Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-30
Gen. Butler on Louisiana Affairs.

WASHINGTON, May 20, lS77.-My Dear
Pitkin: have yours Of the 10Th instant, in
forming me that when you were in Washing.
ton both tie President ADD MIR. Devens, the
Attorney General. gave you substantial assur-
ance that y2l w0ni rot be disturbed in your
Office as Ulited States Marshal, being native
OF the State oil Louisiana and good republic
can, aud against whom no Official malfeasance
or personal derelicton from the path of right
had been shown. ard who, therefore, came en-
inrnly within the provisions oil civil service
reform. which Is the corucr stone, as | under
stand it, Of republican administration. |
au, certain, therefore,, that the President and
the Attorney General would ucvtr have asked
yUur resignation Of the office OF marshal as
their assuraur3s aud 10 disregard Of The prin-
therefore, from what Know OF both these
faith TO carry out their assurances and preserve
their principles. One fault which | find with
your lctetois that you do not make sufficient
allowance Tor political necessities and eulaDgle
meats, By which good men are compelled to do
that which they would rather not do. 1t is 10
open secret here, as am nlurmed, that Col.
Wharton. your competitor, aided Dir. Mac.
Weigh, one 81 Tie commissioners ut New Or.
leans, very largely 10 getting portion Of the
members pl the republican Legislature to de.
scrt from Packard and 60 over 10 Nichols, by
which returning board Legislature was put
undGr he control Of Niciolis ana then that
Legislature enabled tho commission 10 advise
that us the Legislature had recognized the
Alchni;S government, the Prcsdeot Was bound
to withdraw The troops. 1t IS also asserted
that - OOD was to b. paid to the leading do.
scrins Legislators and ouly 500 to others, dis
gui-ri ia the latter case in the shape OF mile
aye, So shat hlr. JoEbson, Z cOlorci man,
speaking Oil! If the inuocarca Of his heart said
On the floor OF the House that all he wanted
vac 10 get his mileage and 80 home. II is also
asserted here that toi. Wharton, bong the in
srumcnt selected by Nlr. MacVcagh to do this
piece oil business, mad his promise o! being
made marshal j.! be successfully accomplished
i. Now, Wharton performed his side Of the
bargain, sud | think you are very unreasonable
IN otiactirg that the administrator should car.
~ out their side O. IT, or at least do the best
they eau So 10 do. 1t ough 10 satisfy Wharton
that they have asked you TO resign, aud you
won t.and therefore they have done the best they
c2ud to make good Macy eagh' bargain, and as
ltcy cant, Wharton ought 10 be satisfied, pre-
risc!y Ike NY friend General Garfield. who
having done his best, aul succeeded 10 c;eclpg
Mr.. StanIy Matthews 10 the Senate Il. The Ic
quest Of the President, as it is said, On the
agreement that the President would make liu
Speaker oil The House OF Representatives, will
have 10 be, aud ought to be- satisfied with q
fair, honest and "heary' cndeavor on the
part Of the President to do all he can to make
him Speaker, aHl il he fails Garfield will have
nobody TO blame but himself for not remcm
hcrng that - bird 10 hand is worth tao in the
bush.
Nov, my dear Mr. l'utkiD, call upcn you,
By lie love YOU bear to the REPUBLICAN party
and lis principles. in memory OF the many sac.
ritiecs yen have made during and since the war
SIS Uuion man in louisiana for the safety OF
the c0unt!y, and not for the sake Of holding Of.
tice under the United States, not to throw any
imp6tinlcnt in the way OF the Presidents full
filing all The bargains which his su6Ordlnates
made, rs necessary steps IN l0augurallng his
Southern policy, which is to be oil so great ard
pclIculahle advantage, not only to the party
which You love so well, but also to the country,
tur the unity aud pactcatOn of which you
have given the best days Of your manhood. |
write thus to you because thought | detected
in your note to me what seemed TO be an uu-
reasonable lone Ol complaint tia you are thus
10 be sacrificed. Remember that Abraham
was about to sacrifice his only sou. Isaac, the
child Of his old age, to what lie believed to be
he will OF God and the necessities Of his pe0-
pic, and the coed Book does not make men
ton TT any Unreasonable complaints or outcrcs
OF Isaac on that Occasl1D, and so when you lind
that the President, in obedience 10 The call Of
lis country and the public cxigeucy for its paci-
iicatlOn, deems ii necessary To slcrtca you, and
take away your eificc and give it 10 one who
were Tie gray when you stood in the blue, you
ought nat to kick and squirm any more Than
Isaac did when he lay upon the altar under the
kuiG oil biz father, Abraham. | am sorry that
caunct write you any other words OF comfort
and consolation, but such as | have give unto
yam. am yours, truly,
BENJAMIN f. Butler.
j. H. q. PitkD, esq., United States Marshal,
Nav Orleans, Ira. -.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2y-Alr Wayne Mac
Fcagir, Of this city, has addressed a letter TO
Genera! l;u!cr in reply TO the letter from the
latter gentleman to Marshal Pixie, Of New
Orleans cnnralii0tng many OF the statements
contained therein, particularly with regard to
the us9 mUucy, and declaring that he awaits
with confidence aud pride the judgment Of the
American people 90 the labors Of the late com
mission 10 Louisiana.
4 TEXAS Town CAPTURED BY INDIANS
\ letter in the Dodge City, Kansas, Times,
from Sweet Water, Texas, gives a report that
the town OF nouhn Mountain, in the Pan
Handle Of Texas, has been captured by Apache
lndans, aud I'll the stock in town run of. All
The particulars ~ given The letter also
stalcs that quite large number Of hunters
have been killed by the Indians during the past
wiate1; also. that ight recently occurred 10
the Pan Handle between about eighty hunters
and twice that number Of Apachcs. The hunt
crs started after the Indians to aVcDgo the
murder OF Mr.. SGwa!!, che oil their number.
They followed their trail for many days, aud
although their provisions gave out they still
pursued thGhi, living Oh what game they could
kill OF the way. At length they came upon
an Indian village CONTAINING humber OF lodges,
nm th. E1rL If a small strram, and although