The Arkansas banner., 1848-06-20
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Gsasral William .. suasr, q k.u.usLy.
BY FKAwcss '. nLArR.

In memeFieu of individuals of SisfEurtiea. il is usual so lock back te thzr EncesssT. The 6sllshs fs nsnsesSai which Prampts na 10 aumrn aomsahan~ of even nn ordinary acQaaiafance fa whnm iatprrsf h feia. hwrfi aduigr. sfsfars. only natural saa pEpPer eaE4axiy te prudsee sis subsei eF this ns- tee ey sAart scesant sf . famiay wanis atfikine tFa1ls survive in him 70 ssnarkAhiy.
 Ge1erai RHtler's grandfafhex. Tbsmas Baalgx. was bern esh APsH. IT10, in KiIkenBy, Ieland He married there in l742. Three af lis sssp sou~ uhe attained manhood. Richard. W ilifam. and Thnnus, were burn nbroAd Piesre, ths iaxher CT G4s Wm o. saslef, ana kaIEaHd, aas yoangest ssn. were hern fn fenusfiPnHia- ft is rsmmEkmhle thaa aai tAese men and al thaiF inneAiaae msAe asseeaanuss with ainEe ezesPtssas wrre ensAgsd in asa military service ef this cnuafry.
 The eldest, Riehare, was Esasrnasa euIonsg ss MerEnn's celebFztsd rife regiment mnd to hfna Il enNea mach q is hish ehsfscses flssE Ew~e \ fsms ef iss owns apns fam atheE f7s ~f the Essemasan The cod, disripIined Taier uhscA gave steady and deadly direction tn the Fffss ef this regnent wns derived principalay fsum fhts atfisrf whn 6eFatea himsnaf to fke drill l0f his men. He mns pruusesed tn the f1ii canmand of regiment s0me lima du. T,ng tns va: and ln tllal capacity se'nmsnaed Nsynxas irft in the attaEk on Sspny fesnt Ahoui the year fz9a. he was agPeizfed Majsr -Gsncrnl = On the 4th of November. i7si, he was kiiiaA fH General Clair's bloody battle with the Inlians His combat with the lndfans sfer he was shot. gave such pernisar interest 10 his fAe, that represeita- tisn cf hsasrif and the goub saFrean6ing hizn was exaihiied throughout the mon In wax figures Ne tices of this accomplished soldier viii be lound in Mnrshali's Life of Washiegson. psEes aao sI l. 42e Ia eses s. Clair reperf. h she American Mxsenrn volume XI, pags A, appendix
 William Butler, tsse secoEd son, was an ofhcer tsrfeaghcut the oiutionsry war; rose to he rank of colonel and was ia many of the naRefest hat;les He the favoriEe of the lamily, and was boastcd ef by fs race ef heroes as the eaalssf and beless man in the battle they had ever known. Wh-n the Srray grratly reduced in tank and E3e and there were many suferhaons ofkeers, they erEaaixed themselves into separate corps, and esectrd sim to the command. General Washington drclinsd re- cefving this novel corps of commissioned sohisrs. but ia proud testimesasd did konnos so their dc voted pAtrte,ism.
