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Tim APPEAL, 1 V Ha eSTABLISHED 1840. MEMPHIS, TENN., "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 18S0. VOL. XLVI NO. 35. FTPJ IS VI1TH Or ilf.1. HABTCOCK. The South ill to-day unite with tl Korth insincerely mourning the death of one ol the bravest soldiers cf the Republic and one of its ablcdt com manders Gen. Hancock. No man more thoroughly exemplified the highest qaalities of patriotism. When civil war was precipitated upon the country he took his place promptly Upon the tide of the North, nnd sheathed his sword only at the close o! the contest. While it wgd he knew only his duty, and was never - for an iottint turned from it; or di verted from his purpose to d o all that within him lay to seenre and assure the perpetuity of the Federal Gov ernment. He had no reviling", no words of hits for those who were op posed to him. War meant fighting, and from the first to the last of the dreadful coot set he was to be found "wherever the bardect knocks were to he given or receive!. With the re turn of peace he believed in the reetrictiens cf taw as essential to order, end he' furnished n example of subordination of the military tl the civil authority that, at a critical juncture in tbe affairs of the country, was serviceable as a well-timed rebuke to the rapacious brutality that, boo led and spurred, bai been rough-riding through the South, eager for tbe im possible indictment and convic tion of twelve millions of peo ple. The order in which he announced his plans and purposes as military commander of Louisiana must ever remein a precious memorial of hiB rectitude and courage. It was the glorious flame that lighted up the darkne.'S of the fioath and brought hope to hearts despondent and despairing, that there "was life in the old land yet," and that sectional hate and animosity had not wholly destroyed the love of liberty in men. No other Federal commander had the pluck or nerve thus to declare for tbe right! of the citizens of the Republic. Most of tbem were the too supple tool) of usurping and despotic power to take any ether view than that the Fouth had foi felted a! 1 rights by civil war, and her coil should be plowed as that cf Poland's had been, by tbe "ruthlesj invader in might." It wai something more than a mere order; it had the ring of tbe im mortal Declaration signed by an other Hancock, whose bold tig nature looks to tis even at this day s the very incarnutioa of the spirit of 76. It staggered tbe horde forever to be infamous in the hiftory cf the English-speaking people wbo subordi nated the peace and welfare of the country t j their SflrvniW -"vie mity and Late, and it awakened the whole country to a realization of the dangers that through military satraps mocaced the life of the States and threatened the most direful form of centralization. To President John son, then ft nggling with this horde in .uetense ot a frequently vio lated constitution, this order wa, as the strength of na army, and he was prompt to appreciate it and sustain the brave soldier, "the superb Hancock," in his manly and pa triotic vindication of that constitut'on and of the rights of the people. In times of peace, he said, the civil law tnubt be supreme. And this in the lace of the ruffianly and brutalizing syttsm of reconstruction that in defiance of that constitution and all the rights of the States wa being enf ireed by tne Republican CongregB. ".Superb" in battle, the very type uf the ideal soldier, mauly in his beauty o! form and person and gallant to rashness in his zsal atxl self-sacrifbe, Hancock never was so superb as on tho day when that order was promulgated and a despair ing people were reawakened to. a sense of their almost loss of liber ty. When the future historian shall -come to treat of those, the saddest -days in the life of the republic, he will dwell upon this incident as one worthy ito be embalmed in golden words, and he will emthrine the mime of the soldier who-was always liret in buttle as first niuong all his compatriots to assert the ascendancy and potency in times of peace of the fundamental law, whose guarantees are the safe' guards cf every citiien of the Union. 