Daily Republican., 1881-09-20
ARTHUR'S CAREER
THE BAPTIST MINISTER'S SON wu,
BECOMES CHIEF MAGISTRATE

k2 1865 ''''i 1" iNlSi F.R \ SON WHO
BECOMES CHIEF MAGISTRATE
q OF THE NATION.
l. Chester Allan Arthur is 80 years O.
ase, and native of Fairfield county.
vermont. His father was a Baptis,
minister, who came from England I,
&Nahaua, and later to the United States.
Io wee Presidents early education
Jwas obtained in a county school near
Troy, n. y, in the neigbborhood ot
&Whlch his father preached. He was
1aiterward sent 10 Union College, from
winch ne was graduated in 1913. H4
6theh studied law, and in 1850 was adj
ml1ted to the bar. He formed a law
partnership with Erastus ID. Culver
WI" was atterward American Minister
3'o South American State. On the|
8eiectlon of Mr.. Culver, as Judge of al
1clvll court i'll Brooklyn, the partner.
ship was dissolved and General Artbu,E
went in.o partnership with a MIR, I;nrL
oer' VINO died about 1865. In 1871 theE
nm OF Arthur Phelps u Kuevals wa,3
1forin@i at New York, with General
3Arthur as the senior partner, and .heS
1iate District Attorney Benjamin III
help5 as another partner. Shortly be
Pore this, General Arthur was appoint.k
led one or tue counsel to the Board off
!ndN COMMISSIONERS at 500 Il year.
The only legal case of note in whirb&
'General Arthur acted as counsel. wax
u n the suit OF Jouath,n Lanmous ofN
lrSlhla, 10 recover possession of eighth
saves that hai been declared tree byS
y uhge Palnt. of the New York SUPER q
lor Court. LemmonS had been incauti- f.
onSly passing through New York withW
ms slaves, intending to snip them t, y
ieSas, when u ey were discovered and q
freed by an order Of Judge Paine, who 1S
was OF the opinion that the Fugitivew
slave Act did LoJ Lo!d The saves. "
lee state OF Virginia directed its Attor n
hey ueneral to appeal from the decis-
ION. lhereupon the Legislature of New n
ork directed the Governor to employ 81
counsel to defend the slaves. f. in
Culver and Joseph Blunt were appoipt-@ N
81, but Withdrew, and atterward Will n
lain NJ. Evarts and General Arthur
were retained rs counsel tor the slaves. 8
lhe ulSclsSion OF Judge Paine was =
sustained by the supreme Court, anr "a
Also affirmed by the Court of Appeals. a
In 1856 General Arthur prosecuted an
clty-car line on behalf of Lizzie .Jeu n
nlngs, "a cOlOred woman, and superiu. n
'endant OF Sunday school, who wa
roughly eJtcted from IL car because Ot%
ler color. Ihe case was tried before%
Judge Rockwell in Brook lyn, and the Il
Jury gave the plaintiit $500 damages. N
GeueraI Arthur got his military title n
through service on the staff of Gov,
Edwin ID. Morgan. He was appoiIted@'
Lnglneer.ln chief on the Governor IN
'tatf, Jan. ], 1861, and on Jan. 9th,
So, he was made Quartecmaster-G Gen.
;ral. He was active in both positions.
General Arthur gave his attention to&
ity politics at the close of the war, anl&
'at for time chairman of the Repub.U
lean Committee, known as the MorganM
which met aJ Broad wayHc
nd IWeAty-tlird street. On the 10Th N
+ November, 1871, he was appointed Me
y President Grant Collector of the portM
t New York, succeeding Thomas Muir
ny: He served one term, and was re- E
ppointed in December, IS1J. He was n
uspended by II. b. Hayes July q, 1873 r.
harges being preferred against him by'H
ohm Sherman. Edwin A. Merritt be X
anne Collector in his place. In Sep n
amber, 1879, he was chosen chairman
the Republican State Committee, and III
e was chairman of the Central Com. n
littee of the county for two years. In MI
lay, 1850, he was nominated for Vice IS
resident on the Republican ticket and
as elected the following November. Eh
ince th> adjournment Of the Senate he IT.
as been forwarding Mr.. Conkling n
snvass for reelection. General y,
.rthur married daughter of Captan
Lerndon, who was lost on board of his =,
essel, the CeItral America. His wife
led about eighteen months ago. HeH
As two chilured, a son and Il daughter Hot
g has a brother, who is u Major in the ia
gnlar army, and one of his sisters isl
10 wife Of "a Mr. McLiroy, Of Albany, l@ho