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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1880. TERMS : ONE TEAS._.?1.50. SIX MONTHS_ 75. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT. GEN. W. S. HANCOCK, OP PENNSYLVANIA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. HON. W. H. ENGLISH, OF INDIANA. STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Governor. Gen. JOHNSON EAGOOD. For Ueut en ant-Govern or. Grit. J. D. KENNEDY. For Comptroller General. J. C. C01T, Esq. For Secretary of State. Col. R. M. SIMS. For Atterney General. Gen. LEROY F. YOUMANS. For Superintendent of Education. Maj. HUGH S. THOMPSON. For Adjutant and Inspector General. Get. ARTHUR M. MANIGAULT.. For State Treasurer. Col. J. P. RICHARDSON. For Presidential Electors. At Large?Hon. John L. Manning, Col. Wm. Elliott. First District?Gen. E. W. Moise. Second District?Hon. C. H. Simonton. Third District?J. S. Murray, Esq. Fourth District?Col. Cad. Jones. Fifth LHstrici?Kon. G. W. Croft. THE CINCINNATI CONTENTION. We have witnessed many grand de? monstrations in political assemblies, but they all pale into utter insignificance when compared to the great gathering of the representative Democracy in Cincin? nati last week. The Convention consist? ed of a large, intelligent and unusually dignified body of men, and was assem? bled in the great Music Hall building, which is capable of seating near eight thousand persons. On the first day the hall was crowded to its full capacity, from the top gallery to the corners of the lower floor, and the order was excellent. There seemed very little disposition to applaud any one until Senator Hampton appeared, upon which he was greeted with a perfect storm of applause, which lasted for about ten minutes, after which others were-occasionally slightly cheered as they took their positions in the Con? vention. The first day was uneventful, except for' the effort of John Kelly and Au? gustus Schell to obtain a hearing when the State of New York was called in the temporary organization of the Convention. Both have strong voices, and fully tested them without securing the ear of the President On the second day the shadows began to forecast the end. The organization was effected, ruling Kelly and Tammany out of the Convention, and nominations for Presi? dent were entered upon. At the men? tion of the name of Senator Bayard there was great applause, but it only came from one portion of the vast throng in the Music Hall. So of Mr. Thurman and Messrs. Hendricks, Payne and Jew ett, until Daniel Dougherty, of the Penn? sylvania delegation, uttered the first sen? tence of his speech, which showed he intended placing Gen. Hancock in nom? ination. At once the electric spark flashed through the great assembly, and as if by one accord, the applanse, and shouts, and cheers, filled the great build? ing, and kindled an enthusiasm which had not before appeared. Again and often the accomplished speaker was in? terrupted, and his voice hushed by the rekindling plaudits which went forth to greet his presentation of the choice of the Democracy of this broad Union for the Presidency. Dougherty had found the heart of the Convention and of the American people, and from the time that the ringing applause which followed his speech closed, it was evident that the Union General was by all odds the fa? vorite of the audience for the Presidency. No other candidate received any thing . iike such applause. The first ballot was a surprise to the audience. Hancock was ahead, and they applauded, but he was not near so far ahead as had been expected. The Convention adjourned, and a feeling of uneasiness seemed to pervade the party, lest the protracted scenes of the Chicago Convention should be enacted in the Democratic party, and a like unfortunate result be reached. The next morning the Con? vention room was again crowded to its last capacity, and the second ballot began amid breathless silence, induced by the intense anxiety to catch the votes of the different delegations as they were given in. Hundreds with paper and pencil were eagerly keeping the tally of votes, and all went quietly enough until New York was called and gave her seventy votes solidly for- Hancock instead of Payne, as on the first ballot. The work was done, end every one realized the change in its full effect. The wild cheer? ing which greeted Hancock's nomination the day before again rang forth in louder tones, and for minutes the balloting was stopped by the confusion incident to the j applause. After a time order was re stored, and the result announced by the Secretary as 305 votes for Hancock. This was not enough to nominate him, hut the Hancock boom had broken the | barriers between it and success, so that j time Alone, and a very short time, was all j that was necessary to end the balloting, but the enraptured assembly could wait no longer. U *as glory enough to see the end so safe and so near, and again the shouts and applause, led by the brass j band, sent forth the people's joy?fer- j vent, genuine, real. The delegations at this time spitted the victory, and flag after flag from th? State delegations moved up to the Penn-i eylvasifl standard in toksn of friendship and congratulation. Indiana alone seemed loth to join .the floating banners of the victors, and ose of her delegates, determined that her standard should not? alone stand shorn of glory in thatgj$nd caomeat, grasped the standard and start? ed up to Pennsylvania. Two of the other delegates from Indiana ware, how? ever, .determined that .the Heodricks boom should not be surrendered even there, and grasped the standard to hold it aloof from Pennsylvania, but its plucky possessor was too determined upon shar? ing the greatness of the hour, and with one fearful wrench he loosed the stand? ard and in an instant it was proudly waving with the other banners around the victorious standard of Pennsylvania. After the cheering had partially subsided Wisconsin asked to change her vote. Some friends of the defeated candidates objected, but the demand was so univer? sal from within and without the bar of the Convention that the right was ac? corded. Ohio, South Carolina and every other State changed to Hancock except Indiana, two votes from Maryland and one from Iowa, so that the ballot stood, Hancock 705, Hendricks 30, Bayard 2, and Tilden 1. The vote was then made unanimous, and tho applause again be? came deafening. The grand organ struck up, but after a few minutes its note3 were lost in the wild demonstra? tions of delight from the audience.? Hundreds of strong men wept from joy and delight. As soon as the applause began to die away the band played "Hail Columbia, Happy Land," the American hymn of liberty, and we have never heard a piece of music sound so grand and solemn and sweet. At its conclusion the applause