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| IFrom the Cincinnati Commercial, 12th iust.7
| per, was assigned the honor Of duly annnunc. H.
| ing the great Conservative Am!,3ssaf3or in
gTop7ia N 3sonnn. The Tf1acs c1otle1 ia m
! nouncement in nil the dirn;tv an1 ;mnortanc,,
of stunning caritals. and the Ambassador
| stood revealed in the august person Ut John
lures Of peace he % brought from Richmond.
! and presented to the Administration. Ac,.
coInpanvinr Tic narrative vas the fol!ovino-
| cditoriui inorstment: d" W. hare not a s1atioHo
Of doubt Of its rnti,y trafl.th7uc*x This conf
tlcncc is inspired hy numerous interviews " It'll,
Mr. Gree II, and by 7tumerous Testimonials a. +,
his eaa,4,catr.'
We propose to still further insrire tbe
Tines ccnhdencc in Ambassador Greene by
adding to his numerous testimonials The
material is abundant nndeveloped rich
.1css Of testimony, in fact, lies about loose
and in profuEion lit several cities; for Greene
is no common place nondescript bv = i,nS
shot.
Early in the year 1917 in February. To 1,e
precise, John Wesley-we. sneak Of Iim ten
drrly, ;ss an old acquaintance John Wesley.
ne say, made his appearance in Cincinnati ii
the double character Of iappanner by trade
aud l,arsen By profession. lie was comcly
looking 1nan, then, of medium hiylt. coal,
black eyes and hair, smooth -shayen face. fair
complexion, and 4 bright, insiuuatinr coan-
tepancc. John WAS si!yer-tongucd, YoIublc.
plausible in speech, of Il highly imaginative
turn Of mind, and in his ecclesiastical excrci-
ses, very emotional He found secular en-
rloyment in The shop of Mr. George D, Win
cIlvll, and Improved his SUNDAYS Is 4 class
leader and exhorter. To his intimatcs. John
Wesley represented himself as an ancient ma
rincr, a cast-away OIL the hospitablc shores Of
Iyrce Island, 3Ed as the yeritablc Toby of
Melville: "Typee-" He remained in Mr.
Ninche1Ts employment till the 2Ist Uf
February, 1873, when he married Il
young lady in this city, by whom he
had Two children, who are yet living here,
At that time John Wesley stood high in the
estimation of his acquaintances as an indus
trious, exemplary man, and WAS looked upon
as rather an ornament than otherwise to the
Church with which he was connected. His
motler-inlaw was possessed Of same prop
erty on Third street.-The site Of The Daily
Times office, we believe-Which John Wesley
persuaded her 10 sell. He got the notes III
his possession, had them discounted, and,
with the net proceeds three or four
thousand dollars-set up Il shop in opposition
to his former employer. In about f,llr months
john Wesley managed to run through witt,
Ibis property, filled completely, aud dislp-
Iseared between two days, leaving various la
bil;1ies unsatisfcd- This was in 1851 Anon.
his creditors was Mr.. Draper, then !, ie;y.:,cr
on Fourth street, If whom he purchased i
gold watch OH credit, by representing himself
as partner Of Mr.. Winchell During this
to Newport. His eloqucnce, his zeal, his a},-
parent sincerity, charmed his unsuspectinlm
brethrc;i, and 80 won upon the affections Of
one Of them that Ii presented JOHN Wesley
with a corner lot in tile village of Jamestown,
IN WHICH he realized at the earliest opportu-
,slty. It WIS discovered, after. John Wesley
had made himself invisible, that he had wifi,
and four children living and had added b1ga1aY
to his other accomplishments.
