Connecticut western news., 1893-01-19

His first important act was to seize $S00,- 900. which had been deposited in the office of the Dutch consul, on the ground that 1t was for Confederate uses. With this and money subsequently, obtained by asking banks and merchants for an amount equal to what they had subscribed for the Con. federacy, he fed and provided for the poor of the city and paid for administering the local government. On the 18th of May he issued the famous "Order 2S," known as the ''Woman Order, to the effect that "any female who shall by word, gesture or move ment insult or show contempt for any of ficer or soldier of the United States, shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her vocar tion."
 No Prayer for Jer Davis.
 Another order (No. 27) commanded the pastors to keep their churches open, and forbade ga day of fasting and prayer for one Jefferson Davis" On the 7th of June William Munford was hanged for having torn down the American flag from its place on the mint. For these and other acts Jef- ferson Davis offered reward for Buffers capture.
 He began his political life as an ardent opponent of the somewhat aristocratic fed aralism then prevalent in New England, and soon earned the reputation of being a "leveling Democrat of the most vulgar type"
 In that era Butler was stigmatized as an "Old Hunker Democrat of the worst sort l" As such he ran twice for governor of Mas sachusetts and was overwhelmingly de- feated-it gave him control of the federal patronage of the state, though-and in 1860, as delegate to the Charleston convention, he voted ffty-two times for Jefferson Da- wis.
 In 1866 he was elected to congress by the Republicans, but though he struggled long and earnestly for it they would never give him the governorship. In congress he was 8 hard and successful fighter till the Hayes administration came in; then the issue on which he had fought seemed to become ob- solete all at once, and on the new issues he was singularly unfortunate.
 In 1882 there was gleam of success; by a combination of Democrats and Green packers he became governor of Massa- chusetts. His term as governor was pic turesque throughout. Thereafter he ranked as what one might call an Inde- pendent-Democratic- Labor -Greenbaeker.
 Butler a Lawyer.
 Whenever Benjamin k. Butler was not fighting as soldier or in the political arena he practiced law, and his reputation in this profession was that of an extremely shrewd and able man. Very early in his career he gained reputation us skillful cross ex- aminer. Volumes might be filled with amusing stories of the encounters between severe lawyers and the smart witness" i" and Buffers career would furnish many
 His early practice was largely for the poor, but since the war he has earned in some years as much as s150 900 in fees his fao i,,n Nka intricate and difficult the case, the better he seemed to relish it. His mind. fully equipped with all legal weapons, raced over every commonplace road leading to probable victory and then found enjoy ment in seeking out the most extraordinary path, and if the same result could be reached by that course, General Butler took 1t with the greatest delight.
 All his life he was aided by a phenomenal memory, and contrary to the usual rule it seemed as good in age as in youth. Sunset Cox used to speak of the workings of this faculty as an "unscrupulous accuracy as to facts and names"
 Later Controversies.
 General Butler came out of the war with the largest and most varied assortment of animosities of any federal general, and many time he had to fight in the courts, in congress or the newspapers to vindicate his action. One Lester, of Richmond, brought suit against him for s100, 900 dam- ages for false imprisonment, but the gen. eral came out victor His rule at New Or leans was the source of surprisingly few suits; but in the cases of the foreign con- suls the Washington government generally yielded the point without controversy. His acrimonious contest with Admiral af har ha aI miral died, and it is not well to reopen it. The public has not rendered it's verdict, but most of the veterans of the army and navy showed their good sense by refusing to take part iI( aud General Sherman expressed the feenhgs of all when he said that the affair brought him nothing but sorrow. The one remarkable fact in all the controversies is the marvellous amount of evidence General Butler always had ready.
 Butler's Children.
 It is not the least of the Butler paradoxa that the stern old lawyer general and poli- tician, who had more fights of one sort or another probably than any man of his age, should be the father of two persons loved or admired by all who knew them. There was time when Miss Blanche Butler was certainly the most popular young lady in Washington. Poets and correspondents celebrated her beauty and winning ways, and she might easily have become the leader of brilliant social circle.
 She married General Adelia.rJ Ames, who was for very brief space rafhcr the most noted-at any rate most criIici-ed-man in the United States, for he was governor of Mississippi during he troubled year of 1875. He was graduated from West Point in 1861 and won high honors in the war, be- ing twice promoted for conspicuous gal lantry; but, like many other soldiers, he was not success in governing a region that was in state of practical anarchy. He resigned the governorship and returned to the north and the quiet walks of an ex- tremely private life. Mrs. Ames has de- voted much of her time of late years to her father Those who meet Paul Butler for the first time are generally surprised to learn that he is General Buffers son. He is probably the most popular young man in Lowell.