The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-07-16

The Chicago Times presents the fol-
toxinv biographical sketches Of the
memorable candidates for the Prcsi.
seucy and vice-presidency:
GENERAL W. =. HANCOCK.
Almost faom his early youth up. II may ne
80 ~. 4, eae~nl Hancock deyotsd himself "a
~. lile ~ -siliier. and whether In the Held.
s-,lar u hsasinx hts part In the thckest OF
me hEnt "a. = ~ lats ysas'
,-,.rf ~ whirh re has been the Executive
seri hi= freusi- have the pleasure " claim
~ az aim a career q. hlameless a. 4 Is noto-
~ n ere.enf between nfty-slx snd iifty-seven
r.,lrs ~ ar :. he having been born IN Penn
svIvanIn III t<st. General HancOcx - Ia the
~ ~ prime Of his mental and physical facul-
49,. He ~ ssll o. IT, 1Dtireahly quiet and UNI
~..nntfnr. ant particularly Tree from the
80 1resr disposition % dwell upon the events
M 4 awm nilf tary carerr. and equally lndis-
IRON thu Judgment or actions ~ others.
M wns b I'm on the 18th ~ Februiry. 1874.
d, Montgomery county. Penn, and after m
arslrnis ssiucntlyfh wns destined Tor the mil
ir.lry service Of nis country. He was named
y, amor ~ esenerul winneld scott. with whom
~ wss always a great favoritr.
-,.rtr followed the career Of young Hancock
", ~ war "a rhe rebel on with intense inter
azr anil nal tue grasihcaton. Notwithstanding
tur the q IA ~ manner ~ his movements dur
.nxtnr many pAttir. 70 with M Army ~ 'ne
.rea Illy from a brigade commauder 70 hat OF
a ehier ~ esrr~ dsfrm's.
general Hancock was appointed a West
Point cadet during the year $50. and Rrndu-
nre.l "a rhe nth OF June. Isti. He entered the
Enifea states army ON the ist ~ July, lHsi,
with rue rank ~ Breyet second Lieutenant ~
fnfanrrv He was attached 10 the tth reRl-
rsrnr AMI did not receive his commission as
~4sNnl Lieutenant until the 18TH of June,
isH TIE teen went 10 Mexico unf served gal
Ently during ths wa ~ =. ,n1. s" Trs, ne
tenant for gallant sui meriiorious conduct
slhrnr rne battles ~ tontreras md theri-
nusco. On hi return O. the United states ne
WAS appointed Reglmeuth QuartermaSter,
ana retained Ih1t POSITION during 1873 and
I-4g ile was afterwarsi appointed Reg mental
AdiutRnt ~ the 6rn Cnlted state. Infantry
During January. ISL h. received his com
rIii-sl0u a. First Lieutenant ~ his regiment.
anh GA rhe 1th ~ November. ~. wns appoint
- Assistant uu4rterma- ERA senerAl with the
rnnx ~ Captnin- This p lsiti0n ne held AZ the
rrlfbr-,sk ~ tne rehelli5n on the Sbi OF sep
r~mb r. ISL. nc wts appointed i iEadier
GENERAL ~ volunteers and attached 20 the
ARMY 0f the Po. omA.. IN the I'm O. pc'onsr,
I-sl his brigade formed part OF the force
whrh 0cc lpied Lewinsville. Va During the
W nfer % t~5l-s he WINS engngei IN many Inn
pr ne reconnaissance. and WAS generally
-slrcp@sful- when rho Army OF the Potomac.
unaier General Mcclellan. occupie the penin-
s4It In I~Hs. an important command IN Y was
inrrusred 10 General Hancock. For mcri-
nous service. before Yorktown on Way y.