In The spring Of 1852 tho Philadelphia papers
announced that ]. Wesley Greene lad been
sentenced to the -penltentiary for a term Of
obtaining money nnlcr false prctences The
unfortunate John Wesley had appeared in that
city i'll the capacity Of government officer,
employed in the secret mail service. He had
advertised for clerks, offering large salaries,
and stlpu!ating with them that they should
ray a boAns Tor the position, which they
thccffuliy assented to, each one depositing
from one to three hundred dollars in his
hands. The fraud was not discovered Till
they reached Washington, and, finding they
had been dnped, John Wesley was arrested,
tried, and convicted, and sentenced to invol-
,:!tary Industry as we have mentioned. While
in The penitcntiary he was cmp!oyei as a book
Keeper, and conducted himself s., handsomely
as to attract the sympathy and win the esteem
Of the officers Of the institution. Pardoned
ort Il few days 1pfnrc the expiration Of his
term Of service, john Wesley returned 10 Gin
cinnati and reengagca With his old Ten e.,,1exer =, @
III the japan business. He tried to rc-cstabiish
communication with his wife. who Ind oh-
tanned Il bill Of divorce, but was warned tn
quit Tie c1ty. by 1er friends, under Dain Of
eApoSury, witch he did. During this lime.
however, lic addressed a pathetic letter to
.,F+
setting forth That he lad been unfor;unate
the Victim Of circumstances. and nude n,
plausible q statement that he was referred to
81 benevolent gentleman, as IN unfortunate, and
received 500 as :n evidence Of the sym
1:t1y felt fer one whom disaster had
70 persIstcntl- followed. Alter lea7;,>r
the city, John Wesley, who seemed to have !
lerclGsnt for natrimony, married his brother
Richards wif:'s sister, residing near SandusISy
City, and proceeded to New York, where hc
represented himself Us Il returned Californian.
and Ne!ositcd with some one there a box or
gots Of bullion Of immcnsc value. On tie
capital thus made John Wesley iudu!esd him
sIlf in extensive purchases. Of one kind ,,t
another, but Was finally exposed, arrested
tried and sentenced TO Sing Sing for three
years: He succeeded, however, in Obtaining
city, engaged with him to return to Cincinnati
and resnlre his trade What become Of his
third wifi, We do not know. During the win
Ter OF .s:9-Go, however, he married the Ba}!i-
h!efe lady 10 Whom he refers i'll his statement
Ola rnrl"Gtea interview with JEFF. Davis and
the Fcdrral Administration. The Rev. Mr.
Eice, OF the Disciple church, officlatcl Oh this
| Interesting occasion. Soon after, John Wcs-
'ey removed to Louisville. where ne ingrati;s-
+; ted hl:nstif in the affections Of th" Rev. Ms.
i Sclaon* congregation, anu succeeded III edo.
/ Ing either the pastor or his flock out Of $500
| At this point the bercaycd Cincinnati friends
| cf John Wesley lost sight Of Kim and were
| not aware Of his existence until tho stuucnd-
! ous narrative appeared in tue Chicago Times
! and revived their recollection Of him
| We arc able, however, to supply, in loart the
! hiatus between his Louisville experience ana
his dcnou1uent lis Embassalor Of the Pence
| Democracy. During the Fall Of 1861 ths
t vi tier Of this article was at Tcnnallytown, D.
| c., where the PENNSYLVANIA Reserve then M
tier command IF General Mccall, was sta
tinncd. There WAS 4 great scandal il, camr
circulation, to the ctftct that the Chaplain q
tnc If thu. regiments The Rev. +. Wcs]e,
Greene. to whom had been assigned the rcri
| mental rost Office, hid been guilty Of .}Dt,1ln.
the letters Of thr soldiers and purioininT
whatever money they contained. The matte
| became The subiec, IF same newspancr M; a
ricty, but John Wesley succeeded in So Ia
c,t;,n r,,a ;nst,,,ce s,a ,.n,,,a,,,har
Well. A rnnr hoy in tIm r,.rr;.n,,nt rar.iv.?
from his widowed mother a III tcr ;nc}os;ur
gold dollar. which s1,t. said was III, th. n,;3.,,
sbe had The lad ryt.;yei1 tb,, ,rtt,.r Int mr.
| the t]cllar. which il. was h.1;rvcd had FAM,
| its yay in!o the 1mstoraI pursc rs a c,mnrn