The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-12
FILIB USTERING.
The Movement not Dead-An Enter
prtSing Quili-driver COnverseS with
General he POIiakOfE


prtSing Quili-driver COnverseS with
General be POllakOT
The N. Y. Word OF this morning, not with
stanuing the contradictions OF the other Gotham
Journals, still claims that hllOusters are makng
ready in that CITY for the capture of Cuba. One
OF lis enierpris1Bg reporters had an interview
with General De Po!lakoff, of which the folio "
ing is au account Uerbdtinl et iuerd inI:--
The General lives in retired way as he says
tnat he does not seek newspaper notorlety or
the attention of the Spanish spies who have
visited Jersey City TO lOok HIM up since the
publication OF the details OF the invasion.
Our reporter had to traverse darx hall, and
after ascending two flights of rather dirty STAIRS
finally emerged on passage lighted With very
small and dirty window.
knocking at the first door he came to, our
reporter was admitted into room twelve by
eighteen feet in the area, from which cloud
OF tobacco smoke pu1fed out iuto the entry as
soon as The door was opened. As the door
opened, u husky, cultural, but commanding
voice cried out from The bank OF tobacco smoke:
''ohut re dOar, Yusef. Dam. VINO is z,s
1use1-ls be SpanYare? Hah !"
1usef, the servant, seemed to be q man of
about forty years, smoke dried, poorly clad, OF
medium height, aud was eVi lently OF Tartar or
OF the Osmanll race. He was very seryi.e in
his manner, and Notwithstanding the ntroduc-
tory harshness OF the voice in the smoke bank,
he made US a salaam in the EASTERN fashion, and
whispered III the ear OF the principal occupant
OF the room man past the prime of life and
attlred IN halt barbarous, hali-civiliZed, but
wholly warlike costume.
After moments hesitation, this man looked
up at our reporter with his sharp black eyes,
ana SAID in an entirely different tone:-
1t is well. No Spanyare. Han! Bismiah.
Let the Eiendi enter. Wipe your Ieet excel.
lenza. Take Zheebook, sare.n
Our reporter sat down and took the preferred
chibouk, which made him feel taint, and
brought on a swimming in the head in a few
minutes. He stated his business with
the distinguished general, and waited an
answer while he fixed his look at the eccentric
foreigner. The General had around mis- neck
fur peilsse, and over 1t gold cross ard two
medals, evidently betokening some achievement
in the field OF war. He wore top-boots aud
fur cap, and sabre quite crooked bat hand
somely engraved lay upon table beside hun
upsheathed., Although the room was hot aud
sitting with tooacco smoke, the General
seemed 10 shiver in his noble boots.
A smok looking print OF the battle of Navarro
hung Oh the wall with small ol-paiuting OF
Prince Poniatowski and his horse dro wuing in
the river Elster. small plaster cast of
Kosciusko ornamented, or rather dirtied, the
n antelpece, Tor everything about this dis
tinguished foreigner, including ms own person,
seemed in sad need of soap and water. There
was also bust of the first Napoleon on a
table, flaDked by typographical map of the
island OF Cuba, lying open, the roads and forli-
fed places marked with red pencil marks, and
the haIbors and inlets on the coast OF the island
dotted with blue pencil lines. Before proceed.
ing to an interview, this noble Pole-as he is
beliey ed TO be-pulled of his boots, and taking
another puff at his chibouk, stretched out his
stock,nged feet and eyed our reporter sterny
who at that moment felt as if he we're about to be
showed by maniac barber. Finally he said in
his Slavic gutteral:-
'You come from re zshournasl for re informa.
ton OF re ,expedizhlon against re Spanyare.
Hah, DAM"
"Ye,, General, am instructed to procure all
the information you may be willing 10 afford
me on the subject"
"4llah, it is well. am Feringh am no
speek re Angleesh langue. | am re militaire
shef i have ze command undair my frien re
noble Pasha of Anatole, OF re five touzand
cavalree. You no spy OF re Spanyare? Han,
DAM"
Reporter-Have you ever been in command
of any other forces besides the Turkish forces,
General?
graude battalle of re Osirokenku wiz re armee
of Polish liberation in 1881. have command
of four hundred men. / have re great generals
my freends zen. Ze Generales Dom bro Wski, re
Generate Unimski re General Lukansski-sll
my grand friends. l XIII quinze Russians miz
zis sabre at Grichow myZelr. l now snail have
re plaisir to kill the Spaniard. Hah, dam
Reporter-How do you propose TO go to work,
General de Pallakof, against the Spanish troops
In Cuba?
General-My name is Generate Casimir Bo-
lestus Ge Pollankotf. am prunz in my coun-
| tree. l am noblesse. / take i've tousand troop
what you call fhbustair - Cuba. l go in re
| Soir-veree quite. l got re map. have my
stat. say to Monsiegneur de l.ursundi, at
pevS4ea Hah da@ NJ cut a of his he head Siy miz my
sword. Then he run away. / no tell you my
| plans about zis. l tell zsm to my stat; not TO
| you. No. Hah, dam
| Reporter-ls Colonel Gibbons connected with
| your movement, General de Pallakoa?
GeneTal-l know not re Colonel Geebon. |
| am re commander-en-shei-wh you call iu
Apgieesh corps fdrTQee. / no tell my plans. In
| two wet | be iu Cuba. lhave plenty OF money!
| ] have one million floriues from re Pasha OF re
| Anatoe. He my freendS LIE Generale San'a
| Anna he be president of Cuba, he help me VIZ
| amoonlteins for re grand battalle. Hah, dan.
uset, re brandee- ~ brandee.
Yuset came with a decanter OF brandy and
| making a salaam, presented huge glass TO his
master, Fl led 1t full of raw brandy, which he
drank at one gulp. T0inkng that his eXcellency
was beginn ng TO get unintelgible our repor rter
left the pres ence OF this eccentric military chief
tain; but not before he had given him the names
OF two OF his staff officers, who he declared were
to have the management OF the expedition.
They are as foloWs:-
Ch eff Adlatus of the Staf-Colonel Simon
Lubor !miski
Chief OF Artillery-Colonel slgismuud Rod
ziejo wskl
Chiet of the Eyredition-General Casimir
Bobestus de PallakOh.
He also stated that he had been a cadet in the
Russian regiment "Vladimarn and that the
| movement against Cuba would be solely unoer
| his direction, assisted by General Charles F.
| HenuinRsen. II was very evident that General
| de Pallakoff knew more of this hibustering
| movement than he wished to tell, as three or
| four military looking men passed into his lodg-