Columbus Democrat., 1841-12-18
THE EX-PRESI

The character of these sla,
Clay once SAID ofIhe fame o
OrIeans, "a pat Of the mora
country" Where j, lie Am
yield a hearty response 10 the
ing expressed towards Mr..
one OF hls sturdlest political f
of the New York Commerce.
Now that the history Of NJ
become Inseparably as,ocid;s
The Coniederacy over which
rot he a mere dictate oI parus
hat the character of no niag
Ter bear the scrutiny Of hi. &c
From The .Nep York Com,
"0ur readers know that W
for Mr.. Van Buren, politically
his Administration, from I'd
end, on general principles, be
neither wise, nor Just, nor BEN
But our political hostility ney
man aud We are sure that Il
es' OF his supporters will con
e picture Of his retirement,
the Evening Post, with more
er approval than it excites in
LEBANON
The crowd of summer cor
collected at the springs, has
these beautiful valleys to mvs
h lis, with the glorious views
ramble for h urs on the sunni
N with "a living creature.
The other day, ! was led h
klnderh"ok, which | had new
is one Of the pIeaSanres, villa!
amid Il rounty Of swelling
meadows that skirt the win
one oflhose upland sNells, it
make the elevation percep,ibI(
It's broad streets embov cred
clean, comfortable dwelIug
fruit trees and shrubbery. Ii
As like prosperous enougl
pearance o:thlifI - fore hande
cali it III New England-bu
nough II have that raw, uui
Bile look that we find in villa
you ave improving very fast
very reason are dIsagreeab.d
About two miles south O
dwelling Of the ex- President
a PLAN, substantial, commodi
the year 1897, of the best n
more regard TO comfort than
Van Ness, father ola late NJ
1t stands at a little distance f
midst Of ground. planted viii
ry. Mr.. Van Burens farm
dred and thlty.seven acres,
forest, and some portion is tn
ow of Undertook river.
Here MIR. Van Buren, emp
cultivation of his newly purcI
before he came into the posS'
much neglected. There was
for the fine old garden of Ger
G ne TO decay ; there we're I'd
and path 10 be laid out, aud
10 Q replaced ; there were st
grown up in wild luxurouee
aud meadow lands oversrow
TO be reclaimed.
Thus far the state of the
his skIful administration.
been laid out, with a green
wall for espaliers and for the
trees /; a copIous spring has
a succession Of fish ponds,
making INTO good meadow Il
cred with useles bushes, is
activity. | remember that
said something not long slnt
Buren's cabbages, but | look
they were eaIly cabbages, th
in the whole country, but the
en- long ago. | saw a grea
pear trees, ordered from Ilau
before, and now in The groun
ishlng ; they were of hose
troduced by the ImproverS al
making 1t the most delicious
aud "a table fruit OF all season
TIE ex.Presldent begins Il
ten or fifteen miles on horse
fast he is engaged with work
and then bttakes hlmselflo b
is constantly enlargIng. In
and IN friendly intercourse "
and neighbors, the farmers
passes his time. ] suppose
and then,
"Through the loop h
To peep at the great Bah
and 10 speculate upon what
Washington since he came a
sorbed IN his agricultural occ
pt ars 10 have ne more time
than a y other ~eIl.inionmed
can by pIofe sion. was
free f on the PsdanIry of part
mat his mind could so readily
eea be yond the occupation,
part Of h $ lie has Oten eng"
ever, the conversation IS dive
iects, he expresses himself