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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, SEPTEMBER 27, 1881.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
HE IS NOTIFIED OF MR. GARFIELD???S
DEATH.
And Immediately Take* tbe Oath of Offlee Before
Judges Brady and Donahue cf New York???
He Declines to be Interviewed???The
Movement of the New President.
A GREAT STORM
* Ppccinl dbqxitch to The Constitution.
New York, September 20.???in accordance with
the dispatch received from the cabinet in regard to
taking the oath of office, messengers were sent to
the different judges of the supreme court. The
first to put in an appenranee was Judge John It
Brady, who was closely followed by Justice Ikina-
huc. The purty, comprising the vice-president and
die judges named, besides District-Attorney Rollins
ainl Elihu Root and the eldest son of the new presi
dent, usM-mbled in the front parlor of No 123 Lexing
ton avenue, General Arthur???s residence, where the
ontli of office was administered.
President Arthur has not signified his intention
as to when he would visit the capital, and he de
clined to he Interviewed ns to his future course.
Secretary Blaine arrived in this city this morning
and is now with President Arthur.
The Sun-Extm says that General Arthur was
sworn In at a quarter past 2 this morning at his
house. Two judges of the New York supreme court
had been sent for???J R limdy and Charles Donahue.
Judge Rrady arrived with Messrs Rollins and Root
at 10 mlnnb-s before 2, but the ceremony was, out of
courtesy, deferred until Judge Donahue arrived.
At a little after 2 o'clock with ex-Commissioner
French, Judge Rmdy stood on the other side of the
table, facing General Arthur; grouped around the
two men were Judge Donahue, Elihu Root, Com
missioner French and Daniel G Rollins and General
Arthur???s sou. Judge Rmdy slowly advanced a
step and reached his right hand; Gen
eral Arthur did likewise. A moment
of impressive silence followed. General Arthur's
features were almost fixed. Then Judge Rrady ad
ministered the oath, General Arthur speaking in
arleur, ringing voice:
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully exe
cute the office ol president of the United .Suites and
will to the bestof my ability preserve, protect and
defend tbe constitution of the United Stutes.???
After this he remained standing a mo
ment longer, and his Hand still raised. No one
iqioke, nor ilid the president afterward give expres
sion to any emotion. Up to;! o'clock he hud not
decided when to leave the city for Washington.
General Arthur did not retire until daybreak. At
9 o???clock this morning he arose and took a bath. At
that hour Secretary Blaine and George Bliss had
called, and was waiting to see him. Up to 10 o'clock
alwolutely nothing new had been determined by
President Arthur.
TO THE CABINET.
The following telegram was sent to the cabinet
this morning:
New York, September 20.???I lmvc your message
announcing the death of President Garfield. Permit
me to renew, through you the expression of sorrow
and symiMthy, which I have already telegraphed to
Attorney-General MacVcagli. In accordance with
your suggestion I have taken the onih of office as
president, before the Hon. John R. llrady, justice of
the supreme court of the suite of New York. I will
warn advise you further in regard to the other sug
gestion in your telegram. C. A. Arthur.
CAUJNO ON THE PRESIDENT.
At 10 o'clock the throng in the vicinity of General
Arthur's house had materially Increased. Colonel
George Bliss was busily engaged In visiting clubs
and hotels, and In semliug telegrams, the nature of
which could not be discovered. At half-post 10
o???clock Governor Cornell, accompanied by Dwight
Lawrence, drove to the house and had a long inter
view with the president.
General Arthur's residence lias attracted a throng
of idle and curious persous all the morning, and a
policeman has been in attendance to keep the steps
Clear. General Arthur received a few-enHenc His
orders on tills subject are peremptory, and officious
persons who had the bail Uiste to attempt to intrude
ou bis privacy at Ibis lime, met with a deserved
rebuff.
THE SECRETARIES IN WAITING.
Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln arrived from the
cast this morning, and without waiting for break
fast proceeded at once to General Arthur's resi
dence. Nothing of note transpired during their
Interview. They remain with him during the
morning und will leave with him at noon for Long
Branch. General Arthur's face betrayed the deej
grief from which he was suffering, us did the features
of Blaine and Lincoln. No question of possible
cabinet changes was dismissed, nor will anything
pcrtaiuiug to General Arthur's intentions be re
ferred to or receive any consideration until the
funeral of the president is over.
