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i s70 — it tax notice jjjjj »« iicrelir given that will attend j mayor's office on innise street two thr post oiliee fr.nn mnud.iy 1830 to jane 30th 1830 inelu u ortlie lurpose of listing the taxa ■ ■') imil polls of the town ol low * v " iuv i"l>or;ition taxes ol t-ai«i ,:| ei ous failiii to attend and ilea will he stil-ject to all i life '"'',""' penalties of the law which '■' qollars liue or thirtv davs impris axd mii.-'i'iiv clerk ■ i ■ ' l.oard commissioners ? , 4l urn s-vjjlopks printed tn order is 0 " raten call at thia office poetry p6iitiioal / sketch of gen hancock general hancock bears a family name which long before his birth had been made celebrated in revolutionary annals to this family belonged john hancock of massachusetts the first signer of the de claration ol independence in ihe great struggle for hum in liberty and the deliv erance of man from the old thraldom of i kings more than one ancestor of our sub ject maternal as well as paternal took part that wiulield s hancock should j be a lover of his couu try n a matter of i inherit nice that he is a man who al though a soldier l>y profession holds the law iind the soiistiiutiuii above the sword is an honorable and patriotic feature of his character which is his own his nam 1 shines therefore with no reflected lustre lioni the past gen hancock was born in montgoiury comity pennsylvania his father who was a native of the same county partici pated in iln war of 1812 aud afterwards became a lawver of prominence the date ot gen hancock's birth was february 14 1824 liis early education was received at an academy at xorristown where he spent the lirst years of his youth he i possessed as a school boy those traits j which siiini-tinn s foretell future eminence i studious ami thoughtful he laid lhe foun datious of a gnat career entering west point at 16 he graduat i ed with credit to himself the 30th of june 1644 thecloseofthemexie.in was in ' whi.-h be had distinguished himself nt coutreras cherubusco moliuo del key i and it the capture of the citi of mexico — i | found him a second lieutenant of in fan - ; try from 1643 to idiij he sei veil iu va rious capacities in the military service in 18(31 when the war between the fail ed staten and the confederate states broke out he was stationed at los auge los california he offered his services first to his native state of pennsylvania ! and then to the fedral government the latter accepted them gen scott order ; led him to washington and president i lincoln commissioned him as a brigadier i general of volunteers september 23d gen hancock's command was conipos | ed of four regiments from pennsylvainiti 1 new york vermont and wisconsin res pectively willi these troops lie repair ! ed with the army ot the potomac to the peninsula towards the end of.march 1862 when general mcclellan began bis inef fective campaign against richmond from that direction un brigade took part in a number of skirmishes and partial en gagements that preeetled the battle of williamsburg ou the 5th of may il dis tinguished itself on that day gen han cock assuming command and leading a charge this sharing the dangers of his men was one of the features of his milita ry career he never was unwilling to lead on occasions when his presence was need ed to encourage his troops and both as brigadier-general and major-general he gave ilia soldiers the inspiriting lesson of j example and emulation but all general j hancock's courageaud skill could uot alter the decrees of fate he retired with the , rest ofthe army of the potomac from the long-continued bloody and disastrous i seven days 1 fight leaving richmond in » the hands of her valiaut defenders but en . joying for himself the enviable conscious ness of having deserved well of his coun i try the testimony to his devotion was i shown w lien after the battle of malvern i hill gen mcclellan recommended that he be promoted to the rauk of major-gen eral of volunteers and at the same time his si i vices in the most active of cam paigns were further rewarded by his ob taining the successive brevets of major lieuteuant-colouel and colonel in the ; reg liar army the months f august aud september 1562 found gen hancock with his brig ade nt centrevihe serving under pope he fought nt south mountain and again ou septenilter 17th it anlietiiiti in this battle fell the general-commanding the first division of the second army corps during the progress ofthe battle general hancock was appointed to the command ot the division aud thus begun his con nectiou with the second corps of which iu th course of the time he became the commander we iii-xt hear of hancock at the great bal tie of gettysburg w hich by sonic north ern authorities is held