The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-12

= biographical sketch of Gen. Philo
u,;+e of Whitestown, New York, has been
&c from Milwaukee, where Gen. White
:aod for many years, and held various
:.;,ns of honor and trust. We print
anening chapter which may be of in
t0t W. ~ friends here. Gen. White visited
stE;ab several years ago en- route to Sails
h'r3 - erect a monument to his son il -law
oal} mented Gov. John w. Ellis. We
lao.i marked character in early Wisconsin
~ was Gen. Philo White. a pioneer,
.s:T Jator. journalist and diplomatist, a use
I'D eminent citizen, an honest man in
tA ~rf fiber of his composition, with some
eyer Clarifies of mind and temper which
Co. his character an interesting study.
Ili still living at a ripe old age, active in
nss5oilv pursuits, a resident of Whitestown
nv his native place, in the full enjoy
~ If all his various faculties. and taking
lsI interest, as is shown by recent cores
-,oience. in Wisconsin affairs.
Tan White was educated partly at
uII;trsboro. and partly at preparatory Mon
wal College. Canada, and in the then Utica
.,";nary, where he was prepared for col
sn He did not graduate, however, but
- instead the office of the Columbian
1,-tte at Utica, of which his former pro-
.otor was one of the publishers, in which
contained as learner and contributor
.Erae or four years. A newspaper venture
- Wonlins, \. Y. afterwards engaged his
attontion, bu. he held his interest in the
atsbTsbment but a short time as the ulti-
| nate success of a newspaper establishment
| ~ that point was not sufficiently inviting
/ n tempt him to permanently settle there.
| 10 then went to Washington, and from
| ,bere to Salisbury n. c., where he and an
| 5ther enterprising young gentleman estab-
shed the Western CdrOhnidn newspaper.
He subsequently purchased his partners in
crest and continued this publication, until
1880. In 1922 he married a daughter Of
Nm. Hampton, of Salisbury, and during
ns residence there held many important
heal offices; including that of Justice of the
rce, chairman of the "Justices of the
Quorum" constituting the county court of
feas and quarter sessions, and mayor of
he municipality. He also held various po-
Suons in the militia, and was at one time
animated for the Legislature, but declined.
In 1880, Gen. Whites health became i'm
ured. and a sea voyage being recommen-
ad. influential friends procured for him
appointment as United States navy agent
nthe Pacific coast. The office included
lie duties of naval storekeeper and pur-
e5ing agent for the government vessels
81 the Pacific ocean, which had previously
zen discharged by agents at two stations,
Valparaiso, in Chill, and Lima, in Peru.
,roooolol e., +Iic dc
ut field of official labor, ria Cape Horn
THE fall of 1880. He remained on that
34rse four years, fulfilling his various and
1~Ortant duties with intelligence, zeal and
negrity. He resigned in 1884, and re
-ned to his home in Salisbury.
In the same year Gen. White removed to
2.tigh, \. c., and established a newspaper
allied the North Carolina Standard and
las elected state printer by the Legislature
its next session. AS a journalist and
$4te official, he was a busy man, indeed,
br the following years. writing numerou:
.e and trenchant articles FOR the columns
This paper, which acquired a wide circu
4tion and a commanding influence, ano
reparing and publishing vast quantities o
0idcal campaign literature, which h'
@artered throughout the state.
The business demands of his position a
public printer, were also eXacting, and en-
allied incessant labor, care and anxiet.
Eaich lasted until the spirited and turbu
mt presidential campaign of 1886. 1t wa
%.Hbtless greatly due to the political indus
I! and effective management Of Gen
White that the STATE of North Carolina
which had before been whig in politics, wa
2voiutiOnized, and gave a democratic ma
jdty in that year, and he was a%ppointe'
y the college of electors to carry It's cleo
atal vote to Washington. The constan
MIaud mental excitement involved in thi
Greer had again impaired Gen. White
lealth, and he determined during this yea
dispose of his newspaper and other IN
i5ie5t IN North Carolinl, and to remove t.
le Northwest"