New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . erk in the Registers Depart-ment, having received the appointment from PostmasterJames. In 1877 the first Civil Service examination washeld for advancement in the Post Office, and Mr. Gwynnepassed as one of the first three in order of merit. Hestopped for two years only in the Post Office, and in 1878he left to take a position offered him by Cornelius Vander-bilt, in the Canada Southern Railway Company. He re-mained there two years and then returned to his old Street, joining his brother in the firm of Chauncey &Gw
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . erk in the Registers Depart-ment, having received the appointment from PostmasterJames. In 1877 the first Civil Service examination washeld for advancement in the Post Office, and Mr. Gwynnepassed as one of the first three in order of merit. Hestopped for two years only in the Post Office, and in 1878he left to take a position offered him by Cornelius Vander-bilt, in the Canada Southern Railway Company. He re-mained there two years and then returned to his old Street, joining his brother in the firm of Chauncey &Gwynne Brothers. In December, 1892, he purchased a seatin the Stock Exchange, and he now represents GwynneBrothers in that organization. Mr. Gwynne is a bachelor,and resides at Seaside, Long Island. His favorite amuse-ment is painting and he is considered a good amateur. Heis proud of his descent from Washington Allston, the mosteminent of American artists. His most admired works arelandscapes. He has also written many clever articles forthe papers and U11,L1.\.\1 .M.\.\WLIJ. WILLIAM MAXWELL ^EVARTS. William Maxwell Kvarts, of the New York Bar, wasborn in Boston on February 6th, 1818, and is a son of thelate Jeremiah Kvarts, who was a native of Vermont and anoted lawyer, editor and philanthropist. The subject ofthis sketch received his ])re])aratory education in the liostonLatin School, entered Yale College in 1833, and after abrilliant course was graduated. His early legal trainingwas gained in Harvard Law .School and in the office ofDaniel Lord, founder of firm of Lord, Day tv Lord. From1849 to 1851 Mr. F^varts was Assistant District .Attorney,successfully conducted, in 1851. the prosecution of the Cuban filibusters of the Cleopatra expedition, and arguedin favor of the Metropolitan Police Act. One of his mostfamous legal contests was the Lemmon slave case, in1857-60, in which he appeared as counsel for New YorkState against Charles OConor, who acted for th
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