was re? newed, and the loudest calls were made for Kelly, who mounted the platform and pledged the Tammany vote of New York to Hancock, and gave it as his judgment that he would carry the State by at least 50,000 majority. Col. Fel? lows, representing the Tilden party, pledged that party to the ticket, and an? other grand scene followed when John Kelly stepped up, and these two leaders of the two factions of the party in New York shook hands and buried the hatchet. The work was done. English was nom? inated by acclamation, and the Conven? tion adjourned without a jar or a seism to disturb the harmony or weaken the efficiency of the party. It was a grand body of men, and did its grand work iu that noble spirit which is always neces? sary to accomplish sublime results. our western connections. The building of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad from Cincinnati to Chattanoo? ga by the Queen City of the West, at an expense of eighteen millions of dollars, has shortened the distance from all points in South Carolina by about three hun? dred miles, and saves about thirteen hours in travel. This great achievement has been worked out by tbe energy, and brain, and money of the city of Cincin? nati in the interest of her commerce, and on Monday, the 21st of June, tbe engineers of this great road began tbe survey of a roote from Emory Gap, seventy-seven miles above Chattanooga, to Knoxville, to which point it is intend? ed to build a road, to be a part of the Cinciunati Southern, which is to be com? pleted very soon. This route, which is some forty miles farther than the pro? posed route by Chitwood, has been selected because ft is cheaper in con? struction, and because it will give the Cincinnati Southern the control of tbe road from Cincinnati to Knoxville, while the route by Chitwood would be depen? dent upon terms to be made from time to time with the East Tennessee and Vir? ginia road. The completion of this road w'il leave only the link of one hundred and forty four miles of the Blue Ridge road from Walhalla to Maryville to be finished in order to shorten the distance between Cincinnati and the cities of this State by more than one hundred and fifty .miles over the present shortened route. Then the building of the Savannah Valley road to Aiken will shorten the distance for Charleston more than fifty additional miles, putting Charleston over two hun? dred miles nearer Cincinnati than she is now. The West is reaching out her hands for Southern connections, and every consideration of business and ma? terial development prompts that South Carolina shall at once put forth her ener? gies to construct the road to Knoxville, that we may enjoy the greatest advan? tages of all the Southern States in West? ern commerce. Now is the time to act. int) epen dentis m in marlboro. The report that an independent ticket was being organized in Marlboro County, with ex-Judge C. P. Townsend as its leader, brought the News and Courier out in some very timely and sensible re? marks on tbe subject, and in turn the following appeared in that paper: Bennettsville, S. C, June 24. To the Editor of the News and Courier: Your correspondent and editorial, in daily issue of 19th instant, does injustice to ex-Judge C. P. Townsend. He does not intend to lead an Independent movement in Marlboro County. Every name on tbe so-called ticket except one has al? ways voted with the Democrats. C. P. Townsend has been badly treated, and wrongfully abused since 1876 for doing what any lawyer of this town, or perhaps the one hundred country ones you speak of, would have done, if the opportunity had presented itself, accepted a Judge ship under Radical rule. It is natural to abuse a man when the public is against him, more especially when the abusers want that great help to patriotism, "Office." If your paper means well, 'twill publish the above. W. S. Townsend. To the above the News and Courier re? plied as follows: As the News and Courier certainly "means well," we cheerfully publish this vindication of ex-Judge Townsend. The point of the letter seems to be that be? cause the men on the so-called "Inde? pendent" ticket have hitherto voted the Democratic ticket, their movement is not an "Independent" one. By a similar train of reasoning, it strikes us, these gentlemen might organize a club for the support of De Golyer Garfield aud at the same time complain of injustice if anybody called them Republicans. We cannot see how there can be any question about this matter at all. Judge Townsend is at home and knows how to talk. If he is not encouraging tbe inde? pendent idea, and is unwilling to be one of its candidates, why does he not say so himself and over his own signature. Why pat up Mr. W. S. Townsend as his spokesman, whom he may repudiate hereafter if occasion should arise ? We h,3ve no criticism to make upon bis hav? ing accepted a judgeship from the Re? publicans, for we know of nothing con? nected with it which fastens any im? proper conduct on him in procuring tbe election, but \ve have a desire to know from him over his own signature whether he will in the coming canvass be an in? dependent candidate for any office. It is an easy question to answer, and there need he no talk about bad treatment or lengthy correspondence as to it. Let Judge Townsend write a short card for publication over his own signature say? ing Yes or No, and then the people of the State will feel that they know where to put him. The Chicago Times is decidedly ruf? fled by Hancock's nomination. It says: "Mr. W. S. Hancock got so near the front on two several occasions that he was wounded. This does not betray dis? cretion. Mr. Hancock should have kept out of the bullets." No doubt all of the Republicans regret that Hancock got so near to the front, for by it he proved his true manhood and nobility. His valor and his honor were vindicated, and when the war was over he could afford to make peace with? out any danger of cowardice being at? tributed to him. Like all of the bloody shirt politicians, the innocent Garfield kept out of the reach of bullets, and when the bloody rebels pushed him so close at Chickamauga as to leave un? pleasant impressions of what might have been, he showed the "discretion" to leave the army. As a natural consequence, he has been extremely valiant ever since the war in denunciation of the South to make up for what he did not do in fight? ing when the opportunity presented it? self. Col. Alex. McClure, the editor of the Philadelphia Times, which has been the leading independent Republican paper of the country for years, says that Han? cock is as sure to carry Pennsylvania as Garfield is to carry Ohio. He also puts New York, New Jersey and Connecticut down as certain for the Democracy. He puts Indiana as in all probability Demo? cratic, and thinks the Democrats and Republicans