4ireen fjrever be the turf above his bead, and immoral be his name as that of one who loved his fellow men and l'jund his duty in subordination j U the law. j THE M4B IS LIINDOX. The threatening attitude of thelxin- j dan mob that yesterday and the day j before held the great cilj t its mercy, j is one of the signs of the times. It is the rumbling that p:ecedes the conn that may only be avoided by timely and atnelioiating legislation in the British Parliament. Men who are without bread and without work cannot be reasoned with. The Qua- ! keis in Ireland in 1S4U found that it was necessary to till the bellies f the starving poor before they could aroaae their attention to their condition and suggest a wav out of it. la al most as bad a condition, tbe sight J of glaring equipages must be to ' the starving po of London as the red rag to the bull, a ! provocation to the destruction j of the luxuries that are largely en- -joyed at the' expense of their blood' ard sweat. If help does not come ! soon anarchy will, and with it chaos j and confusion and death. ( A.OTUERGRETMKO.E SCDDEX DEATH OF GEN. W. IU5C0CK, S. At Ills Headquarter on Governor's Island Details of BU Last Illness. BIOUUIPHICAL SKETCH OF THE DEAD KOLDIES. IfW tne Kewa Was Rrcrlvtd fYa&uington Telegram from the President. at New Yobk, February 0. Gen. Hai cock died a', his residence on Gover nor's Irlod this afternoon at 2:51 o'clock. His detth was the result of a malignant carbuncle on tbe back of his neck, which had coefmed him to his bed for several ('ays. No serious alarm was felt, however, until shortly before he expired. Drinlla or Urn. Hnnrork'l Lnt III. na ana) iteaib. New Yobk, February 9 In front of No. 8, Governor's Is'aad, an orderly crowd this afternoon wan pacing to and fro. It was tbe residence of Maj. Gen. Win field Scott Hancock, who .died therein at 2:51 o'clock. If the general bad lived until the 14 h fay of the preseiit month he would Lave completed his sixty-second year, hav ing been born in Norritt wn, Pa., Febiuary 14, 1824 Io the second story front rcon, furnishei with lo'dier like simplicity, lay the remains of tbe general, who, as the guii'di remarked, If d his troops to more battles than any of his military contemporaries. The d a'.h of Gen. Hancock was not merely a surprise to his f imily, it was asbojk to them, as well as to his friends. Twenty days ago he started on busi-, nesa connected with the Department' of tbe At'antio to Philadelphia, where lie remained two days, then proceeded to Washington, wbere he uad business. In Washington a boil developed itself on the back of his neck. It was lanced January 30th, and as tbe general was much incon venienced by iti presence be returned lo New York several days sooner thai he designed. During the first week in February the boil developed into A MALIGNANT CABHONCLB. which suppurated const intly and prevented reet or sleep. Dr. Janeway called, aid it ai not until marked weakness resulted from the presence of the carbuncle that the surgeon discovered thit Gen. Han cick was Biifldriiig from diabetes and kidney t cable. Dr. Jaaeway called in consultation Dr. Sutherland, msd ial directw of the department, and Dr. D. M. Ktinaon of New York. Tbe medical men concluded that the case W8S assuming a very serious form on Moi.d iy. At 10 o'clock Monday night Dr. Janeway found the pst;ent in good spirits and able t assist himself, and left him apparently improved. At 6:45 o'clock this morning Mrs. Han i oak dispatched an orderly fir Dr. Janeway, as the general was sinking rapidly. The doctor came speedily. and found the general in a oomat se s$.ye, with a feeble pulse and all the - piuitoMiroaY Byhptomj ' cV dkath . PBHSSNT. He summoned tbe two physicians already named. Hypodermic injec tions of brandy and etherandcarbonale ot amm:nia and bum y were admin istered. These, however, only allevi ated the eufi'ering of the eo'dior, who was giaiuaiiy sinking away until death was touched st 2:51 as stated In the words of Dr. Janeway, "The tieneial went down to cl3se his life like a perron d( spending alight cf sta rs. when death came tne three physicians and tbe hospital steward ouly were preset t Mrs. Hancock was then in an adj lining room. The General leaves his widow and three grandchildren, two girls and one bov named Mora, Ada and Gwynne, issues of the General's son, KubscII, who died December 2a, 1881, and whose loss the General ever since MOLBVKO BITrERLV. Aiuj.