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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
AT Vienna , of a violent cholic , which speedily terminated in an inflammation of the bowels , the Abbe Joseph Hiliariuse , atilic counsellor of stale , director of the Imperial cabinet of coins , and professor of antiquities anel numismatics in the Imperial university at Vienna . He was born
on the 13 th of January , -1 . 737 , at Enzesfielel , in Lower Austria , where his father had the management of the estate of Count Siezendorf . He was early distinguished by his application to classical studies , and moral character . Oh the 17 th of October , 1751 , he entered iiito the order of the Jesuits ,
at'Vienna . He then pursued his stuefy of the classiis at Leoben , in Steyermark ; and afterwards of philosophy , mathematics , Greek , and Hebrew , at Gnetz . After he had taught the elements of the Latin language for a lime to the young nobility in the Imperial Theresean Academy at Vienna , and poetry and eloquence at Steyer , in Upper Austria , he applied himself to the study of theology . Having finished
Ins last probationary year at Judenburgh , he taught grammar and rhetoric for four years in the university of Vienna : but the weak state of his health obliged him to give up this office , and he was appointed prtefectus rei numcrus , in the college at Vienna . That he might fender himself perfect
in the knowledge of coins , he was sent by the order to Home , where he remained a twelvemonth . On his return lie arranged the cabinet of coins at the court ot Florence . The second of February , 1770 , he renounced the Vows of his order . When the order of Jesuits was dissolvedhe was
ap-, pointed , by a decree of the court , professor , and afterwards director of the Imperial cabinet of ancient coins . He Was likewise dean of philosophy and the 'i . 'ie arts . .. T he office of teacher of numismatics he held for four and venty years . He possessed a thorough knowled ge both of ancient and modern
languages , history , and every thing lhat could promote the thief object of his stud y . As teacher of poetry , he formed many excellent scholars , among whom
the late John Baptist Von -Alxinger was distinguished , tvith whom he maintained a close intimacy till his death . All Europe has decided respecting the extensive knowledge of Eckhel in numismatics . He had one of the clearest heads in the Austrian dominions , was a man of probity and irreproachable
morals , a cheerful and pleasant compa- . nion , beiovee ! and deservedly esteemed in every social circle . He died from home , at the house of a literary friend , the worthy Uaron Loeella , with whom he had been intimate many years , on account of their mutual love of classi- . cal literature ; and whom he was
accustomed to visit almost every evening . His worthy and esteemed friend , the Abbe Michael Denis , aulic counsellor , and first keeperof the Imperial library at Vienna , has dedicated a monumental inscrintionlo his memory .
Some months ago , in the cidevant Poland , the most laborious Littratair in Europe , the poetical historian Naruscewicz ex-jesuit , appointed historiographer by the late king of Poland of all the transactions relating to the first division of Poland . This work , however , has not yet appeared . He
published , in the Polish language , ' The History of ihe Polish Nation , ' in six volumes , parts of which have , been translated into other languages ; he has also left 3 60 volumes in manuscript , which he had composed , or caused to be composed , by the order and at the exp ' ence of tlie king . Stanislaus had loaded him with honours and with
favours . Lately at New York , of that horrible scourge of humanity , the Yellow Fever , Dr . E . H . Smith , a most respectable pfnsician of that city , one of the editors of the Medical Journal , and author of several tracts . We understand this excellent man was cut off
from a life of gre-at usefulness and activity by the following melancholy circumstance : An Italian physiciaiijWhose name we have not learnt , had made a voyage irom Italy to America , under a notion that it might be in his power to stop ihe ravages of the Yellotv Fever , if it again made its appearance in Ame-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
AT Vienna , of a violent cholic , which speedily terminated in an inflammation of the bowels , the Abbe Joseph Hiliariuse , atilic counsellor of stale , director of the Imperial cabinet of coins , and professor of antiquities anel numismatics in the Imperial university at Vienna . He was born
on the 13 th of January , -1 . 737 , at Enzesfielel , in Lower Austria , where his father had the management of the estate of Count Siezendorf . He was early distinguished by his application to classical studies , and moral character . Oh the 17 th of October , 1751 , he entered iiito the order of the Jesuits ,
at'Vienna . He then pursued his stuefy of the classiis at Leoben , in Steyermark ; and afterwards of philosophy , mathematics , Greek , and Hebrew , at Gnetz . After he had taught the elements of the Latin language for a lime to the young nobility in the Imperial Theresean Academy at Vienna , and poetry and eloquence at Steyer , in Upper Austria , he applied himself to the study of theology . Having finished
Ins last probationary year at Judenburgh , he taught grammar and rhetoric for four years in the university of Vienna : but the weak state of his health obliged him to give up this office , and he was appointed prtefectus rei numcrus , in the college at Vienna . That he might fender himself perfect
in the knowledge of coins , he was sent by the order to Home , where he remained a twelvemonth . On his return lie arranged the cabinet of coins at the court ot Florence . The second of February , 1770 , he renounced the Vows of his order . When the order of Jesuits was dissolvedhe was
ap-, pointed , by a decree of the court , professor , and afterwards director of the Imperial cabinet of ancient coins . He Was likewise dean of philosophy and the 'i . 'ie arts . .. T he office of teacher of numismatics he held for four and venty years . He possessed a thorough knowled ge both of ancient and modern
languages , history , and every thing lhat could promote the thief object of his stud y . As teacher of poetry , he formed many excellent scholars , among whom
the late John Baptist Von -Alxinger was distinguished , tvith whom he maintained a close intimacy till his death . All Europe has decided respecting the extensive knowledge of Eckhel in numismatics . He had one of the clearest heads in the Austrian dominions , was a man of probity and irreproachable
morals , a cheerful and pleasant compa- . nion , beiovee ! and deservedly esteemed in every social circle . He died from home , at the house of a literary friend , the worthy Uaron Loeella , with whom he had been intimate many years , on account of their mutual love of classi- . cal literature ; and whom he was
accustomed to visit almost every evening . His worthy and esteemed friend , the Abbe Michael Denis , aulic counsellor , and first keeperof the Imperial library at Vienna , has dedicated a monumental inscrintionlo his memory .
Some months ago , in the cidevant Poland , the most laborious Littratair in Europe , the poetical historian Naruscewicz ex-jesuit , appointed historiographer by the late king of Poland of all the transactions relating to the first division of Poland . This work , however , has not yet appeared . He
published , in the Polish language , ' The History of ihe Polish Nation , ' in six volumes , parts of which have , been translated into other languages ; he has also left 3 60 volumes in manuscript , which he had composed , or caused to be composed , by the order and at the exp ' ence of tlie king . Stanislaus had loaded him with honours and with
favours . Lately at New York , of that horrible scourge of humanity , the Yellow Fever , Dr . E . H . Smith , a most respectable pfnsician of that city , one of the editors of the Medical Journal , and author of several tracts . We understand this excellent man was cut off
from a life of gre-at usefulness and activity by the following melancholy circumstance : An Italian physiciaiijWhose name we have not learnt , had made a voyage irom Italy to America , under a notion that it might be in his power to stop ihe ravages of the Yellotv Fever , if it again made its appearance in Ame-