New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-26
THE MORPHY PRE- SENTATION.

large number ,f lsfe- were obEg to remain stand
irg throug bout the exercises. Mr. Ao7by, John
Van Bupn. esq, Charlrs O'Conor, esq, aud others
occupied The platform. The presentation set OF chess
men were exhibited on the PLATFORM they have been
fully described in The TsIBrsE.
Col. CHARLEs ID. MEAD, President of the New
York Chcss' Club. stated the circumstances of tue
gathering, retraced the leading points 81 Mr.
MorpLys chess history, and the particular victories
which Rad left him master Of the cheqGered held,
nsmed the Testimonials which were to be presented
to him, and concluded by introducing
JoHs VAS BuREs who leading forward Dir.
Morpby, said:
Dir MoRPHr: number Of your friends and al
mrers have deemed it appropriate TO signalize your
return to the Cped States by this reception and by
The prese nta,ion 10 you Of Testimonial OF their adm
ration and regard. ! am happy to be enrolled among
their humber, and feel honored at having been Sc
lected to convey to you tbe sentiments, and to oe
for your Acceptance this beautiful specimen Oh the
taste and sk Of those 10 whom IL execution was con
6ued. However impertectly l feel that may dis
charge the grateful duty assigned to NE. am sure you
will agree with in thinking that the Messrs. Tifa-
ny, from whom we have obtained these splendid
pieces Of workmanship. have enabled us to furnish
you magnificent ieprr sentdtlOn OF the heii
you have so often tTnYerSed aud OF the officers
and men you have led to such brilliant vlcto-
u
not unworthy menen'o Of the affection and re-
slec If those whom represent. | hah desired that
lis pTesebtation to you might have bech uiaie
by one NE II capable t. reppseit 10 appropriate ana
eloquent tens the s+ntL ents of the IL nors ana VINO
at tie time, from more thorough acquaintance
with Tie pursuit III which you have been engages,
&C I'D ultr Justice to the extraordinary Qualities
fat YOU have exhibited. But am certain that this
duty could have been assigned to any one VINO has
,serN ed It'll interest Your Brilliant caf-tr com
nelced at New Orleans, Continued here, AMI cul nna
ting IN Europe; could anybody more sncer''y and
earueey approve and admire not alone the skill You
have eyInccn but the high grntlemauly bearing, uni
foim courtesy generosity and courage that have dts
iilguished your whole conduct. victory Ia tue great
gan of chess Dug hot to BE- regarded III the lght OF
ruccess in ordinary encounter of CHARGE or skill.
Thousands Of ago the game OF chess originated
a. SUPPOSED i'll lnoia, bur almost a. cary a. tue
CONNIE ucemcut OF the Christian era IL was Known III
| Pesia China and Japan. For more than THOUSAND
! Years il has been played in Europe. Like
univ, rial alphabet, a clever writer has SAID the
| chess board is known to all nations. The Bonze
| rays ut chess in the PagOda of Juggeruaut; the
| misunderstanding slave reflects how he may best
| che, k-maie pebble king on Il chess board traced
| in the sands OF the Gauges; the lceandic bishop
whites away the tedious gloom oi a polar night with
| lis long calculated moves on the chess board com
encint with that which has become iden ted with the
name Of Capt. Evans; short, from pole to pole, the "a
,quares of the noble have soaced the SORROWS oil
H. lords Of CREATION. Nor need he have confined hts
remarks to the lords of creation. The falrer AMI the
better sex have been alike interested and distinguished
IN this Iable exercise. II has elected essays and po-
ems from the pen Of Goldsmith, of Sir Nuiam Jones,
| Of b. FRANKLIN. 1t has engaged the exeron, OF men
in every age aud of the highest order of aoiy, ana
tire rank sovereigis are enrolled by historians Us
contestants tor Its hooIs Tamerlane, Charlemagne,
| Elizabeth Louis NV. Charles ", thHlIes All,
| Cntharne Of Medicis Frederick of Prussia Leo
| x. w,re 40 Dug it, distinguished votares; Frank