 Of Thomas Butler, the thi.d son, we glean the following facts floIn the Americaa Biographical Dictionary. In the yeer 1716 whilst he was a stu deni of Law iA the othce of the eminent Judge Wal soa, of Philadelphia he Jeff his pursuit and Dsned the army n su5aliera- He soon obtained the com Esand of a company, in which he eontinusd 10 the close cf the revolutionary war. He was in alros; every action fought Ia the mdele Ssaaes enring the At the battle ol Branoyw ilse he received ths thanks of Washington the field oT battle, through hrs sid-de-cAlnp Gen Hamilton for his intrepil conduct in rallying a deiachmeut cs retEeatIng troops. and giving the eneny severe fire. Al the battle of Monmouth he received the thanks ci Gen. Wayne for defending dehe, in the face of se- rere fire from the enemy, while Col Richard B9f- ier's regiment made geoa its retreat
 At he close et the he retired into private iife farmer, and Continued m the enl0yrnen; Of rural and domestic happiness Unfa the year l7si, when be sgasn took the fed io meet the sewage foe that mex aced our vest ra frontier. He cnmmand- ed battalion ia the dasasterous battle ef November 1. I7gI, ia whch his brother feH Orders were gwen Sy Gen St. Claaf tDcharge with tic haTOset. and MaJnr Butter though his leg had bern broken by ball. yet horse back. led hs batialisa to the charge II was wiih difficulty hts surviving bro- Fhsr Captain Batter, removed him from the feid. In i7s2 he cpBtiuaed in the esablls shneni as mscr and 10 I794 lie pTetaoted to inc rank of Lleut. Col0nel cemuaullant ef the l,h sab-iegion- He eommsDdea this year fer Fayeiie, al Pis,sbufg, and Erevente1 tse deiB3ed Insurgents from takiug it-fnore by his tian hy his force, for he tad but few troops. Tbe esse oi his lIfs emhitler- ed wiah trvable In ls9s he was arrested by the rem nan9ing gen rh u ilk nscn) al Fort Adams, oa the asissIssippl, snd sent te Maryland where he tFied by eea=uartial, and acquitted os all tie eharges save that Q. ueGtI1g Aas hGir He was then eraeree 10 New Orleans. where he arrived, 10 take command of the irocps. Ociobrr. z0.h. He was again arrcsisd next mesb; baf the did not sit nnL July si the next year. and their declsien not known Gel Batier died September :. 1895. 0ut of the aEresi and proseezion of this siusy veteran. Washington Irwin (knlc&erbocksrl has worked up a fine piece of burlesqae, ia which General Wdk- lnsons character inamiiaay driinestsd in thai of the vain and pompous General koh PeGenbufg.
 Percivai Butter, the fourth son. father cf General WM. o. B-TLEz. wss born al Carlisle, Pennsylva- nta, iH lT66. He catered the army a lieotrnans at the age of eighteen; wss with Washington at Valley Forge; wss tn The battle of Monmouth, and es the taking of Yorktown--being through the whole series oi struggles in the middle States, wish the troops nnder .he camnaadef-n-chief except for shorf period when he attached tc llgbt cop commanded by La FAyette, wbo presented him a sword. Near the close of the war, he went is the south with the PeRnsy yania brigade, x here peace found him. He emigFated te Kentucky in l7ss-- He Uas the last o the old stock leit when the war Of 1872 ccmrnsBced. He was made adjuiant gener- al wben Keafnrky became State. and In that ea- 3aeify joined one of the armies sent out by Ken- tncky during fke war
 EdNard butler. the yonngest ot tle i've brothers, was too young enter the RFmy in the nnst stages of the rernuton, but joined It near the close. and had risen to a eaptziRcy when Geni. St. Clair tsok lhs eozmand, and led Ii 10 that disastrous dffrnt in which 60 many of the best soldiers of the country perished He there etineed the highest courage and strongest fraternAl sffectian, ia carrying his wounded brother cut ef the massacre. which wRs continued for miles along the roats ci the retreat ing army, and from which 90 few escaped, even Of those who Aed snascnnabered- He subsequently, became AGinsnnt general in Nsyne's army
 Of these i've hsoGhsrs. tour had poas-ail sf whom with one exception. wess engaged Ga the miiIary naval service of tue eeaniry during tise lasi
 iAL General Richard Batiers soa " iIian aied lieaiensnt h she navy, early in tae iasi wsr. His son, Captain James Butiefs was ai fhe bead ei the FittsburE Rlass. which company he commanded in the camT igns of the northwest, and vas Parteatas iy distingusshed ia the battle si N ississansss~a-
 2d. Col. Wm. Buties. alse ef the peEeiassonary army, had fwe s0bs; one dtod in the nsFg, the ofneF a sabaltern in Wayne ssmy. He was in the baltse with the lndIans in I7gs.
 3d. Lieut.. Col Thomas Butler, nf the old stock, had three snas. tie eldest jnage- The second, Co. Roher; Butler. ai the head oil Gen Jack son s slaf thEoaghoui il Last The thlrd, n l.. Bailer, also served the army sf General Jack son.
 4th Percivzi Batter, captain in the revelaiiensry war. and Hdiuiani general of Kentucky during the last war, had fcuf soass krss. Thomas, wbe wss esptain, aud aud to Gsn Jackssn as New Osleans; Hsxf, Cen. Wm O. Butes The subject af this netsces Ihird Richard. whe wss sxssstanf sdJsaani general in the ranpsgas of t.se of fsJ2. Pescital Bat fer, the youngest son. nov Gisiingaishea lawyer. was not of an age 10 bear aruss in fhe ins WH. Of