The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-10-05

economy to save about $500, he started for
New York City and entered the law office
of ex-Judge Z. ID. Culver as student.
After being admitted to the bar, he formed
a partnership with his intimate friend and
room mate, Henry ID. Gardiner, with the
intention OF practicing in the West, and for
three months they roamed about In the
Western States in search of an eligible site;
but in the end returned to New 1ork, where
they hung out their joint shingle and en-
tered upon a successful career almost from
the start. General Arthur soon after mar
ried the daughter of Lieutenant Herndon,
United States navy, who was lost at sea; and
a cigar. Congress voted gold medal to
his widow in recognition of the conspfcu-
Gus bravery he displayed on that occasion
Mrs. Arthur died about two years ago.
In 1852 Jonathan and Juliet Lennon,
Virginian Shareholders, intending to emf
CRATE to Texas, came to New York to await
the sailing of a steamer, bringing eight slaves
with them. A writ of hGbeds corpus was OBJ
tanned from Judge Paine to test the Ques-
ton whether the slaves were not freed by
the act OF bringing them into free terri
tory. Judge Paine rendered decision
holding that they were, and ordering the
Lennon slaves to be liberated. Henry Id
Clinton was one OF the counsel for the slave-'
holders. A howl of rage went up from the
south, and the Virginia Legislature author
lied the Attorney General Of that State to
assist in taking an appeal. William M.
Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were en-
ployed to represent the people, and they
won their case, which then went to the Su-
preme Court of the United States. Charles
O'Conor here espoused the cause OF the
stakeholder, and he, too, was beaten by
Messrs. Evarts and Arthur, and a long step
was taken toward the emancipation OF the
black race. Another great service was rem
| dered by General Arthur in the same cause
| in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, respectable col
| ored woman, was put OF Fourth avenue
car with violence, after she had paid her
4 sAWnr NA6 hnW ha
| half, and secured a verdict of $500 dam
| ages. The next DAY the company issued an
| order to permit colored persons TO ride on
! their cars, and the other car companies
| quickly followed their example. Before
| that the Sixth Avenue Company ran few
| special cars for eolored persons, and the
| other lines refused to let them ride at all.
| General Arthur was delegate 10 the Con-
vention at Saratoga that founded the Re-
Previous to the outbreak of the war he
| was Judge Advocate of the Second Brigade
OF the State Militia, and Governor Edwin ID.
| Morgan, soon after his Inauguration, Sc
| lected him to fill the position Of Engineer
| in Chief of his staff. In 1861 he held the
post of Inspector General, and soon after
wards was advanced to that OF Quartermast-
er-General, which he held until the expira-
ton of Morgan's term of office. No higher
encomium can be passed upon him than the
| mention of the fact that, although the war
account of the State of New York was al
least ten times larger than that OF any otneI
State, yet it was the first audited and al
lowed in Washington, and without the de-
duction of a dollar while the Quartermast-
ers' accounts from other States were re-
duced from $1,OOO,OOO to SiO,OOO,OOO each.
During his term of office every present
sent TO him was Immediately returned
Among others a prominent clothing house
offered him magnificent UNIFORM anu
| printing house sent him costly saddle ano
trappings. Both gifts were Indignantly re-
iecIed. When MIR. Arthur became Quarter
| ter-General he was poor. Wnen hii
term expired he was poorer stlil. de nae
opportunities to make millions, unques
toned. Contracts larger than the worit
had ever seen were at his disposal. He ha6
to provide for the clothing, arming anG
transportation Of hundreds of thousands o
men. Speaking OF him at this period,
friend saws: $50 Jealous was he OF his in
tegrity that have known instances wher'
he could have made thousands of dollars le
Ultimately, and yet refused to do it on tn
ground that he was a public ofncer, ant
| meant to be, like C;esar's wife, above sus
picion.' His own words to me in regard Z
| this matter amply illustrate his character
If had misappropriated nve cents, anc OF
walking down town saw TWO men taking
| together, 1 would imagine they were talk
ing of my dishonesty, and the very though
would drive me mad.'' At the expiration
Of Governor Morgan's term, General Arthu
returned to his law practice.
Business of the most lucrative characte
poured in upon him, and the firm OF Ar
thur S Gardiner prospered exceedingly
r Much of their work consisted in the coilec
! tion of war; claims and the drafting OF I'm
portant bills for speedy legislation; and
great deal of General Arthur's time wa
= spent in Albany and Washington, wher
. his uniform success won for him Nations
, | reputation. For n short time he held th
. position of Counsel TO the Board OF Ia
Commissioners Of New York ut S1O, ,O0O pc
annum. Gradually he was drawn into tn
arena of politics. He nominated, and, by b
; efforts, elected the Hon. Thomas Murphy
= State Senator.
1 When the latter resigned the Collector
. ship of the por: on November 20, 1871, Pres
. ident Grant nominated General Arthur
: the vacant position, and, four years latel
r when his term expired, renominated hin
: an honor that had never been shown
any previous Collector in the history I
: the port. He was removed by Pres
n dent Hayes on July II, 1878, despit
n the fact that two special con
u mittees made searching investigation mi
bis administration, and both reported then
i