Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 26, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1880 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1880.

WEDNESDAY, JUKE 30.

The bloody shirt flipa and flatters no ' longer. Republicans will point to Porter and sing out, "Oar Bnob." Albert G. Poktc will begin the campaign In silk stocking!, a clean face and a diploma. Therc Is no Credit Mobilier or Ds Golyer document sticking out of Hancock', packeta. . The Republican death warrant is written andtigned. HancookU the name on the important document. It is said of Albert G. Porter, that when be pasaeaa poor nun he holds his breath for fear of contamination. Now stand still and watch the Radical raud-daubera bespatter the clean, clear and spotless record of Hancock. Tnr. "Garfield Shlnners" should be adopted as the name of a Republican organization. The 320ers" would not be bad. Hascock and English is the ticket Garfeld and Arthur Credit Mobilier and Custom House dishonesty must go to the wall. If Albert G. Porter was not a Know Nothing, what business hai he in a Know Nothing lodge? Will the Journal answer that? How will tae Journal feel when It is shown to be a fact that Albert G. Porter was seen and recognizsd in a Know Nothing lodge? ; , Refcilicas continue to defend Porter against the charge or Know Nothlngism. Husband your resources and get ready to swear like Garfield. Poet er will be here next month so he writes. We hope the J3urnal will then sat iafy itself whether or not Mr. Porter wears silk socks. It is important. Hancock starts off with a spotless record. Garfield is besmirched all over with Credit Mobilier, DaGolyerism, Emma Mine swindle and other kindred rascalities. That $329 check was the price of Garfield's perjury. Judas betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver, Bap posed to be less than $17. Judas and Garfield were willing to work cheap". , Colfax has explained anew his connection with the Credit Mobilier swindle. It is now in order for the Christian statesman nominee of the Republican party to tell us all about it. . Whk Garfield took $5,000 from De Golyer for his brief he must have felt very much like a thief. When a Congressman sells his influence and his vote for money he becomes unutterably despicable. Warn a DeGo'.yer Guard is happy he lings: "Huzzah for Uarfiekl ! Garfield is my pride; Carfleld swore a lie, And Uarfictd took a bribe." 1 Garfield is not withdrawn we wont have any fun this campaign. It will be an eay walk-over for the Cincinnati nominee. Let us have a new candidate with a better record. Garfield has defeated himself alrsady. Take him of!! If Mr. Porter desires to save time, money and a deal of trouble, he will remain in Washington. He is already defeated for the Governorship. The people of Indiana in voting down Ben Harrison voted down Porter. He ls precisely the same style of man. If there is any difference, it is in favor or of ! Mr. Harrison. The Cincinnati Commercial calls Porter "a slammer on the stump" whatever that means. If it means that Mr. Porter is anything beyond ordinary, the expression is at fault Ben Harrison is infinitely his superior in that direction, and yet Ren was behind nearly 6,000 votes when they were counted. "A elammer," is he? Hascock's nomination has completely demoralized all the thinking Radicals in this neck of woods. As they open out the old campaign trunk and look over the often used paraphernalia, they pick up the old bloody shirt, take one long, lingering gszs at their beloved ensign, shed a tear of regret, and exclaim, in the Immortal words of Hon. BardweU81ote. "No good!" "no good!" It seems that Garfietd has a certificate of good character from Mr. Henry B. Payne, and the Radical press are ' tickled to death" over it Bat there Is one very fatal objection to this indorsement of Mr. Payne. He was asked whether he had looked into the charges mads against Mr. Garfield. Now mark the reply: "Ai, I have never examined the specific charges against Garficltl, nor aef tainted myself with his defense against them." Ths Radical press eeem demoralized over the Hancock nomination. The Commercial of Cincinnati says: No one in any event, we hope, will undertake to deny that Iiancodk was one of the most brilliant soldiers In the war. Few who have seen him will dispute the proposition tri at he is the handsomest man in America. Mis bearing in the army was, as a phrase quoted by Mr. Dougherty describes, superb. o Field Marshal wlio-te picture stands forth In the big wars that flame In the pages of history, ever rode down the lines where tbe death Messengers were whU'iing, more gloriously than Hancock at Gettysburg. As a figurehead, he U tbe mostsplendid and striking that could be selected and a Iugersoll said of Elaine, "Spotless as a star." "Spotless as a star" will do very welt The nomination of General Hancock -Is one of the most formidable that could possibly have been made. He is not in any sense objectionable to Indiana, while he was not the choice of the Indiana delegates. II i8 claims are as fresh in the minds of our people as the claims of any other candidate We have no sores to be healed over by any processes known to machine politics. If mistakes were made, it is not our .province to dow attempt to correct' them. As Democrats, we freely admit that the case was presented and tried on Its merits, and judgment has been entered. No new trial is demanded and no appeal deiired, and the record is made without noting any exceptions. We

xpect all sections of ths country to coma to the rescue in the same spirit, and we hava no doubt as to the result Indiana will cast her vote for Hancock. We alto speak advisedly when we say that the soldier vote ot Indiana will be given for Hancock. The command comes. "Attention! Forward march! !" If Hancock is elected, see that he is inaugurated and takes his seat

