The fame of General Butler's career at New Orleans, and his presence, quieted the fierce riots in New York City, occasioned by the drafts. General Butler resigned his commission at the close of the war, and resumed the practice of his profession. He is now, and has been for many years, the senior major-general of all living men who have held that rank in the service of the United States. IN CONGRESS. In 1867, Mr. Butler was elected to the fortieth Congress from the fifth congressional district of Massachusetts, and in 1869 from the sixth district. He was re-elected in 1871, 1873, and in 1877. He was a recognized power in the House of Representatives, and with the administration. In 1882, he was elected Governor of Massachusetts, and gracefully retired in December, 1883, to the disappointment of more than one hundred and fifty thousand Massachusetts voters. Mr. Butler is a man of vast intellectual ability--in every sense of the word a great man. He possesses a remarkable memory, great executive abilities, good judgment, immense energy, and withal a tender heart. He has always been a champion of fair play and equal rights. 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. * * * * * 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