As an orator he has great power to sway his hearers, for his words are wise.  Had the Democratic party listened to Mr. Butler at the Charleston convention, its power would have continued; had the South listened to him, it would not have seceded.  Mr. Butler is a man who arouses popular enthusiasm, and who has a great personal following of devoted friends and admirers.

Books have already been written about him—­more will follow in the years to come.  He is the personification of the old ante bellum Democratic party of the Northern States—­a party that believed in the aggrandizement of the country, at home and abroad; which placed the rights of an American citizen before the gains of commerce; which fostered that commerce until it whitened the seas; and which provided for the reception of millions, who were sure to come to these shores, by acquiring large areas of territory.

This hastily prepared sketch gives but a meagre outline of this remarkable man, whose history is yet by no means completed.

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The boundary lines of old groton.—­II.

By the Hon.  Samuel Abbott Green, M.D.

     The report of the Comitty of the Hon’ble Court vpon the petition of
     Concord Chelmsford Lancaster & Stow for a grant of part of Nashobe
     lands

     Persuant to the directions giuen by this Hon’ble Court bareng Date
     the 30’th of May 1711 The Comity Reports as foloweth that is to say
     &ce

That on the second day of October 1711 the s’d comitty went vpon the premises with an Artis and veved [viewed] and servaied the Land mentioned in the Peticion and find that the most southerly line of the plantation of Nashobe is bounded partly on Concord & partly on Stow and this line contains by Estimation vpon the servey a bought three miles & 50 polle The Westerly line Runs partly on Stowe & partly on land claimed by Groton and containes four miles and 20 poll extending to a place called Brown hill.  The North line Runs a long curtain lands claimed by Groton and contains three miles, the Easterle line Runs partly on Chelmsford, and partly on a farm cald Powersis farm in Concord; this line contains a bought fouer miles and twenty fiue pole

The lands a boue mentioned wer shewed to vs for Nashobe Plantation and there were ancient marks in the seuerall lines fairly marked, And s’d comite find vpon the servey that Groton hath Run into Nashobe (as it was showed to vs) so as to take out nere one half s’d plantation and the bigest part of the medows, it appears to vs to Agree well with the report of M’r John Flint & M’r Joseph Wheeler who were a Commetty imployed by the County Court in midlesexs to Run the bounds of said plantation (June y’e 20’th 82) The plat will demonstrate how the plantation lyeth & how Groton coms in vpon it:  as aleso