Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-31

To see a lawyer in hotel kitchen, a
doctor shoveling dirt on the grade, a once
powerful and affluent politician, or in.
deed, an eX-Congressman, tending a bar
in a saloon, is not considered strange in
Colorado, says the Denver Tribune but
Pueblo carries away the palm in that re.
Gently there has been residing in that
city a man who once Teigned as king-a
real sovereign-whOse royal rights, long
unquestioned, were finally overturned
by one of the greatest powers of the
world. This royal parsonage came to the
State penniless few months since, and.
strange to relate, here he met an old
companion who was with him when he
ruled a kingdom and held dominant
sway over one of the richest little prin.
CAPABILITIES in the world. He is an Ameri
can by parentage-ColOnel A. B. Stein
berger-and has relatives living here.
His old companion-in-arms is Mr.. Svl
Wright, we'll known in Denver, and a
wanderer who has visited all the inhab
tied portions of the globe. The story of
Steinberger, as told by Mr.. Wright to a
Tribune reporter, forms a chapter un.
equalled in fiction, and shows what a
man can do when he is blessed with
plenty of self assurance and reliance.
Some twenty years ago Steinberger, then
in Chilli, which he had reached from San
Francisco, sailed in a yacht across the
smiling Pacific, intending to reach New
Zealand and Australia in the frail craft.
He was accompanied by few men-ad
venturers-whO were willing to brave
the dangers of the deep, and who were
practical seafaring men, and therefore
able to safely pilot their little bark across
the usually placid Pacific. Directly on
their route were the Samoan Islands,
one of the largest and most important
groups in the vast expanse of water.
There they landed to supply their
larder with provender and make neces.
sary repairs before proceeding fur
ther on their hazardous voyage.
They were so kindly received by the
natives that their stoppage was pro.
longed, and ere long they had grown SO
attached to their new quarters that they
refused to 90 further. Besides, it re.
quired no effort to live, and live luxu
riously, too. Bread fruit trees covered
the island-so plentiful, indeed, that they
were utilized in the construction OF
houses by the natives. There were also
orange groves, cocoanut trees with mon.
key attachments, in fact, all tropical
fruits and other luxuries. Cereals could
be raised in abundance, and large, fine
meadows furnished grazing for cattle,
goats and horses. The whites were
treated like princes; they were not allow.
ed to work; all the rude courtesies of the
natives were extended to them, and they
were furnished with all the necessities OF
life. They had soon ingratiated them
selves so firmly in the confidence of the
chief and his subordinates, that they sal
in the State councils and aided in legis
lating laws for the country. Then, too
their inventive power came in good play
and agricultural labor on the islands
nine in number-was rendered much
easier through their theories.
The natives, from sailors who hac
previously landed, had learned OF the
republic beyond the seas, and had fam
conception of its power and grandeur
and they wished to place themselves un
der the protection of so great country
They feared they would meet the fate Of
their more barbarous neighborS-thg