A Union Soldier For Hancock

The Galveston, (Texas), Nowsof.Iuly :.'"( h says tliere wan a row the previous nicht in ¦ saloon on the Strand, and a mídaleaged man was f'oreibly ejected. A News reporta was detailed to fiad out the facts, whirh furnish an MDOÓOg incident of the oatnpaign. 'l'liore was quite a crowd in the saloon, talking politics. Tlie nhabljiest man pushod his way in and aeemed to take an absorbing interc-it in tlie diwowioB. One gentlemen said : "llanconk wil! get nini!tenthl of'thu Federal .uldiers. " "You are ri(?lit," said the scody tnan in aloud, sonorous voicc, ulappwg the speaker on tho sliouldiT. "Yon juut bet M ill Hcoop 'cm. [ am an es -federal soldier uiyRelf, and l'll voto foi oM Ilanooek." 'l'bo attention ot' the orowd was concontrated on the patriotio soldier. "Were you in Hanoock's oorp?" "fjontlomen," said the seody man, running bis arm throuph a ho'e in his hat, ''I liave votcd the ropublican ticket a!l my life, hut next November my vote noa for my old comiuandcr. I may nnt hko his po'itics, and thcy may say tliat he pats on style, luit when a general of 1 1 1 United aruiy gots off hin horM: to bek) me When l am iying helpless on tln Woo l-ltainod lioid of battfe, slippery with human g rv, I am going to vote t" r hiin, snyhow. ' "Wi'l ynu jiiin na?" asked Hvefal entliusiast of the gratcful si)IJior, ai tliuy advanced in soüd column to tho bar. Tbo healths of' Hancock and Englisu wcrc drank wuh enthusiabiu scveral tiuios. "Hand out souie of' those high priocd cigars," said anothcr enthusiast to the bar-keeper." The ex-federal soldier took lialf a dozen. 'Tve ¦ great notion," i-aid anothcr cntbosiwt, holding tlio Hancock man off at ai length. aud surveying liim f'rom top to bottoiu, "I'vo a groat notion to uiake you a present of a new suit of elothes. " "Werd you badly wounded?" asked anOther sympathetiu enthusiast. "L was fving on the blood-stained field of bïttle, slippery with liumaji gore, weak and tuint iroui loss of blood, with iny leg ehattered by a reb - I mean a hostilo cannon-ball. I had fallen early in the fight." The carnest crowd gathered close around tho patriot to catch every word. "(mm Mcadc had givon orders to advanee and drive the reb - I uiean the hostilo foc - trom his position. Just as I was uxpoctinj; to be trampled undcr foot up rnili1 Gfëng. ilancock and Knglish." "Knglish!" bawled the crowd. "Yes ; (ens. Hancoek and Englisb, riding sido by eide, just as you seo their picture?, only they had their sworda ilrawu. 1 was lying weak and helplees on" - And so he was, hut this time it was not on the blood stained field of battle, slippery with lminau goro, but on tho hard pavement, slippery with tobáceo juice. He eot up and shuffled down the street, muttering : "It seems to me Knglish don't bring as much strength to the ticket as I thought he would." He must have repeated this game with more succoss at other saloons, probably omittinf; all reference to English 's military career, for later in the evening he was seeu explaining the whole matter over again iu an incoherent manncr to an entranced policeman. In the disjointed manner peculiar to advanced inebriates he was ,-ajing : "I was lying on the blood -staihed field of battlo, weak and helpless, slippery with human gore. A charge of canister had passed through all three of my lungs; a liombshell had flattened itself on my spinal column, which would havo produccd pa ralysla of my lower limbs if they hadn't been swept away by a cavalry charge on the tirst day of the battle. My head had been severed by a saber stroke, and wan lyinu twenty yards off. Just then, as I was lying weak and helpless on the battlestained field, up rode Gens. Hancock and Arthur, while riht behind them came Uúns. Kuglish and (arfield, with Gen. Weaver in the roar. Hancock says bo Garfield, 'Ju-!t hold my foaming steed,' and turning to me he says : 'My gold fellow, if you are wounded anywhere, just get up and come along wilh me.' " "Bedad, tUat's just what I say mesilf. Come along wid uie, yc lying baste," eaid the liard hearted policoman, and off they wout together.