The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-06
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-. u 9 - -. ep1 useful Citizen.
49, - seern that the veaeraoie oreTs-
y s 4 sy.,rsrAw. 20 long and 70 Mvorably
), =. inhanitants Of Richmond, died
80 :. -. ..s,dence In this city on Thnreday, The
=. - a shs present month. He hid been In
,s...s~ nss,th for sonstimS p1et IN conse-
ausneS OF 4 pAraiytiS attack, ~ which ne was
nros tsHssd eighteen months go. re. though
= sars recovery ct HE advanced period Of life
wssscArcsay possible. none but his own family
ana IT. immediate intinat<s were aware mat
,he hoalr Of dissolution was At hand, until u
was annenncsd that he bad actually breathed
his last.
Mr.. CnxssmAw was ono OF the most remark
abs men, In several respects, II was ever our
fortune 70 know Gifted by nature win
v&roue understanding, and powerful ir'ihe'
- possssssd an energy Of character ana ca
ractty 81 enduring fatigue, mental ana phy.i
- whfrh seemed almost miraculous ms
fndnstry has long been proveroiai "a ''
civ. and has given rise to numoefies' IN
e~sot.a Other men we have known OUT
- ru,nbar. who are willing TO WORK wnet
-, ren eatn anything by 1t, mr. CHEN-
susv w,as the only man we ever kne"
~ho worked from q pure, abstract love
- ,~ork. or this passion for labor he gave
,nrumerAbis proof. He could not pass
.,orr The street, where work was going
on without stopping. TO take hand. He mas
n..n known. even In his latter days, when he
wAs 4 very wealthy man, to stop the worKmeh
ON his own houses and do the work himseii.-
I'm ono occasion Of the kind, when ne caiiea
far thu wcrkman,s bill, the latter said, :" can
NOT. in conscience, charge you, seeing that you
did the whole Job yourself" you did no'
employ me-. was the characteristic reply;
employed You" So 1t was In every case hf
did not take the laborer's work out OF NE
hands 20 save money, for he was always VIII
ling 10 pay the full price, even when ne mac
aons II with his own hands. To this unurihs
1psrpy. Mr. E. was indebted for his success I'D
~. In A great measure, but not entirely. III
AID OF it. he employed a sagacity and turn for
1,r.iness. which. IL not unrivaled, were, al
least very unusual. Nor was his integrii,
Isx. remarkable than his other virtues. Pune
TIM, not only to the hour, but to the very mo.
..cer,a,ntng with certainty that he could com
ply with it TO the letter, and never disap
pointed any person to whom he had once
passed his word. 1t Is not wonderful, there
fore. that his success in life was eminent, ahe
that he seldom failed in anything he under
took. lie was precisely one OF those mel
whom community can, least Of all Others al
ford to lose an upright, energetic, sagacion'
citizen, who, in the prosecution Of his own EN-
TERRACES, promoted the prosperity OF nj
around him.
Mr.. CEENsmAw was in the 73d year Of his
nxe when he died, having been born III the
county Of Hanover, on the 4th day OF April,
1887 When a very young man ne removed 70
Lynchbnrg, and after prosecuting business
there with some success for five or six years,
was overwhelmed in the general ruin which
overlook that city, in The year 1919. During
The ensuing year he removed to Richmond, q
broken. but by no means hopeless, man.
With that indomitable resolution which dis
1inguished him throughout his life, he set IL
work to repair his losses, taking hold OF tho
first business that presented itself. Under
circumstan OF the most depressing charac'
ter, no took charge of the Columbian Hotel
and succeeded, in a few years, in establishing
for II that character which it has ever since
retained, end which renders it At this day one
of the most desirable pieces of property in the
whole city. He did more. In remarkably
short space of time hepaid, to the last farthinr,
principal and interest, every debt that he owed
in the world. From that time his course was
one Of uninterrupted prosperity. He became
ono of the most considerable proprietors OF
real estate in the city, aud to his enterprise
the city 10 largely indebted for many excellent
buildings.
Mr.. CRKNsnAw left several sons, who seem
! 70 have inherited his enterprisng spirit, and
have already made themselves wealthy, almost
independently Of his assistance. With such
an example before them, Of energy and integ-
rity, 1t was, indeed, almost impossible to fail.