GAB FIELD'S GUILT. As we expected, the Republican organs have commenced the unwelcome task of whitewashing Garfield. The Republican candidate for the august office of President is charged with BRIBERY and with PERJURT. A bribe Is "a price, reward, gift or favor bestowed or promised, with a view to pervert the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness or other person." Oikes Ames bribed James A. Gai field, a member of Congress; corrupted him, debauched him, with Credit Mobilier stock and dividends. Pei jury is "false swearing; the act or crime of willfully making a false oath when lawfully administered; or the crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears willfully, absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the issue." Garfield is charged with these crimes. The proof of guilt comes from the records of his own party. The Poland Committee unearthed them, exposed them, set them in order before the people. The charges and the proof have a Republican parentage. The investigation was conducted by a Committee with a Republican majority, and the verdict has been rendered guilty. James A. Garfield, the Republican candidate for President, is guilty, and now the Republican press seeks to obscure his guilt, to patch up his character, whitewash his crimes, falsify the record, and, if possible, make him pass muster. The Chicago Tribune, whose editor John Sherman has proclaimed to the world won't do to tie to, has begun the whitewashing process. According to John Sherman's estimate, the Tribune is eminently fitted for the work, but the Tribune makes poor headway. It seeks to show that Oikes Ames swore two ways, but at no time did Oakes Ames swear that Garfield was innocent On the contrary, taking his whole testimony, and Garfield's guilt is as vivid as if it were written in letters of lightning. But unfortunately for Garfield and his white-washers, circumstances corroborate Oak es Ames' oral testimony. The check for $323, paid by a check which Garfield received, settles the question of the bribe, and at ths same time settles the question of the perjury. But as far back as 1376. when the bribe and tbe perjury were fresh in the minds of the people, James A. Garfield's immediate constituents took the matter in hand and expressed their views upon the question of his guilt A Republican Convention met in the town of Warren, Ohio, and organized and reported a series of resolutions. There were thirteen resolutions reported and passed. We give the following as showing what Republicans in Garfield's Congressional District thought of him in 1S7U: 7. That we further arraign and denounce him for his corrupt connection with the Ore J It Mobilier; for his false denials thereof before his constituents; for his perjured denial thereof before a Committee ot his peers in Congress; for fraud upon his constituents in circulating among them a pamphlet purportins to set forth the finding of said Committee, and the evidence against him, In which, in fact, material portions thereof were omitted and garbled. S. That we further arraign and charge him with corrupt bribery in selling hi official influence as Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations for $3,000 to the De Golyer pavement ring to aid them In securing a contract from the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia; selling his influence to aid said ring in Imposing upon the people of said District a pavement which ls almost worthless at a price three times its cost, as sworn to byoneot the contractors; selling his influence to aid said ring in procuring a contract, to procure which it corruptly paid fJ7,0U0 "for influence;" selling his influence In a matter that involved no question of law, upon the shallow pretext that he was acting as a lawyer; selling his influence in a manner so palpable and clear as to be so found and declared by an Impartial and competent Court upon an Issue solemnly tried. 13. That believing tho statements in the foregoing resolutions set forth, we can not, without stultifying our manhood and debasing ocr self-respect, support at the polls the nominee of the Republican Convention of this District for re-election, nor can we, without surrendering our rights as electors and citizens, sit silently by and see a man so unworthy again sent to represent us in the National Legislature. That strong in the conviction of the right, we etil upon the electors of this District, irrespective of former or present party attachment, who desire honest government, to unite with us in an earnest, faithful effort to defeat the re-election of General Garfield, and elect lu his stead an honest and reliable man. It will be found impossible to whitewash such a record. It ia too infamous. Such a man as Garfield in the White House would be, if possible, worse than Hayes. It is not possible for a man with such an odious record to obtain the votes of honest Republicans. Partlsanism will not carry honest men to such a depth of infamy. There are tens of thousands of Republicans who, though they love their party, will not Indorse bribery and perjury. Their consciences, their better judgment their better nature will all revolt Garfield is to-day virtually dead; his abominable record crushes him. The people, honest and truthful, will not permit such a man as Garfield to disgrace the American name by occupying the White House. A Fact to be Deplored. I New York Sun. This canvass for a President will be distinguished from all others in the history of the United States by one circumstance which every self-respecting citizsn, Democrat or Republican, must sincerely deplore. For the first time since the foundation of the Government there is question as to the personal integrity of a candidate for the Nation's highest office. Our people have not been accustomld to hear charges of personal dishonesty brought against the men presented for their suffrages. That ls because the candidates chosen by both great parties In all past campaigns have been men against whose private character there was not even suspicion. The selection by either party of a candidate not only suspected but proved to be guilty of corrapt practices is absolutely without precedent One thiag, and only one thing, could be more humiliating to our national pride the election and Inauguration of a President branded with personal dishonor!

