Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-05-13
One of Grants Appointments.


The Was ,inotrn corrsdondent Of
the Chicago Tribune relates the
following =
Among the names sent in to the
Senate by General Grant Tor con-
ulates, was th It Of Frank Chem,
With, for Can on. China. A gen,
leman fr. IN Kansas. Mr.. Wilder.
was telling me some pleasing and
emarkabie f'cts- about Mr., ,r
rather, c. 10 vel Chenowith, la,
light, which I reproduce to shr W
the remorse ofa small appointment.
Two years before the war broke
out, Webb Wilder-a dauntless,
truthful, high h-blooded young inan,
from Mass, but " esternlzed i:
Wisconsin-Crosse the Missonr
River from the Kansas side, and
established in st. Joseph weekly
anti slavery newspaper called the
Free Democrat. He had been pub
fishing. this paper but s '"rt time
in the midst OF abuse and danger
day by day, when young Chenowith,
a Virginian, appeared, and said
Il believe in the principles you
advocate, Mr.. Wilder, and 1 want
to be newspaper man to help them
on. 1 would like TO buy an inter
est in your paper
Said Webb Wilder, always speak
ing from the shoulder:
I'VE two proprietors are work
ing at the case, practical printers
1t takes all our own labor to get VI.
the paper, with out regard to e
tally terror o. our lives. I,would
aot advise you to risk your money
here.
Young Chenowith replied:
eff you will let me put up my mo
ney, I will go to the case and learn
to set type with the rest of YOU
He gave in his $1,000 or $4,000,
and went to the case. Those three
made the paper jump. 1t used all
real or specious arguments to sci
the border aflame, and the personal
gallantrv of every man gave theil
utterances character. Even jeff.
Thompson, the Mayor, respected
those young men, and, as far as he
could, covered them with his Ggis.
One winter afternoon q SECRET
friend stole to the office and told
those three that an indictment had
been issued that day against them
all. To publish newspapeI
; against slavery was contrary to the
, laws of Missouri, and punishable
with long Imprisonment. Cheno
with and Tracy were both South
, erners; Wilder was Y ankee.
''Clear out at once,' they said to
the latter; "cross the river imme-
diately and strike Tree soil -
Wilder fastened to the river
!, which ran by full of ice, and made
perilous passage in a little skiff
Chenowith and Tracy followed ths
same day Their office was seizee
behind them, and they lost every
, penny they possessed in the world
Within six weeks Wilder estab
: lished the Conservative in Leaven-
= worth. Chenowith entered the
Northern army at the firing of th'
first gun. He was on the statfs o
! Grant and Sherman, was persona
protege and favorite with both, anC
at the end of the war found himsel
= broken in health, though still quite
a young man. One OF his old part
ners heard Of a school superintend
ency open in Worcester, Mass
, Chenowith applied to General Gran
; for letter Recommendation to thu
same. 1t was freely, generously, ex
j, cellently written, and it got him th
place. He remained there till abou
: a year ago, when he found his health
failing. A milder climate was nee
. essary.
He returned to Richmond, Va
+, and, first family of that Old Do
. minion as he was, kept himself ant
family by serving milk to the peo
}, pie of the city. In this his vii
e bravely assisted him.
tits life eventful as this, inspir
), ed by conviction and sustained b.
personal courage which we in tn
North will iil.d it hard to find par
), allel for, which has sent Mr.. Cheno
with to China, with salary Q
4 $4,000 a year, as an agent for tn
Government which he has illustrate
so spiritually.