Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-06-30

Try and his party 49,,
commerce upon the seAs and On The land no de
elimination In favor u trAnsportatto1 hnes, cor
porafiObs or mOnOpolle<; srnendulent % IN
burlington iIesiy 20 more Chlns-. .i' 49, 49,,
msroe and therein carefully guArcei; putin
rnOaey and pubic credit for pablo puTToses sole
~, and pubic lands for actual seitlers-
The D.trOcrztic party Is the frieod q labor ADe
the laboring friends Of labor and The iaoorlns
man, and pledges itself % protect him AK
sgainst the o0rrnOrAnt and The eommune-
l We congratulate the country upon tn hore-t'
and tbr1ft Of a Democratic ConarsSs shlcA Ia
Refused the pnbiie expenditure sEAo." yeAi
upon the continuation o. PFo~perty a beine Hne
the national honor abroad, and above Az up.oi
the prurni.e % s1ch change m he Adminlssrs'
ton Of The Ruvsrurlent - shall insurt rs Fenuirs
ana lasting reform in every department. q thf
pukis ssryioe.
The nomination Of General Han
cock, for President, has been en-
Enthusiastically received by Demo
Gratis oil over the country.
Party divisions in New York and
Pennsylvania have ceased, and the
feeling throughout the whole coun-
try is that Hancock will be the
next President He is positively
sure of l73 electoral votes, which
leaves only IL more electoral votes
necessary for his election, and In
DIANA, New Jersey, Connecticut,
California, Pennsylvania and Maine
IN he heard from.
The following from the Free
Press gives a short account Of the
life and services Of
NAJoR-GESERAL W. 5. HANCOCK.
Winfield Scott Hancock is q
soldier by inheritance as well as by
experience. One of his grandfath-
ers was captured at sea during the
Revolution, and suffered the miser.
les Of the infamous Dsrtmoor pris.
on. His mothers father and
grandfather served as soldier in the
Revolution, the former enlisting at
the age Of Is, the latter dying from
exposure and hardships Of the
campaign soon after the close oil
the war. His father, native oi
Montgomery county, Pennsylvania,
was a soldier 10 the war Of 1872,
aud subsequently, became promi-
nent lawyer. 1t was in this coun-
", February 10, 1924, that young
Hancock was born and named for
the distinguished soldier Of Lun'
dy's Lane. He is therefore little
more than SO years Of age. Hi:
early life was passed at Norristown
Pennsylvania, and was educated a.
the academy in that place. He was
studious, thoughtful boy, whose
selection to read the Declaration o.
Independence one Fourth of July
when be was - years Of age, wa
one Of his first honors. The mex
year he was appointed 10 the mil
itary Academy. at West Point. H
took high rank as scholar anC
graduated as number eighteen ii
bis class.
/. In the Mexicsn war be was con
spicuous for gallautry at San An
tonia, Contreras, Cherebusco, No
limo del Rey and the as
sault and capture of the city o
. Mexico. His first brevet was Civ
en- him August 20, 1s47, for gal
LIANT and meritorious conduct a
Contreras and Cherubusco.'
For the next ten years he serve
as quarter-master and adjutant i
the West, in the Indian war i
, Florida, the Utah Expedition
and at the outbreak of the rebeI
/, lion was stationed at Los Angelo:
] When Sumter was fred upor
. Southern California was infuse'
; with Southern sympsthie., but j
E spite of the unpopularity, Har
cock, by public speeches and Q,
!. ample, applied himself to sustain
ing and spreading Union sent
? ments. His services were of gres
! value in preserving California I
1 the Union. In the meantime b
applied. to the Governor Of Pennsy
vaDia for q command Of som
e of the troops that were to b
raised in his native State, but n
ready compliance being made I
e his request, he asked General Scot
to order him TO the East. Scot
!. well acquainted with bis brilliaI
= record in Mexico, was glad to con
s mand bis services and his soldierl
: aspect and bearing at Wsshingto
at once commended him to the n,
tice of President Lincoln. On I'll
express request Of Mcclellan l
{ was commissioned Brigadier-Gel
!, eral and assigned to the division I
the army OF the Potomac, und,
the command of "Baldy" Smit
D and took up his headquarters
7. Chain Bridge.
J. His command consisted Of fot
10 regiments from New York, and oil
each from Pennsylvania, Maine ar
Wisconsin. He at once set to VOL
n disciplining and drilling them 4
u effective service. The brigade b
y. came conspicuous in the advsn
ID upon Yorktown, along the Jam
" River road from the middle Of APP
At to the third ofMay, being co
be stantly on duty in the trenches
70 skirmishing with the enemy. {
ed the 5th Of May, after holding