The Express says: "When Secretaries Blaine and
Lincoln arrived they entered the house, where they
met General Arthur, Postmaster-General James und
George Bliss, who had arrived only a short time
previously. Tbe eonsulbition between the general
anil his visitors lasted until 10:ir>, when the start for
Long Branch was made. The party entered a car
riage in waiting and were driven to the foot of Lib
erty street, where they took the 11 o'clock train for
Ella-roil. General Arthur was ui-componicd only by
Secretarie* Blaine and Lincoln, Postmaster-General
James and Mr. GeoTge Bliss.???
ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT.
President Arthur anil Secretaries Blaine and Lin
coln have arrived at Elberon.
The carriage used to cany President Arthur nnd
Secretary Blaine from the depot to General Mac-
Rr'ongh's cottage was purchased by the dead presi
dent only a short time before he was shot. A mon
ogram formed of the letters J A G, Is on the door
panel each side of the vehicle.
nu secluded New York Home.
New York Letter to Buffalo Courier.
Vice-President Arthur???s house on Lexington
avenue is one of a plain row of four-story brown
Mono fronts. A few years ago the neighborhood
was none of the best in point of moral ohnmeter,
hut the property oweners, one of whom is a police
justice and the other is the commissioner of public
works, Allen Campbell, Mr Arthur???s next-door
neighbor, put their heads and hands together to
give it a cleaning, and certain resorts of
Uie fair anil frail that had become noto
rious were closed up. Some of the old odor still
clings to it, hut not enough to do any particular
harm. Ever since the murderous attack on the
president, the vice-president???s house has been an
object of special interest to the people living there
about, but still more so to the reporters. It has been
watched day aud night us closely ns though a dozen
detectives hud it under snrveillauec. A good deal
of the custom of a neat and cosy bar a few doors
away has come from persous lounging about to
see what might turn tin. But very fetv visitors to
the house have escaped the sham eyes of the news
paper men. Ex-Senator Conkling, George Bliss,
Police Commissioner French and Senator Jones, of
Nevada, have been the most frequent callers for
gome time past. General Grant has called a few
times, and also the somewhat notorious insurance
superintendent, John F Smythe. But the
reporters missed one hasty visitor of some note who
culled late last Saturday night. It was about II
o'clock, and they* had left their posts of observation
for the night. The visitor was Postmaster James. He
had hurried on from Washington without any news
paperman therenotieinghisdeparture. AtlOo'cluck
lie stepp'd from the train in Jersey City and shook
hands with his son-in-law. Postmaster Pear
son. An hour later he was in Vice-President
Arthur's parlor talking privately to the
heir expectant. At 12 o'clock he was
again iu Jersey City and on board the midnight
train for Washington. At the timehe left Washing
ton the president was supposed to be dying, liis
mysterious and peculiar secret trip had an impor
tant object, of course. The knowiug ones say lie
i-aine on to bring Arthur to Washington, but that
duqsitches reporting an improvement in the presi
dent???s condition ehanged the programme. 'lhere
is now a strong hope that Arthur trill
not need to go to Washington at all
till the meeting of congress. He is said to share this
luqie himself. His friends???at least a few of them
represent him us esiieeially solicitous for the pres
dent???s recovery. They sav he dreads the possibility
of having to bike the president???s place. lie told one
of them the other day that while the worst of the
dispatches were coming in he "passed through the
valley of the shadow of death.??? It can be
said, at all events, that he has shown good
taste and feeling in abstaining from any parade of
himself before the public since the calamity In
Washington. He has secluded himself nearly all
the time, ami it ts said that the confinement is now-
telling on his health. On this account he wishes to
leave the city for u few weeks, and if the reports
from the white house continue favorable he will
probably j>ay a sort of vacation visit to General
Grant at Long Branch.
That Swept Through Wlnlervllle, Spreading Destruc
tion In IU Path.
Athens Banner.
Mr. K. T. Pittard, who lives one mile from
???\Vintorville, was in the city to-day, and gave
us a graphic description of a cyclone which
visited that portion of the county Thursday.
He was out some distance from his house
picking cotton, and when it began to rain he,
with his hands, went to shelter under an old
shed in the highest part of the field. In this
position he was enabled to get the
liest view jHissible of one of the grandest and
most frightful scenes that ever fell to his lot,
and one which lie says he does not want to see
again. He says that'he had read of cyclones
great deal and was enabled to tell that this
one was coming when he heard the first noise
it made, five miles from where he stood.
From where lie stood he could see two miles
in the direction from jvhcnce the storm came
nd one mile in the direction it wc-nt.
When lie first saw it there seemed^to lx* a
great fuiinel-shajied cloud with the small end
plowing along the earth, and revolving with
great velocity as it moved toward him. It
made a noise at first like a heavy coal burn
ing locomotive as it jkisscs on'the railroad
track, and this noise increased the nearer it
nine till it was the most deafening sound he
ever heard. He says that the noise at Gettys
burg was not a circumstance to this, and when
it struck the heavy timber in its track he verily
THE RISING SUN.