have each about equal chances for Illinois, California and Ore? gon. The Hancock nomination will sweep the country like a whirlwind if Col. McClure approximates accuracy in these calculations. The Chicago Times says: "Hancock is a miserable aristocrat. He was gradua? ted at West Point, and never drove a mule on a canal." It is true Hancock never drove a canal boat, but he has done more for the Union. He has dri ven back in battle a Corps of Lee's Army of Confederate veterans, a task which the innocent Garfield could never accom? plish. Garfield could drive a mule bet? ter, and so could any ordinary negro. Gen. Grant has expressed the opinion that Hancock will be elected. This shows how the wind blows:. The National Democratic Platform. The Democrats of the United States, iu Convention assembled, declare: First. We pledge ourselves anew to the constitutional doctrine- and traditions of the Democratic pat Ly, as illustrated by the teaching and example of a long line of Democratic statesmen and patriots, and embodied in the platform of the last Na? tional Convention of the party. Second. Opposition to centr?lizationism and that dangerous spirit of encroachment which tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever be the form of govern? ment, a real despotism. No sumptuary laws, the separation of Church and State for tbe good of each, common schools fostered and protected. Third. Home rule, honest money, strict maintenance of the public faith consisting of gold and silver, and paper convertible into coin on demand, tbe strict mainten? ance of the public faith, State and Na? tional, and tariff for revenue only. Fourth. Subordination of the military to the civil power, and a general and thorough reform of the civil service. Fifth. The right to a free ballot is a right preservative of all rights, and must and shall be maintained in every part of the United States. Sixth. The existing administration is representative of a conspiracy only, and its claim of right to surround the ballot boxes with troops and deputy marshals to intimidate and obstruct electors and the unprecedented use of the veto to maintain its corrupt and despotic power, insults the people and imperils their institutions. Seventh. The great fraud of 1876 and 1877, by which, upon a false count of the electoral votes of two States, the caudidate defeated at the polls was declared to be the President, and for the first time in American history the will of the people was set aside under a threat of military violence, which struck a deadly blow at our system of representative government. The Democratic party, to preserve the country from civil war, submitted for the time, in the firm and patriotic faith that the people would punish this crime in 1880. This issue precedes and defies every other. It imposes a more sacred duty upon the people of the Union than ever addressed to the conscience of a nation of freemen. Eighth. We execrate the course of this administration in making places in the civil service a reward for political crime, and demand a reform by statute which shall make it forever impossible for the defeated candidate to bribe his way to the seat of a usurper by billeting villains upon the country. [This was read again in response to de? mands, and wa3 received with applause.] Ninth. The resolution of Samuel J. Tilden not again to be a candidate for the exalted place to which he was elected by a majority of his countrymen, and from which he was excluded by the leaders of the Republican party, is received by the Democrats of the United States with sensibility, and they declare their confi? dence in his wisdom, patriotism and in? tegrity, unshaken by the assaults of a common enemy, and they further assure him that he is followed into the retire? ment he has chosen for himself by the sympathy and respect of his fellow-citi? zens* who regard him as one who by elevating the standards of morality and adorning and purifying the public service merits the lasting gratitude of his country and his party. Tenth. Free ships and a living chance for American commerce on the seas and on land. No discrimination in favor of transportation lines, corporations or mo? nopolies. Eleventh. The amendment of the Bur lingame treaty. No more Chinese immi? gration except for travel, education and for commerce, and therein to be carefully guarded. Twelfth. Public money and the public credit for public purposes solely, and public lands for actual settlers. Thirteenth. The Democratic party la a friend of labor and the laboring man, and pledges itself to protect him alike against cormorants and commune. Fourteenth. We congratulate the coun? try upon the honesty and thrift of the Democratic Congress, which has reduced the public expenditure ?40,000,000 a year; upon the continuation of prosperity at home and National honor abroad, and above all upon the promise of such change in the administration of the government as shall insure us & genuine and lasting reform in every departmeajfc cf the public service. WiNFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK. HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER. His Army Service of Thirty-six Years and His Record as a Champion of Civil Law How, as a Hard-Fighting General, he be? came a Shield for his Native State?Per? sonal Traits. Few men have served their country bet? ter than Winfield S. Hancock, and few deserve more from their countrymen. A big man, with a big head, a big hourt and a big brain, Hancock is the very personification of bonor, honesty and capacity. Gallant and unassuming, a soldier in three wars, the hero of a hun? dred battles, he is a man on whom all Democrats can consistently unito for President, and who, as a candidate, will undoubtedly command a larger degree of respect and support from Republicans than any other man in tbe Democratic party. Clear-headed and self-reliant, his 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 Presi? dent, there is no man in the nation more fit for that position than Winfield S. Han? cock. With him as their candidate, the Democrats will have nothing to explain or defend, and can proudly point to his re? cord, and challenge a comparison of it with that of the Republican candidate. The people of this country will not soon forget there wasaday in its history when, if*Gen. Hancock had not shown the highest ca? pacity as a military commander, the fate of the Union would have been sealed. It was on that day when the gallant Gen. Reynolds fell at Gettys? burg, and Gen. Lee's forces wore driving back the Union army. It was Hancock who, at this critical moment, precipita? ted his corps like a thunderbolt upon the victorious but wearied Confederate col ums, hurled thorn back, and, seizing Cemetery Heights and Round Top, wrested order from confusion and re? stored confidence to the hall-beaten Un? ion army. A TOCNG PENNSYLVANIA!