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Show DEPARTED WORTH- ' A bri.:f ti:k'raio from the ea.it, in iIks regular pr..id diipatchen, anoouo-il, anoouo-il, d.::tli of commodore M alt hew l oNhiino Maury, 11. L., an American Ameri-can u.iviih.tlKcr, a.-lro(iouii;rand liydro-Kin;hef. liydro-Kin;hef. Had Im worn a ;rown w.n at i.i (iiiiwe f.f tli libcirti-.- and LuuvU with ih of' hia itll.i'w Hi:ri, diiji-itcl. Wl,llIli ljavc ,.::n knLlicii;d fmt to Lull' a oilunio. Had ho been a dnrirj and uncrupn-Join uncrupn-Join .-.peculator lilto J.iu l-'i-k, or a I, mi nig block. .older 111 the Credit Mo-bili;r; Mo-bili;r; had hu been, ifi'lccd, half a himdrul aflliiiiK'tfaniouii fir iiifaniOU, much mure would have Lucii heard of him; but lie was only a fcileot worker for the good of mankind, lor the ad vancunent rjfwtencc, and fur the further fur-ther araio of tho.iQ projrclM winch unite nation: and people together. Ilia deep rteu Hounding and exploration;-; hid ifivontixatiunrt into the "phyt-ieal "phyt-ieal geography of the sea;" bin wind and current chart-, and the vant amount of intensely in-tensely interesting information ho gave to tho world relative to the bed of the A tlanHi: outran ilVordinR the ba.iia cf inteltiim;.: on which tlie laying of ...i . i, ....,.. ,,nn-rll projected aro well known to the world, ami c.nptxially to tho worlds of let, turn and commerce. Ah a scientific oiliccr, oh a hydrographor, an atitrono-uicr, atitrono-uicr, and an author of sovoral valuablo workn, commodoro Maury's narao will long be held in honor. He ww born in Spottsylvania, Virginia, Vir-ginia, January I 1th, 1SUG, and was consequently a littlo over sixty-acyen yuars of age. lie did much to enhance tho HuiontifLi reputation of tho American Ameri-can navy, renowned before hit timo for daring and seamanlike tjualitios; and his name ranks among tho higliCHt on tho world's roll of fame, who have faithfully nerved their country in a less turbulent career of seamanship than armed contests call for. |