A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF CHES
TER A. ARTHUR.
Who Mr. Arthur Is. Whence He Sprung, the Charac
ter of His Ancestors. His Own Advent Into
Politics. Whst He Has Already Accom
plished. and His Probable Future.
Gath's Sketch of President Arthur.
The Baptist church is responsible for Ches
ter A. Arthur. His father was one of those'
sterling old men who have made the Baptist
clergy missionaries and eivilizers. Almost as
early as there were Puritans in England there
were also Baptists. After much persecution,
the baptists obtained toleration under Wil
liam of Orange. In Scotland and tiie north
of Ireland many of the Calvinists adopted
the Baptist idea, and claimed that baptism
had even a higher earthly antiquity than
Christianity. The Baptists are in , gen
eral Calvinistic congregationalists, with
the great central idea of baptism as the lead
ing bond of faith and an indispensable
rite. Like all Calvinists the Baptists were
early advocates of colleges and of education.
If you can imagine a Scotch-Irisli Presbyte-
General Arthur compelled the concessions, on
the street railroad ears, lor colored people to
ride.
The Fourth Avenue street railroad, New
York, which belongs to the Harlem steam
railroad company, undertook one day to put
a black woman off. It was done with vio
lence. and she applied to Arthur, who brought
suit and got a verdict of $500 against the coin-
>anv. The next day after this verdict an
rder was posted up in the ears allowing col
ored people to ride. Previously, throughout
the immense length of New York island, only
one railroad allowed black people to be pas
sengers, and then only in particular cars.
William H. Seward, in 1830, was concerned
his first slave case, that which turned his
attention to the politics of anti-slavery. A
requisition from Virginia was made upon
Governor Leonard in that year for three col
ored seamen who had concealed a slave in
their vessel, and brought the slave to New
York. The slave had been surrendered; the
ignoble, bloodhounds now demanded his fel
low-negroes _ and friends. The recorder of
New York city would not honor the requisi
tion of the small Virginia Pharaoh. This chap
then impudently called on the governor of
New York to override the recorder and judge
i the law. Seward made the grand argu
ment that requisitions, under the American
constitution, must be made for real
crimes against civilization, not crimes made
rian, witli all his other qualities intensified
believes??? It" would' have drowiied the roar of I by the ardor of his views on baptism, you can
Niagara falls. I behold General Arthur???s father. He was
\\e asked Mr Pittard how long lie saw it, born and educated about Belfast, Ireland, and
and lie replied that it seemed to Inin that it 1 , ,, , ... ??? .
was a full hour in passing, though it could can,e to Canada, and thence, seeking newer
hardly have been more than two or three fields and larger congregations, crossed the
minutes. He thinks it was going at the rate I American line, and while settled a few miles
of sixty miles an hour He stood transfixed cast of St . Albans, Vcrm ont, General Arthur
with the sight and could feel the tremor ofl , . , . ???
the earth beneath him, while the negroes I " as born in the towmsbip of Fairfield,
about him clung to him in wild fright and one
arbitrary by a petty portion of mankind, such I - . ,ias . turned out to ik
as rescuing a brother from slaverv. No Vir- s ?*y? t,on 1I } ,*b?? tune '
giniun eould pursue the human race after de- I, , rt ??? might,. therefore,
cepting the nomination for vice-president,
which lias turned out to be Conkling???s only
despair. General
pursue the human race after de- I to . uunsider
daring a portion of it in dereliction. A debt bimself a wiser politician than Conkling.
prisoner could not be pursued into New York Although the nomination of 1 Arthur was
from Pennsylvania. Why, then, should a not Reived in*>ew York, because he was
slave-deliverer be pursued into New York considered to be rather acity politician than a
from Virginia. All that Virginia did by pur- statesman, yet it no doubt did strengthen the
suing the case with her sprigs of lawyer poli
ticians was to make Seward a great personage.
He retired awhile from ottiee, only to be
come, after reappearing, a phenomenon.
General Arthur???s connection with the
woman fainted.
The track of the terrible wind was de
scribed as follows: It struck flic earth first
near the place of Mr. William H. Deane, who
lives five miles below below Winterville and
passing on through Mr. Brittain???s field scat
tered liis cotton in . wild confusion. It then
passed into the field of Mr..! nines 8uddeth, fur
ther on,and literally torcliss fields all to pieces.