*. Winfield Scott Hancock was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 14,1824, and is therefore fifty six years of age. His mother's father was a Revolutionary soldier and was cap? tured at sea and confined in the Dartmoor Prison, England. His great grandfather on his mother's side was a soldier under Washington and rendered good service, dying at the close of the Revo? lution from exposure and hardships en? dured in the field. Hancock's father served in the War of 1812 and afterwards became a lawyer of distinction in Mont? gomery County, Pennsylvania. At the age of sixteen Hancock'was sent to West Point, and had for classmates U. S. Grant, George B. McCIellan, J. F. Rey? nolds, J. L. Reno, Burnside, Franklin and W. F. Smith. He graduated in 1844, June 30, and in 1845-0 served with his regiment in the Indian Territory as a second lieutenant of the Sixth Infantry. In 1847 we find him in Mexico, and conspicuous for gallantry at the Natural Bridge, Sun Antonio, Contreras, Cheru busco, Molino del Rey and tbe capture of the City of Mexico. He was breveted for gallantry at the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco. In 1849 and 1850 he served with his regiment as quartermas? ter and adjutant, and in the full of 1850 was married at St. Louis to Miss Almira Russell, the daughter of a prominent merchant of that city. Ho took part in several Indian campaigns in the West, and in 1857 was engaged in the Southern Florida war. He served in the expedi? tion against Utah, and in 1859 went to California. Upon the secession of the Southern States, he took high ground in favor of the Union and did much in 1S61 to check the secession spirit then seizing upon California. He applied to Gover? nor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, for a com? mission in the volunteers, but the Gov? ernor being slow in replying to his ap? plication he obtained a leave of absence and came East. His earnestness im? pressed Gen. Scott, who ordered him to Gen. McCIellan, and on the formal re? commendation of McCIellan, President Lincoln, on the 23d of September, 1861, commissioned Hancock a Brigadier General of Volunteers. He was assigned to a brigade in the division of Gen. Baldy Smith and reported for duty at Chain Bridge, Virginia, in the Army of the Potomac. IIIS FIRST BATTLE. His first battle in Virginia was at War? wick Courthouse, near Yorktown, and ho led his brigade in person with distin? guished gallantry. At Williamsburg Hancock bore a conspicuous part. The Confederates having repulsed Hooker and exposed Hancock's left flank he de? termined to retire and ordered the bat? teries back to the slope, where his brig ado line stood. The Confederate com? mander seeing the movement, at once advanced his troops, and they came down on Hancock's in two superb lines of battle, cheering tremendously and calling out, "Bull Run! Bull Run ! i That flag is ours."' Hancock sat on his ! horse behind the centre of his line, waiting with imperturbable coolness tho favorable moment. Calling on the men to stand fast and keep their pieces loaded, Hancock waited until the Confed? erates were within 100 yards, then dashing forward on his horse, iwith head bared and swinging his hat, he shouted: "Forward ! forward! forward !" Themen saw the towering form of their General leading them, and springing up, with a shout that made the hills ring, they pre? cipitated themselves upon their assail? ants. The Confederates 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 again advance until the Union reinforce? ments camo up and rendered the victory secure. It was almost night, and no pursuit, could be ordered in the darkness. The action of Hancock had rendered Williamsburg untenable, and that night the Confederates abandoned it. Hancock's name was heralded from Maine ro California, and in a few hours, from an unknown subordinate, he had leaped into fame and assumed a Nation? al reputation. McCIellan telegraphed the President, "Hancock was superb to da}'," an expression which all who saw him towering above Iiis men, leading them to battle, knew to bo only just. JTIS SERVICE IN THE PENINSULA. On tho 27th of June, 1802, Hancock, who was then at Golding's Farm, in tho Peninsula, received a severe attack from the Confederates. He repulsed it and continued the fighting far into tho night, tho contending forces firing at each other at close quarters in the dark. This battle of Hancock's was one of the grandest spectacles *^bf tho war, and will never be forgotten by tho Army of the Potomac. On the 28th of June, 18G2, Hancock was heavily engag? ed at Garnott's Hill, as he was at Savage Station on tho 29th and at White Oak Swamp on the 30th. His troops fought four battles in as many days, and in every one of them were led by Han? cock in person. Ho never knew fear himself and could not tolerate it in others. An officer who had his men in a tight placo rode up to the General and said: "General, ray men aro all being killed ; may I not withdraw them a little out of the fire?" "No," replied Hancock, "I hopo wo shall be able to advance soon." "Then we shall all be killed," do spondingly replied tho ofliccr. "Very well," said Hancock ; "return to your troops, and if you fall you Avill have the satisfaction of knowing you havo died for your country." For his services in the Peninsula cam faigu Gen. McCIellan recommended fancock for promotion to the rank of major-general of volunteers and the brevets of major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel in the regular army. ALWAYS AT TT. In September, 18(12, Hancock com? manded bis brigade in the battle of South Mountain and afterwards at Antictam. In this latter engagement, when Gon. Richardson fell, Hancock was sent to take command of that gallant officer's division. In November, 1S62. Hancock received his commission as major-gener? al, and on the 13th of December was en? gaged in the desperate and bloody as? sault on Mayre's Heights. His behavior on this occasion was in keeping with tho high reputation he had achieved. Ho was, with his division, in the thickest of tho conflict, leading his men as far it was possible, under tho circumstances, for men to go, and only falling back when attempt at further advance was foolhardy and useless., In this fight, as, in fact, in almost every one in which he was en? gaged, he seemed to wear a charm on his life. Ho received in tho "slaughter pen," as tho rank and file were wont to call the position they occupied in this right, a slight llesh wound, coming out other? wise unharmed, though with uniform perforated with bullets. In this battle Haucock lost one half of his command, killed and wounded, and all his aides were wounded. At Chancellorsville, in Ma}', 18(53, he commanded his division and covered the roads leading towards