Show GENERAL IIAXCOCK A Sloilcst Speech by tho Next PrcAldent New York SNearly 200 citizens of Brooklyn mostly Germans ye ttrday visitol Staten Island in a body presenting present-ing Hanc ck with a valuable cane with a gold and jeweled head he having received re-ceived the highest number of votes lor president nt too fair of St Mathews tCfman Catholic Church Hancock spoke IS folowi You have dODo me tbe honor of presenting this cinotomeas the victor of Gettysburg I vca not the victor I was a soldier there and but did my duty I do not claim to be the victor I had an exceptional command in the army and therefore tb honor to me but what credit I gained was due to the soldiers I commanded It is hard to say who was the victor of Gettysburg all did their duty Thorn were other generals at the battle arid other victor No hist irv will ever be complete enough to record tho grett number of victors in any successful engagement The people of Brooklyn were among the earliest and most earnest advocates of my nomination and if I should or should not be elected president I shall deem tho result to be the will of the people and cheerfully submit to the verdict of the M of November In conversation afterwards Hancock Han-cock said I show you soi o other presents I have received though only a fractional portion of them are here the niott being at my hou = e All the canes given me are not goldhcsdod and set off with diamond Hero is one ail tho way from Oregon It is an alpenstock alpen-stock in size Tbe inscription on tbe gold plato is clear enough Presented toM to-M Jor General W S Hancock by several sev-eral f his dear friends in Oregon 1880 Hut what this carved head means puzzles me It looks es though it might be an importation of an Indian idol It is certainly very ingenious I |