, 1841-11-13

y ended n a complete triumph, after appearing
e desperate for years; a great discoverer in philo-
sophy, without the ordinary helps to knowledge;
n a write, famed for his chaste style without a
classical education, a skilful negotiator, though
It never bread to politics, ending as a ~favorite, nay
: a pattern of fashions, when the guestof frivolous
e courts, the life which he had begun in garrets
y and workshops. ....
e Lastly, combinations of faculties, in others
n deemed impossible, appeared easy and natural
in him. The philosopher, delighting in specu'
lation, was also eminently a man Of action. In
! genius reasoning, refined and subtle consuta-
r ton, were in him combined with prompt reso-
t luton, and inflexible frmness Of purpose. 10
I a lively fancy, he Joined a learned and deep re-
Election; his original and inventive genius toop-
/, ed to the convenient alliance of the most Ordi-
nary prudence ofjevery-day affairs; the mind
that scared abovet the clouds and was conyersant
with the lofiestJof human CONCENTRATIONS, dis
dained not rs make proverbs, & feign parallels fol
1.-The gui Of apnrars:oA5 youths sa<xile
and Ee hands that sketched a free con-
.st;tut;on 4or a whole continent, or drew down
the lightnings from heaven, easily and cheerfally
lent themselves to simplify the apparatus by which
truths were to be illustrated, or discoveries pur-
sued.
His discoveries were made with hardly any
apparatus at all, and if at any time he had been
led to employ instruments of a some what less
ordinary description, he never seemed satisfied
until he had, as it were, afterwards translated
the process by resolving the problem by such
simple machinery, that YOU might say he did it
wholly unaided by apparatus. The expert
ments by which the identity of lightning and cleo
tricity was demonstrated, wee made with a
sheet of brown paper, a bit of Irvine, a silk
thread, and an iron key.
Upon the integrity of this man, whether in
public orin private life, there rests no stain.-
Strictly honest. and scrupulousiy p~unctual in all
his dealings, he preserved in the highest fortune
that regularity which he had practised as well as
inculcated in the lowest.
In domestic life he was ~faultless, and in the in
tercourse o. society delightful. There was a
constant good humor and a playful wit, easy and
of high relish, without any ambition to shine, the
natural fruit of his lively fancy, his solid natural
good sense, and his cheerful temper, that gave
his conversation an unspeakable charm, and alike
suited every circle, from the humblest to the
most elevated. With all his strong opinions, so
often solemnly declared, so imperishably recor-
ded in his deeds, he retained a tolerance for those
who differed with him, which could not be sur
passed in men whose principles hang so loosely
about them as to be taken up for a convenient
cloak, and laid down when found to impede their
progress. In his family he was every thing that
worth, warm affections, and sound prudence
could contribute, to make a man both useful and
%amiable, respected and beloved.
In religion, he would be reckoned by MANY a
latitudinarian, yet it is certain that his mind was
imbued with a deep sense of the divine perfec-
tions, a constant impression of our accountable
nature, and a lively hope of future enjoyment.-
Accordingly, his death bed, the test of both faith
and works, was easy and placid, resigned and de-
vout, and indicated at once an unflinching retros-
pect of the past, and a comfortable assurance of
the future.
If turn from the truly great man whom we
have been contemplating, to his celebrated con-
temporary in the Old World, Frederick the
Great,) who only affected the philosophy which
Franklin possessed, and employed his talents for
civil and military affairs, in extinguishing that in
dependence which Franklin's life was consecra-
ted to establish, the contrast is marvellous indeed,
between the Monarch and the Printer.
O. The "Prince lie Joinville" arrived last
night on the steamer Ione. He travelled,
we are told. in true republican style. Hav-
my left Galeaa on the steamer N uueo,
which grounded on the Upper Rapids. the
Prince, with his Suiterof seven, there charter
ed Il wagon for Warsaw, where he arrived at
10 O'Clock in the night. and was obliged to
take lodgings on the bar-room floor. He
was verv sociable on the boat. AMI seemed
DESTROYS to learn all he could of the ways
and manners of the western world. This is