The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-28 00:00:00

The Notorious General Butler.

It has been already announced that Gen. Butler has een,
the Rev. James D. Armstrong, D.D., of Norfolk, Virginia,
to work upon the fortifications at Hatteras, as a punish-
ment for his "disloyal practices." The following is the
official report of the examination which led to the banish-
ment of this clergyman. Question—Do you call yourself
a loyal man in letter and spirit to-day ? Answcr—l prefer
not answering. Question—What is the name of that gen-
tleman who had taken the oath, and while coming out
of the Custom-house with you made the remark that he
" would like to spit upon Northern Yankees," or some-
thing to that effect ? Answer-1 prefer not answering.
Question—Have you ever in your pulpit alluded
favourably to the Southern cause? Answer—l preached
a sermon on the recommendation of the Southern Congress.
Question—Did you object at that time to doing so ? Answer
—No, sir. Question—Have yon since the commencement
of the war preached in your pulpit a sermon favourable to
the Union cause, one that would please the loyal and dis-
please the disloyal ? Answer—No, sir. Question—Where
were you born ? Answer—ln N3W Jersey ; I came to
Virginia when nineteen years old. Question—Have you
determined in your mind not to pray for or allude to
the President of the United States, the authorities, the
armies and navies thereof, that they may be successful
in all their efforts to put down this wicked rebellion?
Answer-1 hay©• Question—Do you thick this a wicked
rebellion? Answer—No, sir. Question—Have you, since
the commencement of the war, opened your church on any
fast or thanksgiving day recoEnrneneed by the President of
the United States ? Answer—No, sir. Question—Did
you ever open your church on Jefferson Davis's recommen-
dation ? Answer—There has been meetings for prayer.
Question—Should the President of the United States
within a short time recommend a day of thanksgiving or
fast, with a view that Christians would unite in prayer for
the overthrow of all rebels in arms against the Government
of the United States, would you willingly open your church
and take charge of such meetings to that end ? Answer—
I should not. Question—Do you look upon .slavery as
a divine institution. Answer—l look upon it as allowable.
Question—Did you look upon the hanging of John Brown
as just and right ? Answer—l did. Question—Would you
look upon the hanging of any of the prominent rebels—
Jeff. Davis, for instance—as just and right? Answer—l
should not. Question—Are you religiously and morally op-
posed to capital punishment ? Answer—l am not. Question
—Do you leek on Jeff, Davis or any of his confederates as
deserving any severe iunishment for their public acts
against the Government since the commencement of the war?
Answer—l do not. Question—Do you sympathise with
the Union cause or with the Confederate ? Answer—With
the Confederate. Question—Do you look upon Jeff. Davis,
Wigan, J. M. Mason, and their former colleagues in the
United States Congress just preceding the year 1860 as
perjured men, and deserving a traitor's reputation for all
time, until they show works meet for repentance ? Answer
—I do not. Question—Did or do you now regret the Federal
loss at Smithfield a few weeks since ? Answer—l do not.
Question—Do you think the attack on Fort Sumter by the
rebels justifiable? I prefer not answering. Question—Do
you think the South justifiable in ever having fired on the
old flag? Answer—I do. Question—Should you know of
any blockade runners or ssoret mail carriers to or from the
rebels, would you give immediate information thereof to our
authorities, that they might be detected and punished as
traitors deserve? Answer—l would not have anything to
or' do with it.

A new bridge is now in cqurse of construction
across the Seine at Auteuil, below the Pont de Grenelle, for
the coutinution of the railway round Faris.