to have been the piv otal conflict of the v:ir the retreating union forces were stayed at this point by his advice anil here was it that gen meade who was in general command determined to make a stand against gen lee's pursuing army on the first day of hie battle july 1-t he was in immediate command until the arrival of meade on the set-ond day bis corps did exceptional service and was engaged with general longstreeti corps he had command of the left centre of the union army and before the close ofthe day he was severely wounded in consideration of his services in these battles congress vot ed him a resolution of thanks x wis not until lhe opening of the cam paign of 1864 tli.it hi wounds allowed him again tn see active sen ice up in march of lhat year he was on sick leave and was en gaged in recruiting the second army corps with he openinii of the campaign he was in tin beld under gen giant and in com mand of this corps he was present at tbe battles ofthe wilderness spottsylvania c'ouh house north anna and the second battle ol cold harbor he participated m th opi rations around petersburg until june 19th when he was once more compelled to ; retire from service for awhile owing o bis ■ wounds breaking out anew gen hancock's last military command : was an important one he was detached from the army ot the potomac on the 2(5th of november and was ordered to washing : ton in a short while he was placed at lhe j head of a corps of veterans numbering do ' 000 his headcjiiarters were at wiiu hester : va and his intire command in which was j included the army of the shenandoah num | bered 100.000 men tbe surrender at ap pomattox bowevi r made further service in i the geld unnecessary lie was still al winchester when the as i assination of president lincoln occurred suiiini ned to washington v hi h city was i included in xs military division lie was or j ; dered to remain there b president johnson . until order should replace lhe exeitemeni aused by the assassination of ihe president ; il was in his capacity as military head id division that he was compelled to look on and witness lhe murder of the unfortunate mrs surratt by order of a niiiitnn commis sion but to his credit be il said that he made every effort consistent with his posi tion and duties to save the life of his vic tim convicted under martial law mrs i surratt and her companions were executi 1 on july 8 1863 when mrs surratt'sdaugh ter at his suggestion endeavored to reach the ear of president johnson to intercede for her mother'sjlifc general h ncork ed her to the extent of his al i!ily in i arry ing oul her wishes but in vain ne hoped for a pardon for mrs surratt through lhe prayers of the unfortunate woman's daugh ter and on the day ofthe execution he sta tioned mounted soldiers on the line from tin white house to the arsen.ii j/rounds where the execution was to take place so that if the pardon were granted even at the last moment he should know it prompt r.ml in time to save mrs surratt from the halter xo messenger of mercy eame and the indel ible disgrace was attached to the govern ment of the united slates of hanging a woman innocent of crime later in july general hancock was trans ferred to the middle department his head quarters were at baltimore he remained in command of this department until july i860 when he was put in command of the department of missouri about the same time he was made major-gencral in the reg ular army having already been breveted to the same grade for gallant and meritorious service at spottsylvania 1 ' while in the west lie conducted several campaigns against hostile indians in the indian terri tory kansas and colorado his subsequent commands have been those ui lo i-iana and texas of dakota and ofthe department nf the east the last lis present charge with headquarters on governor's island he was commissioned major-gencral of volunteers in the month of november and at the head of his division he participated in the battle at fredericksburg on december 18th ; here he was slightly wounded he shared in the defeat of hooker at chancel lorsville in 1863 and his division did effect ual service in staying the ill-fortunes of the day by protecting the rear ofthe retreating union troon in the month of june ofthe same year he was assigned to the command of the secoud army corps we have shown above the record that general hancock lias made for himself as i soldier but it n uot asa soldier that the presidency of the united states will be cauferred on him although a soldier himself he has stood boldly and bravely forward in emergencies in defence of a ' the civil law when threatened in time of ! peace by the military law while in command of the militaiy district 1 of louisiana and texas with headquarters i i xew orleans in november i3l>7 bo | found himself met by hfficultips arising out of the results of the war with ad mirable tact and a keen sen se of j notice of ihe laws of the country as well as to the people of louisiana and texas he iceeiiei'.ed ihe differences that had pre viously prevailed and which had had their origin in the abominable carpet-bag governments that since the close of the war had blighted those states instead of iin oppressor the louisianiaus and texans found in him a governor inspired by motives of the purest patriotism and ofthe highest justice n assuming com mand november ■.'