It had indeed brought him nothing but care and anxiety.

The applications for place were numerous and perplexing, the daily routine of duty was onerous and exacting, and his pecuniary responsibility to the Government, much exaggerated by his worried mind, constantly alarmed him.

Mr.King found himself therefore so situated that, whichever way he turned, he faced embarrassment in his career, and as he imagined, disaster to his reputation.

In the conflicting emotions incident to his entangled position, his brain was fevered, and his intellect became disordered.
From the anguish which his sensitive nature could not endure, he sought relief in the grave.
Mr.King was born in 1806 at Ogdensburg, St.Lawrence County, New York, which throughout his life continued to be his home.

He became prominent in political affairs, while still a young man, as a zealous supporter of President Jackson in whose interest he edited a paper.
He attached himself to that strong school of New-York Democrats of whom Silas Wright was the acknowledged leader.