Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-02-03

VIEW IHOSe zen years na0 not been
wasted. His mind had wider grasp
and his brain was more active. His
mature years and his search for wis
dom had steadied his restless dal-
ing. His devotion to duty had really
become second nature. So when the
call to service was issued, he WAS
lready for instant action.
His plans were peculiarly original
HE had faith that few men eyor
possess. He never moved as others
moved, not attacked when an attack
was expected. AS master of stra-
tcgy Jackson has never been surpass-
ed.
When jackson Travelled there was
no stopping on the way side. Hiss
root Cavalry" at one time marched
twenty miles encountered by a wat =
on tram thirteen miles long while
the Federal troops marched twenty
| miles IN the same length of time.
Much OF the ammunition used by the
confederate Army was captured from
the Federal Army by Jackson's men
John Is. Gordon said Of Jackson: HHis
career as soldier was brilliant and
dazzling. 1t had neither the dimness
OF the dawn nor the fading of III,
twilight. but it was full-orbed fron,
first to last" YIN
| Jackson was less than forty veal
OF age when he died. His career ne :,
| soldie- was of but two wears dur,N
ton. lie was never routed in bottI..
never successfully surprised bv b,s
| enemies, nor did he ever make H.
trenchmcnts. While he rose rapidlv
TO the foremost place as a great sol.
der, none of hi, comrades ever dis
placed him. His personal dcmcnnn,
toward his soldiers was reserved bnt
courteous. and although he nev.c
allowed Thorn to know where thew
were going, they trusted him i'm
plicity. '''
jackson was u great soldier. but
as man he was. even greter. He
Fought for principle and not for
glory He was devoid of hatred or
malice. VI
Matthew Fontainc Maury was nj
most unknown locally until very re-
Gently. while no other American has
ever had so prompt and so general
recoognit on of his merit in foreign
Lands: AT the first International Nj.
genealogical Congress in Brussels il,
1898, he was extended honors from
all the principal nations Of the earth
except his own. He began our Ma
onal Weather Bureau and Signal
service His knowledge of the bottom
the sea, disclosed to him the "tele- |
;raphic plateau" and he shares the |
ionor with Cyrus w. Field Of laying
the hrst Atlantic cable. Mr.. Field |
said; "Maury furnished the brain.,
england gave the money, and I did |
he work" Maury, at the age of nine.
fnQn onnninfnl
Tennessee to the navy and served nj
that capacity for a number of vear,
,ut because of an accident injurinp
his leg, he was compelled to pivo ne
active service and WINS placed in |
charge of the depot of charts and in.
struments Mt Washington. Here n. |
published valuable sailing direction,
and wind and current charts, also he |
wrote series of articles on the nav,
advocating many Of our modern I'M
provements.
When our country became involy-
ed in sectional strife, he willingly !
resigned his commission with the
Federal Government. When the news |
went abroad that he taken this stem. |
he received cordial invitation from
the Grand Duke Constantine of Rus
STA to reside there and continue his |
scientific experiments, but he declin- |
cd the invitation with all of it's ma
terial benefits and became chief OF |
the seacoast, harbor and river de-
lenses Of the South. He assisted in |
fitting out the Virginia (MerrimacJ
Tor her short but destructive career. |
lie invented the torpedo, operated |
by an electric current, and in varlou.
other ways contributed to the pro-
lection of the Atlantic Seabonrd.
He was sent to England as a ron.
resontative of the Confederate Gov.
eminent, but while there the war
came to an end. He was an exile un-
til 1868, when the act of Amnest,
enabled him to return to Virginia. |
lie was offered many positions Of
honor from other governments, but |
he declined them to accept the chair
OF physics in Virginia Military ms
titute, Lexington, where he died. His |
body rests Hollywood Cemotory.
Richmond.
Maury urged the construction Of
the Panama Canal, and it was hi,
publications that led to the Daricn
exploring expedition and helped to
prepare our people to take up the
French failure as an American en-
terprise.. HIS best known achieve
ment was his book "Thc Physical
geography Of the Sea-" 1t has bee
translated into the principal langu-
ages and commended by the leading
scientists.
Maury, rs man was of nobls as
pirations and achievements. Hi. life
was blessed with an unfailing trust
in God.
KATHERINE PERRY.
inc above essay was prepared and
read by Miss Peery in a contest "a
Gently won the prize Of $500 in gold
offered by the Daughters Of the Con-
fedsracy-Ed.