The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-12
GUERRILLA MOSBY.
The Hatred He Has Inspired in Some Peo-
ple-His Opinion of Certain Indianians.

The Hatred He Has Inspired in Some Peo-
pIe-His Opinion of Certain Indianians.
Joseph Arthur in Cleveland Leader.
my visit to old China was most interesting;
in fact, old China is always interesting, more
especially now that it is so violently dis
turbed. You know, of course, that ex-Guer-
rilla Mosby, the hero of the bush, is our
consul-general at Hong Kong. One day
was introduced 10 the Colonel there He in
vited me to call at the consulate next day..
did so. AS passed through the lower hall
of the consulate building l discovered evil
dences of malignant hate against Colonel
Mosby in detached words sentences, and
caricatures written on the walls, the
most expressive of which was this Colonel
John Singleton Moseby you are a
placed there by one
of the consular thieves, tricksters and politi-
cal demagogues of Hong Kong and Singa-
pore. who thus poured the walls of wrath
upon him. His administration has, to say
the least been faithful and effective for
during his incumbency he has exposed the
rascality of many predecessors / need not
detail the deposition from Office of Studdar,
Baily, Loring and Peter Smith. rang the
bell. A compradore came and took my card
up. Ten minutes later the card was returned
with the request that l bring my own card
up. l did so. On entering l found the
rather uncouth Mosby with his heels upon
table, his thumbs in his arm-pits, trying to
spit tobacco uice upon lizard on the cell
ing above him. He had forgotten our meet
ing the previous day.
"'Who are your said he.
"'Nobody much said l.
"'Whats your business said he.
"'Pleasure, said |, and in answer to your
own invitation have called
"'Oh, sit down. Yes, let me see. You live
in Indianapolis, you said?
- " Yes, sir. In that grand metropolis of
nd xuha TO
most do vegetate 1t is so fertile of these po-
litical and forensic champions that it has be-
come question with our students in botany
if they do or do not grow on trees like mis-
tetoe and other parasites
He then inquired particularly about Gen
eral George H. Chapman, of indianapolis,
and gave me an interesting account of
meeting between himself and Chapman in the
Shenandoah valley during the war Chap
man said he wanted me to surrender. / said
to Chapman that 1 didn't want to, for l
feared the fate of Marshal Ney. This led to
a truce and bond of friendship between the
two which, the Colonel informed me- remains
firm to the present day.
"'How do you like China, Colonel
" 4 don't like it quite as well as Napoleon
did the island of st Helena, nor as well as
Robinson Crusoe did the island OF Juan Fer
nandez.'
"'How does China like you?
You can Judge OF now some people ike
me by what you find written on the walls
below
81 told him I had read something there and
described it.
"'That is nothing he said there are
hotter ones than that. l caught fellow at
it the other day, and stuck a Zulu assegai in
his back. (These assegas had been given to
the Colonel by a merchant captain lately
from South Africa. L was arragned before
the British court pleaded my own case, and
got free
"'May ask, Colonel, are you Democrat
or a Republican,
"'I am a Republican,, said he, with con-
siderable warmth, Il voted for Grant and
hope they will elect him and all their nom-
nees again and again. These outspoken
words from man who has been regarded