Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-07
THE NEW SENATOR

The e'ec'ion of Mr.. JONI G. Ten Eyex 8,
q Senator from New Jersey, in the room o.
Mr. WkiGHr, is q satisfactory ground for re-
Jolcing, on the part of every well-wisher for
the honor and interest of bis native State.
Mr.. Ten EYcK is a lawyer of Acknowledged
ability, and q statesman of no ordinary quail
f~ications. He is not so.far advanced in wears
but that he wllhhave ample room. for improve
ment. Depend upon il, he viii make his mark
high upon the scroll Of his coulltry's fame
lie Is q man who knows what is right, and is
not afraid to do it. New Jersey may well be
proud of this gifted young statesman.
Dir. Ten EycK is a native of this county,
Is descended from a Holland family who
ed at LIVINGSTON. Middlesex county.
From there they removed to Somerset, and
from thence to Monmouth.t Col William Ten
Eyck, the father of Senator Ten Eyck, mar
ried in the Conover family, and on tile 18th
of March 1914, John c. Ten Eyck was born
in what is now called Marlborough, but at
that time a part of Freehold. He pursued a
fine course of studies under the care of Rev.
Asa S. Cotton, and entered the Office of Joseph
i. Randolph, to fit himself for the profession
of the Law. He gave evidence. of the posses
sion of a literary taste Of no common order,
and while yet a student, wrote a series of sto-
rics, the principal one of which was ''tThe Pine
Robber"-a the time highly spoken Of and
still well remembered by many of our citizens,
These sketches had for their foundation facts
connected with the early history of the county,
and their merits caused them to be copied
quite extensively by newspapers in various
sections Of the State and elsewhere.
So marked was his progress in the pursuit
of the law, that he was admitted to the bar
at the May term in 1885, when only 21 years
of age. Gen. Wall had just been elected to
the United States Senate, and Mr.. Ten Eyek
entered into a business connection with him at
Burlington, which continued until the fall of
1888, when he removed to Mount Holly,
where hespeedily secured q fine position and
a large business. The Legislature of 1889
appointed him Prosecutorof the Pleas for Bur-
lington County, at the expiration of his term
Gov. Stratton re-appointed him.
Holding this appointment for ten years he
was, of course, precludsd from other public
positions; but in 1874 he was elected from
Burlington county to the Constitutional Con-
%vention, Of which body he was a valuable
member, attracting general attention by the
vigor ana r--<aess of his reasoning. He
was also appointed by Gov. Stratton, in con
nection with Messrs. Darcy and Vredenburgh,
to investigate the charges made against
wreckers on the New Jersey coast, and be-
slowed much care in proving the entire falsity
of the charges. Mr.. Ten Eyck was recently
offered the position of a Justice of the Su-
preme Court by Gov. Newell, which he de-
cliued. In the last canvass he took an ac-
tive and decided part, and from the m
ment has been a prominent candidate for the
position to which he has been elected. Mr..
Ten Eyck has never sought Office, and has
served the Opposition party. Of the State
faithfully in many a well contested fght.-
His speeches for Fremont and Dayton during
the campaign Of 1856, were clear and positive
in their ennnciation Of the principles which
the Opposition Of New Jersey now contend
for. BY the nature of his mind Mr.. Ten Eyck
is conservative, but it is no timid conservatism
Moderate and coneiliatory, having a just re-
gard for all the sections of the Union, he will
always ~reeolleet that he represents a free
State, and his vote will be given and his voice
raised in defence Of Truth, Justice and HUI
mainly.
LoPEaAN's SALooS.-Mr. Jonathan Lope-
man has been cleaning and otherwise fixing
up his his Saloon for the reception Of visitors
during Court, He has also put up a new and
very neat sign, SO that the { wayfaring man.
cannot fail to find bis place. Those who are
in the least tormented by the cravings of APP
petite, will End everything : in pot-pie order