The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-10-27
Slight UnpIeasantness.

Our erring contemporaries, with their
usual reliability (f) for truth, show
their venom and malice toward Gen.
White by the way they report the re-
cent alteration between him and
James Mosgrove. IF Gen. White was
drunk, MOsgrOve must have been
drunker, as be is q much larger man
and should have been able to have
taken care Of himself had hs been duly
sober. The following account of the
affair We clip from the Pittsburgh
Com. Ga5ette, from which it will be
seen that General White was perfectly
justifable in resenting the insult:
EDENBURe, Pa, Oct. 20.-A little
episode occurred in eur politics here
to-day. A crowd got aboard the up
train on the Allegheny Valley Rail
road at Parkers for the convention
here. Among the people was General
Harry White. When they reac he'd
Foxburg the delegation got out. Gen.
White happened to 60 out Of the same
door with James Mosgrove, who, With
DR.. st. Clair, was coming TO this point
and Clarion. The General saluted
Mr.. Mosgrovs politely, shaking hands
with him, and remarking pleasantly,
Come up to our meeting along"
Some foul words we're then uttered as
both parties were going out of the door
together, when Gen. White said: ~
thought we were TO have q courteous
campaign, Mr.. Mosgrove. invited
you to travel with me, but l see you
are now taking Doctor St. Clair up
here to abuse my dear old father and
myself" To which Mr.. M. replied
"You have hired that man Ramsey to
abuse me-" General w. replied: 81
beg your pardon / have not done SO.
l hire no man to abuse my neighbor.
"Yes ycu have" said Mr.. NJ. "No,"
said the General, II hoped we could
avoid scandal and abuse in the cam.
paign." Mr.. M. reiterated that White
had hired Ramsey to abuse him, and
the General again said, "No, l have
not" To this Mr.. NJ. angrily replied
"YOu lie," whereupon General White
drew back and struck Mr.. NJ. Ia the
face, saying II will allow NO man to
insult me that way" Mr.. N. staEger.
ed little against the side of the car,
when some parties interfered aud the
participants separated. Gen. White
was then surrounded by his friends
from Parker. He said he regretted
the occurrence, but, office or no office,
he would allow no man, if he was Iarg-
or than himself, to insult him in that
way. The Generals friends who saw
it said he did perfectly right to resent
such an insult. The General is at.
tending the Republican Convention as
if nothing had happened.
Apropos of the above, we.remember
a story, that we may be pardoned for
telling, about General Whites father
One time when Judge White was on
his circuit, he stopped at an hotel at
Middleton for dinner. There a Mr..
Coulter and Judge White got into some
discussion, and before it ended Mr..
Coulter felt himself very much ag..
grievsd by an answer the Judge had
given him. He did not, however, get
real mad until the Judge had gone,
when becoming thoroughly aroused at
what had been said, he took butcher
knife and followed in hot haste. Over.
taking the Judge watering his horse at
Crooked creek, he took out his butch.
er knife and told the Judge he had |
come to kill him; he was bound to
kill him /; he had been insulted aud
should be revenged. The Judge qui. |
etly produced q pocket pistol and
pointing it toward his assailant, said /: |
Now, Coulter, your choice: Heaven,
he'll, or Middleton" "Well, Judge, |
if that is your decision 1 guess will |
go back to Middleton"