a eoainanv of Supers. Min
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daptcd a manual which has bince become
a text-book for the -eriee. During the
Sommtr hnd Fill of 151 he superinten
ded tbe construction of Fort D law are.
and in tho &icc-odin Sfrmtr ho was as
signed to duty und.r Major R. B. Mfrcy.
tne close 01 tt.e im-xi.an uarne reiuraeo ,u u, .jr-y- r - .lin cannon upon tbe hi,l overbang-
40 WeM Pomt. abtre he remained on du- alMed hardships and suffenn,. lhe. ? aQ1 wi(e oclamatioD0
:y with the sappers and zMi.cr. until . &fil . preparation of the report, of this exped- b Baltimoret fiKaved the Stato
During this time he introduced the bayo- tion occupied the remainder of that year, jj from p!unf,ing int0 tho black
net into ine arn.v. aua irauvimra uu a- auu iu uic puhh u iici.uj- uwi.u-
in the exf edition fcr the exploration oftfieer wat
tbe Red river. 1 hence tie vtas orurred
direct to T xas as Senior Enginet-r on
tbe staff of General Persifer F. Smith,
and was cngapcrj.for some montbsinur
veying the rivrU and harbors of that
State. Jn 1853 Le was ordered to tbe
Pacific coat in command of the western
division of the North Pacific Railroad
route, lie returned to tee asm m icy,
on duty connected with the Pacific sur-'toa
vey, and was engaged also in fecret fier
ice to the We-t Indies. The next year
be received a commisiou in the First
Iteimcnt of Cavalry, and was appointed
a member of the ccmrais-sion which went
to the seat of war in the Crimea and in
Northern Hut-i-ia. Colonel Ricbard Del-!
afield, one of bt colleagues, is cow an s
officer io the rebel army, and Major Al-
frprl Mordecai. the tLird member of the
,
commission, short time apo resigned
the Supermtendency of the Troy Awe-Ibis
the Sapermteodeney ot tbe 1 roy Ar,c
nal. Major McClellan's repoit on the j
Or-jsniza
and the
quarto volume
his observations
enhanced his .reputation as a scientifiosol
dicr.
In January, 19.Y7, weary of inoction,
he resigned bM position in tbe MUIj to ud o r, n.r o. rr ujr t,", transmit the order disbanding the pro-i
become Vico-Presidrnt and engineer oflmen of letter- and of science. l lwtibcd cotnpany, and for the refusal he I
4he Illinois Central R.ilroid, which potj be made a fifth and highly successful ex-; 6umtDa,;ilbrokeD of commaDd by'
ho held for three years, when he was of-ploring expedition between tbe Mimwp- , Qqv Gardoer. In a short time, however, i
fcred and accepted the Presidency ot tbe
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, of which j
he was also General Superintendent ;
When our domestic trouble asutuei
formidable dimen-ion. Maior McClellan's
service were at once otlled iuto reqtiisi-
tion. Uovernor Uurtin, ot renasyi vania, ;
tried to secure the benefit of bis experi
ence in organising the volunteers froaa
that State, but the tender of the Major
Generalship of tho Ohio forces reached
.. . a
mm urn. anu uea.i. ''
May 14th he receired a commission as.
