New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-12
BENJAMIN r. BUTLER.

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER.
>psness and on sunday the General decided to come
4, this city for few days. intending to make ar
nncements for spending the winter here.
Monday he attended TO some law cases before the
supreme Court and elsewhere and in the intense
cola Of yesterday afternoon he made visit 10 the War
Dcuartment, where he had a long talk with Secretary
v,t,,s He had felt in such good health and spirits
= .,,erinr the Department building that he refused
a xa. for an elevator and insisted Oh walking up two
evh,s Of stairs TO the Secretarys room. on coming
80 .ce,n inst about dark he forgot, apparently,
that ne had left his carriage under the sheltered ARCH
raw IN the east side OF the building. and walked out
.hs main entrance facing Pennsylvan'a-ave Here
h stood for ten minutes longer in the face OF the
s.,. northwest wind while an attendant went round
40 ~. cast side TO hunt for his carriage. This Sc
cav. exnosure Il Is thought. may have brought on
IN. attack OF henorrhage and heart faNiure winch
,.,1sd him of in q few minutes between IL ana L
o'clock this morning. ,,.
Though in recent years somewhat less Ia'n'''"
trure in Washington than in earlier times "ehe''n
p,o, was still almost as well known here MS any
man IN public life Though out OF ponhcs he was
h-ought here constantly law business, ana he sui
.,nsd ona managed personally much OF the property
h,cb no had acquired during his long residence at
tbe capital The house in which he died WIS ms
own though occupied by Mrs. Lanier Dunn' one "a
his nieces II was only year or two ago that ne
succseded In selling to the Government the Dig sh,'e
houss which he built at an enormous cost ." INC
souihern edge OF the Capitol Grounds soon a'er inc
war II was in this house that Nce-iresdent Arthur
lived for while in the early part Of the Garfield Al
nnistratiop and many other prominent pnbhc men
have been guests in it. Ii Is now owned by the GOV
eminent and used sort of annex 70 the oapi'oi'
General Butler will I've buried IN HIS family lot ut
Lowell, Mass where his wife and son Een)amh are
buried The date OF burial will be determined AFTER
the arrival Of his children.
Lowell Mass. Jan. 1l.-Upon receiving news OF
General Buffers death this morning, Mayor Peek
man ordered all flags public buildings t. b. pacc1
at hali-mast and called n special meeting OF po'h
branches OF the City Council for tomorrow evening
to take formal action upon the decease OF thcn us
tnguished fellow. citizen Paul Butler left Tor WASH
ington early this morning, and the arrangements Tor
The funeral will be made after his arrival there'
Before leaving Mr.. Butler requested Colonel C. A. H.
Dlmon TO take charge Of the public exercises. The
funeral will probably be held in st. Annes Episcopal
Church Saturday afternoon. Up to his last moment
In Lowell General Butler was very active one Gay
last week left for Salem early IN the morning 10
attend q will case trial. He returned TO Lowell at
noon attended funeral and was then driven to the
station and left on the train for NewIOrk and Wash
hgton.
In q speech In Lowell January 90 1900. General
Butler said: when you bear me 10 that little en-
closure on the other side Of the river which hope
for as my last resting place, pray you put over me
for my eptaph Here lies the general who saved
the lives OF his soldiers at Big Bethel and Fort Fisher
and who never commanded the Army OF the fo'omhc'
! ask for nothing else"
General Buffers wealth Is estimated at S',oOoooo'
lie owned half million dollars worth OF real estate
In Washington and muon more In Lowell. lie was
Interested in manufacturing at various points, ana
had large share In the American Bunting company
Of Lowell Among his Western investments were
the CraiO ranc az in Colorado, tllrte-
fourths Of the Mora grant Of 100000 acres IN New
Mexico and his large holdings in the san Mlsuei con
solidated Gold Placer Mining Company, OF which lie
was president.
Benjamin Franklin Butler was born In Deerfcld'
" H. OIL November D. Isis. He the son OF
Captain John Butler, who served under General An
drew Jackson at New-Orleans. lie was graduated al
Wstervie College (nOw Colby University, Name III
1888, and in l64O lie was admitted TO the bar lie
entered upon the practice OF his profession at Lowell
Mass. in 1s41 lie early took an active part III
politics. and in 1913 he elected 10 the Massachu
sets House Of Representatives. In 1859 be became
. member Of the Massachusetts, senate, and in the
same year he was the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor but was defeated by General Banks. In loto
DO was a delegate TO the Democratic National Con
vsntion that met at Charleston, g. {. The story OF
that turbulent convention cannot be told fully here
General Butler occupied an attitude peculiar TO
ElWscN Oh the TWO UliiOrtN TcPO!lS SCN'Hu INV
his and consisted Of the platform OF 1886 without
q change. After n long debate his platform was re-
1ected and the minority report OF Mr.. Samucls, OF
Iowa. adopted. In ihat convention lie voted
repeatedly for jefferson Davis When the convention
roass-m5lcd, two months later in Baltimore, General
Butler after taking part in the opening debates, an
bounced that majority OF the Massachusetts dele
gates would longer participate In the proceedings
nasmuch as there had been withdrawal Of majority
Of tho forh he declared that he could
not sit IN a convention I'm which the African slave
esde which Is piracy by the laws OF my county, Is
spprovingly advocated" In the same year he was
The unsuccessful Brecklnr.dgc candidate for tie Gov
euoeship OF Massachusetts,
When President Lincoln made his call for troops
IN April. 1861, General Butler was brigadcr gen
~al in the Massachusetts, Militia. lie was at once
given command Of the District OF Annapolis. which
included Baltimore. and marched there with the 9Th
massachusetts, Regiment. On May ID. 1861, he
inferred Baltimore with 900 without opposition and
uree days later he made a major general and
uven the command OF Fort Monroe and the Depart
ment Of Eastern Virginia. When he In Baltl-
more some slaves within the lines. Their re-
'urn was demanded by their masters. but General
Ss'ier refused TO deliver them up, the ground
saat they were "contraband Of war;" an expression
"nacn quickly became proverbial.
In August, 1861. General Butler captured Fort
nateras and Fort Clark. the coast OF North Caro-
he 'hen returned 10 MASSACHUSETTS, 10 recruit
"a expedition to the Gulf Of Mexico and the Mississippi
Aan force reached Ship Island In March. 1sC2. and
va Nay !. Admiral Farragut having successfully at
'aeAeo and passed the FORTS General Butler was en-
"eu TO take possession OF New-Orleans without
we striking OF a blow. lie adopted strong and sum-
fs measures for the good order and health Of New-
'eans and In consequence incurred a hatred on the
.'' OF The hotheaded Southerners that followed him
s"o"knont his life. general order designed to
se'ent women from insulting soldiers followed
-, neavy censure from all directions. The execu-
e.. William Mumford for Pulling down the United
es nag rom the Mint also regarded by many
.eed of needless severity. Ills sanitary reguln-
~ however. were indsputaby beneficial. however