Daily Republican., 1880-12-16
EAaBY.
Mr.. N aaby Uas q Final Interview
with Gen. Hancock AN a EeOIInK
PaKtink-HIs Euture.

GOyRRBoR's ISLAND, (Which Is in .he
8 State nv N. ~ Nov. 27, 1880.
! lam here on this classic island, for
the last time, suppose. l ooms over
from Moo York TO Ritthe last Nv my
salary, and to bid my late chief fsle.
we'll forever.
found the General despondent, and
employin the heft nv his tine dRmmin
most everybody. These vas about the
Substance Nv his remarks:
81 Good have pulled :hro ef ii bad
Inot bin for cOmplioashun Nv troubles
which wuz loadid with. There wuz
IBarnum at the bed nv the Commiitee,
How Good any man be eleclid vita
Barnum at the head Nv anything' a
Bsrnum wuz enough 10 sink anybody.
lie hadn't any sense nor any Fand.
He didn't know how 10 raise any mon
ley, and what he did raise be squan.
dersd on skeems that didn't amount
to nolh!ng, instid Of goin into IujsDny
and buyin up votes, tz the party alters
hez. Barnum alone Buz enuf TO rooin
me.
"Then there wuz all Nv them skeems.
1929 Tuz = settler, for them es Good
read whs indignant. ara the Dimocra.
oy that coodent read didn't know what
it meant. There wuS thousands Nv
dollars worth Nv chalk wasted In Ii 1t.
"And then the Morey letter. Wa.
good wux it to forge letter jist on tho
eve Of eloeshun, when everybody he'd
made up their minds how they wuz
agoin to vote auyhowi Wat good wuz
ther in forgin horey letter ontil you
he'd Mercy to father 1t and he'd the
thing put up set wood stand' Wat
yoose wuE ther 10 bsin guilty Of 0 for
gerry, whea it only killed usi Wat
good Is q musket the kick uv which
Is more powerful than the discharge
The . two skssms wu1 Brrnum's.
81 hsv nothing TO rsproach myself
WITH" continued the General, 81
talked tariff to PsnDsylvaniaDs, and
free trade TO InjeAnians.
Isont every Corfedrit wat cum to me
away perfectly satisfied that he wnz
aSoin to git jist wat be wanted, and
the Nassycuooaits DiDlsGrsts were
treated likeaiSe.
kstrled ont B,rpum's instructions
to the letter and wuz ell things TO all
men. | wuS fur and agin internal
improvements, for and agip every
question in American politix. | in
dorssd 10 various parties every kind ~
iGaEshrI policy whloh hen been pro
pounded-and by the way the pumbsr
oil fnanshsl poliGiss there is ID as
toupdin--jist sz hstold me.
SIT wuxn't my fault that Bsrnum al.
lowed Ii ESQ dItfsrin people to come 10
ge.her alter they left me, and compare
notes, he shcod hev had better ar
rargements mado. He shOod hev let
sm out by different doors, and he'd EN-
cross the ferry by different bOats, aud
all 90 to different hotels in the city.
These arrangements wuz his to make
not mine. To do the tRlkin Wuz enuff
for me.
"And then he'd Wade Hampton on
my back. That speech he made in Vir |
glnny wuz a swest thing to pila onto a
federal soliier, and then his chAllengin |
sherman. He killed me when he In
ventid tho solid South.
"Thsss wuEn't all he'd 70 kerry but
they wuz enulf. mite hev got thro
Of the Lord he'd killed the crops for
four -eara, but With sioh prosperity eE
the kentry WIZ a haVin, it wu2 OF no
zoos. No man kin fle naoher and the
6toopiditY OF the DImoorisy. | don't
want to bs President anyhow.
"Good. bye. may see yoo agin, but
hope not. forgive yoo ycor blundsrs
they wuzn't any wus than Bsrnuln's
and tie committy will pay 700 yoor
salary. Goodbye"
Wringing his hands, and hastily
borrowing ten dollars nv him, | bid
the great man farewell forever.
My fucher is mixed. but shell prob
ably settle in Moo York. II ID better
here. There Is a wider range Nv pas
tor for borroWin than In the Corners,
and credit is mvrs easily established.
Bssoom has positively rsfoosed credit,
and all the money there is in the Cor
ners is in the hands nv the Republicans
and niggers. Before Ileft | went three
days wnBst on loss than five drinks 3
day, and them got by passin myself
OF on Louisville drummers ex mer-
chant in naborin village. |
Here, am shoor, kin git in with
John Kelly, for he wants recroots
mighty bad jist now, and possibly in
year kin git to be q Skoel Comn,ish
ner, or suthin uv that sort. Kelly Ia
liberal and says the Irish shant hsv
more than 80 per cent. of the places
and If the wust comes to the wust kin
make uy name O'Nashy, and apologize
tor no. hsvin brogue by sayin that ,
wuz brOt from Ireland when / wuz s
quite young. There ought to be col
sge in Moo York to teech Amerikins
The Irish brogue that an Amerikin may
hev some chance for an office.
But bein no lrishman kin pick up
,uthin that is comfortable, aud blesve
will stay. Shirts ia harder to get at
here than in Ksntuck, for, while there
are more NV em, they are hung out to
Try on the top nv tho houses, instead
nv bsin on lines convenient in the back
yard. And besides wher 1 shel boari
heir amt so many shirts ez to make
Washin and hanging out possible. How
,ver, q shirt is . luxury that kin be
lispenst with, and don't mind It,
| borrowed S5 NV a moderated Ken.
nckjan after | come over from the