-uen. vvnippU will assume command cf tbe department, sup ported by Lieut.Ccl. Jackson, until ihe l'reeideut shall appoint Gen. Han- coca s successor trorn Usds. Bcotield, Terry or Howsrd. Orders in relation to the lunerai ceremonies are ex pected fioin Washington to-morrow In the meantime the bod v will be em balmed by the cfticcrs cf the post. In the geneial orders to morrow will bs pwaiulgated tbe announcement of Gen. Hancock s death. no arrangements for the funeral. -S3 far as could be learned, no defl nite arrangements fjr the funeral bad been agreed upon up to a late hour to night. It was fta'ed bv one o! the Bta ft' officers that Mrs. Hancock had eprewed herjelf as being opposed to a militiry funeral : that it was her de' sire that the f jneral arrangements be as simple and unostectitous as pofsi ble. It is also said that Mrs. Hancock is opposed to having the body em balmed, and to its lying in state. In conversation with one cf the olficers to-night that gentleman stited that in ail probability onlv the immedi ats re'.a'ives and most intimate friends will be invited to attend the obequiet. and that on y eight or 'ten officers of his immediate ttuff and a small de tachment cf eoldiers will accompany the remains to tbe grave. Through out this city to-nigLt. wherever people were grouped, the taot cJ Gen. Han- coca a death was a subject ol oomtueMt, and its anneuncement, where not known, a challenge to surprise. Ihe (death, though occurring late, was announced in come of the evening yaperr, snd then the masses were made aware of the fact, while .at clubs and hotels the latest here some meaifw details that served for text of comment, anetdote and reraicMCvence. The lit'le steam cutter belonging to the covernment, and which plies between tne Battery wad and Governor's Island, was a exit I busy during the evening. Many miU I tary men visited Governor's Island to j tender their services to the offiirs sta tioned there or to c fler condolence to j the bereaved family. The lole j grams came in a stream to i the telegraph rfDce, and the operator, with scarcely a moment's reepite, had alt he could do to write them out ai j fist ai they arrived. This one came j from (ten. Sheiman: TELMGBAM9. ! . , 6t. Louts, Febraarr9, 188rt. Clan. W. D. Whipple: Gen. Misener has been here and says Hancock is dead. Is it possible? I must go to the Burnet House, Cin cinnati, tJ-nigbt. Telegraph me there if I can do anything to manifest my love for him or his widow. SUERMAX. Gen. Fitzhrgh Lee telegraphed as fallows: Ricrvoid, Y., Febrnarj 9, 1S!6. Commanding Officer: All ra-ties and all classes in Vir ginia deplore the death of Gen. Han cock. The country mourns the loss of a superb soldier and a noble citizsn. I persocally grieve that a t:us fiiend baa gone. Please let me know when Gen. Hancock will be buried. I desire, if potsiblo, to at' end the services. HT.lIt'liU LKK. TBS KUNKBAL TO TAKI 1'LACS AT MOB eUeTjWK. Latt. The funrl. it is expected, will take place at Noiristown, Pa, wbere tbe geneial's body will be buried by tbe side of his daughter Ada, who died in 1877. ing nooY to iib takin to st. louis. The Tribune says: "tien. Hancock's body will be taken t fSt. Louis for burial, and there placed in tbe family mausoleum. He does Dot .leave a lugeentate. He owned some propeity in acd about St. Louis, but little else. His charities are said by tboso who knew him meet intimately to have been coat tint and much greater than his income warranted. For some time Gen. Hancock has been dictating reminiscences of the war of tie Re bellion to one of his aids, which are said to be of greit historical im portance. In this work he has of late taken great irterest." Tbe Kews at Waafcluatlon. Washington, February 9 A tele gram announcing tbe dangerous ill ness of Gen. Hancock wai received by the President at 1 o'clock to-day and was read to the Cabinet, then in sssaioi. Just after the Cabins' ad journed a second telegram wus re ceived, conveying the intelligence of his death. The flig on tbe White- II rase was immediately placed at half mast, and the President soon sf er is sued the following Executive order: Eirci'TIVI MiNSlBN, ) Wakiuhotux, ). C, Vebruurj 9, 1880. Tidings of tbe death of Wintiefd Scot Hancock, tbe seninr major gen eral of the army of the Uoited States, have just been received. A patriot c and valiant defender of his country, ai able and heroic loldier, a spotlecs and accomplished gertteman, crowned a'ike with the laurels of military re nown and the highest tribute of bs fellow-countrymen to bis worth as a citizen, he has gone to his reward. It is fitting that every maik tf publio respect BDOiim De pata to ms memory. Therefore, it is now ordered by the President that the national Rax be displayed at half-mast upon all the buildings of the Executive depart ments in this city until after his fu neral shall lave taken place. DANIEL S. LAMOST. Private Secretary. Tbe President also seat the follow ing telegram to Mrs. Hancock :' ExiCl'TIVI Mansiok, Waduixoton, I). U., February 9, 1886. 