The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-02

1 MS rare and valuable collection, which MIR. Iii
.ngison brings with him. conls OF "a vols folio o!
pr.ss together with i,veral Port Folios, Containing
copies IN oil aud colours from Raphael ard from
Antiques, Views of Conaantinopic, Cairo, &c. &c.
" The work will nor only be ueiul to painters ard
i'uipters. but architects, cabinet makers gold
imiths, and Others engaged in iimar empy ments."
ANEcroTr OF DR.. FRANKLIN.
As every thing that comes from the pen of
MIR. Jeferion, the glory of his country, is dear to
Republicans, the folio ing extract from his let
ter reipeetirg the death of DIR. Frarkl;n, whom
future generations will delight TO honour, is CO.
pied from the Grafton on his death, delivered by
DIR. w. Smith, IN March, i1ei, before tie A.
mer'can Philofophical Society, al Philadelphia:
teel, faysthis gentleman, /" both the with
and the duty TO communicate, in compliance
with your requeft, whatever, within my know
ledge, might render juttice to the memory of
our great countryman, DIR. Franklin, in whom
Pbife/opty has to deplore one of its principal lu
minares extinguiihed. But my opportunities
of knowing the intereGing facts of his life have
not hecn equal to my deiire of making them
known.
:" can only, therefore. teftify in general, that
| there appeared to me more refpctf and vcnera
ton attached to the character of DR.. Franklin,
in Frame, than to that of any either perfon in the
'""e No.,' - 'o.e'S" VI hau'e. had oppor-
tunties OF Knowing particularly how far theft.
fen,iments were felt, by the foreign linbn Gador,
| and MiaiRer5, at the Court of Vyrf4iiles. The
fable of his capture by the Algerines, propagate.
ed by the EnelIfi, newspapers, excited no I'm.
cahnefs, as 1t was Teen at once to be dih cook
ed up to pleafe certain readers. but nothing
could exceed the anxiety of his DIPLOMATIC bre-
fbrs!, on fubfequent report of his death, which
although premature bore fome marks of autben
ITCHY.
:" found the minifers of France equally inn
preiied with his talents and integrity. The
Count dc Vergennes. particularly. gave ME re-
Pealed uoequivocal demonstrations of his entire
confidence in him.
I" V .en iie left i,s6r, ii ieemed rs If The vii
age had loft its Pof,Iarch On taking leave of
me Count, which he did by letter, the king Or
teFed nm to be Handsomely complimented, and
furnlthed him with litter and mules of his owr.
the only kind of conveyance the ftate of his
health could bear.
:" The fucceffion of DIR. Franklin, at the court
OF france, was an excellent fchool of humility
to me. On being prefrnted 10 any one, as the
0sD',Rfr OF America, the common place auction
was "c,et vous, monfeur, qni rempleotz lie
Docteur Franklin ?" Is it You, Sir, who rep,ace
Doctor Franklin: generally anfwered-.. No
one can replace him. Sir, am only his Glclncor."
l could there relate number of thofe b.u,
"motJ,wlth whichhe wasufrd to charm everyfo.
ciety, as having heard many of them; but thefe
are Tot your Object. Particulars of greater dig
NIFTY happened not to occur, during his ftay Of
nine months after my arrivalin France.
little before that time, 44rgoud had inyen
ted his celebrated lamp, in which the fame is
ipread into hollow cylinder, and thus brought
INTO contact with the air, within as well as with
out. Or. Franklin had been on the point of the
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hut he had tried bull ruih as wick, which did
not fucceed. His occupations did not permit
nun TO repeat and extend his trials to the intro
dnetion Of larger column of air, than could
pats through the item of a bull ruth.
$ About that time, alto, the King of France
gave him lgnal teftimony of refped, by ioin
ing him with fome of the mott luxurious men
OF the nation, to examine that ien;s fztuu, of
Philoiophy, the animal maenefiGr of the maniac.
Mefmer; the pretended effects of which had al.
toniihed all Paris. BY DIR. Franklin's hand, in
conjunction with his brethren of the learned
committee, that compound of fraud and fol,y
was unveiled, and received its death.woupd.-
After this, nothing very intereitine was before
the public, either in phiofophy or politics, dur
ing his itay and he was principally occupied
IN winding up his affairs, and preparing for his
return to America.
"Theie fmall offerings to the memory of opr
great and dear friend, (whom time will be max
ing fill greater, while it is fpunging us from its
records mutt be accepted by You, Sir, in that
ipirit of love and veneration for him, in which
they are made and not according to their in
fgnihcancy in the eyes of world, which did
not want this mite to fill up the mrafire Of his
worth
His death was an afIli6tion, which was TO
happen to us at fome time or other. we have
rcGfcn to be thankful he was fo Iono f,,rcl
that the mott ufeful life ihoud be the iongeft al
70 (; that it was Protraeted 70 far beyond The Or
dlnary ipan allotted to humanity, as to avail us
Of his wifdom and virtue in the efablbment of
our freedom in the qpeR; and to blefs him with
view of its dazOn in the eaR, where men feem
ed TIL nowt to have learned every thing--Jm bo4v
to be free.
S0|em Regj2er.
Let rs N9ioi1 to THE preeeding enioginm on our
eeic5rated eoantyy1aa, the .toilo4viag aaeedote5
from Condoreet'| "Ayt sfYoltai,s."
AT this fame time, Paris boaaed, ALTO, the
| preience Of the celebrated Franklin, who, in
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