Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-18

The Hon. Chester A. Arthur, Of New York,
the Republican candidate for Vice President,
was born October 10, 1880, at Franklin, VI, and
is now In the tiftieth year of his age. He Is
about six feet two inches In height, rather
pOrtly, with most dignlhed and gracious
presence. His hair Is slghtly gray and he
wears side whlskers and a moustache, both
slightly tinged with gray also. His eyes are
dark brown and his face is very winning.
Probably no man in America has larger cir
Gle Of personal friends, and no man better de
serves them, for he Is as steadfast to them rs
the needle TO the pole. Whileyet very young
lad, his parents removed to the State of New
York, and he attended school at Greenwich,
on the Hudson, until he was fourteen, at which
early age he entered Union College and gradu-
fated well up i'm his class at eighteen. In few
months he went TO the City Of New York and
entered the office Of the Hon. Il. ID. Culver,
then member of Congress from the First Dis
trict of that Stutc. Mr.. Culver was at that time
one OF the leading anti-sluyery men OF the
day, and Il was here that Mr. Arthur
imbibed those Arm Republican sentiments and
principles which he has since sO ably aud
boldly maintained In good aud evil report. Al
the age Of twenty-three he was a delegate to
the first Republican Convention ever held IN
the State, which met at Syracuse' AMI he al
most Immediately took position as an earn
est, active and determined worker in the
Republican cause. When the celebrated Lem
on slave case came up IN the State and Unit
ed States Court there, young Mr.. Arthur was
tho unanimous selection Of the anttsl0very
people for the defense OF the fugitive and the
prosecution Of those who sought TO force MIN
into slavery. This thing he fought TO the bit
ter end, and when it was over he was already
a marked man. Up TO- the beginning OF the
war he was engaged in the practice Of law, and
was on the way to competency when the war
broke out, At that time the militia Of the
state of New YORK, as, In TACT, most Of the
various States, was in very poor condition.
IL became necessary to at once put II in shape,
and Governor Morgan called upon the ener-
getio young lawyer TO abandon his practice
and come TO the aid Of his state. He was
made Quartermaster and Inspector General,
and with his usual impetuosity threw himself
heart and soul Into his work, ana Wlthln less
than month the troops from New York began
TO go forward arme1, equipped ana supplied
in n manner that was as grititying TO them
selves as II was to the military authorities at
Washington For nearly three years be worked
night and day at this task, and made most
satisfactory record for himself and his State.
At the close of the war he returned to his
practice, and was known as a hard-worker,
/ persistent student, and as citizen who always
| took u y comment part In politics. In fact he
| is one of those men who believe that every
| American citizen, old and young, should
| bear his share of the political burden, and not
only inform themselves regarding municipal
| and national affairs, but should also take an
| active working interest In everything that
{ tends TO insure good government, and that nt-
fects for good or evil the interests of the peO'
4 pie. He was selected bY President Grant IN
! 1871 as Collector of the Port of New York,
/ which position he filled until 1873, when be
| was removed by President Hayes for, as was
| alleged, violating the Civil Service rules, not
| withstanding the fact that an Investigating
| Committee reported that his office was u mod
/ ell, and not the slightest complaint was heard
! against II. lie Is now engaged in the practice
of his profession. He has two children, a son
| OF fourteen ana daughter of eight years OF
! age. He had the misfortune to lose his do
| voted wife last January, whose death WIS sud
den and unexpected. Mrs, Arthur was q
/ daughter of the late Captain HerndOn, of the
United States navy, the intrepid explorer Qi
the River Amazon, who was lost at sea while
in command OF the steamship Central Am3rl
ca on her trip between Havana and New HorA
I'm 1857.
General Arthur will add strength TO thu
ticket and when elected will fll the high po
sition for which he has been nominated with
ability, dignity and integrity. .