1 Mr. W. S. Ilanoock, Governor'! laland, tia York; Accept my heartfelt sympathy and, condolence in your terrible bereave ment. The heroism and worth of your late husband have gathered to vour side in this hour of your a Miction a nation of mourners. G ROVER CLEVELAND. Immediately on the. receipt of the j, Htelliiwice "f the d.nth ( Gen. Han- to me nag on cue nrar ueoanrnent building was placed st half ma't by order cf the Secretary of War, and ar rangements were made fir the pro mulgation of a general order an nouncing his death to tbe army, which will be issued to-morrow. Tbe Secretary of War a'so recalled the in vitations he bad issued for a reception to the officers of the army, navy and marine corps for this evening. The Ncwa t I'lucliinnll. Cincinnati, O., February 8. Tbe news of the death of Gen. Hancock fdll with pecul a- ruiness upon the ears of the Ohio Gimmandery of the Loyal Legion, wl oie annual dinner was set for to-morrow night. Gen. Hancock was tbe btalof the order in the Uoited Slaes. Upon the arrival of ex-President Hayes to-night, wto is commander ol the Oaio (Join man ery, a meeting cf the. officers and cojb cil wai held to decide upon a course of of action. Subiequently an in formal meeting of the cnraraanJ- ery was held, at which Commander Hayes announced the death of the head of the older, and after a few words cf eulogy stated tba' the officer j bad agreed that in view of this great bereavement all of the proposed fes tivities oi to-mono w night should be abandoned, but that the companions Should meet and bear the ad' dresses that have been prera-ed. with others pertaining to the memo rial occasion, t here wiil be a supper, but no wines or liquors. Gen. Hayes thought in this way the memory of the ueau commander could be honored. and the meeting be made more im pressive tiaa if Gen., Hancock had lived. This action wai unanimously approved. A cjmrrif wbicb Gen. J. D. Ccyc is chaiiuiu, as ap- painted to prepare a suitible paper upon the death of (Jen. Hancock to be presented at to-morrow's nieetins. Gen. Hayes to-night sent the follow ing telegram: Mm. WinfioM 8. Ilanoock, Governor! In land, N. V. : The sad lot illigence of the death of your noble husband fills with stief the companions of the Ohio Commandery of tbe Loval Legion now assembled here. We tender von our heartfelt sympathy in your bereavement. K. B. HAYES, Commander. Fallv 300 companions and 150 ladies will be here to-morrow and to-morrow night. Gen. Soerman. Gen. Horatio O. King, Gen. Lew Wallace, Gen. O. H. Urosveuor. Oen. Wm. E. Stronir. Gen. Lucius A. Fairchild. Gov. Foia ker, Lieut -Gov. Kennedy and Gen. Wm. T. Clark are among tbe gentle men wbo will make addresses. Tbe decorations - at the Burnett House. where the maetint is to be held, will be appropriately draped in mourning. Shot. t Urn. Hancock. WinGeld Scott Hancock was born in Montgomery Ccmnty, Pennsylvania, Febri ary 14, ,1824, and was therefore in the sixty-second year of bis age. His mother's father was a revolutionary soldier and ws captured at sea and confined in Dartmoor prieoo. His great-grandfather on bis mother's side was also a soldier under Washington d rendered good service, dvina at tbe close of the Revolution fiom ex posure and hardships endured in the field. Hancock's father served in tbe war of 1812 and afterward became a lawyer of distinction in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. At the j.e of 11 he was sent to West roint and bait for classmates U. S. Grant, Georve B. McClellan. J. F. Reynolds, J. L. Keno. Burnside, Franklin and W, F, Smith. He graduated in 1844, June SO, ard in IS 15-4(5 served with his regiment in tbe Indian Territory as a second-lieutenant in the Sixth in Uutry. In 1847 he was in Mexico aad was there con spicuous for gallantry at the Nit'tral Bridge, San Anton:o, Coatreta", Chu rubusco, M litis del Key and the capt ure of the City of Mt xic. He was breveted for galUtlry a- the bat tles of Contreiai j end Churubus to. In lStlt-1350 he served with his regimenent as q iaitrmaster and adjutant, and in, 'the fall of 1850 was married it M. liuis to MissAl mita Kuaeell, tbe daughter of a promi nent merchai.t ( f thtttcity. lie t(uk part in several of the Indian caii I a'gns in the West, and in 1.H67 was engaged in the Southern Florida war. He served in the expedition against I'toh, and in 169 went to Cabfornia. When secession was flrtt mooted he t"ok hub ground in fdvor of the Uii ui, aud did much in lMH