Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1830-01-28
No. 3S.-WHoLE Ne. 100.

" sheet .-.e&ocuted perhaps with typo.
graphical neRtness far superior 70 that
which any Atlantic pnper could boast Of
thirty years Rgo--.dispenses the news
through the srarSely populated region, des.
tined 10 become, within single generation,
the land Of plenty, civilization, and rellne.'
ment.
We are lad TO these reflections by seeing
in O1c Of the Galena papers..~reader, ten
to one you canGNol guess within 500 miles
ofthe locality Of q alena, although the town
Is almost six years o.'d..-in the Galena Ad-
vertiser, we say, among arrivals and de-.
pnrtures Of steamboats, h nd advertisements
showing aourishing trades proposals. for
publishing In Ann ArbCr, Washtenaw
county. Territory Of Michigan, a weekly
newspaper, entitled the Western Emigrant,
by Thomas Simpson,"
NJ. Van Buren.-The editor Of the
VViIi1mstOsCM (Niaso.> -A~'.saeAAe has. for
several weeks past, been amusing his read.
ers with an interesting account ola 'touF.
which he has recently made through some
Of the beautiful towns and villages which
are scattered along the banks of the Hud-
son. One Of the villages through which
he passed, it appears, 10 the native place
Of Mr.. Van Buren,, Secretary Of State
Tho editor, who is politically opposed to
Mr.. Van B. thus notices This gentleman in
connection with his birth s,Iace.
One Of these villages deserves par,ic.
ulNr mention. 1t 10 Kind.rhook, situated
on the east side Of the river, eighteen or
twenty miles below Albany, and containing
about 5000 inhabitants. II 10 celebrated
as the birthplace Of Mr.. Van Buren,, the
second officer in the present, and designed
for the first in the next National Admins.
trRtion. His parents were eI trcmely poor
so much SO that when . thirst after
knowledge prompted him &C. employ his
long winter evenings in reading books
loaned to him by friends they could not af.
ford 10 furnish him with oil or candles, and
he was forced to search the forest for pine
knots which he split up and used for that
purpose. After acquiring enough Of the
rudiments Of science to appreciate it, val
ne, and being prevented by pecuniary cir
cumstances from obtaining q public educa.
ton. he commenced the study Of law in
his native village, and was admitted to the
bar at the age Of 22. He subsequently,
prac.ised at Sandy Mill and 10 Albany, and
has rapidly risen through the various
grades Of civil Office to the distinguished
station he now occupies. He 10 emphatTS
cally what has been said Of Franklin, Ri.
tenhouse, and Roger Sherman---G self
made man. Loud complaints have been
made by his opponents that he has ruled
the State and oppressed the people f; b,H
IL they had spent half the time in endeav.
curing to elevate themselves that they
have in fruitlessly trying to undermine his
standing, they, and no donb, the public
would have been better of. The only
fault to be found with Mr.. Van Buren, il,
that his habits Of intense thought and un-
firing industry have raised him above his
fellows who trusted to the advantages on
ierred on them by high birth and prime ely
wealth. II has been said that swha,evcr
has been done by man, can again BE- dcne
by man. Whether this is a true maxim
or not we shall not attempt to decide; but
we DO say. that industry lies at the very
foundation ofall true greatnes, and no man
can rise much above his ordinary level
without exerting it. All young men can.
not occupy the chair of the Secretary Of
State, hut all who are industrious and aim
high, will most certainly reach an enviaHle
cminence."
On the evening Of the 10th ult. ciaOut--
chO"c balloon made by DR.. J. X. Mitchell,
escaped while under conveyance from
Il A. ~ \