The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-26
The History OF a Consul.

Among tire names sent in T. the senate by
General Grant for cousulltc- wa that of Bernard
l.. ChenOwcth. for Canton, China. y gentleman
from Kansas. Mr.. W ilder, was telling Inc some
pleasing and remarkable facts about Mr.-Or nth-
cr- CDiJuel-CEeuJweth last night, which / repro
duec u show the romance q q small appoint
mcnt -
Two wears before the war broke out. Webb
Wiier-a dluu-le~s, truthful. high-bl9oiei
young InaH from Ml-IeLJ-ett-, bat we-te.ulzed
u Ni-cJu-iu-crU--cd thc Missouri River from
tine Ean-a- -iie. amt Established iu -. JO-cVh g
weekly auti--hsery Uev-IaIcr called tn- Free
Democrat. Tie lad been Publishing this paper
bat q short tine. iu tie midst ~; abuse and dan
ger. day By day, when young CLeuJEstu, . Nir-
gilman, appeared and -1ll 90
" believe in tic principles you advocate, Mr..
Wilder, auI / want o. let uc1y-Trrcr man o. help
theIa OBJ. : would Ike o. bay an interest in
your PAPER
Said Webb Wilder. always speaking from tie
shoulder -
Two Tr5Urie;ors arc working At tie ease,
practical printer. IL takes alI Oar own labor u
ct up thc I1T-T, without regard o. tire daily ter
rr 81 Oar live. I wullI nOt advise yOu u Ti-k
your money here.
Young ChcnJwcth replied 60
e Il you will Jet me put uP my money. ! will
g To- the e1-e and learn o. st tyIc with tic rest
of you"
He gave in his GI,en hundred or two tiDusJnd
dJllars and went o. trc cI-c. ThoSc threc made
thc paper hy. d, used all real or sTeciJus argu-
meuts o. -cl tie border ail1mc, and tie personal
ztlIau,ry % every man gave their uttcrinces
character. Even JEFF Thompson, tie mayor, re-
spcctcd thl-c Young men. and, rs far o. lie could.
covered them with lis Usis.
One winter afternoon, q secret friend stole 20
the Office and told those three ttat ara Indictment
had been issued JiIt day against them all. To
Publish a newspaper against slavery was CON
trary 10 the laws of Missouri, and punishable
with long imprisonment. Chcu1yctb aud Tracy
were -Outheruers. Wilder was n Yankee.
Clear out at once they said To- the latter;
- cross the river immediately and strike free
s,lr'
Wilder FASTENED t, the river, which run by full
Of ice, md maic IT, Tcrilpus Ia~-agc IN q little
skif. Chcupweth aud Tracy followed the same
day. Their Office was scizcl behind ;hem and
they lost every penny they Possessed IA the
world Within siS weeks W ider established the
Conservative iu LcIycnwuTth. tueupwCth en-
tered tie northern army 20 tie firing Of the fTSt
gun. lie WIS on tire stalls Of Grant and SicT-
man. was personal yT1fege AMI EIyOute with
both, ami at tie emil 81 tie war found himself
broken IN health though still quite n young man.
Of his old partners heard Of q school super
tendency open IN Worcester. Massachusetts,
CheuJwch applied o. General Grant for n letter
Of recommendation o. tie same. IL was freely,
generously, cxeellently written, and II got him
the place lie remained there till about 81 year
when he iDund Ills health failing. y miidcr
climate was necessary. lie returned u Rich
ruond, Virginia, and - first family Of thnt old
as hc was, kept himself and family
lnOat by serving milk u the people of tie city.
In this BIZ wife byaycly assisted him.
IL Il n life eveutiul ~ this, inspired by cOnyic-
AMI sustained by u personal courage which
ye III tire North will fndsIard to find u PARALLEL
which has sent Mr.. ChcuOwcth To China with
l salary Of 5000 a year ~ nm agent for tire gov
which he has illustrated - sIiritcily. .
all our COn-uls had rendered like services, we
night say -
"Abol Ben Adh~m. may hs iHts increase -
ChicqgO Tribune