to check the moveuieLt for disunion in Cali fornia On the breaking out of hos tilities he appl'ed t Governor Cuttin cf lVnnsylvaaia for a commission in the volunteers, but the Governor being slov in replying to his applica tion he ol taioed a leave of abeeuce and came List. His earnestness im grossed General McClellan, and oi the formal recommendation of Mc Clellan, President Lincoln, on the 2:t.l cf September, 1801, Cninniissoued Hancock a Brigadier-Geneial o! vol unteers. He was assigned to a brigade in the division of - General fialdy Smith and reported for duly at Chain Bridgi, Virginia, in the Army of the Potomac. AT WARWICK CJt'BT-IIOl'BE. His first battle in the civil wa was at Warwick Court-House, ntn? York town, where be led bis brigade in per son, driving the Uonleilerates before him. At Williamsburg Hancock bore a conspicuous fart. The Confederates having repulsed Hooker and exposed Hancock's left Hank he determined to retire and ordered the batteries ta:k to the elope where bis btigade then stood. (Jen. Lee, seeing the move met t, at oice advanced his troops aid they came down on Hancock's right in tiro superb lines ol battle, cheering tremendously and calling out, "Bull Kan! Bullltun! That Hag is ours." Hancock sat on on his horse behind the center of hia line, waiting with imperturbable coolness the favorable moment. Calling on the men loittntl fist and keep their muskets loaded Hancock waited until tlieCon'edera'es were within 100 yards, then dashing forward on his horse, w.th head bared and swinging his hat, he shouted: "Forward ! forward !" Tho men saw the lowering form tf theii eeneia' leading tbem, aud springing up with a shout that trade the bills ring, they precipitated themselves upon the ene my. The great.irregular mass of (Jonfed erttes faltered, halted for a moment, wavered and then fell back slowly. Every inch of ground was stubbornly contested; still, Hancock (freed them i II tbe field, nor did they again ad vance until the Union reinforcemeLt cams no uad rendered the victorv se cure. It was ul mo jt night when Han cock repulsed the Cjl federates, and to pursuit could be .ordered in the darkness. This actidn of Hancock's rendered Williamsburg nt.t mable, aud fiat night Lee abaijlnned it. Han cock's name was heralded from Maine to California, and im a few hourp, from an unknown subordinate be had leaped into feme and aatJined a na tional reputation. M.-Clellan tele graphed the President, ' Hancock was superb to-day," an expression which all who saw him towering above his men leading tbem to battle knew to be only just. ON TUB r-KNINSI'LA. Oa the 27th cf June, 18G2,'Haticock, wno was men at uoming'a larni, 1 tne peninsnla, received a severe attack from the Confedeiu es. He repulsed it. and continued the fighting far into the night, the contending forces flrinj at each other at close quarters, in' the dark. This battle of Hancock's was one of the grandest spectacles of the war, and will never be forgotten by the survivors of the Army tf the roomac. On the I'rtib of June, 18(12, Hancock was heavily engaged at Gar nett's Hill, as he was at Savage .Station on the 2!:h and at Whit) Oak Swamp ontheliUtb. His troops f night f iur Dames in as many nsys, and in every one of them wete led by Hancock in person. For his services in the peninsusl campaign, Gen. McClellan recom mended Hancock for promotion to tbe rank of Mjor-General of volun teers and the brevets of major, lion-tenant-colonel and colonel in the regu lar army. AT B:UTH MOUNTAIN AND ANTlETAIi. In September, WBS, Hancock com manded bis brigade in the battle of South Mountain, and afterward at An tietatn In this latter engagement, when Gen. Richardson fell, liar cock was sent to take command of that gallant officer's division. In Novem ber, 1862, Hancock received bis co i. mission as major-general, and on the 13 h of December was engaged in the desperate and hliody assault on Mayre's Heights. His behavior on this occasion was in keeping with the high reputation be had achieved. He was, with bis division, in the thickest of the conlltct, leading his men as far as it was possible, under the circum stances, for men to go, and oniy fall ing back when attempt at further ad vance wes focdl ardy and useless. In this fight, as, in fact, in almoit every one in which he was engaged, be seemed to wear a charm on his life. He received in the "alanghter pen,'' as the iaak and file were wont to call tbe position they occupied in this light, a slight flesh wound, com mg out otherwise unhaimed. though with