Daily national Republican., 1863-02-17

Fowler's Phrsnologieal Examination Of
the Head OF MAJ. Gen. n. r. Butler.
A few evenings since General butler consented
TO sit for the purpose OF chronological examine
tion BY Prof, o. s. Fowler, the well known phre-
nologisa Tho following IL the result. We employ
the Profepeor'n own languagei
Your three prominent traits Of character are
nasaeiiy, force, and indomitabillty. Your largest
chronological organ is Friendship. You are very
obstinate, and, despite all obstacles, will accom-
Plish your purpose, II such be within the bounds
Of reason. Your success life IL 10 be attributed
more to your tenaeity Of purpose than TO any
other cause. The greater the opposition you meet
with, the greater determination will you evinee.
You are destined to bear down all opposition.
Your second great quality iS force Combative-
ness and dentructiveness very large and render
you resOlute, determined, and brave. The greater
the danger the more cool and resolute you become.
You excel In debatej are sure to become promI-
nent crater and leader in conventions, legislative
and other like bodies, where n elashing of ideas
and interests require the utmost force and energy
In order 10 carry given measures, and II such can
be carried, you the to effect Il. You relish
strife, struggle, contest, coping with difficulties
and especially with men much more than the lux
ury and leisure Of life. Your Indignation is tre-
mendous, and you have never yet and never will,
fail Furnishing your enemies, and severely. Their
best course is TO let you alone You have every
quality requisite for rendering You an efficient
and superior military oficer.
You are not As progressive thinker as you are
sagacious aud sensible. Instead Of reasoning our
self through conclusions, and jumping at one
bound from facts they exist to results, you rea-
son from all sides Of a subject and rarely err In
your decisions. Your memory Is excellent. Can
acquire knowledge with facility, and use 1t to the
best advantage, and are one in ten thousand for
genuine shrewdness and practicability. You meth
odiEe everything. Remember faces, but are apt to
forget names and dates. Are fluent and foreihle In
speech, and often eloquent. Are first best Judge OF
men, rarely ever deceived in them, and have supe-
rior mechanical ingenuity. GtrAined to it, would
excel as military or civil engineer and director
Of work and working men.
You are sure to make what you touch pay. You
are an excellent Judge Of the value of property.
Are almost skeptieal in matters Of religion. Are
more radical than conservative, and II ever In.
clined to be conservative are so from policy.
You have really high order Of practical benev-
olenee and genuine good-feellng well as philan-
thropy, arc truly patriotic, and also ambitious,
which two qualities happily minglei are tolerably
conscientious, but less so than formerly; have un-
bounded hope, and the highest order of enterprise
and willing to undertake important risks. Have
not az much discretion As valor; are calculated 10
acquire notoriety and retain 1t. You have indeed
every element of success. The one phrase which
expresses most Of your character is "Loye of TrI
umph." You have a constitution requisite fol
sustaining your large and powerful brain and a
really InexhAuStible fund OF vitality.