The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-26
The Daily N ews.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE &c, 1866.
Testimonial to Captain NJ. F. Maury In
Enuland-Southern Genius Flattcrlneiy

England-SOuthern Genius
Recognized.
On the evening of the 4th instant ABOUT one nu1eo
al, .Lirty gentlemen assembled at Wits nooe' non
II the occasion of banquet anu .es'AAone1 ~
tain NJ F. MAUnY late Of the Cnn1eoera'e navy Tue
oniect of this tribute being to MAKE suitable puone
raroon,ton of the brilliant services conferred by thai
nficer ON the cause of maritime science. Sir JOIN
pApK1seros N. p, presided, and among those present
most of the entayes of foreign powers and
great number of distinguished British naval officers
ana men of science. From the London Daily Ne,os o
June We take the following account of the proceed
ings
After the usual toasts, followed by that of "The D
,plomatic Corps" the chairman proceeded to present
Ehe testimonial. In doing 30, addressing the gallant
captain personally. he congratulated him on having de-
voted his noble IL teect to purpose which had In the
result conduced greatly to the lasting benefit of man
kind He then traced the history of his scientific dis
coveres and REFER cd to the practical advantages which
the public now deriving from them In the voyage
ship from England to India or China there was he OBJ
served saving Of 8256. Whatten must be tie annual
aggregate saving the voyages of all the chips of this
contry? 1t was when Captain Maury's ame at Its
height that there broke out the unfortunate civil war
between the North and the south--a war in which
being souherner by birth he took the part worthy Of
ibis character and career. Loud cheers
He then adverted to the fact that after the war had
terminated the gallant .ptain was invited by the Grand
Duke Constantine to AXE up his abode in Russia and
by Prince Napoleon to accept home In france. The
testimonial now to be presented commenced about a
year Holland subscribed about 000 Russia fer
8l 900, and large amount also collected in this
country And he now, in the name OF England Of Eu-
rope and OF the civilized world ha to request Captain
Manry aocepts testimonial, considerably exceeding
in amount three thousand gulneas recognition OF
esteem, admiration and gratitude. [dreat cheering
He concluded by reading address e1pr ssive OF the
object OF presentation, and having handed the mo-
ney the guest Of the evening in silver casket he
proposed his health, which drunk with three times
three amid much enthusiasm.
Captain Maury commenced by repudating the notion
that he was deserving such an acknowledgement Forty
ago. he said it his good fortune to enter on
field OF discovery in which the harvest was geaqy Y
band Very uoon affect scattered sall over the world
was observing certain phenomena Of the hea
and the air. and at very small cost ships Of all nations
were converted into temples Of science [Oteers The
necessity Of the re,earches made led to
the conference at brussels; and now he saw brilliant
met to celebrate the results which had since
been achieved. In conclusion the gallant captain de-
clared his utter inability to acknowledge In appropriate
terms the handsome testimonial just presented. and
said he must therefore express with sealed lips and
the eloquence Of silence. Loud cheers.
Among the remaining tossts Was "Our Foreign Visi-
tors" proposed by Lord William Grosvenor, n. p,
which was responded to by Commodore Jensen, Of the
Royal Dutch Navy and General Besuregard Of the late
Confederate States Of America the latter OF whom was
treated with special cordially.