Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-03-15

the COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations. and
author Of the celebrated report on the
Northeastern Boundary question aremark-
ably able document, frequently sscribed
to Gushing and Winthrop. who. however.
said the whole credit therefor belonged TO
Gen. Howard After leaving Congress
he was induced by Chief Justice Taney
and Judge Wayne, both intimate friends,
to accept the position Of Reporter to the
Supreme Court, and was the author of the
well-known text book, 7..Howard's Re-
ports" IL was at this time that he de-
cliued the Democratic nomination for
Governor. as SCI
To 1849 he was considered the most
available candidate for the Vice Presiden-
cy, but declined the nomination, as also
the appointment Of United States Senator
| by Governor Thomas. He was member
of the Reform Convention Of 1851. and
in 1855. delivered the anniversary address
to the Old Defenders. .-l15a.f
At the commencement Of the war he
resigned his position as Reporter TO the
Supreme Court. In 1861 he was one Of
the Washington Peace Commissioners BY
appointment Of Governor Hicks. He was
Democratic candidate for Governor a.
gainst Governor Bradford ees~'''~@
He has been living quietly among his
friends aud books for the past ten years,
his winters being spent at bis town resi-
dence on North Charles street aud his
summers at his country retreat, ''Roslyn,"
which handsome estate, baronial in its
aspect, &c., has been in the Howard fami-
ly for nearly two hundred years. He was
a man of remarkable force and nerve,
and although credited with great ability
and regarded for years as the leader of
the Democratic party of Maryland, the
depth and profundity of bis natural abili-
ties. the graces of bis mind and the extent
of his culture and resources were never
as widely known as they would have been
liz he had been less unostentatious and
more ambitious. asa go
He was pre-eminently . gentleman
of the old school. who united the high
est accomplishments and sttainments to
great suavity of manner. But the most
conspicuous element of the character. and
that which drew popular sympathy and
confidence, was his spotless purity-his
unblemished reputation as the type Of all
that was chaste. dignifed and honorable.
On the occasion of bic eightieth births
i.a -.s1 bis. nanhega and nieees
sented him vTth handaome sllvrTst vysstgss S53
on which was inscribed;
81 have scanned the actions Of his daily life.
And nothing meets mine eyes but deeds OF honor.
Nothing could have been more exquisitely
appropriate. .s
The scenes around bis deathbed remin-
ded one of.the demise Of the Patriarchs
of old. &c For weeks it had been known
that his end was gathering near. and
there had been constant stream OF in-
quiring friends at his mansion. He died
wonderfully peaceful death. his face
having worn; the sweetest of smiles for
days. So calm and peaceful was bis end
that for once the deathbed seemed divested
of ordinary dread. .:f So
His intimate friends and compatriots
were Presidents jackson and Van Buren,. ].
Governor Kenble. Of New York. Chief
Justice Taney, Judge Wayne. Judge
Daniel, George Nj. Dallas, John X.
Poinsett, Lewis Cass. and Forsyth. oi
Alabama. OF these Governeur Kemble,
of New York, alone survives. il =