Msjor-General in the United States r-
my, and now has command of tbe
partmsnt of Ohio, which comprises all ot j f tfac routino of a faolory jfef bo ! ber of the Democratic oranieation that i
the Stato of Iliinoi-, Iudiana and Ohio i eDtioed bimsef to a machinist, and Gen. Butler is best known. In tho legal
and that part of Virginia Ijmg north of earDug this trade his literary aspi-' profension, it is the common admission,
the Great Kanawha river, and west of the; r'sitioD(j (Qund rQQm qt devolopmeDt in that since tbe death of Choate, he now
Green Briar river and tbe Maryland hoe.: orj8njZ8t;OD 0f a dramatio company, stands first in tbe commonwealth. Oth
witb so mucb of Pennsylvania a lies tfao .tjlar anrj ;n ea. er men have more knowledge in special
west of a line drawn from the Maryland tu- before Iyoeuran, making political : departments in tbe profession, but nope
line to tbe northeast corner of McKean ad(ireBeat 0t Under tbo Polk admin- can do all things required of a lawyer as
oounty. istration, ho received a berth in the Bos- well as be. Cu-hing has a broader reach
General McClellan is nnw leading the OD Cu.toQJ House and in 1849 waselected of learning in constitutional law, and in,
TJnited State- forces which crowed lrom democrats to represent his district tbe legal treatises of tbe Continent; Cur
Ohio into Virginia on Monday, May J jjeit.jature. ID ibftl-2, the lis or Bartlett mapbe more familiar with
27tb, and tbe ftirrinfj proclamation which donjocrBts aljrJ free.t)oilers coalecaed and branches of admirality and commercial
he has issued to the people prove that he g kcr of tbe House, and af- law, io which they have had large expe
can wield the.pen as ablj as be has wield tQmrd ent bi,n to Washington as Rep- rience. but in the combined branches of
ed tbe sword. He is regarded as one of the row,nUt-to Ho was afterward elected couimercial, criminal and real property
Boat able men in the field. Speaker of the House of Representatives, jurisprudence; no man in Massachusetts
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN C. FREM03T. Mr Banks was returned to Congrosst be is so generally employed or so successful
Jobn Charles Fremont was born in next t-rm, and was elevated to the in result,. 1 hi. fact bespeaks volumes
Savannah G on Jan. 21. 1813. and is Gubernatorial chair for tbe first time because no ordinary "k
bavannab j ., on Jan. - :D 57 by a coalition of tbe same ele- mon consent of lawyers and laymen, at
mrL oT tncT and -ntfw'hiJh secured bim a seat in Con- tains the higher eminences of profe.tonal
died io WIS. His mother, with three gress and tbe Speaker's chair- Three fame. - Butler has been a zeal-
the degree of A. B., and soon afterward,
having passed a rigorous examination, be
was aDDoiuted ProfcsfOr of Mathematics
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ouuifl vjuiuiiua aim x c u uroffcu until - ,
, i n wn-
nhun Jin nnn in na n mil or.lmn IV i iflmii
r , TT.. . .ofna rort
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noii-ance of the mountainous Cherokee
. MAiititrr in Nnnrtill nrl h I lornlinn nnrt
v-.
Teoneicei io anticipation of hostilities
'with the Indiana President Van Buren
arpoiuted him Second Lieutenant in the
corps of Topographical Engineers ia
nnr? th vnnn xrn J , M,HHnnl,
. -w, J . J
, srnt off to make a survey of the Des
Moines river, doubtless through the in-
'
Phil-'daughter he bad formed na attachment.
Immediately after his return from thi-.
T :.,,0r.r,f Tm rn-
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On may 2 142, he left Washington
to commence the ol exploration in
the Rocky Mountains which te g;;en;
hnn ,o .dc a fame I ho report of his .
a... "F--. .uuw.u0 .Uj
cxpedrtioii. much more cotDprbensive id ,
U"
icipn than the
tbrouRh the valleys ot the Columbia river.
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While on this expedition, be croised the
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r&outitams, on tho faeiOo roat, reaching
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brev-ted Captain, be etarted on a third
expedition to explore the great basin and
maritime region of Oregon. and Califbr-
ma 1 his expedition was full of stirrini!;
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incidenl, and during. the course of it DC 11 1
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aBorded by the manner in
HUICII U w UCiUUiiUU lllLUuil uaiiiov v u .-
Muvmnn fJctinrnl I !nerrn nhn thrcnri-npn (
to attack birn with an overwholmin j.
force.
Subsequently, under Fremont's
leadership, the Cajifornians succeeded in
expelling Castro from the northern part
of the territory, and on July 4th, the A
merican settler elected Fremont Gover-
nor. .muui uui muo uc wu (iiumuwu
LiHUtenant toloneloy, and on Jan
. 'r , . i - u : j
articles of capitulation whiob terminated
- n t-r a i n .u
tbe war in California, and left that coun-:
1 U Ifi.n !. .n n. .H ii Ik Iha I u on.,
try in possession of the United States.