His cotton won't lx* worth anything, even if he
can find enough to gather up. The next
place struck was Mr. Randolph Towns, anil it
greatly damaged a portion of his cotton,
after which it crossed the Georgia
railroad at Hodges???s blacksmith shop,
taking the shop with it, and knocking
down George Hodges, an old negro was was
standing close by. He was not seriously hurt.
Probably liis father had to recross the line
to preach, and even to reside, after the gen
eral???s birth; and this has led to some notion
that the vice-president was bom in Canada,
an idea which I think is to be classed with that
of Wilkes Booth being still alive and Mr. Stan
ton having cut his throat.
It is not reasonable that a gentleman aware
of his disabilities should take the oath as vice-
president. Yet it is sometimes hard for men
of itinerant clerical parentage, born fifty years
ago, to be thoroughly accurate about their
birthplace. General Arthur???s father probably
lived in twenty different towns, and preached
in about that number of churches, after the
The cyclone passed a mile from Winterville I son was born. The general drift of liis res!
anil struck the field of McAlpin and Pittard dcncc was down the east side of Lake Chnm-
but did not do any great damage. Mr. Pittard
says it passed just between his house and liis
nearest neighbor???s, which were three hundred
yards apart. It then struck a belt of heavy
timber which is a half mile wide and runs
north and soutli. Here the damage was heavy
hut fortunately no more houses were in dos'e
proximity to it. The large trees were lifted by
plain to the foot of the lake, and then south
ern Vermont, around the field of Bennington
and over into New York state, about in the
quarter.of the Hoosac tunnel, and so on to
Troy, Albany and Schenectady.
Tne old man was called to the city of New
the roots and piled pell-mell in every con- York a few years before the war, and had
shape. Passing out of this the storm quite a good church here called the Calvary
ceivable shape,
followed up the headwaters of Beaver Dam
creek for some distance, passed into the fields I
of Anderson Bullock on John Winter???s place
and did considerable damage. It destroyed |
at least three bales of cotton for Bullock and
blew down all his stables. The next thing in
its track was a school house in which were i
colored man and boy. The man managed to
get out and catch a sapling when the house I
was blown over, and tbe boy was carried
about -10 yards and was badly iiruised. A log
was blown out of the house 'a distance of 100
Baptist. He was not only a minister but an
author, something of the style of Disraeli???s
father. While Ben Disraeli, the elder, wrote
the "Curiosities of Literature, Rev. William
Artliurwrote the ??????Origin of Modern Names.???
About 1875 the old man died, beholding liis
son collector of the port of New York and
considerable of a man in the councils of the
radical republican party. The benevolence,
warmth of character, mid love of knowledge
in William Arthur are often talked of by
other clergymen and by some politicians
here.
It is probable that General Arthur???s mother
was a New England woman. Her name indi
yards and broken to pieces. A hog
dose by was carried a long distance and killed.
The storm next crossed Mrs. Coile???s place and
passed into Janies T. Johnson???s, where it did ????tes ttjxith in the prenom and the surname
much damage. It then seemed to rise from I ???Malvina Stone. W illiani and Melviua Ar-
thc earth and junqied a distance o/ten miles, thur had a good, bigyankee family', five
coming down again at Mr. Hancock???s place, I daughters and .two sons. The second son
three miles beyond Danielsvillo. Here greater went into war, was a good officer and is now
damage was done than anywhere else. It i* a | major and _ paymaster^ in the _regular service.
large plantation, and every house on it was
blown down except one. 'Mr. Pittard had
not heard the extent of the losses or who
was injured here, but thinks some one must
have been hurt.
We might give many incidents of the storm,
as related by Mr., Pittard, but have not space.
He says that his sister ran up stairs in his
house to close a window, and was gone only a
He probably owes to his brother liis durable
situation in the service. Not much is known
about the daughters.
Chester A. Arthur lias unquestionably been
the center of the family for the past twenty
years, aud has given status to his father, as
well as his father's children. As we shall see
further on, this son carried the Baptist preach
er???s stock into one of the oldest families of
few seconds, but before she got back to the I Virginia
lower floor the cyclone had passed. She saw I , Lik ? nl ? st clergymen, William Arthur
it from tin* upper window, and was so I thought about the best he could do for his
frightened that she became sick. He savs lie I children was to educate them. Preachers sel-
felt the suc tion of the whirling wind to I dotn acquire money unless they marry it, and
Where he stood, and while there was no I Chester Arthur was sent to Union college at
lightning, he could easilv detect the presence I Schenectady, New York. Very little is said
of electricity iu the atmosphere. When it about this institution, nowadays, though it
was over lie could hardly stand. I still flourishes moderately, and has a strong
His great fear was f??fr *his family, but fortu-1 list of alumni. It stands in the very middle
natcly all were passed unharmed. This see- 1 Schenectady.
tion never had such a visitation before, and
we trust this may be the last.