uniform perforated with the enemy's bullets. In this battle Hancock lost one-half of his command, killed and wounded. and all bis aids' were wounded. At Cbancellorsville, in May, 18(i:t, lie commanded his division, and covered the roads leading toward Fredericks burg, wbere, amid surroundinc disas ter, although constantly attacked, hia troops maintained their position to the last, and formed the rear guard of the army in moving oil tbe held. The general had his feorse shot under him in Vw tattle, hiily in June he re lieved Geu. Couch in command of the second corps, and later in the same month was assigned by Mr. Lincoln to be its permanent commander. AT CIETTYSIIUKO. It was at Gettysburg Hancock airain loomed up before the country as a hero. He was commanding the rear guard of the army in iti advance on Gettysburg, and had reached Tarrv- town, the place where his grandfather. its) years before, had started to escort 1000 Hessian prixouera to Valley i Forge, when Gen. Meade sent him an j order lo hasten tJtbfl front and assume cojnmand of all the troops there. The ; report had reached Meade of the fill of Gen. Reynolds and the check and repulse of the advance, and his mind at once turned to Gen. Hancock as tbe man above all others best qualified to replace ReynclJs and restore order t) tbe head ol fie army. Hancock was not the ranking general, hut in the critical state of affairs Meale, knowing him to be the heat man, did rot hesitate tl -assign him. On bis way fromTarrytoan to the battlefield, Gen. Ilancoi k met t le ambulance containing ths dead body of Gen. Keynote's. When lie arrived on tho hvld he found the army iu ton fusion, and a retrckt had alresdy begun. Planting some inljt.try and batteries on Cemetery hill he threw bis whole energy into the battle, and checked the Confederate advance. Of Geo. Haucoi-k's individual action at Gettysburg it wou'd require a vol ume to tell. He wai really the act'oa of the armv, and Konnd Top, Gulp's It'll and Cemetery 1 lights were bis crea'icns. He sent word to n. Meade that that was the rUce to tight, and eeir.sd the favorable pi anions with tbe advance until Meade brought up the whole army aid delivered his battle. He was severely and it was supposed for a time dangerously wounded a ball had pierced his thigh. Sending a message of his mishsp to tho commanding General, be said to his aid, 0(1. Mitchell: "Tell Gen. Meade that tbe troops under my couimand have repulsed the enemy and gained a great vic'ory. The enemy are now flying in all di reet onsin my front." When the aid deli rered this message to Gen. Meade, u id added hie general was danirerous ly wounded, Meade said: "Say to Gen. Hancock that 1 am sorry be is womded, and that I thank him for myse f and f r the coon try for the ser vices be has rendered to-cuy. den. Meade, afterward, in commenting on the battle of Gtt'ysburg, said to Gen. Drum : "Nocommanding general ever had a better lieutenant than Hancock. He n'waye was faithful and reliable." CNUKR (IRANT. Hancock did not recover from his wound until Decmber, 1803, when, although still quite lame, he repotted tor duty, aud was sent Naith to recruit his corps. He waa tendered a reception at Independence Hall by the cttizdne of Philadelphia, and received tbe hos pitalities tf I toe ton, Albany aud New York. la March, 1804, he rejoined his corps and participated in the bat tles c f the Wilderness with Grant. He commanded tbe Second and parts of the Fifth and Sixth Corp", amounting in all to 50,000 men. He fought at Alesop's house and tt Spo'teyivania Court-House, cspinring ''r-toaewall'' Ja'ksou'sold brigade, 4001 prisoners and thirty colors. He was at North Anna, and did most cf the fighting there. He commanded at. the bloody a siults on Cold Harbor, and did his best to execute Grant's orders. The fighting was desperate, and Hancock's loss could net have filleo far t-hott of 12.0(H). He was ou the south side ot the James river, and made the assaults on Petersburg. He was withMtuirit'n:!, and attacked the enemy at Deep ltot txn, taking four jtiec.es of ait:llery,li(J0 prisoners and three stands of colors. He was at Petersburg and wit nessed tbe explosion oi the mine on the morning of July 30tti. The advance no tbe James river, Au gust 12, 18t4, was under his com mand, and he tiuntlbd the second and tenth corps of the Army t-f the James and Gregg's division ol cavalry with such consummate skill a.n to elicit expressions of admitu'ion from even General Grant, lie fought the l.a'tle of Rsams Station, Auguet 25tb, end had