, 1873-12-28
BUTLER AND HAWLEY,

BUTLER AND E4AWLEY.
An Incident OF tho War.
com''a' c. tDe'. 2 Ss,rt'po'ae'es Co., cf tho ss''
Coming on tho train from Wilmington this
morning I fell III with Col. Seward, Of Orient,
L. l.. Hc was. formerly OH tile Htafr Of Con.
II thought that joe held his own worry well In
Ills row with Datlor," saidI.
Seward braced Ills knees against tile car-soat
IN front of him, aud laughed. "Ycs,"' ho ro-
the james River when ho woke up Joe Hawloy
in That Springfield speech. That was the first
| trouble between tholn."
"Wllat was it," inquired.
! "We!l," enid Seward, "yon know that Butler
had about 10000 men at Do1muan Hundred
whlo Qrnnt WIS fighting Leo In tho Wilderness.
Ii ho had been prompt and bold he might layo
gone into Richmond like book. But ho got
bottled up as Grant said md TINT was tho
end Of him. Then Grant took tho most ot Ills
troops away from him, leayiug with him about
1000 or 5000 men under GeuB. Terry and
lIawloy. 1t cut l3utler up terrib]y-knockod Ills
military dignity into u cooked hat. So Butler
got his baci up, and determined to do somo-
| thing OH his own, hook. He had his engineers
cut now rond through thu woods. which would
| bring him out IN tllo opau country between
| Petersburg md Richmond. He ordered Haw-
| loy's brigade to march over tho road during tho
|
| country by daylight. and then assault md cap
| tnro Petersburg. He sent Fnutz with n regi-
lnent of cavalry around tue other aide Of Peters
burg to mako an assault on tho works south Of
| that city, ut tho same time that Hawloy struck
| It on the moth. Well Joe started of With his
! brigade during as dark o night as ever you saw.
| It was tho night Tint Graut was fighting Lee ut
Cold Harbor.. remember that We could hear
the guns Of that battle. But Joe found tint
Buffers road was wonderfully aud fenrfully
made. It was hacked out Of thick forest. His
| engineers had left tho atumps two and throo
foot high. It was almost impossible for
Joe. to get bis batteries over them. Ho
worked liko beaver, but at daylight Ao was not
moro than halfway to tho opon ground. Dut1or
| hoard Of 1t, aud sont message to joe, wanting
| to know why In hell ho wasn't in tho opeu coun-
| try. d. your said Butler, don't you
know that haye removed Major.G Generals Tor
doing tlo best ls could, and # 1t was not Batis-
factory to Butler ho could remove and be hanged
| to him. It was we'll along toward noon when
Joe struck tho open country. Thoro Was 4 line
milca.
1T would hare taken several hours to reach
the city III straight march. II WIS so fur awny
that you could not Of its oh1arch-steeplos1
that. But Joe obeyed orders. no carried limo
alter line OF works at the point of the bayonet,
but the city seemed as far off as ever. About
shutdown Kantz's cavalry formed junction with
him. Kautz reported that ho had assaulted
the works at different plasee, and found them
OIL oyory side. A utroag force was already
nlasBing In front Of Hawhy, and common pru-
denco dictated return to camp. It was late at
night when tho troops 1oachad their quarters.
Joe eat down without going to bed--l,is lews-
paper life Ind mado Lin, sort OF O. nlght-owl-
aud wrote out ha otiical report, soudllg it to
Butler ~ soon as it waR finished. Next morning
M orderly came to the teut, and said TINT Gen.
Tail foEf IN INN, rkr1
rodo up to Butlcr'a headquarters with Joe.
Joe got Off his horse aud went inBldo. I re-
manned without. l could hoar them at it inside.
Butler was roaring ut 1oo aud broWbeating him
Every ouee in d while Butler would shout, You
Say III your report 30 aud so.' Hawley would
answer, You rnsquote my report l say no
such thing Then hltler would awear and talk
about the Major,Gensrals ho had removed, Tor
long time Joe kept his temper. Ihon the lie
direct was given. II WIS too much. Joe went
for Benjamin. 11o caught him by tile coat COL
lar, and shook tile atutllug out Of him. was
thinning about goe; in when Joe appeared ut
mer sen: Come Seward, 10 said, let lis 20.
shall bo removed II stay hero much longef.'
aud wo went back to our quarters"
" What did Butler do about 1t ?" I as1ied.
ew way sDtsrd tns aef eGwsd sa did sctnpg Il n;"
It known. Ho look tue licking like D dog, and
was for tie first time attempting to
get tho nomination for Governor Of
Massachusetts, HAwloy opened upon him
in tho Hartford Courier. Butlor ut
tempted 4 reply IN his speech ut Springfield. Ho
began to ridiculc Joe's military record. but ono
Of the CoHtanl reporters corked him tip by ris-
ing iu his scat and calling him liar. Then Joe
throw editorial yitriol on him, mud sinco then
tue fight has Gagea with moro or less intBnsity.
Ever since Hawloy licked him Butler has ex-
pressed the most profound contempt for news-
paper men. But tho nocaiost thing lie ever did
was hts action toward Chaplain Thomas. You've
heard Of that. haven't youi"
"No," responded; "wlat il 1t Z"
swell, Tlomas was u Chaplain in our brigade.
Some reporter from tho Now York Herald asked
him what he thought Of Butler. Thomas BAil
ha was q good lawyer, but mighty poor Gen.
eral. The Herald man printed tho story. Soon
after that ThomaB disappeared. His frionds
looked for him high aud low for long time.
Six weoks afterwards le was released from u
military prtson. where Ae lad been kept in close
confinement by Gen. Butler on account OF his
ponYaraat ion with tha Herald rannrtarH