W1NFIKLD SCOTT HANCOCK, j

Sketch of the Lifs of Out dent. Next Fre&i Ills Army Serv ice of Thirty-six Tears and Iiis Record as a Champion of Civil Law How, as a Hard righting General, lie Became a Shield For III Xatlve State Personal Characteristics. Few men have served their country belter than Win field S. Hancock and few deserve more from their countrymen, a big man, with a big head, a big heart and a big brain, Hancock Is the very personification of honor, honesty and capacity. Gallant and unassuming, a soldier in three wars, the hero of a hundred battles, he is a man on whom all Democrats might consistently unite upon for President, and who, as a candidate, will perhaps command a larger degree of respect and support from Republicans than any other man in the Democratic party. Clear-headed and selfreliant, bis career as a Judicial statesman and Military Governor, while in command of Louisiana and Texas, gives evidence that, If a strong man is needed for President, there ls no man In tbe Nation more fit for that posttlon than Winfleld 8. Hancock. With him as the candidate the Democrats will have nothing to explain or defend,and can proudly point to his record and challenge a comparison of it with that of toe Republican candidate. The people of this country will not soon forget there was a day in its history when, if General Hancock had not t-hs wn the highest capacity as a military commander, there might be no Republic to govern. It was on that day when the gallunt General Reynolds fell at Gettysburg and Lee's forces were driving back the Union array. Like a thunderbolt Hancock precipitated Iiis troops upon the victorious enemy, hurled them back, and seizing Cemetery Heights and Round Top, wrested order from contusion and restored confidence to our hair-beaten army. A Y0U5U FE5SSYLVAXUIT. Winfleld Scott Hancock was born In Montgomery Count , Pennsylvania, February 11, 1S21, and is therefore nrty-six years of age. His mother's father was a Revolutionary soldier and was capt ured at sea and confined In the Dartmoor Frtson, Eogland. His greatgrandfather on his motner's side was also a soldier nnder Washington and rendered good service, dying at the close of the Revolution rront exposure and hardships endured in the field, liancoca's father served in the War of 1812 and afterward became a lawyer of distinction in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. At the age of sixteen Hancock was sent to West Point and bad for classmates U. H. Grant, George IS. McClelian, J. F. Reynolds, J. L. Reno, Raruside, Fraukllu and'W. F. Smith. He graduated in 1811, June 30, and in 1S15-Ö served with his regiment in the Indian Territory as a Second Lieutenant of the Sixth Infantrr. In 1817 we find him in Mexico and conspicuous for gallantry at the Natural Brldge,tsan Antonio, Coutreras, Cherubuseo, Miluio del Rey and the capture of tbe City of Mexico. He was breveted tor gallantry at tbe battles of Coutreras and Cnerubutco. In IS 1!) and l.vk) ha served with his regiment as (Quartermaster and Adjutant, aud in the tall ol 1850 was married at St. Louis to Miss Almlra Russ'll, the daughter of a prominent merchant of that city, lie took part In several Indian campslgua In the Wit, and in 1SÖ7 was engaged in the Southern Florida War. He served in the expedition against Utah and in 1839 went to California. When he heard of the Rebellion be took high ground in favor of tbe Union and did much in iN.il to check the Secession spirit then seizin upon California. He applied to Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, for a commission In the Volunteers, but tbe Governor being slow In replying to his appllcutlou he outalned a leave of absence and came Eist. His earnestnes4 Impressed General Scott, whoosdered him to report to General McClelian, and on tbe lormal recommendation of McClelian Presi dent Lincoln, on the &d of September, lVil, commissioned Hanoack a Brigadier General of Volunteers. He was assigned to a brigade in tbe division of General lUldyHmtru and reported lor duty at Chain Bridge, Virginia, in the Army of the Potomac. HIS FIRST BATTYE. His first battle in the rebellion was at War wick Court House, near Yorktown, and he led his brigade In person, driving tue enemy before him. At Williamsburg Hancock bore a conspicuous part The Rebels having repu'sed Hooker and exposed Hancock'.s left flank he determined to retire and ordered the batteries back to the slope, where bis brigade line stood. The Rebel commander, seelug the movement, at once advanced his troops, and they came down on Hancock's right In two superb Hues of battle, cheering tremendously aud calling out, "Bull Run! bull Run! That nag ls ours." Hancock sa. on his horse behind tne center of bis line, waiting with imperturbable coolness the favorable moment. CalllDg on the men to stand fast and keep their pieces loaded, Hancock waited until the Re bs were within HO yards, then dashing forward on his horse. .1111 UCOU W I VA nnu DW.UIUI ,. shouted : "Forward ! forward ! forward !" The men saw the towering form cf their General leading them, and springing up, with a shout that luude the hills ring, they precipitated themselves upon the eueniy. Tbe great. Irregular inui of Rebels faltered, halted for a moment, wavered and then fell back slowly. Every Inch of ground was stubbornly contested; still, Hancock forced them off the field, nor did they agaiu advance uu til the Union reinforcements came up and rendered the victory secure. It was almost night when Hancock repulsed the enemy, and no pursuit could be ordered in the darkness. The ground was covered with Rebel dead and wounded, and many were cut oft aud captured. The action of Hancock had rendered Williamsburg untenable, and that night the enemy abandoned it. Hancoca's name was