Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-01-06
sTiRTLING INTELLIGENCE

The public will no doubt be surprisod
to learn that Gen. B. +. Butler has re-
signed bis position in the army, and that
that resi- gnation has been accepted. From
the admirers of that military phenoue-
non there will no doubt arise a most lu-
eubrious vail. The modest larrels Of
Big Bethel the divided bonors of HATTIE
ras; the golden accessions Of N.w Or.
leans; The pent up genius of Bermuda
Hundred, and the obtrusive va.or before
Fort Fisher, have been laid upon the al
tar of national iugratiude. Vain now is
the "utiqu'ty" that once lighted The lamo
Of rano~n; fruit'css the gigantic efforts
to be himself the herald Of his fit
achievement by personal report una
valiins the executive ability tia. eNacIed
toll for returning loyalty unr,w2r4cl
the security extended ever his en,rcucLed
egions, and futile the expensive explo-
sion tina, sacraGcsd powder boa, to
strike 10 rebel!ious hearts and auno&"@9
i'll thunder The dis,an, presence [! =
double sighted hero.
What pity! No longer from the i,.-
m0ra! Fortress ral!ate those bu.i.2N,
buau!s that drew al! contrabauts T. lin
SCI. no longer does the beacon :! ne ;Ag.
lit the fame in widows h0t0es AMI made
young orphaned rebels weep; TO longer
shall that pious mind revise the forms
aud prescribe the rituals for d;sloy.!
churches aud Interpret to ministers Of the
word vt Cod, nor tLut hand f lu,ea. e@s
grip cleanse affairs Of unLall1ved viz.
and ornaments too costly AID bright for
temples OF humility; no logger ehA,t Ni"s
Cotton wleii his scep're governed Ivy
hand O; mail; TO more shAl. quail the
t'H.!d woman OF uis!> ys.l !eurt us.o!e lie
vengeance Of tina. neither eye no more
shall New England preachers rrjoivo over
the Spots of wicked foe. Butter has
res gned! His self appropra,ing hand
has been withdrawn and Southern rebels
hlarlously shout insurgens spoons peep
from their hiding places ard ,ink!e with
tendlsh JOY ; rebe!lious CARPETS unro!l
T'he'r saudy colors, and revou'i5nary p
asostruup their demon notes, while Low
ell weeps -weeps the return Of that en-
terprising hand-aud wei! she may.
The classic name Of Butler no longer
oazcs on his country scroll. OF all who
went before or have followed siuce none
were SO successful! IN uneartLiur spoi!s;
none with nose so keenly astute t. roo,
up rebel gold no"e 50 energetic as to
bring all government and inli9ilunl prop
er,y so closely usder lis own supervision,
inspection and keeping none to punish
troubling women or hoary men with in-
ventlon, SO acute =; none TO take such pa
.ernal care of oil the saluables within his
reach. Weep, ye specializing hosts -
Beecher, Cheever, Phillips, howl aud
gnasb your teeth with rage aud grief over
the fall of the terrible, boun.iul and beau
,iful, tor 40, the ehop-talen hero comes"
Oh, government indiscree, how could
you offend so acquiring a uature? How
could you flct the inufensive people OF
Lowell? How dared you provoke bis in-
satlabe passion? How r,4jl y0u wuuuI
bis tender, gentle, sensitive nature p
Could you take tao warning from the con-
Stunning wrath he visited on the reLe! Toe :?
Can You dispense with powder boat explo-
sions, aud contraband camps, aud Dutch
Gaps aud ubiquitous eyes, and scoldlng
generals If not, why was that modest
resignation accepted? He WAS merely
TESTING; but now he will turn again, you.
| aud the hand teat could so skllfully d.
vest secession babies of their ribbons, AID
ti"d disIoyal propenslies in potato-3;nis,
and fish up offensive productions from
garbage boxes, aud find males in female
attire, will now level its vindictiveness
against you. No doub, you are already
terrified, for the country topple before his
irowa Without his Invaluable supper,
the Union must 90 TO pieces, for he was
''he only one who knep how to deal with
rebels, aud after ali our bloody struggle
we may next expect n proclamation Of
universal dissolution. What raiam,t, !
Poor country. poor people, peer Barker |
| cannot Sumner or some OF the charitable
! ge, up collection for u homestead. buy
him n contrahand, write him Il lecture,
carve him Dutch Gap niaid with Spoons
and gold and other articles of conf sea-
ton, just as Il little keepsake p Ba'h.
more Telegram, Of Sunday, Dec. llM,
1865.
Johnson defined oats: "A grain which
in England is generally given to horses,