The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-20
The Butler Case.
Correspondence of the Hartford Times

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IL, 1S4S.
dean SIR-Myself and many others have been very
much amssed by an article in Benefits last N York
Herald copied from your paper, in which, you under
took to give history of the Butler affair The fact
Pierce Butler is lot only not worth a million, but he
really has nothing at all in his right, his income
being deriyable from old aunt.
His true history is this-his father DR. Maese of this
city, had three sonsThomas, who died young, John,
who died in Mexico (ind whose celebrity in fashions
bic circles Is to be attributed to the sty sh appearance
Of his wife and Pierce the husband of Fanny. Their
uncle, old MIR Butler died and left will bequeathng
nephews condition that they took his before
certain period should elapse-they did not comply
h n. terms ana HI, sister yet Living ,ana likely toy
ly and being much involved and eaten up with ennui,
raised few followers, went to Mexico, aud died.
Fierce, from boy showed n decided pencnant for
theatrical acquaintances In the female line and
wound up with marrying Fanny from the mere love of
notcriety and he's got it. The family have bee
popular in Philadelphia and for the ear ave sunk
into comparative insignihcance.
The WEArugR.--The unusual mdness of the
weather. for the last three or four weeks, has been
the suhest Of general remark We have had but little
frost at night and the days have been aud gene
ialy wet On Saturday night, we bad several very
heavy showers, accompanied with a high wind
Az snnf,e, Yesterday, the clouds had disappeared
ano the weather was mild and beautiful, and con-
tnued Through the day which seemed more like May
day than Gay In December. From the accounts OF
cold snow. &C. which we observe in the Southern a.
pers should judge that the seasons adapted TO the
different latituda7 had been trSnspeses W. .baIi
not boast howeyeT OF our warm climate for to
TO ward OF the attacks of Jack Frost we learn from
the Salem Register that after four o'cock v.s.
ttrday morning all the sleepers in that region were
startled by Of the loudest and most prolonged paes
of thunder ever heard The lightning very vivid
and the rain f,l in torrents but the thunder storm
wss not 81 long durstionthe other discharges being
apparently at great distance. A thunder storm 10
december is occurrence in this latitude
foston journal December 18
IMPORTANT ARREsTs.-The police of Watervllle
nave gently arrested several members OF a family
oy the name OF LOOMS charged with having bee u
Rsged ior long time in system If thefts by which
ney nave corrected large quantities of valuable goods
Ihey are father and several aud have bee re-
puted farmers owning farms in O.wego and Water.
VILE alleged that they have practised their thefts
AL along the line between these two pleces oc.
Copying their respective farm houses as re ndszvou.
ana u At brother in Vermont wh has or will soon
De hrresteoD b alEo in connection with them Conds
OF great va1e silks &c have been fou nd in Their no.
session, and we learn that anticipating an arrest ,bev
burned q very valuable collection OF stolen articles
Er Rich merchant of this city, from whom va
nave OBTAINED these particulars, having recognized
private mark taken from coat in POSSESSION or tho
Looms family IN his own has gone 10 Wateryills To
Ioenuiy property We will give further particulars as
Segsher them The intelligence is Interesting as n
Esy fornhh clue to the many robberies and tbefts
mat Dave taken place in about this city within
NV years pat IL has been evident for a long time
fhatsn ofgsuixd band existed Somewhere in this vc,
styi brt hitherto iLey have escaped detection URca
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