Fredericksburg, where, amid surrounding disaster al? though constantly attacked, his troops maintained their position to the last, and formed the rear guard of the army in moving off the field. The General had his horse shot under him in the battle. Early in June he relieved Gon. Couch in command of the Second Corps, and later in the same month was assigned by Mr Lincoln to be its permanent commander. In one of his "battles Gen. Hancock placed one of his brigades in a certain position and said to the commander: "General, whatever happens, I want you to hold this ground." The brigade com mander was never very strong on the battlefield and on that occasion seemed to bo particularly weak and anxious, and as the General turned to ride away to another part of the field he followed him a short distance and called out : "General, where aro my reserves?" Gen. Hancock turned and, riding up to where the officer was standing, said, seveiely: "General, it is nono of your business where your reinforcements are; that is my business. I have placed you here to hold this ground; that is all you aro required to do, and I want it done, sir." The brigade com? mander returned to his line with a sad step and sorrowful expression of coun? tenance. AT GETTYSBURG, It was at Gettysburg Hancock again loomed up boforethe country as a hero. He was commanding tho rear guard of the army in its advance on Gettysburg, and had reached Tarrytown, tho place whore his grandfather, one hundred years before, had started to escort one thousand Hessian prisoners of Bur goyne's army to Valley Ford, when Gon. Meade sent him an order to hasten to the front and assume command of tho troops there. The report had reached Meade of tbe fall of Gen. Reynolds, and the chock and repulse of the advance, and his mind at once turned to Gen. Hancock as the man above all others best qualified to replace Reynolds and re? store order to the head 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 bat? tlefield Gen. Hancock met the ambu? lance containing the dead body of Gen. Reynolds. When he arrived on the field he found the army in confusion, and a re? treat had already begun. Planting some infantry and batteries on Cemetery Hill, ho threw his whole energy iuto tho bat? tle and. checked tho retreat. Schwerin and Saxe were said to be worth oach a reinfrceoment of 10,000 men to an army; Torstensin was rated as equal to 15,000, and the Duke of Wellington said the arrival of Napoleon on a battle-field was a better reinforcement to tho French army than the accession ot 40,01)0 fresh troops. What theu shall we say of the val? ue ot Gen. Hancock's arrival at the critical moment on the battle-field of Gettys? burg, a battle that by common consent is now admitted to have decided the fato of the Union and fixed the final result of the war ? Ot'Geu. Hancock's individual action at Gettysburg it would require a volume to tell. His was really tho action of the army, and Round Top, Culp's Hill and Cemetery Heights wero his creations. He sent word to Gen. Mcado that was the placo to fight, and seizing the favor? able positions, with the eye of a consum? mate general, hung on to them with the advance until Meade brought up the whole army and delivered his battle. THE INCARNATION OF WAR. Hancock was grand and magnificent in the battle of Gettysburg, and seomed the very incarnation of war. On the second day he was at Cemetery Heights during the frightful canonado when Gen. Lee concentrated the fire of one hundred and fifty guns on the Union lines. The air was full of missiles; streams of shot and shell scroamed and hissed everywhere ; it seemed as though nothing could live under that terrible fire?men and horses wero torn limb from limb; caissons ex? ploded ono after another in rapid suc? cession, blowing the gunners to pieces. The infantry hugged tho ground closely, and sought every slight shelter that the light earthworks afforded. It was lite? rally a storm of shot and shell, like tho fall of rain-drops or tho beat of hailstones. Those who had taken part in every battlo of tho war never had seen anything like that cannonade, and the oldest soldiers began to be uneasy for the result. Hun? dreds and thousands were stricken down; the shrieks of animals and screams of wounded men were appall? ing ; still the awful rushing sound of fly? ing missiles went on and apparently nover would ceaso. It was then, when the firmest hearts begun .to quail, the army witnessed ono of the grandest sights ever beheld by any army on earth. Suddenly a band began to play "the Star Spangled Bauner," and Gen. Hancock, with his staff? Maj. Mitchell, Capt. Bing ham, Capt. Parker, Capt. Bronson?with corps Hag flying in the hands of Private Wells, appeared on the right of his line uncovered and rode down the front of his men to the left. Tho soldiers held their breath, expecting evory moment to see him full from his horse pierced by a dozen bullets, but still ho 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 slirll, Boldly be rode, and well. Every Union soldier felt bis heart thrill as ho witnessed the magniliccnt courugo of his General, and ho resolved to do something that day which would equal it in daring. Just as Hancock reached tho left of his lino tbe Confederate bat? teries ceased to play, and then Infantry vrero seen emerging from tho woods and advancing up the hill. Hancock knew tho artillery tiro had been intended to demoralize his men and cover tho ad? vance of the infantry, which was to make tho real attack. Turning his horse he rodo slowly up tho line from loft to right, holding his hat in his hand, bowing and smiling to the troops as they lay flat on the ground. Hardly had he" reached tho right of the lino when tho men, who, in? spired by tho courage of their General, could now hardly restrain themselves, received orders to attack the advancing Confederate*. Eighty guns which Han? cock had concentrated opened their brazen mouths and streams of blue bul? lets Hew from tho muzzles of the Union ritles to tho breasts of tho Confederates. It was an awful day, and Longstreot's "Old Guard of tho South" melted away like wax under that terrible lire. Thirty stand of colors and an immense number of small arms wero taken. Hancock was everywhere, riding tho storm of battlo as ii' he bore a charmed life. At last, just in tho moment of victory, bo was soon to reel in his saddle, and would have fallen to tho ground had he not been helped from his horse. A ball had pierced his thigh, and for a time it was thought the wound was mortal. "Tell Gen. Moartc," said Hancock, ad? dressing his aide, Col. Mitchell, "that tho troops under iny command have re? pulsed tho enemy ami gained a great vic? tory. Tho enemy are now Hying in all directions in my front.'' When tho aide delivered this message to Gen. Mcado and added his General was dangerously