s-Rs he was trpvcred a Major General. At
fhe arIie oE Williamsburg occurred his frst
opportunity Tor making q gallant ani impor-
tfnf arti0n- AMI he improved 4 ~ making one
70 he most brilliant engagements ~ the war
He next distinguished himself IN the battle
~ Frnxer's Farm. AMI subsequently, took an
afrIve part In the campaign IN MARYLAND. AM
wfx 4 conspicuous commander al the battles
10 <rurh ~ 3rrtnin and Anfietan- Al the bat
rlr ~ Nnriernu. tn September. 10, Hancock
wa~ placed In command % General Richard
@an's Division 81 tne second Corps. after the
~1II 90 49, Arssv mi
requirements ~ the extended line ~ battle
hssf 80 enunxrd the artillery that the appiica-
tan ~ General Hancock Tor artillery ior NJ
nfrlv by rhe Chief ~ Artillery. or the corps
commanders In his vicinity. knowing the
tried courage q the troop. General Hancock
felf ennntlenf that he could hold his pp~ltion-
nirhn1Ixn suffering from the cner1y's artillery,
but b. WIS too weak 10 attack them. ~ the
great length % rhe lire n WINS obliged % Mold
frr " battle seeing 4 body Of the enemy
aalvarc.ug on sumo " the Union trppps, Cen
eral Hancock obtained Hexamers battery
from FrankIlns corps. and succeeded Ia rus
trafinx the attack.
Hancock commanded division ~ tho Sec
cnd Corps At rhe battle OF fredericksburg IN
1-r-. and then did such vniuAbie service n 70
naferially adj 20 ms military reputation,
Cseuerni with n commission dated from Noftm-
her - I@s1 He commanded Ms DIVISION. tcii-
orally kn0wn A. summers men. AZ the uat-
mXuEEIINF|@ AN'N"+ 49,
rne aprrfnrmenf ~ General Couch % the conn
mani III the Department ~ the SuserIenanna.
was plaerl In charge ~ his corps. Win TINS
Command he tonk part "a M ns INC n i..ri
Atfsetrysbnrx Hancock awain DISTINGUISHED
himself hy some gallant worN- On the u.>t
day - the hartlr. July !; - ne was sen. ~
haffI. should H. rfven. or whether the army
.nnnh TAT back He reported that s'ctty,S-
burg wa= rhe place ~ ngnt: and TOOK immen-
mre errn riand until the arrival ~ Meade IN
the decisive action ~ July > H. commanded on
rhe lefr cenfer. sustaining the terrinc onset ~
Lnurstreef's Confcderate-. AMI being severe
~ wounie In the last VIII; i pn1.r ,se
Und Corps SUSTAINED the shock which the nnM-
er % the Confederate service put upon ". me
immense effort male by the Conisd. rates "
sustain their position beat upon ara NJ nls
hrnkn the gallant second Corps. % the COM
mani ~ which. Hancock being - naniy
wrunled Gibbons Wa thfn cailel. benk
disabled hv wounds. General Hancock ontnln-
"a sex leave until March. ist4. being mean
while engaged i'm recruiting the Seeoha army
tnrps. .y,
the rrrrnsnf ~ tne entire army ne issued an
OFder completely earuanixinr the Army ~ the
Potomac still commanded immeuintty =!
.<ene Al Meade: the nve corps wefs .,,.,,rsi
70 three commanded respectively py 1enerai
HanrOck. 20 whom wa. assigned the second
warren the Fiffn. and >edxwick the sixtn-
Tho push Into the Wilderness gave TINS sos
8lEf MU|IUEr J|I1FIuIAtI -. !.
A harfle r,,r, r,'en..rd before the Union army
was in POSITION. and when the Generai- sup
posed thar there was M consiierapic ioree W
hand. Hin nal secured strong posiiien. nnu
had repealed with loss the hrigades OF hartitt.
and Ayres. ~ Grifnn's division. thai were hrs !,
sent up against him. tie dii NOT press NJ 49, = !
vantage until the apprpach q hanev s 49, Nv
~ attempted co interpuse strung ioI.e ~
twen the Ipo@ely-I Joined commands; but wa:
rhecke.i by Hancock. who srrc~tei MS uirec'
ALVIN : ana pushed rapidly upon him. Han
eock+ with ni@ Division Generals. w ney. nur
Fsw ant CLIFTON. struck heavily On the riInt %
fhe enemy and two hours stubborn ana uiool!
runffisr with mu.ketry alone resulted IN great
LIS W nnth sides and little advantage 70 either
Hanrpck' corps saved itself from rout " m
enmrcmenf only by the most opstlnntt
nxhfinx. Tho newt day. ~ I'VE O'Clock N w
morn mr.. Hancock crowded back It'll neariy
tw0 miles aero@. the brock Ivau. y.
his way % Pukers SIRE. wn't1 -
was 81 pped by the arrival ~ LONG
street. bar not until he hni capturen krcn -
many prisoners Al Spftsylvanin nancuvh