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Show ' DEATH OF GENERAL HANCOCK. A brief dispatch from New York brings to us the sorrowful tidings of the death j ; ; of General Winfield Scott Hancock, which : occurred this afternoon at 2 :58 o'clock, j! 1 The lateness of the hour at which the news was received precludes the posaibil- ity of any extended mention this afternoon. J! Up to a late hour nothing more than s; the Bimple announcement of the dis- J tinguished soldier's demise had been re- ; J ceived, and the cause thereof was un- ; J known. In General Hancock's death the Re-i Re-i pablic suffers the loss of a gallant soldier, ; and the Democrats of the country lose one whom they have long taken pride in ; pointing to as a leader of the party. IS I |