!'. 1667 he issued his well know u general order no 40 in which he laid down his programme as governor of the district this document was a revelation to an oppressed lob bed and humiliated people in it he ex pressed his conviction that the people of louisiana and texas desired peace and he declared his purpose to ensure it by allowing the civil authorities to carry out the civil laws there was everything in this order to produce :». profound s.-n.-e of gi*a tit tide in ihe hearts of those to whom it was addressed following it came for a while the blessings of peace and prosperity and but for the fact that the administration at washington re moved general hancock from his sphere of just and lienelii lent government the period of misrule in louisiana and texas would have eome to an end ten years ago how honestly how impartially and how prudently he conducted the af fairs of these two states is shown iu the case of his controversy with the carpet baggers bo-called gov pease of texas this individual had arbitrarily removed the judges and county officers whom he found in ofiiee and had appointed his own creatines to liil their places gen hancock's lirst act on assuming command was to redress the injustice that had been done to the people ol texas mid in his general older no jo he ii']-.iiied the wrong that pease had committed he declared that the right of trial by jury the habeas corpus the liber ty of the puss i iu freedom of speech the natural rights of persons and tin rig i of property should be respected noble sentiments that haw never beeu forgotten by the american people agaiu in a letter to pease he said that on tin-in ihe laws of texas and louisiana as on a foundation of rock reposes al most the entire structure of social order in these two states * * • power m destro*i the forms but not the prin i i pie's i)l jiisfuv : tin se vfirf live rn spite even of the s oi d the jusl course of general hancock in the south offended the carpet-baggers and ilnii radical friends in congress who endeavored by hotriiie legislation directed against him cither to have him retired from the military service or to make his position as commander of the fifth military district irksome and em barrassing finally the issue of obeying a wrong or resigning his governorship was presented to l.im he chose the lat ter course and in a letter to a friend in which he spoke of hi difficulties he said nothing can intimidati me from what i believe to be honest and right he made application to be removed from his command on february 27 lt?g3 a victim nl radical partisanship whose name had become a tower of strength in the land general hancock was bronghi mil in istx asa candidate f«.i the democratic nomination for the l'n-sidency in ihe national convention ol that year ho re ceived 114 votes again iii 18/(3 lie re ceived at the st lams convention 75 votes for the same nomination li will be seen therefore that a a candidate for the presidency in 1880 he has a presi dential record which does not lack un important element of the coufidi-nce of hundreds of thousands of his fellow-citi zens in his availability as the man to lead the democracy to victory it may be remarked in conclusion that he has a large following throughout the countiy and that he is the choice of louisiana and texas and of several othei districts in oilier southern states for president sausbury examiner the way it v as done gov jarvis received nearly a hundred votes more than ail competitors combined on the lirst ballot and before the ballot was announced a number of counties chang ed over to him thus increasing the vote very largely in his favor v inn mr fuller of wake sir jarvis 1 ablest opponent arose anlihanged the 44 votes of that count and east them solidly for him and proposed to make the governor's nomination unani mous this proposition was received ith the greatest enthusiasm in this way was gov jarvis nominated by the largest and most intelligent convention that ever as tml.led in thi state there was no ma chine work no unfairness no packing and those ".