He resigned his position in the army,
and'in Oetober, 14S, parted on a fourth
exploring expedition alon tno waters oi
the Upper Rio Grande, and through tbe
country of the Apache, Camanehcs, &c,
hopinz to find a practicable route to Cal
......r.f itnhir n i nttrnntod nrn.ir ntlcntinn
I... il... ' 4nH nrni.'aH nr hliiinlitt fit nic r v &
, . .e xt ' t t loci nioD from attack by the arms of
, on CJCfierLDer, f?peci o inaiuro. iu i'lay, xu., -
,1 - it- . . t? i federate btatcs. it is not too
i xj iru tr Lidftiii r itiuuui rim v u uu u bwwuu ,
. r Ai j-.- i i. iiiuimia ui luo dine ui ucim
; ifornia. On this expedition, too, be and ariti inouiry into tho
companions endured tue greatest, - .
,is companion g,
hardship. In 1847 he purchased the j
u ; ' u i t iaw Ua'Oneof tbo companies thus blotted out,
erriug 'uv vulcc -
vtsited Europe, where he was received;
pi vai.ey anu iue i bb.uo, , u .u
as nominated as a candidate for Jjie
Presidency, . . .
He bas recently received tbe appoint-,
.nt of Major. General in the army, and
m
will soon return from Europo and enter
me uem.
MAJOR GENERAL N P. BANKS.
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was born in
Walftisim Mmtf nn .Tan. 30.1816 His
, r nin fan.
imnci w
ry and there tho boy worked, now and
a,t0Qdi commOD fiChool, and
. . k- u wbatcvt.r u9eful
kno'.:K:.Jjje came in bis way. Not con-
has just called him from this post to place
him where be oan serve his country to
better advantage. !
n l?l. l i- I
uia wz n uuuiioi
MAJOR GENERAL B f. HUTLER.
If wo except tbo great soldier who
nnhiffiflndu fhf nrmtPQ nf tlia lumn Klin in
r
th,s ?x,.eD7 ..f U'non, there ,s no
tU8DL.,n lUe nHtl 01 m,,,lorJ aot,0. wh?l
t tbis moment concentres upon himself
a larger share of public interest and at-
teUt,0D tbaD MaJor Geral Butler of
Massachusetts.
This arie3 from a koowl- i
.i . r i . i. . i i i nrXi
uufc u P"'?8". u
nt Ihn irtmnrrnnr. innrlr in virninio Bhtnh I
" iU .u,Fu.Ufc wur. .u .rX.u.. wd.cd
baeen .aS'n,ed h,.m b resident.
1 here is much curiosity to know some-
iim by
riosity
four weeks, has accomplished results of
DJal usefulnegs. It
fi mucb tQ s that under t!le cir.
;fao conoeived
f
commuication uh YVahinton bv wav
the U-
tbe Con
much to
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mc .nip jViisLu,uuvn. uia omciai corres
urabia river. 1 , r . , ',rT. ..
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ponuence with (jot. Hicks, bis occupa-
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tion and renair of the road to Washin2-
tion and repair of the road to Washing,
t tr
ion, us auuueu uucamuiutuiaiiuB lvtiaj
House, his noble march to Baltimore; his
depths of treason, and from political and
social woe unnumbered.
In all those public acts, not less than
n l-t 3 I VI f a I r w r r i$ r vt A r w t tx f It n
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Garernor of Massachusetts, Gen. Butler
has evinced wisdom, energy, and steadi-
nii nf nnrTKnn iinenntrolled hv nnrinlnr
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lllockineham Co.. N. H., in 1818. Pre
'
vious to the events of the 17th of April
bis experience in military affairs was con
fined to the duties devolved upon him as
a commissioned officer in the militia of
tbe commonwealth of Maxnaobusetts. He
has been from boyhood prompt and en
thusiastic in all matters concerning the
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many years Colonel of the regiment be-
, t vi u l
bnamt; to tbe city of Lowell, where he
r, ? 3 '
rcsiueu.