heralded from Maine to California, aud in a few hours, from an unknown subordinate, be had leaped Into fame and assumed a national reputation. McClelian telegraphed the President, "Hancock was superb to-day," an expression which all who saw him towering above his men leading them to battle kntw to be only Just. HIS SERVICES IS THE PE!H5SfLA. On the 27th of June, 18j2, Hancock, who was tben at Oakling's Farm, la the Peninsula, received a severe attack from the enemy.' He repulsed it and continued tbe fighting far into the night, the contending foices firing at each other at Cose quarters in the dark. This batt'e of Hancock s was one of the graudest spectae'es of the war, ana will never be forgotton by the Army of the Potomac. On the 28th of June, 1.VJ2, Hancock was heavily engaged at Garnett's Hill, as be was at Savage station on tbe?Jth and at White Oak Swamp onlbe3Uth. His troops fought four battles in as many days, and in every one of them were led by Hancock in person. He never knew fear himself, and could not tolerate it in others. An officer, who had his men in a tight place, rode up to the General and said: "General, my men are all being killed: ma v I not withdraw them a llttls out of tbe fire?" "No." replied Hancock, "I hope we shall be able to advance soon." "Then we snail all be killed," despondlngly replied the officer. "Very well.-' said Hancock; "return to your troops, and if you fall you will have the satisfaction or knowing you have died for your country." For his services In the Peninsular campaign General McClelian recommended Hancock for promotion to the rank of Major General -of Volunteers and the brevets of Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colouel in the Regular army. ALWAYS AT IT. In September, 1832, Hancock commanded his brigade In the battle of South Mountain and afterward at Antletam. In this latter engagement, when General Richardson fell, Hancock was sent to take command of that gallant officer's division. In November, lHtij. Hancock received bis commission as Major General, and on the 13th of December was engaged In the desperate and bloody assault on Mayre 'a Heights. His behavior en this occasion was in keeping with tbe high reputation he had achieved. He was, with nls division. In the thlckett of tbe conflict, leading bis men as far as It was possible, under the circumstances, for men to go, and only tailing back when attempt at further advance was foolhardy and useless. In this fight, as, in fact, in almost every one in which he was engaged, he seemed to wear a charm on his life. He received in the "slaughter pen," as tbe rank and file were went to call the position they occupied In this fight, a slight flesh wound, coming out otherwise unharmed, though with uniform perforated with the enemy's bullets. In this battle Hancock lost one half of his command, killed and wounded, and all his aids were wsunded. At Chancellorsvllle, in May, 1863, he commanded his division and covered the roads leading toward Fredericksburg, where, amid surrounding disaster, although constantly attacked, hia troops maintained their position to the last and formed tbe rear guard of the army in moving off tbe field. The General had his horse shot under him in t he battle . Early

in Jane he relieved General Couch In com

mandof tbe Second Corp, avid later in the aarne month was aaalgned by Mr. Llncsln to be its permanent commander, in one of his batues General Eaneock plated one of his brigadts in a certain position anasaiaioits comruanaer: -uenerai, what ever happens. I want yon to bold this ground The brigade commander was never very strong on tne name neia ana on tnai occasion seemed to be particularly weak and anxious, and as the General turned Jo ride awar to another partot the field be followed him a short dis tance ann called out: "General, where are my reserves?" General Hancock turned and. riding up to where the officer was standing. said. severely: "Genera!, it ls none of your business where your reinforcements are; that is my business. I have placed you hre to noid in is ground ; mat is an yon are required to do. and Iwautit done, sir." The brigade commander returned to his line with a sad step and sorrowful expression of countenance. AT GETTTSBCBG. It was at Gettysburg Hancock again loomed up betöre the country as a hero. He was com manding tbe rear guard of tbe army in Its ad vance on ueiiyourg, and naa reached Tarrytown, the place where his grandfather, luO years before, had started to escort I.uu0 Hessian prisoners of Burgoyne's a- my to Valley Forge. when General Meade sent him an order to hasten to tbe front aud assume command of all the troops there. The report had reached Meade ot the fall of General R-y colds and tbe check and repu! of tbe advance, and his mind at once turned to General Hancock as the man above all others best qualified to re place Reynolds and restore oruer to the bead of the army. Hancock was not the ranking General, but in the critical state of affairs Meade, knowing him to be the best man, did not hesitate to assign him. On his way from Tarrytown to the battlsneid General nancock met the ambulance containing the dead body of General Reynolds. When he arrived on the field he found the army in confusion and a retreat had already begun. Planting some Infantry and batteries on Cemetery Hill he threw his whole energy Into the battle and checked the enemy. Schwerin and Saxe were said to be worth eacn a reinforcement of 10,itXi men to an army; Toretensln was rated as equal to 1S.IK.X1, and the Duke of Wellington said the arrival of Napoleon on a battle-Seld was a belter reinforcement to the French army than tbe accession ot 40,000 fresh troops. What, then, shall we say of the value of General Hancock's arrival at the critical moment on tbe