-. ho ay to the contrary ii and know they falsefy the facts when they do it gov jarvis is a man of the peoph . he is deservedly popular he has endeared himself tn all classes by his manly straight forward aud honest course in all public places he has ever tilled and especially b the able ml honest mauner in w hich he has managed the state affairs since he became our chief executive officer it was there fore expected that he would receive the well-done of the people lor his faithful puw lic services and nut because judge fowle r gen scales were thought unworthy the friends of these two a-t named gentlemen must know this \'. they have taken thetrou ble to ascertain the leelings •.! the people and those who have done so are as sti-oua now for mr jarvis as a ay of his ianne*t ' friend ean be for shame then let us hear no more complaining imfclet us unite as one man rid rand by tin :.•.. iir.ee -. the final scene \ in the cincinnati contention when hancock ii i nominated : uenry grady to atlanta • onsatuoon lixcixxati june 24 12 m.-tlie scene precediug and attending hancock's nomi ! nation was indescribable there was a ' i dl alter pennsylvania changed ou the vote and it was thought that all was over , | when wisconsin arose and changed after j that nothing more was heard for a full j half hour malcolm hay got the chair and carried pennsylvania over solid and j j then there was a pandeuiouinui han i cock's banner hearing his likeness and ' ; the motto the civil law is supreme \ the natural rights of person and property j must be preserved was brought and ! planted ou the chairman's desk the whole house rose and yelled and shonted ; | the flags of the states were then taken by the delegates aud advanced to the | | center nodding to the hancock banner '■ the randall aud americas banuers fol lowed until the front of the rtage was a j waving wilderness of flags and streamers j the bands ktruck up inspiring music for ten minutes the vast hall was like a ; j mad-house men raised umbrellas and ■ ( waved them pressed over the reporters j : table utterly sweeping them to one side ' i a desperate utrnggle was taking place in the indiana delegation over the state flag 1 i it had remained planted in the midst op ! the delegation when two men seized it | ! and attempted to take ii to the congress of flags about the stage the delegates fought over the flag until it was torn to i : pieees but the leiniiants were filially ear ' • lied oil and hie stall of the rag was hoist '■ j ed in front of the stage the delegates ; made a sally recaptured the banner aud ! i * i liro'.ight il back a li-li ensued in which several persons were carried out of the j delegation by the police dan voorhees ; stood by watching the struggle with tears '' ■ rolling down hi face and many of the in ; : dianiaus wept as the .- outs went on the i delaware banner of bayard was never i moved from its place in the midst of the | delawarcans and snath carolina's flag : j waved serene and undisturbed b the side i of the sad aud silent hampton who sal j j guarding it with majesty and dignity ; these two llaus alone remained at their • i posts the delaware-ins were crushed j and depressed and willi the lndiaiiians i were the only silent clump in the enor i minis tumult georgia attempted to , i change her \ ot v bat a new call ofthe roll was demanded and qniel restored i ou the last call indiana voted for hen j i lirieks amid furious pressure from all ! i ides and adhered to the vote although j j hesiged by semes of people who pressed \ tor au unanimous vole the lndiaiiians i ivere pale and determined and stuck to ' their vote until the result was announced , and it was seen that hancock was uiuiii ' nated i lieu the agony was over joining uam's the culmination eame though when kelly representing tammany and fel : lows representing ami-tammany shook hands at the stand with the band playing \ i auld langsyiie fellows had just con ; ; eluded ivheu kelly made his way to him \ and took hi hand they remained with : i hands clasped per several moments the hodv of the convention cheerinc heartilv '. i , j inn several clumps remaining seated a i tammany rose in a body in the rear ofi the hall the xew york delegates rose | with the exception of pt-rkbam aud half | i dozen aud the twa delegations had a • hearty hand shaking and each side de ; dared that ir would vie with the other ; i;i rolling u a majority for the common ; e;i ml ida te xew jersey promised 18,001 ! majority and iiu-re was the greatest en j [ tliiisiasm in ail scenes i rile democratic x03iijj ees i ! vojcj3 of the press and people , crcat enthusiasm throuqhout the count rv — how toe tl'.'kd i regard ed bj the republicans — congratula ' i thin fite nest president knoxviiie june 24 — 1 ie nouiiua , i tion of hancock is received with great '■ i satisfaction here a salute of 100 guns was fired hy ex confederates from the : . battery of the university .