...y by applauding hands, waving handkerchiefs, and streaming eyes how precious were the memories awakened. One moonlight evening I stood again before the statue of that grand patriot and statesman, Patrick Henry . My companions were Mrs. Frances Gawthmney, of Richmond, and Commodore Matthew F. Maury, a man whom the scientific world delighted to honor, and of whom it may be well said, We ne'er shall look upo...