The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-06-09

daily occupation. The salary is $500 D.
| shall be very happy if it shall appear ac-
ceptable to you, and shall think | have
well performed my duty if can get the
office placed in hands who enjoys and who
has SO much merted the public confidence.
As soon as you can satisfactorily to your
self decide on this proposition, / will
thank you for an answer and only observe
that the sooner it is obtained the more
convenient it will be to the department,
which suffers while wanting so important
an officer in its organisation. | pray you
to accept assurances of my sincere esteem
and high consideration.
Til. JEFFERSON.
The Hon'ble GABRIEL. DUVAL.
Judge Durall accepted the position,
was nominated in December, unani-
mously confirmed 10y the Senate, and
performed the laborious duties Of the
office, with perscvering assiduity, abil-
ity and integrity for 4 period of nine
years. While Comptroller Of the
Treasury he declined the appointments,
by the Governor of Maryland, of Chief
Judge of the First District. and that
of Chancellor OF State In November,
1911, he was nominated by President
Madison and promptly confirmed by
the Senate as an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United
States. and continued to fill that high
station until : -. a pc1 81 OF twenty
four Years, when he resigned on ac-
count of his advanced age, and retired
to "Marietta," the home of his child
hood, to spend his few remaining years
i'll peace and quictude, carrying with
him the unbounded respect and esteem
of his associates on the bench and in
public Office.
On the death of judge Duvall, which
occurred March I, 1914, Mr.. Chief
Justice Story in acknowledge the
resolutions passed 10y the Bar of the
Supreme Court and in ordering them
to be placed upon the records of the
Court said:
The Court received with the most un-
affected sincerity the remarks, which have
been made at the Bar upon the death of
our late venerable friend and colleague,
Mr.. Justice Duvail.
His urbanity, his courtesy, his gentle
manners his firm integrity and independ-
ence, and his sound Judgment, so elo-
quently and truly stated at the Bar, are
entirely concurred in by all of us, who had
the pleasure of knowing him.
His Revolutionary .rviceS and patriotic
acts belong to the general history of his
country. For myself, having had the
honor of an appointment to this Bench
upon the same day that he received his,
we were during his whole judicial lite for
about u quarter of century contempor-
aries, although he was advanced in years
far beyond myself. | can therefore bear
my own testimony to the justice of the
eulogium, which has been pronounced at
the Bar, upon his social and judicial quail
tiles. They will be long cherished in our
memories with grateful satisfaction. The
Court, therefore, directs the Resolution of
the Bar to be placed upon its records and
will now adjourn as a just tribute of re-
spect to the deceased.
For sixty years, ending with his
resignation from the Supreme Court,
and embracing the most interesting
period in the history of our country,
Judge Duvall was almost continuously
in public life as the chosen representa-
tive OF the people or of those in high
office, an undcniable evidence of his
merits, personal worth, and the elevated
rank he held in popular favor Nur-
tured in the principles of the Wings,
ardent and steadiast in the cause of
liberty, he, in his early youth, j 'in"d
with the patriots Of the day, in support
of the cause of his country, and was
warm and Jealous advocate of the prin-
ciples Of the Revolution. In later life,
he is represented as being unusually
tall, and spare of figure, with the
courtly manners and dignifcd deport-
ment of the last century. His portrait
hangs in the Capitol at Washington.
His mode of living was quiet and un-
obtrusive, but his house was always
open, as he greatly enjoyed the com
pany of the learned and was a close
student even in his old age He was
a lover and breeder of fine stock, and
in h; ,tor IL, v,c n rooor,;,ol ,,tLor
ity on such matters, as his many let
ters, in answer to inquiries, published
in Tile american Turf Register in the
early thirties, will attest. The then
celebrated "Argyle," and others Of
lesser renown were foalcd at Marietta"
At Marietta there appears to be
but little change. From the sober
colonial porch, with its quaint side
seats, one has the same pleasant view
stretching out between the spreading
pecan trees over the green "iall'' to the
hills beyond. To the left is the Judges
''otlice," Il little, square brick building
nearly hidden with English ivy, and to
the right the garden, = bewildering
mass of box, shrub lilac, and sweet
confusion of old fashioned flowers.
The kindly hand Of time has softencd
the old place and its surroundings,
and i'm the e:cninr when the sun 1ilds
the window small square panes and
bathes the house in Il ruddy glow, one
can not but think that here from out
the clty's turmoil the old iurist could
not fail to find peace ami quietude in
the winter of his agr.
the doctor would like to see YOU
inside, said the maid to the caller who
was waiting in the reception room.