MR. HILL???S CONDITION.
Schenectady, a few miles west of Troy and
Albany, and south of Saratoga, is one of the
early Dutch settlements of New York, and
after the revolution General Schuyler started
the formation of a college there. It was
chartered by the ???Regents of the University
(of whom Whitelaw Reid is now one) near
the close of Washington???s administration. It
was a Calvinistic college, and its first tw
presidents were John Blair Smith, of Hamp-
den-Sidney, Virginia, and Jonathan Edwards,
Ilaw Our DUtlnxulabed Senator li Pracnwlnf.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Philadelphia, September 19,???Considerable anx
iety was expressed In regard to the condition of
Senator B II Hill, of Georgia, who is at present an
inmate of Jefferson college hospital. Dr S D Gross j son of the ' metaphysician Finally that rc
recently performed two operations on the senator, | markable man, Eliphalet Nott, the son of
in order to remove a cancerous growth in the mouth. I poor parents in Connecticut, was called to
The second operation took place on the Gth instant, I Union college when he was only thirty-one
audit was considered an entirely satisfactory-one, I years old.
not only by Dr Gross but also bv both phvsieians I ?? r * v was a preacher at Cherry Valley,
who assisted???Drs Paneoast and Means.' Sinee H?." York (:????? d ,n ***??? Presbyterian church at
*k ,?? uiti h., c I Albany. \v hen Alexander Hamilton was
that time Senator Hit has remained I kuIed J)r Knott delivered a po Werfu i eU log.
at the hospital, and on . nnday last a rumor was I ???, (0 n him from the pulpit, and an attack on
current that there was a change for the worse in the due |i n g. As soon as Nott took charge of
condition of the patient, it being asserted that the Union college he applied a business head to
operations only aflbrded temporary relief to the | making it rich, and among his investments
sufferer. Dr Means
unfavorable
and he appeared surpris'd at the question. . ....
Why, he is doing capitally,??? said the doctor. I Putter is the most distinguished, is descended
He eats heartily, talks with ease, and yesterday I ^ rolu Pr; al i^ t ,e Potter was
ook a drive out us far as George s Hill which he Under this [, cccnt ric, yet luminous man
thoroughly enjoyed. Iam perfectly satisfied with 1 Arthur received his education and graduated
the result of the operation performed and do not in ]S4 ., He immediately took' up Dr. Nott???
doubt but that it will afford him permanent relief, j old calling, and went to teaching school
I see no danger of his losing the power of speech. Vermont. With about five hundred dollars lie
He will probably leave the hospital in a few duys." | started for New York City, where Erastus D.
Culver, a congressman who had just lost his
Atlanta in October. I seat, had a law office, and with him Arthur
New York Evening Mail. J began to study law. Arthur soon concluded
The day for opening the cotton exposition is rap- I 1?? 8?? west and establish himself in some satis-
idly approaching, and it is evident that Atlanta is | faetorv town, and he picked a young man
uy uinirucu temporary reuei to tne i iuaKing u ncii, ana among ins investments
Moans was asked whether there was any | was the purchase of what is now a city opjio-
change in Senator Hill's condition, site Manhattan island at Hunter???s point: The
ared surprised at the question. I New Vork l???ottcr family, of whom Clarkson
, . . - - - , ns October in her I named Gardiner to be his law partner.
history. The preparations for the exposition have I Tliev looked at several towns In i
this year to enjoy the most prosperous Or
history. The preparations fortheexpc
exceeded the ex]x*ctutioas of the managers of the
ente^ri'i'.'and the'demam^'for^spaee'lias'been'so I P^ of the west, but thought thei/op^
great that it lias been necessary to add two acres of tuillties would not be so good as if they came
floor room to the area devoted to exhibitors. It is I back to the city of New York. Arthur was
surprising that exhibits are to be made in so manv I good looking, and he became acquainted with
departments of industry apart from the growing ami U.. tnd li-im-liter of I ienteinnf
manufacture of cotton, aud it is evident that At- I ???",7 daughter ot Lieutenant
lanta might easily have had the best world's fair yet I Herndon, of the American navy, Virginia
held, instead of the approaching cotton exposition. I people.
