, 1880-09-02
HANCOCK AS +" FALSTAFE."

1lANCUCh Ab EAli3 I41E Es
Hills wonderful achievements nt Will
. {na,,.h1rE Analysed "a Democratic |
Story Of Il tsrcat Victory and slaughter |
hy tile "kupuri," Isxplotlc,t BY tho |
IRfstnrinsss Annly yst%-'Tftc Democratic
Candidate Tin n Writer Of 1sAttlc lkc-
,,t.nstth TO Cincinnati Gaststt.
WAsulSoruN, Aug. W.-f;en. Hancock
wis MI excellent soldier. Ills good record.
however, Is in great danger Of brtl'g brought
into ritlcule by tic enmpafEli nstompt to
credit him will, wliaL lse nnyGr did. IL wns
perhaps natural tint tho Democrats should
accept thu exclamation Of former Presi-
tlcntiul ca,ulitlntu Of tho party Hancock
WIS stlpurb to-tlayi" as..prnof TINT WllIinlis-
bnrg wns tho great battlo Of thc1r present
stal,tlartt.bcarcr. Aud so they continue
waiting tnr Its "hnyonet cl!atrR9 one ilio
rigitn anul t1to capture Of tle liebel % rclot!bts
tho sort, which, In tho light of tho ol!!ctnl
rucor,ts, tlre rs Witllt>l tha nnrk Ms tho bulk
Of Nen. Sl9rman's NGno!Fy. ....,..,,
St nsoSratc y wfsrs 3n ,GyG GI "y ~ 'o No
nggeratctl reiort of tiell. Iiangnek himself.
AZ the inter DOCUMENT !as MT YET been
lit"1ss! lio,a ,ess s sS,s1i' foW w''rs u prefaec. r.
As the records show, after tho evacuation,
Of Ynrktnwll ntut tho atlyancu -uf GGf. Nc
cc'un's army nrr s n2''sn!f' ,r smfe m
frnnt Ut Williamsburg, tsei,., licintzeli'n!i
ordered Phil kcar,ley md ttooker.tp Dot!i
pushed to the fruit Will, I'LL l,osstolo spee.i,
Ro!ng artnltld other portions of tilo nrlnS. ntl
s in or,Isr ' t" asoi tralns lii !c rontis ind *
pe.llte their march. ucn. llnuknr ,lsallDletl
six miles nl,entt Of Ills sonii,41ld 70 !chril lnf
!nseIt tho st.lnton 1Go9t Sf1'ei ' 1'in Neas. oss.
Ing other troops. al'l trains. Ge1'. iiclitznGi.
min exhibited tile salse personal energy. Dy
such neans tho Inter- VIZ; ll9oksT 1,n;aF ,,a Ht,
ut Fort s1agrnt1er nj daylight. ,.,,,..
llnncock campcd carly ynlIout two miles aMl
n half IT. thg rear, md Mcclellan eanie up
anti established his Ecadqutrters Ienr hln!,
town 10 bring up ntrencllng tuols. locker
,noyct ut daylight tllo next morning. ut
tucked vigorously sooli nttrr, asltl witn keaE
yy sy fs Gsv stGH assay s IL 'lSgf' tS s'e !n sSf w
out help, although MrCcllnt,. sintl :D,Mo
fact urge botlles G;f tj.rm ,wero scarcely out
Willie all this was Eol.lg o., 1Inneock, witl,
hts brlgatlc. was sent 'asu III tic thy tn the
Union right to operate against tho iepcl
loft. When ln arrived on tho Er?1!n.l ho
tino before, tbs existence Of Which seemed
unknown to tho slna!l t"rcn of tllG enemy ol1-
crntiny ncnr thenl. THESE Gen. llnlcock &c,
rctson Tint no enemy was ,cnr the,u. This
il absolutely n!l there IL 10 that nart Of thu
Dc1,lncr.ltic history. now In circulation, which
EOrics its candidate hecai,st nf tho brilliant
enpsl,ro Of tic works OF the Union right lit
Williamsburg: .,.o,.
ohscryci1 iinmcoSk;s TRUTHS on tle riEiit, Il
Griga,lo uf i've regiments move,l towurtl THO
position they ha,l taken Fonrof them halted
lin. III, stIGi,E. ,,siya.cr,l to develop Ilu,,-
istcnce' n ri ihe rc4oll',t, Which hu ln'l occll-
il, a,.ti finding Itself un,ler Tie guns of MI
rlitirp brigade, with its nrittlcry, II WIS Ill
MIA Tn ti,n nson"f;u'c jinnI.rr mi krnrnrv's
operatons ~ o botoro rnrt Magrticr lad CON-
peilrd tlio resi- OF tic inrra II trout 0f linll-
Iinmcocl;'s fiwLt. NJ shown hy n careful In
ycstigation i,ln.le hy ticn. Hooker. utter tho
,,une1r,,,leo Of MsClpiil,l's first dispatch,