battle-field of Gettysburg, a battle that by common consent is now admitted to hive decided tne fate of the Union and fixed the final result of the war? Of General Hancock's Individual action at Gettysburg it would require a volume to tell. His was really the action of the army, and Round Top, I ulp'a Hill and Cemetery Heights were his creations. He sent word to General Meade that was the place to'fight, and seizing the favorable positions, with the eye of a consummate general, hung on to theui with the advance until Meade brought up the whole army and delivered his battle. THE ISiCAESATIOJf OF WAR. Hancock was grand and magnificent in the battle of Gettysburg and seemed the very Incarnation cf war. On the second day he was at Cemetery Heights during the frightful cannonade when the Rebels concentrated the fire of 150 guns on our lines. The air was full of missiles; streams of shot and shell screamed and hissed everywhere; It seemed as though nothing could live under that terrible firemen and hot ses were tornlimb from limb; caissons exploded oue after another in rapid succession, blowing the gunners to pieces. The infantry bugged tbe ground closely and Bought every sligut shelter that the light earthworks afforded. It was literally a storm of shot and shell, like the fail of rain-drop or tbe beat of hailstones. Those who had taken part in every battle of the war never had seen anything like that cannonade, and the oldest soldiers began to be uneasy for the result. Ha nd reds and thousands were stricken down ; the shrieks of animals and screams of wouuded men wer appalling; still the awful rushing sound of flying mlsslits went on and apparentl never would cease. It was then, wben the filmest hearts had begun to quail, tbe army witnessed oue of the grandest sights ever beheld by any army on earth. Suddenly a band began to play "The Star Spangled Banner," and Generel Hancock, with his stall Major Mitchell, Captain Ringham, Oajtin Parker, Captain Brooson with corps flag flying In the hands of Private Weils, appeared on the right of his line uncovered and rode down tbe front of his mjj to the left. The soldiers held their breath, expecting every moment to see him fall from his horse pierced bv a dozen bullets, but still he rode on, while the shot roared aud crashed around him. every moment tearing great gaps in the ranks by his side. Stormed at by shot and shell. Boldly he rode and well. Every soldier felt his heart thrill as he witnessed the magnificent courage of his General and he resolved to do something that day which would equal It in daring. Just as Hancock reached the llt of his line the rebel batteries ceased to play, and their Infantry, 18,000 stroDg, were seen emerging from the woods and advancing up tbe hill. Hancock knew the artillery Are had been intended to demoralize his men and cover the advauce.of their lnfaotry, which was to make the real attack. Turning his horse he rode s'owly up his line from left to right, holding hlsh-tlu his hand, bowing and smiling to the troops as they lay flat on the ground. Hardly bad be reached the right of tbe line when the men, who, Inspired by the courage of their General, could now haidly restrain themselves, received orders to attack the advancing Rsbeli. Eighty guns which Hancock had concentrated opened their brazen mouths and streams of blue bullets flew Irora the muzzles of our ritVs to tbe breasts of tbe Confederates. It was an awful day, and Longstreet'a ' Old Guard of tbe South" melted away like wax under that terrible fire. Of thels.Ouo who came to tbe attack, SOU) fell or were captured on the billside. Thirty stand of colors and an immense number of small arms were taken. Hancock was every where, riding the storm of battle as If he bore a charmed life. At last. Just in tbe moment of victory, he was seen to reel in his saddle and would have fallen to the ground had he not been helped from bis horse. A nail had pierced his thigh, and for a time it was thought the wound was mortal. "Tell General Meade," said Hancock, addressing his aide, Colonel Mitchell, "that the troops under my commond have repulsed the enemy and gained a great victory. The enemy are now flying In all directions In my front." When the aide delivered this message to General Meade, and added his General was dangerously wounded, Meade said: "Say to General Hancock that I am sorry he ls wounded, and that I thauk him for myself and for tbe country for the services he has rendered to-day." General Meade afterward, lu commenting on tbe battle of Gettysburg, said to General K. C. Drum: "No Commanding General ever had a better Lieutenant than Hancock. He was always faithful aud reliable." US DER GBAXT. Hancock did not recover from his wound until December, 1SS3, when, although still quite lame, he reported for duty, and was sent North to recruit his corps. He was tendered a reception at Independence Hall by the citizens of Philadelphia, and received the hospitalities of tbe cities of Boston. Albany and New York. In March, lil, he joined his corps and participated in the battles of the Wilderness with Grant. He commanded the Second and parts of the Flub and sixth Corps, amouctlogln all to öu.100 men. He fought at Aiesop's House and at Spottylvania ixrart House, captunug "Stonewall" Jackson's old brigade, 4,uuü prisoners and thirty colors. He was at North Anna, and did most of the fighting there. He commanded at the bloody assaults on Cold Harbor, and did bis best to execute Gram's orders. The fighting was desperate, and Hancock's loss could not have fallen far short of l'J.ooo. He waa on tbe south side of the James River, and made tbe assaults on Petersburg. He was with Sheridan, and attacked the enemy at Deep Bottom, taking four pieces of artillery. tJ0 prisoners and three stsndsof colors. He was at Petersburg ind witnessed tbe explosion Ql the mine on the morning of July 30. The advance up tbe James River, August 12. 