his horse alio, under hrui. He fiugbt tbe battle of Boydtio Riad, capturing 1000 prisoners and two stands of co'ors. With the battle ol Boydlon General Hancock's active fighting in the war ceased. l'reeideut Lincoln, who bad learned to place a high estimi t . on Hancock's abilities, ordered him to Washing'on, aud di rected Lira at once to proceed with and organic an army of ft',(H)0 veter ans from discharged volunteers who had served an enlistment. The use of this army was alone prevented by the surrender of Lee and the xnd.og of the war. At the close o! tie war Hauro jk commanded the Anoy ol the Shenandoah, relieving (leueral Sheridan. Thin army cunsisied ul 35,000 men cf alt arms, and win dee- lined to move tfouth with lUm oi k's 60,000 veterans and j liu deiieral Sherman, but Gen. Jos Johnston r rit rendered bis army and so rendered the movement unnecessary. AtTICH THE WAS. Gen. Hancock's career sture the war is so well known it needs bit l.ttie mention here. For his services dur ing the war he was appointed u briga dier aud afterward a major-general in the regular armv. and a'aitrned to command of the Middle Department. In lHtltl be tosk command of the De partment of Missouri, anil crndni-ted two campaigns against hostile Indians, taking the field in person at the head of 1500 wen of all arms. In !H7 be wai sent by the President to New Or leans to command the Slat-w ol Texas and Louisiana. It was in this f-eld of labor that he distinguished himself by sitting ibe example of an officer ol the army with extraordinary powers strenuously insisting upon the entire subordination ot military tl ov. 1 au thority in time of pea :e. Among the military commanders during tlm re construction period be was. conspicu ous in this regard, and the positions then laid down in bis general orders and correspondence did more, per haps, than anything else to rr.ake i.nn the ideal soldier in the minils ol con stitutional Domocrkti. Io IHhH he was relieved, at hia own recjnoit, und in 18lit-70 71 and '72 commanded the Department of Dakota. Hi nee then he bin commanded the Military Division of the Atlantic, ro.uyoeed of the lakes, the Dera-tment of the I'.akt and De- paitmentof Washington, with head quarters at Governor's la. anil, ftew York Citv. In 1880 be was nominated for the Presidency by the Democrat. c Convention at Cincinnati, but wis de feated by Oartield. OKN. HANCOCK WAS A IIANI)OKK VAN, of striking and imposing ctrure. His bigbt wan about six feet, and his weight abont 220 pounds. His form towered above other men, and he u'tracrtd at tention by his mere Iroks wherever he went. His eyes were deep blue, and had a benicrnant and mild expression when in repoje, but inspiring when in oanger. ms manner was Uicrnlitil und knightly, and be was cotirtoey itself. He Win a'wBTB macnetic. anil ilrew men to him by hie kindl neoe ana itentle interest in their af.'airs. ilia aympathiee were cattily aroused, nd he became intennely cencerned for the corrows and niiafortuiiHS of otlwirs, striving in every way to relieve tilers, M thujxh their troubles wert his owf. llaucock's kindneea to his uhordirutee always woo not oo ly their love but a'so their tout.iieij;, uaiS caused them toretyonbim as a friend as well aa commander. Uu gave a man a go?d opinion cf himself, and made each one feel he waa i f more im portance tban he ever htfora suh pected. It w:h this wnich causud him to have such power over hia cllic-rs and men in Wile, a id made tliem pre hr rather to the tl.au forfeit the in id opinion of t heir leuler. (ien. fllancock bad lo children. Russell ll.inc k a i.nd Ada Iv irn th Hauio-k. The iuer i led in New York of typhoid fever when eighteen years of sge. Khe was a voting Udy of great prnni.H Kucstii Huicock, who was we I know.i in Mcinphie. iii,l lum year. A vo nine would in .contain an a c Hint id an tle hemic deeds of a mnu like llnnio;. A glorious lo'dier, a staadf ist friend, a useful citizen ; he was il l that is n hie, muti'v and brave in poor fallen humanity. I' can truly be said id him that the w in W nat oa mourns hie le tho North for l.ia tide!. ty to the Ui ion and Lis superb eolitiership, the Sou'h hecanvo he had the foursita of hia couv-c t .one, and at ncritua juui t jre stoid like a stone iu a a. net the rapacity, gn-ej and brutality of the Kadicul luffixns of Liuibiuua. ACT , Ira at ftrnlllr, . T. Wan if i noton, February 0. The President has been fully advised of the situation of att'iiratn Hiis te, V. T., but ho far ban received no fo n.al appeal for executive ioteiferem