I was too young to know and fully appreciate the eminent abilities of Mr. Peyton as they deserved to be. But I remember him, when as a boy, in 1839-40, I traveled with him from Charlottesville to Richmond, when the snow obstructed travel and detained us at Trevilian's for more than a day. His genial and cordial manners to a lad [Mr. T. was then about 19 years of age] and his charming conversational powers, mingling vivacity of humor, with grave disquisition on more serious matters--fascinated me then, and so live in my memory as to make me sympathize in all honors done to his name, and attract me to the scene where that is to be so worthily manifested. But I am not quite well and my duties here forbid my attendance on the occasion. In full sympathy with the occasion, and wishing the ceremonies to be fully successful, I am, sincerely, Your friend, J. R. TUCKER. Major Elder then remarked that he had just been furnished by Judge George M. Harrison with an extract from a speech made by Mr. Peyton when only twenty-two years of age--a speech made to the grand jury of his native county--which threw a light upon Mr. Peyton's whole life and character as a public prosecutor. The Major then read this extract from Mr. Peyton's speech: "_The history of man from the primeval simplicity of our first parents to the present day has satisfactorily proven that neither the dictates of reason, the light of philosophy, nor the divine precepts of our holy religion furnish adequate restraints to his vicious propensities._" The meeting then, on motion of the Hon. Marshall Hanger, adjourned. GEO. M. COCHRAN, Chairman. EDITORIALS FROM THE STAUNTON PAPERS. It will not be uninteresting in this connection to read the following editorials from the leading Staunton papers. In the Daily Post of the same evening, this article appeared: JOHN HOWE PEYTON. PORTRAIT OF THIS EMINENT VIRGINIA JURIST PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY. CAPT. JAMES BUMGARDNER MAKES THE SPEECH OF PRESENTATION, AND MAJOR ELDER THAT OF ACCEPTANCE--BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS CAREER. As previously announced, the oil portrait of the late Hon. John Howe Peyton, which, at the suggestion of the late Judge Stout and the Board of Supervisors was placed in the Court House of Augusta County, was formally presented and received to-day at noon.