Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-27

er tribute to the character of Butler when
lthey suppose6 they would be plundered bJ
him. Mr.. Brooks then hurriedly reviewed
the testimony, saying the money, did moi
come out of thepint The Secretary of!.Waj
looked on it assmoney illegally taken mad
hence left itin the control and possession O
Gen. Butler. Tie eDepartment would not un,
undertake to indemnify him for the great
wrong. So two years and nine months the
gold had been illegally retained. Butler al
the e.commenoemeht of the war, was crim-
inal lawyer with no great renown, with no
great cases in court and with only, ,moder-
ate means. Hs went to New Orleans in
sommand cf the army in company with a
brother Of his. General Butler was now
known to haSsSR large accumulation of
Orleans, died q York, leaving to tlsssS
msjor general had acquired such fortune.
The case was ialthe surrogate's office in
New York. He would not renew his epi-
tibet. He would leave the record to go tc the
country, and the country would judge as
between himself and General Butler. He
was not to be silenced by the cry of vim
dictive motives. He never acted feom
feelings of revenge. The name of Butler
was bad in this country,:.b but worse in Eu-
rope; there he is associated with Haynau.
If he had given Butler an opportunity to
ask for an Investigation he ought to- be
thanked for it, -.-...,r ~,
Mr.. Stevens, OF Pa, said that when, the
gentleman from new YORK rose ne noped
he would do one Of two things, either to
admit his error or speak to the subject on
which evidence had been taken. He might
have supposed what the gentleman did
yesterday was not 10 revenge put possibly
the gentleman did i from patrlotlc motives,
and then he would have had nothing to
say. Instead of speaking TO the question,
the gentleman had spoken of everything
else. The proper time of his remarks sp
pIcsbletto the subject was as bread to the
sack of Falstaf. The gentleman who used
every epithet of slInder with most foul
tongue against an absent man in the SER
vice of his country, who calls a mejor gen.
efal a. "gold robber" and "cotton specula
tor" and as "desling in eontraoand artl,
cles with the enemies OF his country,
talks about language learned In Newgate,
Orlpplegate ana blllngsga'e: III ail Ino
gates there ls gate which the gentleman
will enter and which | shall strive to
avoid. (Laughter. The gentleman who
could hunt the purheusf OF bawdy houses
and seduction, who could take the tesumo-
ny Of prostitutes surrepttiouslyI put out
the filth which be. had gathered, notwith-
standing the select committee, of which he
was member, refused to allow the eyi:
dence to be heard; that stuff was put in
what was called q minority report, and
sent through the country. And this geu-
tleman talked of billipgsgate. Ihope none
of you will read the stuff, 1t stinks in the
nostrils. Laughter.) He possibly owed
an apology 10 the House for what he had
said Yestefdays 4 condsni ming the opens
ing OF The " Si1 4lSni llSni
was' donein tne hast qt depats, n ne ?, "a may
have usea 1ndscprou language, ms ieei-
Eings had BEEN modthed oy tnls Gays
lvindtcation OF Genera butler. 90 iar
as 1t had been brougat INTO review tuls
morning, the evidence dld tpll )ustice TO
Genrat. Butter. There was not can
did and honest man IN the House VINO
would dare to say tne evidence WAS not
complet etei ytndt9a RON aItb!ne charges
of the gentleman from new YORK. ln ao-
dition to his charges Hhe gentleman pro9gnf
into the House the corpse OF general BUT
ler's deceased brother. Tins NeFetner was va
lu Calltqrnla. oeiore ne sS~fean5ti sS~fean5t Gto .NeM
leans. Instead OF dylng worth TWO mlllions
his estate was not worth more 1nsn t"o
hpnared = tno9sano 5oo4iA's, =, ~
Butler had only broken ken upat9e aemoora.Io
party ne had done greA' ueaI u serVlce
to his country; ppt lGeneral Pu.ier Was
wrong then ne was tignt now, anu se'tlpk
better every day, while zthsgeutlema1 was
getting worse. Did not General battsr i1!1.I
sitEe Baltimore, aod dld ne, net a!Ier-
wards sieze New orissns ana admsnister
its affairs to the entire Satisfaction ot every
loyal mani The gentleman TAXED aoout
JohnBrown. Heknew tnat, Browns loIlows =
ers were conhnea to"e very 10" n,en, anu
the republican parry @ n.u. nu' Te.us ~ ~
them. The difference between 194n Brown
anu Tue gsnLleHn 1Ma S.nnaasS had na,hin -
to say in condemnation OF John BEoWns
sentence, yes sheFe tSers %er we're we're suet great
sa;Is sOy ~ that % motiyes oyershadowed ali irreg.
erLie :.:u.t tua. nT ~ &C. of nas,sr;,v The mo.
i a,a'.'.e0 ns Iohn r. w. PSown vers honest and mn