The following telegrams were received by yesterday's American Mail New York, 18: h November.
Ex-President Cheater A, Arthur died at his home in this city at 5 o'clock this morning. The news of his death came as a great surprise. A stroke of cerebral apoplexy, sudden but not wholly unexpected by the attending physicians, te minated his life. The stroke came in hi sleep between Tuesday night and Weduesday morning, and he did not rally thereafter, His death was painless, and four hours before the end came he was unconscious of his surrounding Hia sou and auughter, h former partner, Sherman' W. Kn and his closest friend, Surrogate Rollins, were at his bedside, All reports to the contrary, Mr. Arthur's health had not improved during hia away in New London, and on his re-tara, Ostober lat, hho wes no better than when he left the city. As time passed no permanent improvement came, and the physicians feared some such sudden stroke 'a8 the one to which he succumbed, On Monday morning he was found lying on his side, breathing heavily, and could not be roused, Dr. Peters, when called, caw that ho was suffering from a severe stroke of cerebral apoplexy; a small blend vessel of the brain bad burst, and the par alysis o° the right side had ensued. From the moment of the discovery all hope was known to be in vain, but no effort was spared to bring the patient back to cou sciousness, They were all alike a failure. Mr. Arthur lay 1 allay and all-night, Ti in the early morning how Of his two children, Chester Arthur is 22 years old, a graduate of Princeton, The daughter, Nellie, is 14 years old.
A very few days age, in conversation with Aqueduct Commissioner Fish, who hind called to see him, vx-President Arthur mind the following despairing remarks After ull, life is not worth living, and I might as well give up the struggle for it now as at any other time and submit to the inevitable."
The telegrams go on to state that many honours were to be brid in the United States to the memory of the deconsed the President did ust hold his levee and issued order closing the executive depart-mouts on the 23rd November, the Post Oltices and Supreme Conct would also be closed. ho funeral, which was to be entirely without display, waa to take place on the above day. Men of the Time gives the following account of his life Arthur, Chester Allan, twenty-first Preaident of the United States, was born Franklin County, Vermont, October 5, 1830. His father was a Scotchman, and pastor of Baptist churches in Vermont and New York, After his g adnation of B.A. from Union College, Mr. Arthur studied Jaw and began the practice (1850) in New York City, where he has since resided. Originally 6 Whig, he joined the Repub-Tican party on its formation and soon became a prominent leader in New York. At the outbreak of the civil war he waa entrusted ty Gov. Morgan with the nrming and subsisting of the troops raised in New York, and was euceessively made Enginver-in-Eh and ight. regiment ry, six battalions and tou batteries in the space of four months, In 1871 he was appointed Collector of the port of New York City, which position he retained until 1878, when he was removed by President When the dissensions arose in the Party, Me, Arthur placed self on what is known as the Stalwart side. At the Nation"l Convention in Chi-cage in 1880 the Anti-Stalwart wing was successful in preventing the nomination of Gon. Grant to the Presidency, and in securing that of Mr. Garfield. Mr. Arthur was then nominated as Vice-President in order that both wings of the Party might be represented om the ticket. The Repub-Ticans were successful in the ensuing election, and the assassination of President Garfield within aix months of his inauguration by Charles J. Guitexu, raised Me. Arthur to the Presidency, September 19th
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