Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-06-19
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Gen. Butler had a passion for
swords-as the trophies IN battles
mover fought. lie 60. possession Of
several in that way, ~ blooll,ss
victories over trembling women.
Gen. Twlggs, in tho early part Of
tho late war, mas the Confederate
commander in Louisiana. Put No had
been superseded, and retired from
the service, in consequence Of ago
and inhrmitlcs. Just before tho ar.
rival Of the Federal troops, III lsCs,
he Was carried away from tho city
n helpless invalid, stricken down
with the attack of which no died not
long afterwards. In leaving the
city he deposited some ihmlly relics
pieces of plato, and his swords OF
honor-a Now Orleans family, IN
special chafgc ofscme ladies, TO pro-
serve FOR his infant SON. BY u piece
Of domestic troachory, through II
negro who had been taken into con-
iidcnco, Bntler learned where the
sword Of Gen, Twiggs was. lIc,um
moncd the two ladies before him
mother and daugl,or-and by his
peculiar modes Of nracticing on the
fears and weakness ofwomon, oXtor-
ted tho delivery of tho deposit
Among the articles was ono sword,
given TO Gen. T&iggs, MS a mark of
honor twenty years before, by his
native State of Georgia. What be,
camo Of the pla.c, We arc unable to
say, The swords were Transmitted |
to Washington, as military trophies,
ior which the captordcscrvcl spccial
national recognation, IT was actual
proposed in Congress- to bcstow one
Of them on Gen. Butler himself as |
q mark Of national esteem, for
prowess in war. We do not remcm-
Der what became of the proposition,
There was an appositcness about it
that deserved TO succeed. Nothing |
could bc more appropriate, in pub
lie acknowledgment Of Butlcr's mil
itary honors, than the gift password,
which had been left by n dying,non-
combatant in the charge of somo
helpless women and been cxtorted
from them by oaths and scowls.
There was also another sword, the |
property of the family of dead sol,
dier, which Butler sent for and 90.
in the samo heroic manner. 1t was
the sword which the State of Ken
tuclty had bestowed upon Gen.
Zachary Taylor. That, too, was in
tho custody Of females, friends and
connections of tho family. 1t was
carefully put into what was thought
to be a place of security; but domes-
tic pcrtidy, which Butler boastod
here as having organized into q per
feet system, taught him where to
find it, Ho marched a file of SOL
dicrs into the premises, and in the
presence of the trembling females
captured that sword, nrd assumed
The right 10 be6tow it on somo friend
Of his. own,
Another story of % hunt after a
sword is current hore. 1t was one
of tho shocking incidents of the war;
that the tomb in which the remains
Of Con, Sidney Johnston had been
on their way to be buried
in Texas, was broken open aid sack
cd under Butlci'5 rule. Public ru-
NOR then had it, and it is made pro-
bable by such misdecds as we have
recorded, that he was keonly after
the sword OF tho dead General, in
his coffin, as another trophy for the
"Hero Of New Orleans" ''''
While we are on the subject Of
Buffers military trophies, We may
as well monitor another Of which
his biographer will neve recount tho
the particulars as they are vouched
for hore. 1t is said that the Conted.
crate flag which he forwarded to
Lowell, and which was displayed
on the 4th of July, 1862, in that city
rs symbol of the glory acquil
by their townsman, was bought of
i vivandiero in Confederate COM
pany, vino deserted with it to the
s'ty whom the Confederates were
r1tiring unopposed from Fort Liv-
ngton, on being recalled to tho
The main body at Pantchatou!a..
These antics of q charlaton poll
,ian, playing solsicr, arc as disgust
ng, as Il o. are to US, to the true he {
'oe8 Of that great conflict, whom his
,ory will remember with favor, :