The daily gazette., 1880-06-30
Hancock HoidIng Court.

From the Herald. 7,i,.| L.. ~ ~ .S, 81,
THE WARREN INQUIRY--At Cols-
FEDERATE GENERAL TEsTIFIEs
IN wARREN's FAyoR--GENERAL
HANCOCK ASKS ToiBE RELIExED
FROM FURTHER SERVICE AsrA A
MEMBER OF THE COURT. lgA 7sGi
General Hancock's court has as
sumed new Importance since the
Generals nomination for the Presi.
dency. The boat running between
New York and Governors Island
carried large numbers of visitors on
every trip yesterday, and some time
before the court opened, at eleven
O'Clock, early arrivals were on hand
to capture the best seats where they
could fix their admiring eyes on the
handsome president Of the Court.
Among the visitors were the ven-
erable Peter Cooper and General
Samuel F. Cary, his colleague on
the greenback ticket. They both
paid their respects to General Han.
cock and did not forget to put in a
word in behalf of their favorite
financial theories and to leave some
printed documents showing the su-
periority of greenbacks over gold as
circulating medium. General Han
cock entered the court room in full
uniform, with cooked hat and sword.
1t was his first appearance in the
case since the nomination. All the
spectators arose to salute him, and
Generals Warren, Newton y and
Augur shook him warmly by the
hand. Those Mho had been down
to the Generals house gave the
newcomers a glowing description oi
the huge floral locomotive and ten.
der which he had just received from
Cincinnati. ni...lH .ri6 nd!
The Court was called to order and
Recorder Langdon reported that a
letter had Just been received from
General Eppa Hunton saying that
he had overestimated the force under
his command at Five Forks in his
testimony given on former occa-
sion. He did not think there were
more than 5000 men in the three
brigades alluded to. XXI. -av - I,
General Miles, the Indian tighter, tes-
titled as to Warren's battle on The 31st
of March at White Oak Ridge, near the
Clayb born road and east of Five Forks.
A REBEL GENERALS TESTIMONY.
General S. MCGOWAN, of Abbyville,S s..
c., next took the stand. he was grad
uate IF West Point aud had served in
Mexico with General Hancock. While
there President Polk appointed him
Quartermaster He was in command at
White Oak Ridge, and he described how
he resisted the"federal"a and drove
the troops back. General Lee dire cted
him to keep the White Oak road open,
but Warren was too much for him, and
he was finanlly driven back to his Con
I Tolerate works; the engagement lasted
from noon until sundown; the ground
, was so swampy that it would not bear
up artillery. The witness compliment
ed the Union troops, and his manner was
quite engaging. Every one smiled
when, on the cross -ex xamination, he said
that he did not know whether there was
any battle at Five Forks, though he
heard rumor that there was one. 3f
General Hancock announced that he
had written to the President, asking to
be relieved from further service as a
member of the Court, but he had not
yet received any reply. The counsel on
both sides said privately that they hoped
that no change would be made. Gen.
eral Hancock was familiar with the case,
and it would take new officer month
to read up the testimony and this would
delay the proceedings. H