From Judge Alexander Rives
(Federal Judge.)
In a letter addressed to Hon. John L. Peyton, and dated Eastbourne, Charlottesville, Jan. 29th, 1881, Judge R. says:
“There was no one at the bar, with whom I was associated, for whom I cherished the same admiration, respect and esteem, as for him.
“So much of our State’s worth and greatness was in the ranks of the bar and the bench, that I have felt it to be a shame to the State that it has never been chronicled, as it should have been, for after ages. Such men as Wickham, Leigh, and Johnson survive only in brief obituaries. I am glad your filial piety has, in some measure, rescued your father’s name from that neglect.”