But it is perhaps well that theattention of tne conn- 1 William Lewis Herndon had been drowned
thecot ????" in 1857, at the age of fortv-four, on the ship
and a worlds fair could not so mgeh benefit the | i,:, ni
south as will the Atlanta cotton exposition. Vast Central America, 'which he commanded. He
as was the cotton crop of 1880, it would have been | ) vas bom in the town where General Wash
vicinity of
Fredericks-
Lieuten
, ??? . ??? scientific
seed for animal food nnd other purposes. The cot- | man. Herndon explored the Amazon
tan cx|>osition which opens in Atlnmu next mouth
will be a great educator for the south, giving the
people of the cotton states an opportunity to study
the best methods and the best machinery for every
part of the great cotton industry.
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ticket in this quarter. He was seen every day
conducting the campaign in this state, and to
some extent throughout the country, working
methodically and with altered habits, and
manv men were induced to contribute in New
Lemmon case, in 1857, was very mncli like York b >??? the n>Rht ??f this rather cheery-faced
feewam s position eighteen years earlier. It
involved the right of masters to ship slaves
from border states through the free port of
New York. He was the associate of William
M. Evarts, opposing Charles O???Conor for the
slave-shipper. But I will not dwell on this
case.
His semi-politieal connections as a lawyer
gentleman going to liis office like anothernian
to a bank, morning after morning.
Arthur has made two mistakes since he be-???
came Vice-president. The first was to endeavor
to elect Crowley senator against the governor???s
friend l'latt, in which lie was beaten. The
next was the attempt to put Conkling back in
the senate after he resigned, where lie was also
had passed out of the public mind when Ches-1 !> eaten '. T1 ! c l e two failures ought to have an
ter A. Arthur became involved in a dispute I instructive influence upon the vice-president.
itli the administration of Hayes and Sher
man. Yet Arthur???s political record was by
no means short or scanty. He was not ex
actly a founder of the republican party in
New York, but was one of the younger men
who assisted to form it.
In 1854, when the Nebraska policy of
It is current belief that they have affected his
confidence to the extent that lie will seek out
some Conkling, or other man of power, to ad
vise with if greater duties should devolve upon
him.
At the present time while waiting for the
fate of Garfield, I have but little doubt but
that tiie vice-president is informing himself
on the concerns of liis future office, perhaps
reading up the story of previous vicc-presi-
Ncbraska convention at Saratoga, which ad-1 den . t * who have succeeded to the supreme
joumeil to Auburn, Seward???s home, where, position. .
after a debate, it was concluded to retain the 1 Arthur is the first public man from New
whig machine, but to be ready for a new partv I ^ ork City who lias ever been president, or a
movement. The consequence was tiie elec- presidential expectant.it would seemthatlie
tion of Myron H. Clark to be governor and ou s]??t to strive to make ins administration
Henry J. Ravmond lieutenant-governor. I worthy of a metropolitan-minded ntan. The
Clark succeeded'Horatio Seymour???s first term c ?\ l ?? tr y I???. al ' ts lia 'e supplied nearly all our
in 1855. * I chief magistrates, the Adams family, perhaps,
, rl ' , ,.. .. . . . excepted. Few men have ever reached tiie
.The next year, while the wings still strug- I presidency witli such general acquaintance as
gled to keep their organization, two eonven-1 Chester A. Arthur, and unless American
tions met at Syracuse, one made up of anti- I statesmanship lias become tiie monopoly of a
\,*hn.A-.., damn,*ruts and nrosi.1^,1 nvnr h V I few pensons * he OUR ht to be aide to know
Nebraska democrats, ami presided over by
Reuben E. Fenton, fctlic other straight-out re
publican, led by John A. King and Edwin I).
Morgan. It was here that Arthur took posi
tion under Morgan, like himself a native of
New England. Tiie Morgan republicans were
beaten. Mr. King became governor, however,
in 1857, and two years afterward Morgan was
elected. There have since been three repub
lican irovemors in New York Fenton. Div
where to choose. What lie does know about
public opinion is a conundrum. He has cer
tainly suffered considerably from public
opinion, heretofore, though it remains to be
seen whether he will take it as a teacher or as
an intruder.
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One of tiie first effects of Uoiiqiound Oxy
gen is an increase of appetite and an iniprove-
... , , ment in digestion. A patient writes: ???I was
Edwin I). Morgan, without having literary unable to digest my food an account of chron-
??? speaking abilities, was a level-headed man, i c inflammation of tiie stomach and torpidity
of a rather phlegmatic temjperalnent, per- 0 f the liver. Tiie treatment had an almost
fectly sincere in liis views against slavery and magical ctlect from tiie ???irst. My improve-
in favor of the union, if necessary by war. Jn ent in strength, appetite, and ability to
He was a dealer in groceries, produce, sugar, 1 digest my food is indeed wonderful.??? An-
ete., and had made considerable money, but other savs: ???Can now <*at almost anything I
his mujjt important enterprise was in consoli-1 wish, though a month or six weeks ago my
dating the New York Central railroad, which diet, even a hygienic one, disagreed with me.???