e. He received a telegram from Gov, Xquires lint evening, u.tifyiog him thac ttie ci'yhul been placed nnder martial law, and fiat the Governor bad called for volunteers to rvwiHt the authorities in preserving the piato A telegram wai received flit icornicg saying that ttie situation remained unchanged. The Secretary of War and the Attorney-General hhve alsn received several telegrams in regard to tbn troubles. The matter was considered st the Cab in t meeting this evening All m for n atiou by the government showed that the mitt oritiea had timt'ers in control, and it wusdecidnd n it to send Unit id States tio ip there et present. ' Give you a muson on eompuliinn ?'' Why i f nourre I will I am cured of rhenm ttiMii, which has kept, me en slaved for twenty yearn, by using Sal vation Oil, which co t me only 25 cents. Absolutely Pure. Tbia Dowtitir untw t r. A UiHrvel of parity itTaiiKth Hittl uliukriouteciMifi. Mor aooDoutiotkl tbtata tho rtl itittt kiiidnt ind fniMit he no hi ii oouiHttuUD w.h the multiluilo of low lent, nUuri wmvbt itluir or thonthnln IMiWih rf . Stttii miu mf-fin. Ho AL tiWiNO I'owtixii Co., Itt WtJl wt .NawVr.rtt. OIL It. I'l.in)LUNUT0N, Miiicjton i';wrihT. :tr7 Main Ntreet. t Moiiuihlx. Tenn. I t PfUBES ADJUSTABLE ANKLE SUPPORTING Tho" E tut ThluK In tbe World for Weak Ankles, Atiiletio Sports and Skating t ZELLISEU & CO., SO LE AGENTS, IIANDSOMK lUHKIN, MI0E8 & NLIITKItS A 8PECIALTI. 00 P I WT 'II K ET, I K 'B 111 1 S, T liX N J'ATTON Onia-rM fnr tlilH (..!, lea Inrae . M. VLnrLVWUHtN - Telefhone W lliilfli I MliE WHOLE Dry mm, Notions, Cloiiimg GENTLEMl'S FURNISHING GOODS, Horn. Sii-:i:r HLmln 8tr.it MumpMau Teuu. TXT KKINI-AHV liKI'P'irT ( HCflRAI.r AUD Wlall R 1MIN, y " w II 11:0 wen-1 1" Uu nio oioa ibe laeorahly wlui tbiio ot uny uiuilivl in buyer- C It b E Willi CI Cotton lirotojre Ami lX-mmlss!o)! Merchants f. Or4 ADDKJI. wr. r. DHHAi r. GROCERS & COTTOH FACTORS, THE OLD RELIABLE m OF HABTF0RD, CT. A New Departure. A Life I'd icy Ulch Will Satisfy Everybody. Xo Burdensome Con ditions. Cheapest Liberal Policy Yet Issued. No ii -Forfeiture Provisions. Cost of Insurance Less Than fa Any Order or Society. Cath Aiti January 1, ISM S,UT.m Of) Ca-h Sii'i'ln January 1, 11 2,1 '.f.,b.t1 00 Claiiun Paid in lst,1 8.1S.C112 00 Total Claim lnyaar S.RS.l.'S 00 No. o I.ifa l'uiiciei writtan to,dats, 44,800, All Claima paid liumailiaUly oa recell.it ol Intitartiiry ernol. r'or further InlormaUnn apply to Marx & Berisdorf, AOBWTB, 1(1 IrtiiciUon Mrc-pt. loni;!i-. 1 G MP II IS LODOK No. 6. K. P.- L'X Will ui.et in reirulnr omiran- ti n at li-ir C-tlo IIhII Snon.d ami.'' a7 'i , Ailninaatvoeti, tbia OV KU.N K.8HA )V fv.ninir, Keliruary lnih.a' 8o'clii-k,' Inrwork In tha Ainillneil Kana. V u- Itina Knliilill iran-rnaiiy inv lei. Hyouler hKWIS I'KI rOUARD, 0.0. K, L. Mimaa, K. K. and 8. l amp TmIii, IlriirkelM, Kte , fnr A r- iroacafa airnipiim, Iran, TaaiBi'RY PaeA rtiiknt. Civ if i or ma buraaviNiNu AacHirrcT, tcr,y 6. i February 1, im. FealeJ nronuiali will be rei-elvad at thia eOioe nut 1 1 p.m. on lha iUd day i f Kebru ary, 1VHI, f'lraupely of, a' t l'in'oiu-Uoiie, to. Momphia, Tonn. i Hia (II) equara Uaes Lamp l'iimaanil Iwoil Bidel,ial!l Uranktla, aiiinlar, reaeeotiyely, to p atna No. W4 ana lilt. J. L. Muti'a UaUloaue, 111. The potts and br"keta to be let in plane, with laiuin, irl'itief ami cionnoctuma oouiplee, and to b puntt'd three coata to harinonite wilh fenee. lleaiana wual aocoiui'any iroioala. Hifht to rejnrt an or all lidi reaerved. M. K. It KLL, tiuj'orvt.inf architart. OOhD MEDAL, PAai8, 1878. BAKER'S TlTfiVfastnnnna u r rnn l til nhnnlittily imrt Coo!, from which ihociociw ot OJthiu Irnen riMimvoil, IthiwArw timet th tttrfnffthvt CoroumUnl with Hlnrrh, Arrowr(.M)torHnBr, ami U tliervftmi far mora cconom Inil, co it in g lra than on Cfnt a cup. It In ck'lUMu'iii, nourlnhinit, pitn-nttilu'iifnn, ruslly dlguxtm uml attntlnitly inluUJ forlnvul Mi m well iim for nt-rwon In hli h. -""MajS (joidbyUwflrieforjrwhoro. BAKFR & cq., Pnrchcstcr, Mass. I) Ii. K. L. L4SKI, PbjflcUn, Surgeon and Accnuchfsr RKSIDISCB AND OFFICE, ai l Nalu Ntreet, Near Vnlva. Telephrne No. IIV PARTIES e'e warned aaalnat tradtnt for or oiiahlnv our oheek. No. 2U drawn oa Mconnli " llnnk, fur fltiO, payable to order ol Jeeeun J. Wiilla. J A. FOB RUST A 00. Momphla, Tenn . Fnh'miry M, 1KHH. I mliis. Co nnnn 11 B isll WE c SPLINT GOAL! MXISlXim. or Mint I nnntlllre, flllrd by A VO., Vdtt Ji flcrsoil St. ATX moat ravmn 'Mtorma. 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