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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
HP HE late King of Sardinia , Victor A Amadeuslil , wasihe oldest monarch in Europe : he was 70 years of age , for he was born June 26 , 17 : 6 . While yet duke of Savoy , he applied to the reform of the laws with a laudable industry , and actually promulged a new code , which , like that of most
other stales , is more commendable in theory than in practice . The example given him by his father was not calculated to increase hi * natural humanity . Charles Emanuel III , who was what is termed a great warrior , 011 beholding a field of battle strewed with dead men and horses , exclaimed , Foveri Cavalli !
His Majesty , in one thing—audit near . y interested . his subjects—differed essentially front his predecessor . The former was so economical , as to be accused of avarice ; the latter was profuse to a prove ; b . He has been known to create twenty lords , or . as they are there termed , gentlemen , of the bedchamber , in one week . His majesty was also passionately attached to the military ; and three-fourths cf his
annual income was constantly absurbed by the army . i His majesty , like his father , perhaps , exhibited too much partiality towards Piedmont . Savoy , the original abjienage of the family , has been always treated with jealousy and distrust ; and as for Sardinia , which to the title of king
adds the very small revenue of a sum * we 1101 unfrequenliy behold at the bottom of the reii' -roll of an English esquire , it became a p ' ace of exile for those banished from the oilier states . The presei . t Kingof Sardinia , Charles Emanuel Frederic Maria , is a most excellent prince , whose conduct might
serve as a model 10 all the Princes in Europe . The Cardinal de C-crdil , an enlightened clergyman , . vi « his tutor ; bathe has preferred a lavinan for his confident . He has uniformly interfered , but always with the utmost deference and submission , in favour of the Sardinians and Savoyards . He has also , ivilh equal uniformity , opposed ( he present war . notwithstanding his marriage to lhe si aer of Louis XVI .
On Sunday morning , July 10 th , aftel a very severe illness of a few days , aged 6 4 , Dr . Riftenhouse , President of the American Philosophical Society . Dr . Riftenhouse was a native of America , and born at a time when the advantages of a liberal education were far from being free to all . He seems to have
pursued alone the energetic impulse ol his own mind in destining himself , al an early period of His life , to scientific pursuits . As his circumstances were narrow , he was not liberated from the labours of active life ; he united the professions of a farmer and a watchmaker , the last of which he filled with
unrivalled eminence . Some of its nicer operations continued lo be his favourite mode of relaxation during all the subsequent periods of his life , of which many friends possess invaluable testimonials . In 17 % , he was called by the American Philosophical Society , in association with other gentlemen , to observe the transit of Venus ; and the accuracy which characterised the observations and calculations he made , was
the result of great powers of mechanism , aided by comprehensive and correct powers of the mind . The philosophers of Europe were , on this occasion , as liberal in the sentiments of applause as those of surprise . Since the American war , he successively rilled the offices of treasurer of
the State of Pennsylvania , and director of the national mint : in the first of which he manifested inflexible integrity , and in tiie last , the rare talent of combining theories in such a way as lo produce correct practical effects . After being caressed by a grateful country in the bosom of honour ,
llittenhouse yielded to the solicitations of a private life , and spent his last days in philosophic retirement . At Cold-Spring , Westhaven , in North-America , in the 76 th year of his age , the Green Mountain patriarch , patriot , and poet , Thomas Rowley , Esq . He moved into Vermont , then called the New Hampshire Grunts , very early in life , with a young growing family , who have since
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
HP HE late King of Sardinia , Victor A Amadeuslil , wasihe oldest monarch in Europe : he was 70 years of age , for he was born June 26 , 17 : 6 . While yet duke of Savoy , he applied to the reform of the laws with a laudable industry , and actually promulged a new code , which , like that of most
other stales , is more commendable in theory than in practice . The example given him by his father was not calculated to increase hi * natural humanity . Charles Emanuel III , who was what is termed a great warrior , 011 beholding a field of battle strewed with dead men and horses , exclaimed , Foveri Cavalli !
His Majesty , in one thing—audit near . y interested . his subjects—differed essentially front his predecessor . The former was so economical , as to be accused of avarice ; the latter was profuse to a prove ; b . He has been known to create twenty lords , or . as they are there termed , gentlemen , of the bedchamber , in one week . His majesty was also passionately attached to the military ; and three-fourths cf his
annual income was constantly absurbed by the army . i His majesty , like his father , perhaps , exhibited too much partiality towards Piedmont . Savoy , the original abjienage of the family , has been always treated with jealousy and distrust ; and as for Sardinia , which to the title of king
adds the very small revenue of a sum * we 1101 unfrequenliy behold at the bottom of the reii' -roll of an English esquire , it became a p ' ace of exile for those banished from the oilier states . The presei . t Kingof Sardinia , Charles Emanuel Frederic Maria , is a most excellent prince , whose conduct might
serve as a model 10 all the Princes in Europe . The Cardinal de C-crdil , an enlightened clergyman , . vi « his tutor ; bathe has preferred a lavinan for his confident . He has uniformly interfered , but always with the utmost deference and submission , in favour of the Sardinians and Savoyards . He has also , ivilh equal uniformity , opposed ( he present war . notwithstanding his marriage to lhe si aer of Louis XVI .
On Sunday morning , July 10 th , aftel a very severe illness of a few days , aged 6 4 , Dr . Riftenhouse , President of the American Philosophical Society . Dr . Riftenhouse was a native of America , and born at a time when the advantages of a liberal education were far from being free to all . He seems to have
pursued alone the energetic impulse ol his own mind in destining himself , al an early period of His life , to scientific pursuits . As his circumstances were narrow , he was not liberated from the labours of active life ; he united the professions of a farmer and a watchmaker , the last of which he filled with
unrivalled eminence . Some of its nicer operations continued lo be his favourite mode of relaxation during all the subsequent periods of his life , of which many friends possess invaluable testimonials . In 17 % , he was called by the American Philosophical Society , in association with other gentlemen , to observe the transit of Venus ; and the accuracy which characterised the observations and calculations he made , was
the result of great powers of mechanism , aided by comprehensive and correct powers of the mind . The philosophers of Europe were , on this occasion , as liberal in the sentiments of applause as those of surprise . Since the American war , he successively rilled the offices of treasurer of
the State of Pennsylvania , and director of the national mint : in the first of which he manifested inflexible integrity , and in tiie last , the rare talent of combining theories in such a way as lo produce correct practical effects . After being caressed by a grateful country in the bosom of honour ,
llittenhouse yielded to the solicitations of a private life , and spent his last days in philosophic retirement . At Cold-Spring , Westhaven , in North-America , in the 76 th year of his age , the Green Mountain patriarch , patriot , and poet , Thomas Rowley , Esq . He moved into Vermont , then called the New Hampshire Grunts , very early in life , with a young growing family , who have since