The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11


 the sea is concerned. From NeW foudlahd to Ireland the distance ps- tween the nearest points is apout T, 500 miles, and the bottom or the SeH between the two places IS piateau which seems to have been piaccu .nsls especially for the purpose oi noIuIns the wires of the submarine telegraph ana of keeninr them out of harms way 1t Is neither too deep nor too % snal- low. vet ft is so deep that the wires but once landed will remain aoresef ,f beyond the reach of the anCnUii ns' i,,nd vessels, icebergs and drifts of any kina' and so shallow that they may pc reau. fly lodged upon the bottom. wIe laid across from either Of the aoove named places on this side to the north of the Grand Banks, will rest on that beautiful plain to which l have alluded. and where the waters of the sea ap- pear to be as quiet and as completeiy at rest as 1t Is at the bottom or mn pond Two years later tnlS report was laid before congress in the annual documents ot che navy deparlment' Y pu. in the meantime Cyrus w. Fleld, tax ing advan<axe of these reports, and greatly enco dragged by the personat ad [ vice of Maury, was pushing forward the great project with which ms name is now forever associated. As am ner given in New York in loSs 10 ceie- brate the arrival of the ffrst message across the Atlantic. when called upon to give an Account of the work, MT Field rose and said: T am man of few words, Maury furnished the brains. EnglaI.d gave the money, and dld tae work
 The outbreak Of the Civil war was a distinct but saddened call 10 tnis great man, as it was to many otnef valiant sons of Virginia, to cast his lot with the Confederaca In this un- al nnaitinn he acted well his part; but the day was lost and his important life work was already achieved. At the close of the struggle he settled down at Lexington m hts native State to spend the evening or his days. and to enjoy the merited ap- probation of his fellow countrymen. He died on Saturday, February lst, 1873. The simplicity of his christian faith was beautiful. Its light shone undimmed by any earthly fear. even, to the very end; and when the great deep, which he had never explored. but of which he had often read in his Ia vorite Psalms, came over his soul ne was not alarmed, because he trusted in the great Pilot of the sea- Loving friends laid him to rest on that winter day in the vault of the Lexington cemetery immediately opposite 'ne grave of "Stonewall Jackson, and grave of ''stonewall Jackson and then when the spring returned, in compii- anee with his last request. they bore his remains to Richmond and deposited them in their final rest ing place in Hollywood cemetery on a lovely knoll overlooking the James River. While the funeral party were engaged in making the journey to the capital of the commonwealth they passed through the beautiful gorge Tn inc Blue Ridge Mountains. known as fine Goshen Pass The wild ravine was a11 abloom at the time with the noun tain laurel and the rhododendron, which they scattered on his bier. This simple incident, exquisite in it's loving ren1embfance of the dead, was alter wards described in a. charming poem from the gifted pen of Margaret J.. Preston. a few stanzas of which. are here reprinted:
 Home, bear me home, at last ne saln.
 And lay me where your dead are Rut not while skies are overspread,,
 And mournful, wintry winds are slgh-
 ing.
 "Wait till the royal march of spring
 Carpets the mountain fastness over r,i1i chattering birds are on the wing,
 And buZzing bees are III the cloNer' Wait till the laurel bursts its buds,
 And creeping ivy filings its graces About the lichened rocks,-and hooos
 of sunshine fill the shady places. .srban when inc sky, the air, the grass
 Sweet Nature all, is glad and tender- Then hear me through the Goshen Pass,
 Amid the hush of May-day splendor.