180t, was nnder bis command, and he handled tbe Hecood and Tenth Corps of the Army of the James and Gregg's division of cavalry with such consummate skill as to elicit expressions of admiration from even General Grant. He fought the battle of Reams' Station, August 25, and had bis horse shot nnder htm. He fought the battle of Boyd ton Road, capturing IJtoO prisoners and two stands of colors. With the battle of Boyd ton General Hancock's active fighting in tbe war ceased. President Ltnooln, who had learned to place a hlh estimate on Hancock's abilities, or Jered him to Washington and directed him at once to proceed with and organize an army of 50.CO0 veterans from discha-ged volunteers who had served an enlistment. Tbe use of this array was alone prevented by the surrender of Lee and the ending of the war. At the close of tbe war Hancock commanded the Army of the Shenandoah, relieving General Sheridan. This army consisted of S5.0U0 men of all arms, and was destined to move South with Hancock's 60,000 veterans and Join General Sherman, but Joe Johnston threw up the sponge and rendered the movement unnecessary. 8I5CX THE WAS. General Hancock's career since tbe war is so well known it needs but little mention here. For his services daring the war be was appointed a Brigadier and afterward a Major General In the regular army, and assigned to

command of the Middle Department. Is isr he took command of the Department of Missouri, and eouduct4 two campaign aainst hostlio Indians, taking the field lu personal tbe heal of 1.5U0 men of all arms. In Ps7 be was sent by the President to New Orleans to command the States of Texaa and Louisiana. It was in tn is field of labor that be distinguished himself by setting tbe example of an officer of tbe army, with extraordinary powers, strenuously lnt-Utlug upon the entire subordination of military t- clvU authority In time of peace. Among the military com manders during the reconstruction period he was conspicuous In this regard, aud the positions then laid down In his general orders and correspondence did more, pHrhsps, than anything else to make him tbe Ideal soldier in tbe minds of Constitutional Democrats. In 18t8 he was relieved at his own request, and In 159. 1870, 1871 and 172 coinni&uded tbe Department of D ia ota. Since then he has commanded the Military Division of tbe Atlantic, composed of the Department of the Lakes, the Department of the East, and Department of Washington, wltb headquarters at Governor's Island, New York City. HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE.

Hancock, In personal appearance, ls tall, well formed and very handsome. His height can not be less than six leet two inches, and be weighs tully 210 pounds. He would make the finest looking President who eversttlu the White Houe, except, possibly, George Washington. His form towers above other men, and he attracts attention by his mere looks wherever he goes. His eyes are bine and have a benignant and mild expression when In repose, but inspiring wben in danger. His manner Is dignified and knightly and he ls courtesy user, tie is alway- magnetic, and draws men to him by h's kindliness and gentle interest in their affairs. His sympathies are easily aroused and he becomes Intensely concerned for tbe sorrows and misfortunes of otheis, striving In every way to relieve them, as though their troubles were his own. Hancock's kindness to his subordinates always won not only their love, but also their confidence, and cansed them to rely on him as a friend as well as a commander. He gave a man a good opinion of himself, and made each one feel be was ot more Importance than be ever before suspected. It was this which caused him to have such power over his offi cers and men In battle, and made them prefer miner tome man ioneii the good opinion or their leader. General Hancock had two cbl'dren, Rusiell Hancock and Ad EUzah.-th Hancock. The latter died In New York, of ty uhoid fever.wben eighteen years of age. She was a young lady of great promise. Ru-.seil Hancock, the General's only son, ls living and ls a planter in Mississippi. . A volume would not contain an account of all the heroic deeds or a man like Hancock. His is a noble character, aud it ls a pleasure to write of such a man. A glorious soldier, a steadfast friend, a useful citizen, be is all that Is noble, manly and brave in poor fallen humanity. Thousands upon thousands of als old soldiers will gladly vote for him, and almost every citizen In the land will think twice before refusing his auftrage to such a candidate as Winfleld Scott Hancock, the patriotic soldier, accomplhhed gentleman, consummate General and fair-minded statesman. Mr. Garfield's Republican Accusers. TNew York Sun I Let people who are asking whether Mr. Garfield is a fit man to be President, or o receive the votes of honest men f jr President, keep constantly in mind tbe one point upon which the whole question turns: Did Mr. Garfield perjure himself when he swore that he had "never owned, received or ejrreed to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilier or cf tbe Union Pacific Railroad.nor any dividends or profi's arising from either of them? ' Did he perjure himself when be swore that the f 329 paid to him by Mr. Oikes Amee by check on the ir-ant-at-Arms was a personal loan, wh'ch he afterward repaid? This simple question is not to be complicated by the various and contradictory explanations put forward in Mr. Gai rt-ld's defense, nor is It to be put out of sight for a moment. It includes and involves tbe quettion of bribe taking. For if Mr. Garfield went upon the witness stand and falsely swore, in