wounded, Meado said : "Say to Gon. Hancock, that 1 am sorry ho is wounded, and that I thank him for myself and for tho country for the ser? vices ho has rendered to-day." Gen. Meado afterwards, in commenting on the battlo of Gettysburg, said to (ion. It, U. Drum: "No commanding Genend evei had a better Lieutenant than Han? cock, He was always faithful and re? liable." UNDER ORANT. Hancock did not recover from Iiis wound until December, lSij;*,, when, al? though still quito lame, he reported for duty, and waV sent North to rccniit his corps. Ho was tendered a reception at Independence Hall by tho citizens of Philadelphia, and received tho hospitali? ties of tho cities of Uostoti, Albany and Now York. In March, 186-1; he rejoined his corps and participated in tho battles of the Wilderness with Grant. Ho manded tho Second and parts of tho Fifth and Sixth Corps, amounting in all to 50, 000 men. He fought at Alcsop's Ifuiiso and at Spottsylvania Court House. Ho was at North Anna, and did most of the fighting there, lie commanded at tho bloody assaults on Cold Harbor, and did his best to execute Grant's orders. The fighting was dospcrate, and Hancock's loss could not huvo fallen far short of 12,000. Ho was on tho south sido of the James River, and made the assaults on Petersburg. Ho was with Sheridan, and attacked tho Confederates at Deep Bot? tom, taking four pieces of artillery, 000 prisoners and three stand of colors. II? was at Petersburg and witnessed tho ex? plosion of the mine on tho morning of July 30. Tho advance up tho James River, August 12, 1864, was' under his command, and ho handlod tho Second and Tenth Corps of the Army of tho James and Gregg's Division of cavalry with such consummate skill as to elicit expressions of admiration from even Gen. Grant. He fought tho battle of Ream's Station, August 25, and had his horse shot under him. Ho fought tho battle of Boydton Road, capturing 1,000 prisoners and two stand of colors. With the battle of Boydton Gen. Han? cock's active lighting in the war ceased. President Lincoln, who had learned to place a high estimate on Hancock's abil? ities, ordered him to Washington and directed him at once to organize an army of 50,000 veterans from discharged" vol? unteers who had served an enlistment. Tho use of this army was alone prevent? ed by tho surrender of Leo and the end? ing of tho war. At tho close of the war Hancock commanded tho Army of the Shenandoah, relieving Gen. Sheridan. This army consisted ot 35,000 men of all arms, and was destined to move South with Hancock's 50,000 veterans and join Gen. Sherman, but Joe Johnston threw up tho spongo and rendered the move? ment unnecessary. SINCE THE WAR. Geu. Hancock's career since the war is so well known it needs but little mention hero. For his services during the war ho was appointed a brigadier, and after? wards a major general, in the regular army, and assigned to command of the middle department. In I860 he took command of tho Department of Mis? souri, and conducted two campaigns against hostile Indians, taking the Hold in person, at the head of 1,500 men of all arms. In 1867 ho was sent by the President to New Orleans to command the States of Texas and Louisiana. It was in this field of labor that he distinguished himself by setting tho example of an officer of the army, with extraordinary powers, stren? uously insisting upon the entire subor? dination of military to civil authority in time of peace. Among the military com? manders during the reconstruction pe? riod he was conspicuous in this regard, and tho positions then laid down in his general orders and correspondence did more, perhaps, than anything else to make him the ideal soldier in tho minds of Constitutional Democrats. In 1868 he was relieved at his own request, and in 1869, '70, '71 and '72 commanded the De? partment of Dakota. Since then he has commanded the Military Division of the Atlantic, composed of the Department of the Lakes, the Department of the East and Department of Washington, with headquarters at Governor's Island, New York City. HIS TERSOXAL, APPEARANCE. Hancock, in personal appearanco, is tall, well formed aiad very handsome. His height cannot bo loss than six foot two inches, and he weighs fully two hun? dred and forty pounds. Ho will make the finest looking President who ever sat in the White House, except, possibly, Georgo Washington. His form towers above other men, and ho attracts atten? tion by his mere looks wherever he goes. His eyes are blue, and have a benignant and mild oxprossion when in repose, but inspiring when in danger. His mannor is dignified and knightly, and he is cour? tesy itself. Ho is always magnotic, and draws men to him by "his kindness and gentle interest in their affairs. His sym? pathies aro easily aroused, and he bo comes intensely concerned for the sor? rows and misfortunes of others, 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 confi? dence, and caused them to rely on him as a friend as well as a commander. Ho gave a man a good opinion of himself, and made each one feel he was of more importance than ho ever before suspect? ed. It was this which caused him to have such power over his officers and men in battle, and made them prefer rather to die than forfeit tho good opin? ion of their leader. Gen. Hancock had two children, Rus? sell Hancock and Ada Elizabeth Han? cock. The latter died in Now Yoik, of t3'pboid fever, when IS years of age. She was a young lady of great promise. Russell Hancock, tbo General's only son, is living and is a planter in Mississippi. A volume would not contain an ac? count of all the heroic deeds of a man like Hancock. A glorious soldier, a steadfast friend, a useful citizen, ho is all that is noble, manly and brave in poor fallen humanity. Thousands upon thou? sands of his old soldiers will gladly vote for him, and almost every citizen in tho land will think twice before refusing his suffrage to such a candidate as Winfield Scott Hancock, the patriotic soldier, ac? complished gentleman, consummate gen? eral and fair-minded statesman. Tho Next Vlco-President?A Sketch of the Career of "William H. English, or In? diana. Mr. English is somewhat less known to Southern readers than his uamesako of Connecticut, but he is a Democrat of un? stained reputation, and his war record is unassailable. IIo makes a capital second to Hancock, and adds material strength to tho ticket in tho West, and especially in his own State, in which he has never been beaten for any office for which he has appeared before the people. If his usual good luck attends him in the prcs out contest, as there seems no reason to doubt, Indiana's fifteen Electoral votes will be scored for the Democratic ticket, ? increasing by so many the indisputable majority which is now certain to place once more a constitutionally elected