| In Vo,ahe ana Napoleon, worshiPed at its shrlae
| in the celebrated Cafe de Ia kegence' WneIe
Won hay, ius Oh such imp. rshabe hours. History
t., ms with anecdotes illustrating the absorbed devo
ton tl.ee coptes,e have excited h'ng John was
pl,viue at chess When the depnes from k"nen came
"a acouait him that their city was besegtd ny ramp
| Augustus, but be would lot hear them TIL he had
| finished his game. An elector of Sax"ny was taken
,ri,ol or b, Charles V and condemned Ia death lie
| was playing at chess whcn the decree was ih'hNed
| Ia Lin: s.uppug Il moment aud commenting on the
Justice of the decree lac challenged his antagonist
t. finish tie game which he dJ, ana the eector wou
to Iii, gre at apparent joy. His competitor was Ernest
of Brunswick. 1t is curious illustration OF the
manner in which this taste is Transmitted tnat one
de, cendaut OF E'Iert wrote al excellent treatise on
| chess under the name OF Gustavds Selehus, ana an
| other WAS the Duke of Brunswick, whom you met
aud defeated Paris. king of Grahads In 1896
sertepcec his brother Jusaf to death; the prince
was found playing at chess; being denled
r,spile Of Two hour, he succeeded in obtaining
| tine 10 finish his game Fortunately, before it was
finished the brother died ard Jusa was elected to the
| thruLe. But, Sir, | am not to weary you or Those
pr-seut h anecdotes of chess with the hl-tOry o
tbe al tiquity and universally of the gaze. Is OF
Your career that am commissioned to speak-ot the
| remarkable success that has followed the chivalrous
| cusane OH which YOU embarked TO yIndcae American
mi, l!rct al American kill. Y,u had. Sir, bgut
ample before you. So early loIi LeouardI OF Cdin
war n student at law at Rome, but greater stulent
Of cl, So preference cannot condemn. On account
ofbls extreme youth be was known ms Z" Patt'@o,'
| the boy" lac beaten by Ruy Lopez Uf SPAN,
the fir, ch, sr.plsyrr OF Europe, then visitor at
| Rome. Vexed at his Cef-a he repaired 10 Naples
ana spent two Years 'tud!,ng ana practclpg Guess
| th.b,e he ia led to Genoa Narselles and barceoua
| ulay.ug with and cUnquerrg all he met. tie trav-
eed to Macrii snd revehged h self on Rdy Lopz by
| bcatI bin N presence of Philip the Second. From
Mudrid he repaired to Lisbon. and gained another
great victory and after cOnquering great part OF the
Word Us then known he returned to Naples and 10 his
LcIGe loaded with prescrts BY the HI e OF Spain atd
Portugal. The great Philidor, in H+7, vi:ted En-
glaI ~ chess campaign, cOnqner'ng all before nun;
lac tbeuce crossed into Holland, playing with the Duke
| Of CUmh, rlaId and other distinguished men OF the
| tine; thence 10 Berlin To- play with the great Fred,
eck; thence 10 IIes-e Case, back to England, anh
~ hon e To France: believe that Philpor ain
tied Eng auu later and il on these Visits that he
ompshed the feat, regarded at that time as mirac-
ulcu., O playing three dserent games without seenS
| lie loHri The celebrated contest at London be-
tween LabouIdonnais Of France and Mcdonnell OF
II gland occurred whin the recollection oil many of
those pre-eit. LBbOuronDais played also three game,
al one time without secing the board. Let me stop
here 10 remark the extraordinary difference in this
resJsc between yourself and Philor aud LabJurdon-
raIr. You paytc at Birmingham eight games at one
tue b.udiUded las il j. called, with eight oi the
strongest players assembled at the tournament III thGt
/ place, Of which you wOr.-only one was lost aud
me drawn You repeated the same extraordinary test
! at Pars, while Your mach win tiaHwhz vas inter
ruped by BIZ III heath, winning III aad drawing t"o
,t liz. ghnes Ii this mode Of playing furnishes test
Of relative tkill isnd II must approximate to H. GER
;aulv We have tn exut al the vast superiority
| If orr America Champion and here AL W me TO
ptrauce the tesnol of of 0urmO,t distinguished
c, uutI yuep Professor Morse. i'll note to the Com
niiitee: - A., a. ,o.o
Srs.l- l. utf4fit and