Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-12-02
Biographical.
From the Louihana Gaze;.e
Bisgr136icl Sketcb aft5e late Cal. THoh5 IS
BUJLEP

10 LEX.
The characters and Actions Of merIto-
rious men, in all ages, have been read with
Pleaiure. It is tribute due to virtu {, 10
record the actions Of thofe who ar. worthy
OF emulation. Our country is and has long
been at Peace-war achievements ard war
hike men, are almoit forgotten unlcis
when a newfPaper announces in few lines
the death OF iome revolutionary chief-and
the type has not been employed in recor-
ding the death Of one mo-. lamented than
the late Col. Thomas Butler. If virtue
honor, benevolence, honeity, found heart
and clear head, united with bravery. conffi.
tute a g0ed man, he pofeftd them. lie was
IN the year I776, (the year that is 70 much
boaited of-fbat tried men'5 fuiJ,l tu-
dent at law with the eminent Judge Wilfon
of Philadelphia early in the wear he quit
ted his itudies and Joined the army as fub.
altcrR-foon aroie to the grade of captain,
and continued in il till the happy and glo
rious Clofe Of the revolution There were
five brothers of the Buffers that ioined the
American cauie, and fought during the
war, and left the fervice with the following
grades, viz Col. Richard bu:ler, Col Will
lam Butler, Capt. Thomas Butler, Lieut..
Pierce Butler and Lieut. Edward Butler
none Of them now living bur Pierce Butler.
Thomas Butler, whofe memory we with 70
perPetuate, was in almoft every ACTON that
was fought in the middle ftatcs during the
war-at The. battle Of Brandywine, be re-
ceived the thanks Of the illuitrious Wafh.
ington on the field Of battle, through his
aid-dc-camp Gen. Hamilton, for his intre
Pid conduct in ral,eying a detachment CT
retreating troops, and giving the enemy
tevere fire. AT the battle Of Monmouth,
he received the thanks Of Gen. Wayne fof
defending defile in the fate of a heavy FIRE
from the enemy, while Col Richard But
ler'S regiment made good their retreat hic
tory records the unfortunate events Of that
day.-At the clofe Of the wa ne retired
into private life as a farmer where he en-
joyed rural and domeitic happinefs until
1891: when he again took the field to meet
1avagc foe, that menaced cur frontier,
and the unfortunate 4;h Of November, of
that year, is too well known He was oan
geroufy wounded, and with great diff
Guilty and with great hazard, his 5rother
capt. Edward Butter got off the field,
where they lef; Gen. Richard Butler
cOrpte In I7o2, he was continued on
the e!tablithmcnt as a Major, and was pro-
NOTED IN 794 10 Lieut.. Col Commandant
of the I4th iub legion, He commanded
for; Fayet;c at Pittiburgh thar year, when
his name alone for he had but few troors)
prevented the deluded irfurgents from TAX
ing the Fort. In 1897 he was named by
Prehdent Warrington as the officer bef
calculated to command in the fate Of en-
nehee, when it was neceHary to difpofefs
iome citizens that had imprudenty fetiled
on the Indian lands accordingly in MAY
Of that year he marched with his regiment
for the Miami OH the Ohio, and by that
prudence and good fenfe that has ever mar
ked his character through life, he in hort
time removed all difficulties, to the fatisfac-
ton Of thole Concerncd-snd as firm and
latting proof Of it, he holds the refpe2 and
eiteem Of all the vrtuous men in the fate.
lie made feyeraI fucctfsfuE treaties with the
Indians while in the fate of TenneheG.
Ia the year 1902, at the reductions Of the
army, he was continued as Cot of the I'd.
Regiment Of Infantry on the peace efab-
hfhment' Here his biographsr ftopS pau
isS-what can lie write more 2 He ean
announce to the world thar Col. B. was
arreited by the Commanding General in
1893, at Fort Adams on the Mfifppi, fenr
to Frederic Town, Maryland, where he
was tried by General Court Martial, and
acquitted honoTably Of all the charges, ex-
cePt wearing his hair, which lie held as
gift of nature, and was Of opinion, that u !
power on earth had tight 70 taE1t it from
him-which opinion Ire held t''. his t.eatb
After his trial he was oEI..red 10 New.
Orleans, there TO take com' land Of tbc troops
which he did or the ; e,h of Oa. 1904
and on The 2oth y ov, following was again
aTrelIca a, foF or. not rtopping off his hair and
no' uI'n e ne .rit Of July did court con-
vene foT h'' fecond trial-the reful, Of their
decii;on = 4ot yet known. Since his lat