President in the White House. William H. English was horn in Scott County, Indiana, August 27, 1822. He received a good common-school educa? tion, and spent throe years at tho Uni? versity of South Hanover; studied law, and was admitted to practice in 1S4U, but when at homo is chiefly devoted to agri? cultural pursuits. In 184:i he was elected Clerk of the House of Representatives of Indiana. During President Polk's ad? ministration he was a clerk in tho treas? ury department. Ho was clerk of the State Constitutional Convention in 185? ; in 1851 he was elected to tho Stato Legis? lature, and officiated as Speaker ; in 18.12 he was elected a representative in Con? gress from Indiana; rc-eleeted in 18?4, and made a regent of the Smithsonian Institute; again elected in 1850. and du? ring the first session of the Thirty-tilth Congress took part in the Kansas coin promise measure, aud officiated at the same time as chairman of the committee on postoilices and postroads. Ho was re elected to tho Thirty-sixth Congress, serving on tho committee on postoilices and postroads. Mr. English has, since his retirement from Congress, maintain? ed his popularity and high standing in his native State, where there is, with the exception of Hendricks, no stronger man to-day. What Prominent Men or Both Parties Think of Hancock nud his Nomina? tion. Theodore P. Randolph to Gen. Han? cock, from Cincinnati : My hearty con? gratulations. New Jersey solid, and will stand by you as their sires by Revolu? tionary patriots. T. F. Bayard to Gen. Hancock, from Wilmington, Del.: Your nomination is honorable alike to you and the Demo? cratic party. No oiie congratulates you more sincerely, and no one will strive more heartily to elect you than I. John Kelly and Augustus Schell to Gon. Hancock, from Cincinnati: Wo congratulate you on your nomination, New York is sure fur vuur oloction. John W. Forney to Daniel Dougherty, member of Convention, from Philadel? phia : I congratulate you, dear old friend, on your great speech in favor of tho liv? ing' hero of Gettysburg, the Murat of Pennsylvania, and if noiuiuatctl at Cin? cinnati for President would deliver this great commonwealth from the terrible curse that has polluted its lair tamo, de? stroyed tho hopes of its young men, and enriched its insolent politicians. It will bo a welcome to hundreds ol thousands of Democrats who regard Grant's sacri? fice at Chicago the unspeakable ingrati? tude of tho age, ami it will consolidate North ami South in tho ho'.y bonds of fraternal peace and prosperity. 1 em? brace you. Win. A. Wallace to Gen. Hancock, from Cincinnati: Itttcll tells that Muralllal steail says Hancock's nomination by Confederate Brigadiers sets the old rebel yoll to tho music of the Union. How is that for keynote of campaign? It wili be a solemn music for llupublicans to faco. D. W. Voorhees to'Jen. Hancock, from Cincinnati: With all my heart I congrat? ulate you. I had expected this result for tho last twelve years. You will be elected. Samuel D. Babeook, President of New York Chamber of Commerce, to Gen. Hancock, from Maniton, Cal.: From the shadow of tho Rocky Mountains accept my warmest congratulations with this message ; "Friend ! go up higher." Saml. J. Tilden to Gen. Hancock: I cordially congratulate you on your nom? ination. B. Gratz Brown to Gen. Hancock, from St. Louis : Accept my heartiest congrat? ulations on your nomination. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, member of Congress from Virginia, sent greeting as follows: The nomination makes nie much gladder than you. A. G. Thurman to Gen. Huicock, from Columbus, Ohio : Accept my sincere con? gratulations on your nomination. That you will be elected I have no doubt. Oen. Sherman was asked by a reporter what he thought of Gen. Hancock's nom? ination. The General replied that he did not have anything to do with politics, "but if you will sit down," he added, "and write tho best thing that can be put in language about Gen. Hancock as an otliccr and gentleman I wili sign it with? out hesitation." What the Leadiug Newspapers of the Country Have to Say. The St. Louis Republican, after paying Gen. Hancock a very high compliment as a man and a soldier, says: Tho ticket is built to run and to win. It unites all elements of popularity, all elements of success. Tho St. Louis Times says: If the Con? vention had deliberated*a week";it could not have made a stronger ticket, an abler one or one more acceptable to the party and the mass of tho people. The New York Herald says that it is an undoubted and very great benefit to the country that the nomination of Hancock makes impossible a bloody-shirt cam? paign. That between Garfield and Han? cock voters may choose freely and safely according to their views of what is the best policy, and with no fear of the Un? ion or that any maj's rights in the coun? try will be endangered by r.he election of either. The Now York Timessay? "that it isapc culiarly constituted party which sends rebel Brigadiers to Congress beeause of their rebellion, and which nominates a Union General as its candidate for President of the United States because of his loj-alty." It considers the ticket very commonplace. The New York World warmly eulo? gizes Hancock for his military career and statesman-like conduct during the war, and welcomes the nomination as a means of reuniting as firmly as if never separated the States of this Union. The New York Journal of Commerce highly eulogizes Hancock,and scvs: "A Eolished and cultured gentleman. A rave and successful soldier. An up? right and honest man. Ho is without stain and above reproach. Fit to sit in tbe chair of Washington, and to repre? sent tho American people to the Mon archs and statesmen of the world." The New York Tribune says: "In the hour of excitement and passion another Democratic Convention has missed all chances of victory. Eager to bury Til denism and escape tho nomination of Tilden, which seemed at Cincinnati, as here, to be as it would have been fatal, the Convention went with a rush to the first candidate who appeared to have tho lead. Men who calculated coolly what the Convention must do in order to suc? ceed, and expected that the Convention also would calculate coolly, were sur? prised by its action. Hancock, it de? clares, will not prove as strong a candi? date as McClellan was." (icn. Hancock and Mrs. Surratt? Some Stale Slanders Refuted. A correspondent of the New York Her? ald visited Bishop Keane, of the Catholic Church, at Richmond, Ya., Thursday, and asked him if the charges as to Gen. Hancock's connection with the Surratt case would affect him with the Catholics. He answered that most undoubtedly they would, and with Protestants as well as Catholics and all others, if the truth were not told, Since these charges, however, had been denied and had been disproved as preposterous and false, he con hi not see how Gen. Hancock could be affected by them. The Bishop then rpferred to the fact that Rev. J. A. Walter, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Washington, the spiritual adviser and confessor of Mrs. Surratt, had several months ago publish? ed a card stating in emphatic language that there was no truth whatever in tN i charges. Bishop Keane was the assist? ant of Rev. Mr. Walter for twelve years, up to tlit* time he became Bishop of Rich inond. The card referred to bv Bishop Keane was written November 13 of last year, and is as follows; "Truth and justice compel me to deny the statement with reference to Gen. Hancock's participation in the execution of Mrs. Slirratt, which appeared in the Washington I'oat of this morning. 