>{' teunes . see boston june 24 — dispatches from ! various points throughout new eng land mention the enthusiastic rejoic , in r of the denn cracy over the cin i cinnati nominations montgomery jxn..'2-x — the nomi nations of hancock and english were , received with gr2at enthusiasm here a club of over 300 was formed iu au ! hour after the nominations wcrt made new orleans june 24 — the ll democrat picayune and times threw j their hags to tbe breeze and the build ings of tiie dee democrat and i*7ea yune w.-re handsomely illuminated | lo-niglit mobile june 21 the register will sav ' to-morrow : the national i le locrat c convention have doi el nobly iu presenting to the country | the names of hancock and eng lish geu ilain.oeix record ii a ciiizen and sol.iicr is unassailable ! bv the uepub.icaii party upon an oi . iii issues connected whli the late civil war as a federal general he f«»nj:lit the south with great gal lantry and when the war was over extended to us the rights of citizen ami nobly vindicated the supremacy of civil law his public papers while commander of louisiana and texas during the dark days of reconstruc tion are models of statesmanship they present a platform of princi ples upon which the democratic par ty can plant themselves with assur ances of victory philadelphia june 24 — the news of the nomination of hancock and english was received with very gen eral satisfaction in this city by all classes the republicans believe the nomination of hancock is a strong one and the democrats are highly gratified and ay he will certainly carry the state and possibly the city 1 here has been no demonstration of a public character great prepara tions are being made for the reception of the cincinnati delegates and the araericus and randall clubs on their return home t-i-inorrow baltimore june 24 — the nomina tion of hancock and english at cin cinnati today gives entire satisfac tion to the democratic party in this city and slate next to bayard hancock was the choice oi the party one hundred guns were fired on fed eral hill to-night in honor of the nomination and one hundred in the western suburbs galveston june 24 — the news specials show that the nomination of general hancock was received with enthusiasm ail over the slate the flying banners and fl.;g street pro cessions the ringing of bells the booming of cannon all bespeak the hearty indorsement by the democrats of texas of the nomination at cincin nati bonfires and fireworks illumi nate almost ce entire stale to-night wilmington del june 24 — sena tor bayard is at his residence in the suburb of this city when approached this evening in reference to the nomi nation said he thought the conven tion had done its work well and that general hancock was a strong candi date his military and civil record be ing unblemished he called attention to the fact that delaware's vote was cast for hancock in the convention of 1868 mr bayard heartily indorses the ticket and has sent a congratula tory telegram to general hancock and received a reply new york june 25 — the herald says an undoubted and very great benefit to the country is that the nomination of hancock makes im possible the bloody liirt campaign ; that between garfield and hancock voters may choose freely and safely according to their views of what is the be.-t policy and with no fear that the union or auy man's rights in the country will be endangered by the election of either the irmeasays it isa peculiarly constituted party which ends rebel brigadiers to congress because of their rebellion and which nominates a un ion general as its candidate for presi dent of the united states becauseof his lovalty it considers the ticket verv common-place tiie world warmly eulogizes han coi k for his military career and states manly conduct during the war and welcomes tbe nomination a the means of re-uniting a irmly as if never se parated the states ofthe union tbe journal of commerce highly eulogizing hancock says a polish ed and cultured gentleman a brave and successful soldier and an honest man he is without stain and above reproach ; fit to sit in the chiar of washington and represent the ameri can peonle io the monarch and states men ofthe world the tribune says : in the hoar of excitement and passion another dem ocratic convention has missed all chance of victory eager to bury tildenism ami escape tiie nomination of tilden which seemed at cincinna ti as here to be as inevitable a it would have licen fatal the conven tion went with a rush to the first can didate who appeared to have the lead men who calculated colly what the convention must do in order to succeed u;;d exjiected lhat the con vention would also calculate coolly were surprised by it action han cock it declares