Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-16

gives the f0lloWinS account VI du oiiS'uai
portrait Of DR.. franklin, recently discover
ed or brought to notice in France.
..lir. Cloudman, Of Portland has on
his easel a portrait Of Frauklin, ordered by
gentleman here, TIE head is copid
from an original portrait, recently publish
ed by w. w. Hoppin, Esq. Of Proyi.
dence, R. E.r and was painted for and
under the Immediate inspection of queen
Marie Antoinelte, in her apartment az the
Petit Trianon, near Versailles. AT the
time of,he pAfage Of the royal palaces,
during the French revolution in 1928, 1t
was consigned TO the care Of one OF the
Queens attendants, Of whom it was ailer-
wards purchased by DR.. Swediaur, Ger
man physician settled 10 Paris, who bad
bsen the Intimate friend of Franklin. The
Rev. Edward Foster, who was Dr.. Swed-
siaur's residuary legatee, having frequently
heard from him the circumstances OF lhe
manner in which this porrai. Of his favor
ite FREUD came into his possession, select
ed it for himseif,not only as remembrance
ofhis friend DR.. S., but also from the
curious circumstances connected with 1t.
The Rev. Mr.. Foster died some years
since, and his widow has disposed of this
unqueslionably authentic portrait, which is
also fine work Of art, and is thus iorlu-
nately secured to our country.
"a full length original sketch of Frank
lin, which is in my own collection, was ex-
ecuted for tho Philosopher himself, by one
of the first artists of the epoch; it has
great merit, both as work of art aud as q
historical record OF his reception as master
Mason in the Lodge Of the Niue MUSES..
The moment selected is the charge of ths
Master of the Lodge, La Lande, the as
ironomer. to whose apparently impressive
discourse Franklin appears TO listen with
the deepest a,,ention, standing in The re-
auired attitude, clad in his usual simple
garb. M. de la Dixmere aud the Abbe
de Rousseau are seated a, The Warden's
tables, while in lhe groups standing around,
are, among others, the Count de Persan,
Count de S,rogonof, and Captain Paul
Jones, all pronounced, by those who have
seen other known likenesses, to be correct,
and evidently sketched from nature. In
the back ground are the musicians. and
the details Of the Lodge furniture, jewels,
&c. are given with minute truth. A few
months afterwards Franklin was chosen
Junior Warden Of this noted Lodge, in
which capacity he ofEiciated at the funeral
ora,ion in memory Of Voltaire, pronounced
by its orator on the 26lh of Nov. l77o.
-4Eg- .s l +. -.
Lieut.. Col, Fremont.-In the ST. Louis
Daily Union Of May 20th, appears long
defence, by Lieut.. Talbot, Adjutant of The
California Battalion, Of Lieut.. Col. Fre-
mont against the charge Of wilfal absence
from the actions of San Gabriel & Mesa.
We extract from the article alluded 10,
the following notice Of tie march made
by. Col. .Fremon, from Monterey to Los
Angeles; il was not such a brilliant affair
as the retreat,of the Ten Thousand, il is
,,rue; nor is Lieut.. Talbot such a graphic
historian as Xenopbon; it will not compare
with Moreau's celebrated retreat through
the Black Forest; in the meantime il was
no ordinary display OF good GeneralshiP
on lhe part Of the commander, or Of patient
discipline and active energy on the part
of The ,soldiery. and instead Of being a re-.
) treat in face of an Communicating enemy,
like; the two instances we have adduced,
I il iras an Advantage. ss.s.s a.t !.
HE; marched (from the point Of assem-
bling, nearthe bay Of NJ on,erey) 500 miles
through an insurgent country, without
spiling blood, recovering and pacifying
the country as he went, leaving friends to
himself and the United States, where he
had found enemies, and could walk alone
and unarmed, on The track Of bis march,
guarded and greeted by those he came
10 subdue. He might have made every
town through which he passed the scene Of
fight, and the subject of victorious bull
leiin; but be choose to conquer by other
means, and did so. These things, though
done far from home, were not done with:
out witnesses. The battalion consisted Of
near 500 men divided into ten companies,
with officers, whose names will be known
in the United States, and whose reports,
when they arrive, will confirm what !
say, and silence deIraclion. A mixed
command Of many nations, and even fifty
Indians from various tribes, were all kept
in order, and all provided for. Forced to
live upon the country, and 10 take beef
and horses for subsistence and remounts
,(some hundreds of ours having perished
of hupger aud Of the cold aud heavy rains
yet he so managed his levies Of supplies as
10 leave no resenimenis, behind, always
giving certificates 10 the friendly and or.
derly whose properly was required TO be
paid al the peace, and only laking without
certificates, supplies from those absent in
! arms" Y. Tribune.
s. We have already stated that there was
plan ON foot for cutting a passage for
vessels through lstbmus Of Suez, The
Portqfoglio Of Malta. publishes the fol-
!. lowing summary of the conditions under
which it is to be undertaken; Egypt is TO
stand in The relation Of neutral Power;
! Prussia, ,Rnssia, and The United States
! are invited to rcspec, this neutrality, guar
! anlied by the Porte. France. England, land
4 sAnslria, the contracting parties. The
las, three. are 10 charge themselves with
tho nntrnot;on of tho coool ond pra In