gave him a bias toward Albany. When elected I Another: ???My appetite, before very poor, is
governor lie called on various young men to 1 n0 w excellent. Feel an elasticity and cour-
make ready for tiie threatened war between I age and strength that I have been a stranger
the sections. Arthur had been in the state to for -years.??? Another: ???Have not felt so
militia, an important feature of New York | we ll in two years. Appetite good; blood
state institutions. The militia here is well circulates well; pains in back, limbs, and
kept up, and is under rigid state super- lungs have disappeared, and I sleep sueli
vision. Morgan successfully made Arthur sound and refreshing sleep that I begin to feel
engineer-in-chief, inspector-general, and final- I like a new person.??? And another: ???Respi-
ly quartermaster-general. During the war ration, appetite, nerves, and sleep all much
New York raised an enormous army, such as improved.??? Our treatise on Compound Oxy-
would do credit to a very large nation. Arthur gen, containing large reports of cases and full
transacted the purchasing business of the state information, sent free. Drs. Starkey* Palen,
to an enormous amount of money without in- no<) an d nil Girard street, Philadelphia, Pa.
curring any scandal, and came ou t of the office
not much aheud. It is said that he refused
every present sent to him, whether of military
clothing, saddles, horses or tritles. Yet he did
make money at the close, when large numbers
of war claims were put in the hands of Arthur
& Gardinar. This firm also became celebrated
for the speed with which it could draft and
put through legislative bills at Albany or
Washington.
It is said that Tom Murphy, afterward col
lector of the port, drew Arthur into politics,
by having the city government, in Tammany
times, make Arthur counsel to the tax com
missioners. In turn Arthur assisted to make
Murphy a state senator. After Grant reached
the presidency he put Murphy into the place
of collector of the port, whereupon there was
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THE SAVANNAH RIOT.
> Strike for
The Steredorcs and Other Workmen on
Higher Wsureik
Savannah, September 20.???No further nets of vio
lence have occurred from the strike of the stevedores
sinee the riot last afternoon, which resulted in the
probably fatal wounding ol Policeman IIII Harvey.
Only one arrest has been made, and no
evidence of who fired the shot has
yet been obtained. After being shot in
clearing the bridge across the Ogeeehe canal, Har
vey fired several shots into thfc retreating mob, and
it has since been learned that several negroes were
carried off w ounded and have been hid away by
their friends. A strong squad of police are now on
loud opposition, followed by >iurpliy???s rcsig- I guard at the bridge, holding the approaches to the
nation, and, at Murphy???s request, Grant then I wharves of the Ocean steamship company. This
made Arthur collector of the part, much to I morning alarge body of thestrikersassembledin that
the surprise of the people, who in general vicinity, hut they are now somewhat diminished.
In no work at the Central railroad wharves is almost
paralyzed, only a few hands besides the crews of
the different steamships being employed. In spite
of this the steamship Gate City went out on her
schedule time. The Dessong, half discharged, and
knew little about him.
For the next ten years, however, the con
stant investigations of the custom house and
the huge business it did for the country made
Arthur a marked man. When he was removed
bv Haves strong petitions were prepared in , . . . . , . ....
protest. But General Merritt took tiie place tlie c, *y of Macon just in, are now lying at their
and held it until the recent confirmation of I wharves. General Sorrel, the agent, says he will
Robertson. I promptly meet the emergency and has already cm-
In the meat) time Arthur, who had devcl- I ployed some other workmen,
oped into a pretty bright politician, and had I A body of about fifty strikers, all negroes-, were
got complete control of the Conkling machine I collected near the canal bridge late this afternoon,
in Xew York, became the regular engineer of I with a sullen and menacing attitude, keeping aloof
the republican campaigns. It was he who from the whites.
decided to support Cooper, democrat, for Your correspondent interviewed some of the lead
major. His office was in the Fifth Avenue I ers _ Their statement is that they have repeatedly
hotel, and nearly all the moneys to be spent ask , forhi h * r wages and faning ln this> they were
The* mcridmnts ^llSTtte^t forced to strike on account of the rise iu provision,
him. His manner was rather firie, yet sweet. I The - V that the not yesterday was brought on by
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He was always fair to look upon, witli a pair I ,he police: that they do not comemplaie any acts of Sms Growers, West Grave,Chester Co., n.
of rich black eyes, in which lav' a refined I violence; but they are determined to hold out until sepu???mo
smile. A healthy color was in his cheeks, be- | their wages are raised. In such a crowd, however,
tokening good living, and he wore a pretty acts of violence may again be precipitated at any
dress, which became him. Not originallj' a I moment.
man of strong powers, his graces arc such that ] n anticipation of trouble to-night the Guards,
when 111? lias none a thing for a certain time I t he Huzzas a n<l Chatham artillery, are now assem-
he shows skill and perfectness in it. He be- 1 We< j at t j ie f r armories ready to move at a moment???s
came a pohtic.an slowly, and seldom presum-| not . ce , learn that the striUers submitted their
demands in writing this evening, but no action has
been taken.