the name of God. that he had taken no dividend upon Credit Möblier stock, knowing that he had received such a dividend, he knew also that the dividend was a bribe. Men do not risk fist perjury to cover up transsctlons in which they were ignorant of evil or innocent victims of credulity. The human imagination can not conceive Mr. Garfield committing the greater crime to establish his guiltlessness of the lesser crime. This, then, is the vital, tbe only question to be considered in judging Mr. Garfield's character on the facts in the Credit Mobilier case: Did be swear falsely when he swore, on January 14, 1S73, that he "never owned, received or agreed to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilier or ot the Union Pacific Railroad, nor any dividends or profus arising from either of them? ' To answer that he did receive a dividend on stock of the Credit Mobilier is to exhibit Mr. Garfield as a perjurer and a bribe taker, a man not to be voted for for President, but to be dismissed to shameful obscurity, as Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, and James W. Pattenon, of New Hampshire, were dis mfrsed. Without turning for the answer to Oikes Ames, who was not a malicious witness against Mr. Garfield's character, and whose testimony throughout shows an evident desire to shield the man whom he bad bribed, and whom he despised but did not hate passing by Oakes Ames and his documentary evidence of Mr. Garfield's guilt, let us have the answers from the mouths of Mr. Garfield's friends. Owls as Pets. (Letter to Forest and Stream, When the boys of Europe wish to rob an owl's nest of the young, and can not reach down the hollow tree, they tie a worsted stocking to a stick, and poke it down. Tbe birds torn on tbeir backs, grasp tbe stocking with their claws, and are easily drawn up, as they possess tbe faculty of holding on in a high degree, as my torn clothes and lacerated bands could frequently testify. Ovis are easily tamed, and sometimes make in teresting pets, although there are more dif ferences in Individual tempers than most people would Imsgine. I have living at this time three snowy owls, captnred this winter. One was wounded with a rlfia ball, one was trapped, the other attacked a hen in midday, but was in turn knocked over by a gallant gamecock; the farmer saw the circumstance. ran and threw bis coat over the owl and 6e cured him. All my birds are very tame, and will submit to be coaxed on the head, and will take food from the band at any time of day or night. I think I may ssy the snowy owl ls an exception among rapacious birds in tbe quality of its flesh, as it is really tender and well tasted. I have known it eaten on several occasions and pronounced excellent One was served up incognito at a public dinner, and was greatly relished. The Democratic Congress. I New York Heral. Like every session since the Democrats re turned to the control of tbe House, this one is notable for the absence of jobbery. Tbe lobby has been starved out in Washington under the economical and somewhat parsimonious management of tbe Democrats. The subsidy scbemets no longer give dinners to Congressmen and find It waste of time to button-hole members. The Democratic tendency to careful appropriations is sometimes carried to extremes, but it Is welcome to the country, and it is a very great change from tbe laxity about public expenditures and tbe readiness to grant the public property for fitivate uses which characterized the Repubican rule and which occasioned a good many tcsnd&ls in those days which are now coming home to the party leaders in a very unwelcome and embarrassing way. Doctors recommend neoble to eo to sleen lying on tbe right 6ide. This is all the bet ter if you are a little deaf in tne leit ear aaa don't get home till late. Easily answered If a strong man, who has frequently suffered pain, grows impa tient and rebellious, now much more impatient should be the Baby who does not know what suffering means? For tbe pains of Colic, Teething, etc., Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup is the sovereign remedy. Price 25 cents.

HEALTH ISWEAIlH Hcaltl of BaJiJjf ealtl of ffiiL RAD WAY'S

Pore blood makes sound flesh strong bona and a clear skin, if yon would have your fiean firm your bones sound, without carles, and Ä Grateful Reeoniti9n. "To cure a chronlo or long-standing -Munis la truly a victory In the healing art; that reasoning power that clearly discerns defect and auppllea a remedy; that restores step by step by degree the body which has been slowly attacked and weakened by an lnsldiooa disease, not only commands our respect but deserves our gratitude. Dr. Radway has furnished mankind with that wonderful remedy. Radway's BarsaparUiian Resolvent, which accomplishes this result, and suffering humanity, who drag out an existence of pain and disease, through long days and long nights. oww him their gratitude." Medical Memenger. FALSE AND TEÜR We extract from Dr. Radway's "Treatise on Disease and It Cure," as fellows: IdST Or SISkASZS CTJKkD BT Miai's Saraiarlai ResolTent Chronic 8kln Diseases, Carles or the Bone, Humors In the Blood, Bcrofulous Disease, Baa or Unnatural Habit of Body, Byphüls and Venereal. Fever Ho res, Chronlo or Old Uloera. Halt Kbeum, Rickets, White Swelling, Hcild Head. Uterine Affections, Cankers, Glandular Swellings, Nodes, Wasting and Decay of the Body, Pi m pi es and Blotches, Tumors, irygpepsia. Kidney and Bladder kiseases, Chronlo Rheumatism and Gout, Consumption, Gravel and Calculous Deposits, and varieties of the above complaints to which sometimes are given specious names. We assert that there is no known remedy that possesses the curative power overtheea dlsease that Had way's Resolvent furnishes. It cures step by step, surely, from