, 1880-07-04
Eighteen Thousand Votes May
Give the Greenbackers
That State.
rilden's Personal Bari Empt1eS
Out 100000 for Ham
cocks Benefit,
While the Party in Connecticut Ante
Up the Same Amount.


HAN CCth.
u1s WILLINGNESS TO OBEY TILDES's ORDERS.
Special Di,pateh to The Chicago Tribune.
ST. ALpANs, VT, July 3.-The statement
that Gen. Hancock was anxious to support
'rfldeu in 1877, in the event OF the latter's
taking the Presidential oath, is further
strengthened to-day by the full statement OF
Hiram Atkins, Chairman Of the State
Committee; and newspaper CORE
spondent, the latter being pledged to
secrecy nt the time of the Democratic
conctaye. Atkins says that at dinner given
by him to Gen. W. F. Smith, Of New York,
iu Montpelier last April, Smith made the fol
lowing statement: Prior to the establish
ment Of the Electoral Commission Gen. Han
cock informed Gen. Sherman that it was due
to him (Sherman) to be apprised OF what his
{Ilancock's) position was in the matter. lie,
therefore, would say that lie considered that
Mr.. Tilden had been elected President OF the
United States, and Grants term OF office ex-
| pirel at midnight of the 3d of March; that
regardless of anything Mr.. Ferry might do,
| If Congress declared that Mr.. Tilde1t was
elected President, he 11Iancock) believed
r1LDES HAD A RIGHT 70 TAKE TIE oATH
| of office wherever he might be, and that If
! Mr.. Tilden did take the oath Of office and he
should receive amy orders from Nj: Illde1i,
as President Of the United States, after mid
| night Of the Sd Of March, he should obey
them. Gen. Hancock, IKE Mi diiaG,l T., 4i,a +1,a
| all patriotic Americans, acqu1esceu Ill tne
decisions OF that tribunal The correspond
t ent gives the names number OF represen-
| tatiye Democrats, to whom Smith a1ter-
| wards made the same declaration.
| HANCOCK AND ACREGAD-5ooTHNG
| STRIP FOR TIE LATTER
Tor ,t,0o. O.. July "A gentleman in this
cfty to-day received 4 letter from friend in
Vicksburg who was a resilient OF ne" "
leans at the time Gen. HANCOCK was in COM
nland Of the latter city. he IncloSes 81 G copy
Hancock in reply to all Invitation from tn the
latter to dinner. The note ran thus: Zen.
IL: Please don't humble me by those flags;
III come and see you, bat frst 1enoy9 ue et
nnd Reauregnrd dined with Gen. Hancock,
vim was thus guilty Of I'LL open insult to the
flag to soothe the lrritated nerves OF an ullre-
pentant Rebel.
\ SAsuY LETTER THIRTEEN YEARS OLD
NOW NEpCIL1sHED.
Nm ORLEANS. Dec. IT, 1S67.-Io His ED-
olcueu 4. Johnson President 1tp the 700
91ftc1 States: 1 found Moo Orleans in
tremor t Of 10y. The principal bizniz citizens
again about the strects cl3pplm a the r'ap hof ~
The the crate and good Hancock hez restored
confidenz in the bussms Nv our friends ahd
CONSERVATION III the breasts nv our enemies
| 1urip. flank God are no more p0llltetl Will
yEtat., vi.1,'c,,s % onto 'c1n. They are now drawl
naSI.'7 fro,n thn old citizens, many Of which
enrved eiyve Under Boreg:lid in the late
nnnfeaaantnrss 90, Rizncss therefore goes on
,.itnW,t Ieiay. EZ a sample Of how much
E9iness ia facilitated, may menshun
KIT natnG in me court there WIZ ii cases in which
nirrers ti,t m W VIZ plaintiffs and Is in WHICH mig
naGs a:s WV drfrndants. The tryin NV all these
6vo 66nsoc otcr,iei i hours and u minutes. The
S.Gi; s;asJ;cs IN the Il eases being invariably fur
tha tisfanlnnts and in the IS other cases fur
He t,e niaintifTs Uy the time specified, hours
a1'ei a 81 minutes wiz consumed by the niggers
a." a. ~ ~ IN; the costs It is singular thing
ha,Y IL rrnne the niggers allus IL.
hgM sdJis1,un MiG to this boon, the citizens u,
1ansiann ~ he'd. a,n happy to state, got bach
4;'n;, i,nh;c cnntsps. Gineral Hancock, will
auen, e,,rs su vt xhicI can't TOO highly commend
.Gnorai GvM."i The neople TINT SO long rs he hat
asilou.ch% snn hare thev Should never agin be de-
po;Wodt p!,u;Sod ,v NO. en-
pt44,e w, 1rav,c affa;rs are going on as well e2
da', ~ he a.n .arnerted. Tile Gineral's order fu1
G19ts GonI n e.t.sH,,ns gives general satisfacsl III
nole,'tl rr fr;ends TEe eleeshcns are to be helt
10 Hsa = ,nnnfv seats. wich, OWN to the six
o.s M ~ ~ cn,,ntirs- will probably prevent I
,+ " t11 ,nenr Nv the nig:,ers from attendtn'
G1es.s Gna ,nr ;nen Of elccshun can't sit, thu
o,i dnHi amt1nrit{es appint another in his sted