The death of President Garfield was received with
profound sorrow throughout the city. The public
buildings, national, sta and municii*al, are draped
in mourning, and all partisanship is forgotton in
ed until he knew the business, and then he
could be severe if necessary. He had to say |
???no??? often, and cut off the head of many
friend. If there is anything he will be perfect I
in when he takes the presidency??? it will be |
making appointments and removals.
Arthur is a republican pobrirism j n liis I
views, hut a democratic politician in his I sorrow over the nation???s dead. A mass meeting of
waj's. He would regulate a party on tiie I t he citizens, expressive of our common loss,is called
Jacksonian plan, of discipline m>m the top. | by ^ mayor for to-morrow.
Fatal Shooting at a Wedding.
St. Louis, September 17.???A -Post-Dispatch Kan
sas City special says: At a wedding last night, dur- 1 Wheci-uoi
Ing the dajife, a party of roughs intruded, u row | his teeth, issuing orders. For many??? j???ears, or
river, and had a high reputation, when
the Central America sunk coming from Ha
vana to New York, with 32-t passengers and
nearly- one hundred sailors and ??2,000,000 in
gold treasure. Herndon was cool as a May
morning, and when the few who survived saw
tiie ship go down he was standing on the
wheel-house, some say, with a cigar between
Under Morgan he saw a nch, self-seeking and
??? rather timid man, who, after he had reached
the highest position in the state, had not tiie
art to maintain himself, and was easily' beaten
b>' Fenton for the senate. Being th*e benti-
ciary of Fenton???s discomfiture, Arthur, of
course, allied himself to General Grant, and
tlirough Grant to Conkling. He possesses in a
ensued and llervy Wiltfang. one of the gang, was
shot iu the head and killed by J B Jones, one of the
guests. It is claimed that ihe shooting was in self-
defense. Jones and two others were arrested.
Rural New Yorker.
The best people will vote for the best man
everj* time. And we judge by the number of
he at Jacobs Oil constitnenej' that it is the
est remedy - for the rheumatism known. Prof.
Tice of St. Louis, among others, says so.
until the rebellion broke out, he was the
popular hero of the United States. The
Herndon family is one of the best in Virginia.
By Miss Herndon, whom he married, General
Arthur has a son, full}' grown His wife died
onl}' about one j'ear* before lie became vice-
president. Althbugii a stalwart republican in
almost ever}' sense, General Arthur, through
his wife, lias the best southern connections.
He ought to be a national president.
It has been said, with good reason, that however.
A Serionn Accident to a Kullroud Conductor.
Travelers on railroads often pity the hard
life of a conductor of the train, One of them
has had liis life brightened. George W.
Barksdoll, of N o. G25 Cherry st., Norristown,
I???a., a passenger conductor on the Perkiomen
w _ branch of the Philadelphia and Reading R. R.,
high degree the receptive, doeile'qualities of I was asked by a friend to allow him to spend a
character necessary to get along with Conk- I dollar on him in the purchase of a bait ticket
ling. .That phlegm and stolid conceit Gov- in tiie 135th monthl}' drawing of The Louis-
ernor Cornell possesses is foreign to Arthur's iana State Lottery on August 9th and he drew
nature. There is a great deal that is still boy- I si5,000. He thinks of buying the road it is
isli, generous and pretty' aliout Arthur. He | said. The 137tli drawing occurs on Octolier
has been accustomed, however, to behavior lith, before which time M. A. Dauphin, New
rather than to formulating principles. He is I Orleans, La., will be happj' to replj??? to any
an intense republican, and believes that J?? let | inquiry' made on the subject,
go of the organization in the slighest respect I sepao^-diwlt
isto invite disaster to the party. He thinks Secretary Blaines face is unchanged in
Conkling to be a man of the largest
powers, boUi of mind aud will. Conkling, | a nd yvhiskets have whitened so rapidly during the
did his best to keep Arthur from ac- " ??? ??? * ???
its expression of force and acuteness, but liis hair
and yvhiskets have whitened so rapidly
post summer that he looks much older.
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