It happened that among the first of tbe
official acts of Gov. Gardner, of Massa
chusetts, who was elected by and during
tho Know Nothing paroxysm in that com
monwealth, was a recommendation, in bis
annual message, of exclusion from the
militia of the State of persons of foreign
birth, and inquiry into the race and sect
certain companieH, and.in the end, dis-
bandmenf of m compauiea bearing the
jackHon Musketeers, was in the regi-
n , . r,aAn
tfao officer:j of tbe brj ade l0 wbicb Bat.
regiment belonged, elected him to
he Brigadier General, and tbe same Gov
;ho ha(j ex ed hifl from one of.
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III' AT W ITIIIll IlI'lllHJ I II U LA.I IlllilCIUU U A UI W
the higher ofiife, held by lren. isutler
when he recently rendered the Union
such memorable ervioe in Maryland.
It was tbi- interest taken by Gen. But
ler in military affairs, not les than his
pro eminent fitness in other respects,
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which induced jfreatdent rierce toasig
al-'nate him as one of tbe visitors to Wes
Point in the year 1856.
But it is as a lawyer and leading mem-
tion, having brought from his New Hamp
shire home tbe earnestness of conviction
wbioh is so conspicuous in the politics of
that State, and in the last Presidential
ciecuon no was an unoompromisin
opponent of Lincoln and Douglas
and devoted to the cause of M.r.
Breckinridge. In 1853 ho was a mem
ber of tho Massachusetts House of Rep
resentatives; in 1859 end 1800 he repre
sented Middlesex in tho State Senate.
He also took a prominent partin the Con
stitutional Convention of 1853.
We find in tho Charlestown Advertiser
(Mass.) of Sept. 7, 1859, a portrait of
Gen. Butler, drawn a year previous to
that time, and by an emiment member of
tho Massachusetts bar, an opponent in
politics, which is bo apparently truthful
in tone, that we copy extracts therefrom,
as of special interest at this time :
The time has cone when accurate, full
length portrait of this man bhould be seen
by tbe-people. We can draw such, and
will. It shan't bo overdrawn, either way.
We have advantages of position, and
knowledgo to do it well. We .know our
subject "like a book." To use one of his
own oft repeated phrases, we've "sum
mered and wintered him for years." We
are not his partisan. Yet we bear him
no malice, but friendship rather. We
don't holler for him, nor so to speak, "run
with tho machine," to wit, the Democrat
ic Party. Yet it is true to say, we rath
er like him, and wouldn't knowingly do
him an injury or an injustice. But one
thing let tbo reader exact of us. Seek
herein no portrayal of bis pnysical fea
tures. Our brush would drop from the
palsied arm before suob a task. Hayden
would have committed bis suioide years
earlier thanhe did had such an exaction
been demanded of bis great powers in the
portrait-line. No; we will agree to turn
tbe General wrong side out, so that he
who reads can discover his methods of
thought and discern tbe inmost depths of
his mind and heart; but as nature clearly
broke the mold in shaping tho exterior,
our finite powers reluct from tho impossi
ble task of reproducing it hero. It can't
be done by tbe imagination, for tbe bold
est flight of fancy never brought back on
its nimble pinions, so impossible a com
bination of features. A witness on the
stand, gazing down upon it for tho mo
Kent, perhaps has an idea of its incon
ceivable type.. But it is a phenomenon
be never can recall. Ever after it exists
as a dim and imperfect vision, Hilling on
tbe outskirts of tbe mind, so to speak,
and all attempts at a description thereof
arc necessarily failures.
But below tbe neck our democratic
friends can talk understanding of their
candidate. He is neither fat, nor hath
be "the lean and hungry look" that so
alarmed Caar of the old time, wben he
discovered it in tho sleepless Cassius.
