Litchfield enquirer., 1837-07-06


 9t far greater difficulty and danger than the present.
 trust will restore them. With regard to the pres- 1 ent administration, cannot have much confidence that you suggest it will profit by the errors of the last The errors of the last administration are, in the eyes Of the present. it's virtues The eminent success of the substitution of State Banks for Bank of the United States, has crowned the late administration with so much glory, that nothing less than hint from the people can ever convince the present adminisra ton that it was error The reform must come from the people themselves.
 Mr. Editor-You may have seen in the National Gazette of Philadelphia, June 22d 1887, the request James P. Espy of that city, to be informed of the state of the weather any western part of Massacbu setts or southern part of Vermont or northwestern part ot Connecticut on the evening and night of the 18th June, 1885, on the evening and night of the Sd Sep- temoer' lo2l and on the llth, 18th, 13th 14th and 10th of May, 1853. The information is desired, as understand, to aid in explaining some meteorological phenomena. send you few statistics of those days specified, with the exception of the Sd of Sept ls2l at which time did not reside in this part of the coun- try My statement is very brief; but should you pub fish it in this region, it may call forth facts from others that will be more satisfactory to the scientific.
 At Goshen, Litch6eld CO., Conn. it rained on the 18th of June, 1885, On the 1lth May 1885, it rained in the morning, and held cloudy the rest ofthe day. the 18th, it rained some, much on the lIth The 18th, it rained some, much as on the two preceding days. The l4th, more ran On the 18th it was fair and pleasant. Very respectfully, yours, GRANT POWERS. Goshen. June g. ls37
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 From the Ladies and Gentlemens Society Of So Farms tor Moral and Intellectual Improvement. Cues. "Does the possession of knowledge enable person to exert more influence than the possession of wealth?'
 think atthe possession acknowledge is capable of exertng more influence than the possession of weath and in proof of this assertion, shall bring forward few arguments. In the first place. would mention Mahomet as striking instance in proof of my asser- tion We find on reading his history that he was poor boy, but he possessed that which was far better to accomplish his purpose, he means of obtaining an educaton,) and he we'll fitted in this respect for the task which he undertook. For no other reason than because he had learning he was enabled to pub- fish book called the Koran to which he made converts, first of his household and then from house to house, and from city city, till he was ena- bed to collect mighty army-and his followers at the present time amount to one hundred million. We are ready to exclaim, what mighty influence he exerted! How many persons have been brought to believe his doctrines for the last twelve hundred years and will continue to be influenced by it for genera tions yet to come, God only knows.
 If we are conversant with the ancient history of Greece and Rome we shall there see that the whole population of those republics were influenced by some few individuals who were in possession acknowledge; and it was only necessary for them on the eve of battle to assemble the populace together in some pub. rlo <I,n;., ready for any deed of darng or to be led to any en- counter.
 What an influence Bonaparte exerted over the des- tines of Europe! Reputation property and even life itsef were nothing to him-he made and unmade kings at his pleasure. And are led to inquire why it was so? An to it may be found in the fact that he possessed comprehensive knowledge of hu- man nature; or in other words, he knew what men were, and how to them for the purpose of acqur- ing honor to hmself and to become one of the most powerful emperors of Europe.
 Other instances of this kind might be mentioned (if our limits would permit they have occurred in Eu- rope; but we have repeated instances in our own country of the power knowledge has of excrng an - fiuence, in comparison with which, wealth sinks into insignfcance. Andhere we find, that if Columbus had not studied geography, he would not have conceived the noble idea of there being continent in the west he would not therefore have possessed such an nfu- ence over the desinies of mankind, and led people from Europe to people this country, while the Indians have been driven to the far west. At the time we were struggling with England to regain our liberties wealth would not purchase our freedom, but know ledge in the character of WASHINGTON was capable of influencing feemen to fight for their libcrtes and to gain their independence. Who that has not heard of Franklin and we all know that his wise max inns will influence mankind to the latest generation- Destitute of wealth-a printer by profession-but we find his knowledge made him capable of exerting an influence that has astonshed the world.
 might mention, in proof of our position, Roger Sherman, of our own state, Fulton the creator of the steam engine, Rittenhouse, West, and tell of their influence mankind but it is not necessary
 It may be said that there are some rich men who have exerted and are capable of exerting much n- f1uence as those Ihave mentioned Louis Philip, king Of France whois considered of the most wealthy men in Europe-and what does his influence amount to? might almost say, nothing! It is but name, and there is doubt from the accounts have from France that many stand ready to take his life. Give
 person wealth to his hearts content; let him have access to the mines of Goconda; but withhold from him all knowledge of the arts and sciences, and he would be but blank in the creation; he would not, could not be respected. But, the other hand, give him knowledge, and let him have mind capable of using it, and what influence he can exert he can direct the lightning train that it fall harmless to the ground-he can stop the mighty rivers in their course