Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-30

him his youngest son. who was IA
great solacc to him In his years OF
cNii" IL was extremely difficult to
Eet letters In and out of the South
one OF his sons was killed around
icksburE and these were indeed sad
anu lonely days for man of Maury's
type. whose greatest pleasures were
derived from associations with wife,
childrcn and friends.
AT the end OF the war Maury went
10 Mexico ms Commissioner OF I'm
migration for Emperor MaNimiliun
and cndeavorcd TO induce Southern
leaders 10 settle in Mexico. This
was doubtless II false move on
Nary part. but it must be rcmem-
bered tbs, he was liahl. to PROSE
cu,'on or rather persecution had he
returned 10 Virginia. II must also
he born. in mind that absence from
Atrslhia and from his family caused
ann to have ii different viewpoin,
from those who stood in the midst
o. the conflict. General Leo wrote
MHury advising him to give UP there
SSne"ies ANA return TO his native
From Intimate :.~ttrrs
The following extracts from letters
20 ms wife during this period show
ones and also why he went to Next
80: never tire of writing 10 YOU
ana my children; /, is my comfort, my
''EEt r;,,.m,, ana consolation"
WIN hin for his MEXICAN scheme and
naufE replied ms follows: My dear.
.weTi wife and mother of my noble
chilhrcn, what can do more ,han
htNe l"ne--and am doing-to show
myself worthy OF you ani Of them
TOW would IL nave i.'ic for me.
instead OF trying myself Ia do some
ming; TO have folded my arms until
ihc Federal authorities would have
nerHnittra me 70 come baCk.-That?
70 poverty and misery: and that too
W A. H..
iht!Eacs and expense OF that Journey
my account
IT should he explained that Tromict
bishop of Tennessee. was i'm Euroun =; n
interest friends IN a "Maury Tcsti-
, ,.Wnrx,, MinrE; like others; had lost
,Fihnte 10 the high regard liz which
ne was held IN Europe that friends
,htr" presented him with purse
amounting 70 about Sl5,o0o. The star
ui Macmillan wancd and the fine
.raits OF this unfortunate ruler stand
.orth IN his magnanimous and c3ur-
lcous trcatment OF 'Maury whom he
sent To England before the final h!ow
Gamc. II was on this last trip to
England that Maury Joined the church
anu had conferred upon him by Cam
,1r OF Laws 1t was also at this time
ma. his Europcer friends presented
ann WIN the Maury Testimonial
Rcfurns I" Virginia.
"'Se We're indeed sad NrarG for
the great pathfinder Of The sens
put in England he was reunited with
ms FAMILY ana Virginia had not for
gotten her cNiled son. lic had hccn
offered the dictatorship OF the Inn
perial Observatory by the French
Emperor. but Virginia offered him the
chair of physics al tn. Virginia Mill
thry institute. He accepted this
ofIcr-thc mighty names Of Lee and
Jackson, no doubt Influencing him
returned To his native stat. and en-
tered upon his duties in 1869.
IN tho fall Of 1872 he was taken
SICK while on lecture tour and re-
termed home. ON crossing his
threshold at Lexington he said 10 his
wife. My Dear. ] have come home TO
die" On February /. 1874. this great
son OF Virginia passed out upon the
ocean of "ternity--hut he who had
sounded the oceans depths and
rhartcG all it's winds and currents
had no fear as his ship crossed the
bar and bore him out on unchartci
scas: for the great scientist ana
philosopher had the faith OF little
child.