Like Dr. Stop, be has a" "sesquipodality
of belly." This gives bim quite a sub
stantial look. But yet bo is nimble. For
as Dr. Watts would say, be is still in tho
"heat of youthful blood." He is not far
from forty. His health is perfect. His
constitution is in no manner impaired by
early excesses, if, indeed, be wero ever
guilty of any. If he were tbey never
could be traced in bis physical condition.
Nothing but the apoplexy or a raging fe
ver can bring such a constitution to tbo
ground. It is as sound and compact as
tbe Federal Constitution. Ho. merely
staggered under an attack that sent many
wailing ghosts to tho Plutonian roalm
the National Hotel Poison.- He imbibed
tbe poison, or inhaled it, or ate it as co
pious as tbey. He took no better care of
himself than tbey of themselves. But in
bis case tbe disease got decidedly tbo
worst of it. The man recovered of tfte
bite; tho dog it was that died." Twice
that amount of poison be would have van
quished. Few men, indeed, "oan endure
the winter's cold as well as he," or the
Summer's beat, or bard and incessant
mental or physical labor. In this fact is
found his greatest element of strength, in
our judgment. This is tbe primary cause
of his bestriding tbe democratic fold,
Boacb, Davis, Cboate, and all bands, so
like Colossus. It is the key to all his
successes. It is tbe roasan why he tries
so many causes, more than any other
ono man in tho Commonwealth. " He
can stand it." He of whom that sentence
can be truly uttered is the happiest, or
ought to be the happiest man in a State.
And of Butler it can bo said, he can la
bor always "and never tire." Indeed, he
grows moro vigorous the longer he re
maios in harness. In the months that aro
coming he will be fouod trying ca'uses in
tbo day time; making stump speeches at
night, directing tbe campaign on Sundays
and resting and recreating never at all.
He Isn't tbe famous "sow of tho sleep
less ;" be is Old Sleepless himielf. He
will, with bisadmirableconstitution.run on
like Deacon Holmes "one-boss shay,"
and, like it, "go to pieces all at ono'e.''
Thus far to recapitulate, we have got
the General's outlines a sound body,
with no very handsome head-piece.
He was born in New Hampshire He
worked bis own to collego, and through it
at Watervillo, Maine. It ia safe to say
that his alma mater novct graduated each
another. He supported himself in col
lego by making chairs. And let not tbe
voters forget this. Through life he has
out bis own way, and a wise, long breadth
of swartb baa be oarried. He has wrung
success from men and circumstances,
moreover, that were roluotant to concede
it to him. Aod io bo doing he baa indi
cated bis great strength. When he first
came to tbe bar tbe Courts looked'npon
bim as a sort of portentous phenomenon,
such as never before came athwart
the judicial vision. He bad no family
influence to aid hU vounz stets
He had no friends to "blow for him'," as
the phrase is. His early days were spent
in steady rowing up stream with a strong
wind snd tbo current both dead against
him. But he never faltered. He clear
ed tho rapids, and up he continued to sail.
He is in calmer water now. He might
anchor if he would. But his tempera
ment will never suffer him to rest this
side the "narrow house." The fact that
all he has and all ho 13 are the conquest
of his own energy, is a faot that indicates
his piuok. He may be safely set down as
a man of irrepressible energy.
His mind is not logical. He don't
state a oaso with logical precision. He '
can tell it with sophistioal deception;
and he will make it look like logic: Un
les you look again, perhaps you would
call it logic Bat try it again, and you
will detect the dull copper sound. He
often believes bis own sopbictry, bo
ingeniously does he construct it. His ar
guments to tbe jury in all "hard cases"
are made up of tbo most iogenius sophis
tries; sometimes, indeed, mixed with im
posing absurdities. Bat be presses all
with equal vehemence, and apparently
has as much confidence in his copper as
in bis golden coin. And sometimes tbey
are quite as successful. . His fallacies are
most iogenious and difficult to unravel.
