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Show OLD BEN BUTLER S BOOK. Th I Old Man Tells How Great Ho is and low He Has Been Misrepresented. Ibston, Jan. .'10. "Butler's Book" was Iss led yesterday. In the preface the fren-erafi fren-erafi gives as una reason for its publication, "til correct much wront: done to myself hy pnljudieed misrepresentations of facts and circumstances as to my owu acts iu the ser. Vies of my country." . CpRMRal Butler asserts that Salmon Y. Chiase sent a friend to him to Fortress Monro Mon-ro to solicit him to accept the vice-prcsi-dfUKtiel nomination of the republican party " W'aseT secured the, first place, and ti w Simon Ui meron made a similar propositi! proposi-ti! u on behalf of Lincoln less than three k eks after. He trices the reasons for his re usal of both oilers. le maintains his position taken in tho co ltrovcrsy over the conduct of the late At miral I'ortf r al New Orleans. He also eh irges Porter and his subordinates with tie. ' failure of the powder boat plan at Fort Fi liner. He brand- as mt. riy false the eh frge of General VY. F. Smith tiial Grant w; drunk biiorc Petersburg, and criticises Si I 'fi tevcrclj j ,lt fes in- work with a summary of th ; a dJlc J,-- him, and sas that, In a. iti IBriiiov-lie nt . he never met wi m altter nor uselessly sacrificed the nets of ills mihi. |