1 at? tended Mrs. Surialt on the occasion, and met with no interference on the part of Gen. Hancock, lien. Hancock had great sympathy for this unfortunate lady, and waited until the last moment, hoping for a reprieve. I consider it an act of justice to (Jen. Hancock that this statement should be made. "j. A. Waltkr, "Pastor ot St. Patrick's Church, Wash? ington." A Washington dispatch to tho New York Herald, describing the reception of the news of Gen. Hancock's nomination, says: "The question of Gen. Hancock's posi? tion in the execution of Mrs, Surratt was freely discussed, and the General was in a great measuro exonerated from doing any thing more than bis duty as a sol? dier. "Mr. John T. Clampett, the only sur? viving attorney for Mrs. Surratt, said to your correspondent that Hancock was the best selection the Convention could have made. 'It is a splendid nomina? tion,' said Mr. Clampett, with emphasis, 'and his part in the Surratt execution will not alfoct him, as the General only obcycu the orders of his superiors, and that is recognized by all well-informed Democrats. Gen. Hancock was not in tho court room during the entire time, and on tho morning of tho execution canio.into the penitentiary, and was mot by nie. Hancock said : 'I am carrying out the death sentence, and it is the most painful act of my life. I would rather take chances on the battle-field, but I am a soldier and must obey orders.' Rev, Father Walter, who was Mrs. Surratt's spiritual adviser, said : "I do not desire to become mixed up with politics. Gen. Hancock has a letter which explains my opinion of tho part he took in the exe? cution." The New York World says that when Gen. Hancock's attention was called Thursday to a paper containing charges against him in connection with Mrs. Sur? ratt's execution, ho pronounced them "downright falsehoods, without one scintilla of foundation." He added that he was not on the defensive, having nothing to defend himself from, but named Gen. F. A. Darr, of New York, ex-Congressman Tarbox, of Massachu? setts, and others, who knew all tho facts, and would quash such falsehoods. ESTATE NOTICE. All persons having claims against the Estate of John B. Adger, Jr., deceased, will please render them, properly attested; and all persons indebted to said Estate will please make payment to the undersigned. JOHN B. ADGER, Adm'r. with Will annexed. July 1,13S0_51_3__ The Birdsall Engine. PERSONS wanting STEAM ENGINES for Sawing, Giuning and Threshing purposes, will find it to their interest to call on or address the undersigned before purchasing elsewhere. Terms to suit the times. A. C. STRICKLAND, Anderson, S. 0., Agent for the Birdsall Engine. July 1, 1880_51_4? Blooded Sheep for Sale. AT RIVOLI PLANTATION, near Peu dleton, (late John B. Adger's, Jr.,) one Cotswold Ram and one Merino Ram. both thoroughbred. Also two half-blood South Down Rams, very fine. Either of the first two may be had for fiftceif dollars, and either of the last two for ten dollars, cash. JAMES A. PRICE, Manager. July 1, 18S0_51_3 MILL FOR SALE. rpiIE undersigned hereby oners at private X sale bis WHEAT and CORN MILL, situated on Little Generostee Creek, in the Corner Township, with a few acres of land attached. The Mill and machinery is in good order, and has a good run of custom. For further particulars, apply to S. W. SHERARD, Moffattaville, S. C. June 17,1880_49_3* NEW SHOE SHOP. -o IDESIRE to inform my old customers, and the public generally, that I have jeturned to Anderson and opened a SHOE SHOP, and will be pleased to recoive orders either for Making or Reparing Boots or Shoes. I will superintend all work done in my Shop, and guarantee that it will be done in the best of style. I will use only good ma? terial, and employ none but the best of workmen. All work delivered according to promise. Shop in the room rear of J. E. Breazeale's law ollhe, over J. P. Sullivan & Co.'s Store. R. Y. H. NANCE. June 3. 1S30 47 3m GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. DOOKS, SASH AND BLINDS. A.N IMMENSE stock on hand of our own manufacture, both WHITE and YELLOW PINE. Better thau any Wes'ern made Goods brought to this market. We are constantly Manufacturing and can fill orders of odd sizes at short no? tice. RETAIL PRICE 35 PER CENT DISCOUNT From Chicago Price List. Special Prices to Contractors. LONGLEY & ROBINSON, 3S DECATUR STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Jill y 1880 51 6m HALL IMPROVED COTTON GIN. INOW have on hand one of the Improved Hall Self-Feeding Cotton <> ins, Feeder and Condenser. Any party desiring to purchase a Cotton Gin for the coming season will do themselves very great injustice not to call on me be? fore buying. The following are parties who are using the 1IALL GIN in Anderson and adjoining Counties with perfect success, viz: A. .1. Stringer, Josse Timms. M. A. Cobb, Dr. W. J. Millfonl. T. L. Iladdon, Knight 4 Ralcntinc, Win. 1). .Sullivan, UodgersA Duckworth, ami R. Y. II. I.owry, Seneca City. The HALL GIX ^ives hotter sali? fact ion with the Feeder ami Condenser attached than any (Jin mauutact iin.nl. ISu sure ami cull ami sec my sample Gin before buying, ami read what W. 1). Sullivan says : Timiiuni; Shoals, sj. f._//?//?.? .v. <;,tt?i< (iiu (.'?>., Sing Sing, -V. 1*. .? I have ginned 25 bales on yuur Gin, and it works finely. The Feeder is doing right, and the roll runs smoothly and does not break. I will give you the weights of some bales that I have ginned this week,, which beats axvthixo th at I have kvkk accomplish kd. As a general thing our cotton docs not gin well until November and December. The bales of Alex. Watson : 1340 lbs. Seed Cotton.503 lbs. 127C lbs. Seed Cotton.401 lbs. 1237 lbs. Seed Cotton.457 lbs. 3853 lbs. 1421 lbs. Not quite 2} lbs. seed to one of lint, with weight of bagging and ties on bales. One bale for S.D. Glonn, 11(13 lbs. seed, one bale 432 lbs. seed cotton. Weighed in anil palea weighed out on Fairbanks'scales. Respectfully yours, Wjj. D. Sullivan. JOHN E. PEOPLES, Agent, Anderson, S, C. July 1,1880 51 ? 3m