New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-19

and bought the timber once at Albany But the
Hudson River suddenly froze up and the lumber was
useless Returning to New York he quickly bought up
ell the timber there The surrender of Mason and
Slidell soon put an end TO all fear of war with Eng
land, and the timber afterward sold at prom to
the State One Sunday pornin in the spring OF 1867
word came to General Arthur from General Mcclellan
then in command of the Army OF the Potomac that the
renel Merrimxc had destroyed two chips in lamp
ton Roads, and would perhaps enter the harbor OF
New-York. General Arthur knew that the haroor
forts only led by recruits, who did not
know how TO handle heavy cannon and that there
was no powder there but before nizhtfall he had
city, and them to the guns, and had a supply of
powder at the forts As Engineer Chief he SUB
ss S.rv sas Of bs Which %s
specor General he inspected the New York troops in
| cellsn. in Virginia While with General McCle
lan's army on the Chickahominy River, an advance
aid a on the staff Of Major General Hunt who com
Ss desire the
active duties in the armies at the front Az GOV
one Of the 9th Regiment New York Volunteers, to
which he had been elected. Aterwari be was offered
Teen raised greatly through his exertions. lie then
formally applied to Go, ernor Morgan for permission
to take the command; but the Governor replied that
he could be spared from the service of the State
and that while he appec sted the -trengh OF TGh
do far more valuable service for the country by con
Of HI $50 there was cali from the Government for
100000 moro troops In relation 70 MS woIa IN N
/ Ger THIS eau Ocucidl eaiu IL MAO
| port: ain summing up the operations OF this de-
partment during the last levy Of troops. need only
Office of this department in the City Of New YORK,
from August to December the space o. fOs5
and EQUIPPED supplied with camp mp sn st fa 6 te
eau war sn g. gment ofnianty la talons Of
cavalry. and battaliOns and 10 batteries of
| As one Of Governor MOrgan's STAFF officers he
retired from office upon the inauguration OF Governor
eral a Democrat. highly praised in his first annual
report the condition Of the bebs
Ing to his law practice. the General soon again Oh,
Of the co in Of Taxes and Assessment
salary of g. 5000 yearly. hut promptly resisned the
many Ring to coerce Republicans employed in The
departments to aid them in concealinG the robberss
iner, died. In 1872 formed the firm Of Arthur
Phelps Eneyas Ransom He continued ns active
man Of the Executive Committee Of the Republican
in tho electon and re election ofuysses Grant
President be took leading rsrt hcnS rrrTlnrnt S o.
resignation Of Thomas Murphy as Collector of the
Port Of New York, on November 90. ISL Pres
ldent Grant nominated General Arthur Tor Tie posi-
| ton
| COLLECTOR OF THE PORT.
| The Collectorshp to General Arthur unsought
and unexpectedly and accepted with much hests-
| ton. His administration of the Custom House was
marked by great improvement IN the methods OF doing
public business. The expense OF collecting the revenue
less than that incurred by Collector since 1851
| with one exception On0er MT barney, IIOlh ISOl O
1864 it about 81 10 per cent; under Mr. Draper
| In 1864 and 1865, 100 per cent under Mr. King In
| 1865 about .63as per cent; under Mr. smythe. from
1866 to 1860, about IA under Mr.. Grinnel In 1869
and 1870 s5 per under Mr. Murphy In 1870
and 1871 about 80 per cent under Mr. Arthur, from
1871 1877. about so per At the close Of his
years of Office his services had been so sat
isfactory to the that President Grant
nominated him and the appointment was at once con-
trmed by the Senate without referring ii 10 committee
| a compliment only paid before 10 ex-Senators. The
wholesale removal OF clerks and their replacement
by special friends of the Collector usually the first
| token OF a change Of administration at the Custom
House. was a blemish OF his rule. During his six
years administration. the percentage Of removals was
only ga per against An annual average Of % per
under his three immediate predecessors and an an
nua of about 81 per cent since 1857 He was
removed from the Collectorshp by President Hayes In
1873 petition for his retention signed by every
Judge OF this city, by nearly all the prominent members
Of the bar and by nearly every important mercantile firm
in the district In the 1879 he WAS elected
| chairman Of the Republican state Committed. and a.
ton Of Governor Cornell and other candidates OF the Re
National Convention at Chicago In 1850 he was antn-
mOusly nominated Tor VICE president OF the Olneu
and the nomination was seconded by ex-governor
| Dennson. Of Ohio; senator Mccarthy, OF New 1ork
lillian ". Hicks. of Florida General fitzpatrick OF
! New-Jersey. and many others . -
ZION of General Garfield the Presidency and his own
election to the NicePresdency he rendered engient
service chairman OF the New-lOrk STATE hepuDI.ahi
Committee generally conceded that ne conducted
inv Early in his tern, a. Nice-rresdeut General Arthur
afrayed himself against President Garieds Adminstr1
ter-CieneraI James and United states Senators Roscoe
Conkng and Thomas C. Plat he signed paper addressed
10 the President demonstrating against chage III the
Coectorship at the Port Of Newfork by the removal OF
The President declined to withdraw Mr. Robertsons name
wheTeupOn Messrs. COnkling and Plau on The l4th OF
Nav. ISL after having exhausted their resources in a
letter Governor Cornell resiSing their senatorshps
| In the long aud unprecedenty bitter struggle when
followed at Albany over the senatorial chairs
General Arthur abored zeaosy for the xindicahon by
reelection OF Messrs ConkAng ana Flatt Inc
conference held III this city the sunday before the
designations reached the Governors hands al Wlich IL
decided that the TWO resigned senators shoiu e
deavor 10 be chosen their own successors took pace
paired TO Albany with Mr. Conkhng, and there prough,
lis official political and personal Influence 10 bear on
of the Legislature on behalf OF the return OF me
resigned Senators. He remained at Albany wen and
faithfully rendering this service for several weeks On
field Was shot he returned NewYork. coming down
he went up with Mr. Conkng As the boat on which he
called out to the Vice President from the wharf that Cen
era Garfield had been ssasnated As soon as he landed
ng the report bulletins Of the Presidents condition we're
sent to him al short inery during that day and at mid
night accompanied by Jones OF Nevada he took
the train for Washington The General remained al the
Capital until there good TO believe that the
President slowly but surely recovering and then came
| back 10 New-YOrk
REACHES THE Presidency.
General Garfield died at Elberton at 1895 p m Sep
TENDER 49, 1881 telegram instantly sent to Gen
erl Arthur announcing the news, signed by all the me
beers OF the Garfield This reached him
at his house No 1913 LeungtOn-ave, and few minutes
aterJudge Brady of the Supreme Court accompanied by
Attorney Rollins joined him there. The Judge in
the presence OF Rollins Police Commissioner French.
Arthur the Generals only administered the
oath Of office. and thus Chester Alan Arthur became
President OF the United States Two days later Presi
dent Arthur again took the oath OF Office. This time it
adm 20 him Washington the Marble
Room the Capitol by ChefJustce Waite, in the pres
ence Of of the Cabinet, Justices OF the Supreme
Court Generals and sherman. half dozen United
states senators and Congressman and a Few otheIs-a