, 1880-06-25
IN NEW ORLEANS,
1tANcoCK's CAREER AZ DEPARTMENT. con-
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sp<etal DtspateA 10 1Ax Cnxnpo Tribune.
NEW ORLEANS, Ln., juno A.-On the 2sth
Of November, 1867, Hancock arrived In this
city by slcamboat. liz WIS accompanied by
Ills family and Capt. W. G.. Mitchell, Of his
staff. On tho trip one Of tho party was taken
sick. DR.. bradford, of New Orleans, an
enttro stranger, was on board, ut,d rendered
his services, Which were accepted. Tho Cell
cral thanked him Kindly, and when he
arrived In tho city recomrcnsct( him
with m appointment to tho Office of
Coroilcr, worth Mt TINT time $4,000 yenr.
1twas late at night wien the General arrived.
lie nnd Ills nisle proceeded at once to tho
military headquarters, seized md took pos
session ut NIL the b0oks md papers, not
scntllnE for Gon. Mower, or oven permitting
him 10 know of Ills nrriynl until every
paper at headquarters lnd been overtinuletl
and examined. This strange proceeding
caused u great denl OF feeling 0t the tlmo
among army officers anti others. Gen.
Mower was MI old army officer, Ind baen
for several weeks
IN COMMAND
OF the district, but was known not to share
tho political Views of Andrew johnson.
Shortly after his arrival, Gen. Hancock PRO-
mu!gated tile general orders and the letter to
Gov. pease Of Texas That nttrn ctetl tho De-
nocracy 10 lin, mud have made him since coll
sp!cuous In TINT purity, MI Of which were
written, 1t has slnce transpiretl. by Gen, jim
Stccttmar, now Of Ohio, Judge Alexander
Walker Of New Orleans, or Mr.. Edwin jew
ell, still Of this clty's press. Steedlnnn Hun
cock found hero when he ca,ne. lie hntl
bccli here several months as Collect
or OF Internal iseyenl,c, William
1'itt Kellogg, now Senator. was
Collector of tho Port, Gcn. Franls j. Heron
WIS United Stntes Marshal, and Dutell thu,
Dlstrict Judge. 1t ~as here TINT llancock's
ErGat power Of organization cnlne Into play.
iii whisky for homo a,d export: Ills position
rs commanding General inAt!o him almost nh
stllttc. Ills r0wer, which ioyer Wns exer-
cisetl to punish Il ku-klux for numbering u
porlatlon Of liquor: Shipments forbIddon by
HIN could nut land ut this port.
LIE OlluANlZEp TltE WHISKY ltINO,
putting Ills brother john into tho office with
Stecdnnn tn represent Ills power aud l0ok
nfter hts M earnings. lnsrn yrs at thfs time
baina us wull as tntta,ah. alld OHIO whisky.
Tho tariT Of h!nsknatl was fixed und en-
forced BY john Hancock ~ rigldly thnt In
istasss lnportsrs wss not %nlS to Pay tne
movement. Others had better luck. Thero
were fortunes made ili;tllp three months and
hn!E that 1l.lllcock commanded tho Depart
fortunes as readily lost. Tho complaint
against Hancock for
HIS Exr0isrloNATE ExACr1oNA
were aeyere llldcesl a.ltl they to0k the form
OF charges tlMt nro probably still on tlto III
the col4lnissloner's oillcp ut, Washington, il
were there few yours ngo.. In Nlnrch, 1BltB,
when .tiuncnck wils relieved OF his command
here, lio left hrnther John IN cliurge. Of Ills
iteEesis ~ stssdn!S Y g{cs: but t}'o sca,,'
relLctt to Withdraw him from tho gaze of the
N0w Qr'eanR people, and with tho pMttng Of
the remarkable Administration Of Andrew
johnson tho ring IT bfacklnaifl'g Federal Of
| ucQra ccasel 10 exist,