the foundation, and restores tbe Injured parts to their sound condition. The wastes of the body ar stopped and healthy blood ls supplied to the system, from which new material ls formed. This ls the first corrective power of Radway's Resolvent. If those who are taking these medicine for the cure of chronic. Scrofulous or Byphllitle diseases, however slow may be the cure, "feel better" and find their general health improving, their flesh and weight Increasing, or even keeping Its own, It la a sure sign that the cor Is progressing, in these diseases the patient either gets better or worse the virus of the disease ls not inactive; If not arrested and driven from the blood it will spread and continue to undermine the constitution, ivaaoon as the Harsaparllllan makes the patient "feel better," every hour you will grow better, and Increase In health strength and Ce&h. OVARtAB TUHORS. The removal of these tumors by Radway's Resolvent ls now so certainly established that what was once considered almost miraculous ls now a common recognized fact by all parties. Witness tbe cases of Hannah P. Knapp. Mrs. C. Krapf, Mrs. J. H. Jolly and Mrs. P. D, Hendrlx, published In our Almanac forlSTt; also, that of Mrs. C. 8. Blbblns, In the present edition of our "False and True." One bottle contains more of the active princlblesof Medicines than any other Preparation. Taken in Teatpoonful doses, while others require five or six times as much. One Dollar Per Bottle, MINUTE REMEDY, Only requires minutes, not hours, to relieve pain and cure acute disease. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF In from one to 20 minutes, never falls to relieve PAIN with one thorough application No matter how violent or excruciating ths pain, the RHEUMATIC, Bed-ridden, Infirm Crippled, Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with disease may euffer, RADWAY'S BJADT RELIEF will afford instant ease. Inflammation of the Kidneys, Inflammation of the Bladder, Inflammation of the Bowela. Congestion of the Lungs, Bore Throat, Difficult Breathing, Palpitation of the Heart, Hysterica, Croup, Diphtheria, Catarrh, Influeura, Headache, Toothache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism Cold Chills, Ague Chills, Chlislalns, Frost Bites, Bruises, Hummer Complaints, Coughs, Oolds Hprains, Pains In the Chest, Back or Limbs, are instantly relieved. FEVER AE3D AGUE. Fever and Ague cured for 60 cents. There la not a remedial agent ls the world that will euro fever and ague and ail other malarious. Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow and other fevers, (aided by Radway's Pills) as quick as Radway's Ready Relief. It will In a few momenta, when taken according to directions, cure Cramps, bpasma. Sour Stomach, Heartburn, 81ck Headache, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Collo, Wind in the Bowela, and all Internal Pains. Travelers should always carry a bottle ot Radway's Ready Relief with them. A few drops In water will prevent sickness or pains from change of water. It ls better than Freach brandy or bitters as a stimulant. Miners and Lumbermen should always bs provided with It. CAXJTI0K. All remedial agents capable of destroying life by an overdose should be avoided. Morphine, opium, strychnine, arnica, byoeclamua and other powerful remedies, does at certain times, In very small doses, relieve the patient during their action In the system. But perhaps the second dose. If repeated, may aggravate and increase the suffering, and another dose cause deaih. There is no necessity for using these uncertain agents, when a positive remedy like 1 lad way's Ready Relief will stop the most excruciating pain quicker, without entailing the least dlmoulty In either Infant or adult. THE TRUE RELIEF. Radway's Ready Relief ls the only remedial agent In vogue that will Instantly stop pain. Fitly Cents per Bottle. RADWAY'S Retaliating- Fills. Perfect Pnryatlres, Sootnlnff Aperients, Act Wlt&oat f 1b. Always issuable and Natural In ibelr Operation, A Vegetable Substitute For Calomeu Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated wlta sweet gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleans and strengthen. Radway's Pills for the ear of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Headache, Conastl nation, Costlveneas, Indigestion. Dyspepsia, Billousness,Fever, Inflammation ot tbe Bowels, Plies and all derangements of ths Internal Viscera. Warranted to effect a perfect cure. Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals or deleterious drugs. avObserve the following symptoms r suiting from Diseases of the Digestive Organa: Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness of Blood In the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea. Heartburn, disgust of food, fullness or weight In the stomach, sour eructations, sinking or fluttering at the heart, choking or suffering sensations when In a lying posture, dimness of vision, dots or weba before the sight, fevsr and dull pain in the bead, deficiency of perspiration, yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain in the side, chest, limbs, and sadden nuahesof heat, burning tn the flesh. A few doses of Radway's Pills will free the system from all the above named disorder Price 23 Ceali per Box. SOLD BY DRÜOUI8TS. Bead "rALSEAUD TRUE. Bend a letter stamn to RADWAY A Co., No. 83 Warren, corner Church street, New York avinfonnatlon worth, thousands, will bs sent yon. TO THE PUBLIC. There can be no'better guarantee of tbe Tal. neof Dr. Radway's old established R. R.R, Remedies than the bass and worthless lml ta Hons of them, as there are False Resolvent. Reliefs and Pills. Be sure and ask for Rad way's, and see that the name "Bad way" U oa what you buy.

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