His arguments have not even method,
saying nothing of logic. He skips from
one theme to another and back again,
with bewildering celerity. The hearer
can have no idea of what be will discuss,
or how long be will be at it, from bearing
him start, for bo often begins in tbe mid
dle and ends with some collaternl matter
But, notwithstanding tho truth of all these
oriticisms, bis arguments aro alwajs in
genious and most effective. Tbey alwajs
endanger tbe adversary they often ut
terly overwhelm bim. They abound in
insinuations. They are set with homely
illustrations, and such as "split the ears
.of the groundlings."
He is not a fluent nor graceful speak
er. His voice is harsh and grating.
There is no mistaking his meaning. He
uses "talk words" with fiery vehemence.
He makes awkward work wben be under
takes to utter compliments. But be
smites an adversary with tbe plainest of
Anglo-Saxon epithets, as though he had
long practice in their use, as, indeed, he
has. The laughs he creates aro more
apt to be io the rear seats than on the
bench or in the tar. His wit, though of
ten (sharp, is undeniably more not to be
appreciated among tbo "general" than a
mong cultivated men. He looks to them
caviare to the general," is his motto.
But not un'requently ho perpetrates things
that would do no discredit to Jekyll in
his best days But bis wit needs chas
tening and softing, in a large degree. It
would then bite with a keener edge. It
often gives offence to the hearer who in't
hit by it, by its coarseness and blunt edge.
He is a faithful and steadfast friend.
His zeal in his clients cause never flags
for an instant. His fidelity to his client
ii never shaken; and tbe fidelity is equal-
ly strong in all cases. It isn't at all
measured by the fees reoeived. Pay or
no pay, tbe earnestness and the energy
are the same so long as tbe relation of
attorney and client continues. But this
isn't pdioliar to Mr. Butler. All decent
lawyers are equally faithful and zealous.
We have seen many kinds of corruption
I and misconduct in our timo, but never
i yet encountered that worse than Judas
Isoanot or Bonedict Arnold, a lawyer
that would betray a olient's trust and go
over to tbe adversary, or have bis zeal
abated by a bribe. But tbe General has
a memory, we think especially tenacious
of friendly acts. He is quite apt not to
forget or wholy forgive injuries, real or
fancied. But no temptation would cause
him to desert or betray a friend.
He lives in a style anything but Dem
ocratic, according to our New England
ideas. Scarcely any other lawyer, from
tbe income of bis profession, could main
tain such an establishment as his. But
ho baa earned it by his energy, industry
and perseverance. And though we hope
he may survive through many years of
happy life in his elegant residence on the
banks of tbo Merrimac. with its "shrub
bery," which Shenstone indeed might en
vy. "Ability," quotb the lexicographer,
"roans tbo art of accomplishing." Then
General Butler is as able a man aF walks
the soil of Massachusetts. He has all
tbe elements necessary for the successful
accomplishment of whatever be under
takes. Ho has a resolute will. Ho is
fertile in resources. He is ingenius.
He is a genial companion. His wit, in
conversation tell better than in formal
speoohea or arguments. Ho can set and
keep tbo "table in a roar."
The qualities which we have berein'as
cribed to the.General that seem sinister,
aro common to the raco of moftals. They
aro tnore obvious in him becaae ho is no
hypocrite, and lots his words and actions
faithfully exhibit what is working within
bim. He u in earnest and zealous. Ho
compromises nothing. If he feels anger
he don't smother it. He lets nothing
ranklo. He don't smile and be a villian
still. On tbe contrary his enemies as
well aa bis friends know in wht reeard
be holds tbem. His dislikes and likes
are both carnost and enduring. And, on
1 the whole, it cannot be doubted that ha
is tho most skillful lawyer in many res
pects now living in New England, even
though Mr. Cboate bo among that nana-
i her.
; Wo look down the line and find hard
ly one whom this young athletic has not
conquered in open forensic encounter.
The soalps of Cboate, the distinguished
head of the American bar, of Lord, who1
leads the E.-scx circuit without a rival,
and Judge Abbott, among tbe living,
and of Farley, tbe sturdiest advocate that
Middlesex County has yielded from loins
prolific of lawyers, we have aeon dangling,
from his belt.
A Lost Girl heard frord--i-Roinantic Story.