will not prove as strong a candidate '-* jucclellan would savannah ga june 2o the nomination of hancock and eng lish give great satisfaction in this ity = one hundred gnu will be tired to-day in honor of tbe event , charleston s c june 25 j j c . news ■ ' courier wine i been the stea ifast champion of ray ard regards the nomination of han cock as the strongest a id the safest that could have been made augusta ga june 25 the chron icle says tbe u uninarion is a pow erful one an the solid south fiouudfl the reveille or tin soldier statesman w hofirst proelaime 1 and stoutly main tained when tbe wai a-s over that • great pric iplea of american lib erty are still the lawful inheritance of , this people 1 richmond va june 25 — all the leading journals comment most favor ably on the nomination of hancock new orleans june 25 tbe news papers all express satisfaction with the cincinnati nominations and the \ picayune says the boys iu blue and the boys in gray have one leader now their line reaches the whole length ofthe land and it cannot he broken galveston june 25 — the n**m will favor the election of the ticket a houston telegram eulogy of han cock say : "\\ l . ] law . (-*..,]" i ie man and know it is safe to entrust him with power he scorned to oppress us ofthe south when he had authori ty : hence of all men he is indeed the moses who can leal the south and its people out of the wilderness and firmly cement the bonds of the re united countrv w ashingtou june 25 — despatches received from all sections report great rejoicing and enthusiasm over the cincinnati nominations at colum bus ohio a ratification meeting was held at the state house at which thurman made a speech eulogistic o hancock and his actions in louisia na and texas san francisco june 25 — the news oi th nomination of hancock was received with general favor on the pacific coast ph i lade ph ia june 24 the i.yo ord of to-morrow will say : the nom ination of gen hancock was proba bly the clearest solution of the diffi culties which beset the choice at cin cinnati probably among ail the j candidates named there was not a saf er nominee the times wil say : gen han cock gives the democracy a better rec ord than it has given itself he is vastly stronger than the party in the state and nation his candidacy strips the contest of the last vestige of sectionalism and leaves the repub licans with no attribute outside of the inherent merits of their candidate tiie ledger will say gen han cock is by far the strongest candidate the democrats could have put in the field new york june 24 the slants zuitung strongly approves cincinna ti's nominations and considers the re sult reached by the convention as a sign of improvement iu the condition of the couu try the sun say tiie nomination of gen hancock presents the same great issue which would have been present by the nominations of mr tilden although t had hoped that the latter i would be nominated by the conven ' tion j congratulatory telegrams new york june 24 geo han cock recived the following eongratu • latory telegrams this afternoon : i cordially congratulate you na your nomination samuel j til i'l-en i have just thrown yon our solid ' vote and congratulate you on your ; nomination wm a wallace senator nf pennsylvania hon daniel doughery of penn sylvania sent the following yon are tiie nominee we send congratulations senators wm pinkney white of maryland telegraph i : hearty congratulations to the next president ofthe united states general joseph e johnston member of congress from virginia sent greet ing as follows : nomination makes me much glad der than you senator randolph of xew jersey telegraphed : my hearty congratulations new jersey's sons will stand by you an their sires did by the revolutionary hero a strong ttckkt washington jone 24 — geu.sher mau iva-3 asked bv a reporter to dav i what belli night ol general hancock's dilation 1 he gem ral replied that he did no have anything to do with p lilies but if you will x d')vrn he added ".... i rii the best tiling that can be put in language aboat general hancock as an officer and a gentle man i will sign i without hesitation the army - i duty at the war department do not dea much iu : polities and talk but little aliout cai liidatesand parties they have how ever bnt one thing t say about han cock — that lie is one of tiie finest offi cers iu the army and one of the best men in the country tin democratic nominee ie popular among ail officers and men iii t rvice postmaster-general key said th nomination of general hancock x the strongest they the democrats could live made he has a good record as a » i-i aud has no political record to answer for assfrtant postmaster-genera tyner ays no stronger nomination could • p i ecu made by the democratic party