Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-28

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How Gen. ButleF AdtBI1i aTeIs JUS
tiee RtSFortfess Monroe.
A Fortress Monroe correspondents of the
Boston Journal gives this sketch oi Gem
sral Butler's operations: IT, Esoi
"Wfth loyal men General Butler Is yerv
PoPulan az he tRroaghit severe, and hn-
apte6!e, u ts onI9 with those who show,
a 1eHard tforeou gdf0een mt IN hfief thev'
are traitors at hearl. He has a tacnIty 6f
DIMINISHING these hyposrttes, and for Them
he has nofaVors. he holds court in iprimiLL
tive5style. The doors of his office stand
wide open. AS Ia the time OF Solomon.
all who haye a cause hriug it directly. 10
bis Presehce. He decides Il at once. The
Pool OF Sloan had not more varieRated
patronage than can be seen around the
headquarters of General Butler. Cases of
assAnlt and battery, poor eolored women
,Wro9geds 6y their landlords, petty sbroiIs,
parties seeking 10 be free from arrest, With
the higher and the more important and re-.
sponsibls duties Of his trust. keen him
busy from early mora, often, tillfmidnigbt
Never wearied-cIear, cool, and sharp.
with ready wit, clear sense Of Justice. a
courage equal to oany4emergeuoeY, with a
perfect kno Wedge of human nature, learn. j. .
cd In his practice as criminal laRyer-
all enaoles'htm to despatch business Withc
amazing rsptdtty and 70 make i srecteations
OF what would crush htmost. men. "A speci.t
men or two will illustate.this.4 .-.3its 81.
TN the plainest possible attire he sits
IN MS ot1ce, without show or parade, with
genul9e ooprtesy5f but syithsitRe air of a
man e.! not TO be tri1ed with. de receives
one after anothersot the vast ,thronpl that
come toshis headquarters day by 'day.-
FIRST comes an old man, His; daughter Is
under arrest as. q spy. He assnres ithe
General that bis daughter is-Inuooent of
the charge. He has papers to prove it,
II is not right that his daughter should be
held on suspicion OF such q crime.i Gene.
raj Butler reads carefully the a6idayits
put into; his hands. he says: these paLt
Pers only show that your daughter was,
loyal at certain time. have proof that
her offence was committed sfter ibs t,-,s
mentioned in these papers. II agfee-with
you that the crime is i great one. Al esni.
discharge your daughter, with this scensas
ton over her. Ishall order her TO be ttied
tnat her tnnpcence may appear 7if's All
Next comes a gentleman about. his SON
who IS RpFisonerAt. Richmond. - He wants
him exchanged. The General ask J: H5v
long has he been q prisoner? Thirty
days, was the reply. sI-hnVe eight hun
dred officers says Gen. Bdtler, tSho' have
been IN Richmond for year or more.
appeal 10 you il your son was Que of tbese
eight hupdred if you would think IL ripht
TO leave him still longer.in prison, and Re.
lease one who had been in copfinemsnI
only few days The father renIied;
lYop are right, General Butler, butf twS1dt
my boy 'sif
b 4 One other case. IA Ptesbyterian min.
ister,iu the employ ofsthe Christian Chr
mission, called on the Comm A ndine, Gan77 -
eFRl in relation TO the prisoners af Point
Lockout; Rebel prisoners were manI of
them sick and dying. and needed spIFi Fitnsi
solatiou@ gHe asked that Dr.. JnnEin
father: tnf Law. Of stopeWall jackson, II,
he appointed 10 Tisitithsm w heresffs s ~
post chap = the General asked lBe il
sick. yassthe reply, sand cannot attend d
his duties. =. Let him resfg1.' was the re.
sponse. He Is 100 faithful a servant of
Christ to allow men to suffer for sniritnoi
aid which he can't render. When beire.
sigps9 ! will appoint Dr.. .Juukinrlt6S This
place 10 this, Of course, lthetefcoald BE-
nc, reply, The clergyman bowed stkf5naeIf
out with his answer 7-ss-l-
3 q - "a
3 TAENsYi End.pendtat'smoney editor ba,
the following comment upoa. The scene.
now daily occurring in Wall street: )
Wan strest At present, continues 10 he
the only centre-of exettement and 'attrac.
ton in New York. The great measesrss
at balls and bears is the daily, "a Sinz5 ttoeF