We find tbe subjoined among tbe Brook",
lyo local items of the N. Y. Express :
For the past six or seven wocks s young
girl named Maggie Wilson, formerly res
ident with her sitter-in law in the Four
teenth ward E. D.j has been missing from
ber borne, and all attempts to discover
ber whereabouts have been unsuccessful,
Tuesday, however, information was re
ceived by her friends that Maggie bad ac
tually gone to tbe war in tbo capacity of
an able-bodied private in Capt. Smit'a'i
company of Col. Townscnd's regiment.
It will be remembered that upon the
first breaking out of hostilities, Capt.
Smith was active in getting up a compa
ny in Williamsburg, a large number of
the members being from the Fourteenth
and Fiteenth wards. Among tbe others
who enlisted in this company was a young
man who save his name as Charlie Mar"
shall. He was unknown to tbe entiro
pompany, and was remarkable for tbo
quiet reserve and disinclination to parti
cipate in tbe oarousals of his companions
But being attentive to bis duties, and rap
idly attaining a good degree of proficien
cy in bis new profession, lie soon became
a favorite with all bis comrades.
Yesterday a letter was received in
Williamsburg which relieves tbe anxiety
of Maggie's friends, and exhibits a sin
gularly romantic episodo in the history of
military recruiting. The following ex
tract from the letter discloses the partic
ulars, so far as they ate known.
"Perhaps you remember a youog fel
low in our company who went by the
name of Charley Marshall, a shy and
rather good looking chap, who seemed to
be made of finer stuff, than the rest of us
fellows. But he walked with the good
graces of the officers, without getting any
of the boys down on bim, so wc kinder
let bim have his own way.
"Well, this fellow turns out to be a girl
named Maggie Wilson, who was missed
about tbe time our company was formed.
How the discovery of her sex was made,
I hav'ot been able to find out, but yester
day, I know, bbo was doing duty in the
ranks ib the same toggery as tbe rest of
tho boys, and in a manner equal to tbe
best of us. This morning, in a different
rig (and a much prettior one) she was in
troduced to the regiment as 'Charley, the
Vivandiere,' and we were asked if we
would adopt her. You canct there was
considerable astonishment depicted on the
faces of the boys, but not ono dissenting
voice, and we all like 'Charley' in her
new character much better than we did
before. How tbe thing -has been nan
aged since she commenced sogering, I
can't say. but will endeavor to find out
and let you know more about it at somo
future time."
JlPe11138811'11 a3 now twenty-nine
regiments in tbo service of tbe United
States, of which thirteen are for three
years, if their services should bo so long
required there.
JJTwo members of Jeff. Davis' eab
inet are lying sick at Montgomery, and
bis editors are lying like the devil every
where. -rLouisville, Journal.
TThe Pennsylvania Regiments now
arriving in Washington city, are pro
nounced on all sides to be tho most sub
stantially if not ornamentallyniformed
of any of the volunteers from any seetion
of the country tbat have yet reaohed tho
Federal Capital. Tbe men are hardy
and cheerful, and anxious to be brought
' beforo tbe enemy. We ask oar brethern
of the press, who were to jubilant over
what they tauntingly described as the
"ragged regiments," to give this faot of
the fino appearance of our soldiers, the
prominence which tbey gave the first ex
aggeration. Drops in Iowa.
Tho Davenport Democrat speaks very
' flatteringly of tbe crops in Iowax. Of
wheat, tbe Democrat says: "If the
weather continues favorable from this for
ward, tho crop will be considerably hea
vier than tbat of last year, wbicb was
good enough foFaaybody. With the
large crop and corresponding price, Iowa
will furnish wheat onongh to bread one
quarter part of tho wholo North."
Slight Days to England.
I A report in relation to the performan
ces of tbo Great Eastern, pablisbed ea
tbe return from her late voyage ia the
United States, says:
; "As far as the machinery isconeeraed
the whole voyage wa- considered ia tbe
highest dogree satisfactory, aod it is ex-
pceted tbat with fair weather tbe return
will bo made m a little over eight days.
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