Arizona miner., 1866-02-28
TIE LATE pREsroN KING.

most valuable public servant. Charles sum ncr said that, take him for all in all, he was the mu~t useful member of the United states Senate. He served for many years in that body, and was succeeded hy the Hon. b. D. Morgan.
 Upon the death of Mr. Lincoln it is well known that Mr King became the coniden- friend and adviser of President Johnson He remaiscd for the most part in Washing ton until his appointment as Collector for the port of New York-a position which he did not desire. but which he accepted at the so- licitation of the President. The annoyances of the place were too much for bis overtnsked nervous system, and it gave way It IS gen erallv supposed that he committed suicide 1 by jumping from ferry boat while crossing the Hudson river. although his body | has not been recovered Not a blemish was ever found upon his personal character, and during his short term as Collector he intro duccd numerous valuable reforms in the Gus tom House, and labored with singular devo- ton to the public interest. The Albany Jjaraal says he was "morbidy honest, |" which we take it is about as high compli ment as can be paid any man in these days of political prutligacy and official corruption.
 During part of last summer and autumn Mr King and Secretary Mccormick occupied adjoining rooms in the Astor House, New York, and being old friends were frequently together. The Secretary relates the follow ing anecdote: On the occasion of Senator Morgans grand reception to Secretary Stan ton, in September, they both received cards of invitation. Mir. King asked Mr MeCor- mick if he would accompany him to the Sen ator's house in the upper part of the city, which was agreed upon. When they left the hotel in the evening Mir. King preferred an omnibus L. carriage, and Mir. Mccormick paid tne fare for two while MT. K. fumbled in his pockets. After long search Mir. King expressed his deep regret that in changing his clothes he had left his money behind At the party, he, with many apologies, bor- rowed ten cents of Mir. Mccormick, 10 return in the omnibus. The next morning he was hunting Mir Mccormick over the hotel to thbNhANAAto11 oAAh bte hAAAAh- hihii he renewed his search at noon, and when called to Washington in the evening left word that he much regretted not seeing him before he left. After two days he returned from Washington, when his first business was to wait upon Mir Mccormick and insist upon his receiving the amount of fare both to and from the Senator's, (twenty cents) and expressing his regret that it had not been more promptly paid.
 , This little incident we'll illustrates the ex- act and simple nature, and the morbid hon ]. estyn of Preston King, for he was by no means parsimonious, but the contrary. How many politicians would have thought of returning twenty cents, borrowed under simlarcircun,- stances
 In this connection we may say that NIT. King, while in the Senate, was always the warm friend of Arizona; he did much to ia vor the movements towards the organization of the Territory, and was ever anxious to hear of it's progresss and prosperity. The following letter to Secretary Mccormick is characteristic of the man and of his senti- ments:
 OcDESsBuRGH, x. Y. Nov, 2e, 1861. Hon. R. C. Mccormick, Secretary of Arizona
 Territory.
 Dear Sir-I have been hoping to receive letter from you to hear how you have sue ceeded in your new home in Arizona Territory, but l suppose you have been too much occupied with the demands upon your time in new country to have the leisure to write. l received three papers, which, pre- sume, came from you, in the early part of the summer. They were copies of the ARIZONA MINER, published at Fort Whpple, and ] have no other guide by which to guess at your post office address, so I send this to your address at Fort Whpple, and should like to get letter from you, with such of your experience and so much information of the condition and prospects of yourself and of Arizona as you can give in letter. The war for the suppression of the rebellion IS the absorbing question of interest with us, and we are now looking forward with hope for its early successful termina- tion. We have had an exciting presidential election, one of very deep and earnest inter est, and all our good citizens are rejoicing over the result The courage and resolution of the country are firm and determined, and must soon bring the rebellion and its one great cause, stdrery, to an end. With our country united and free, we shall soon resume our pace upon the great highway to prosperi- ty and power, and move rapidly forward in it. With the Union and the government of the United States firmly re-established upon the foundations of universal freedom, We may soon expect to reap the rich harvest of prosperity that will spring from peaceful in- dustry in such country filled with such a people as ours. Yours, truly,
 PRESTON KING.
 A PACIFIC SUPREME CoURT.-A bill intro duced in the United States Senate by Mir Stewart is intended to make radical change