Litchfield enquirer., 1840-04-23
For the Enquirer.

From yonder House of God
Entranc'd the soul, in mute surprise,
Seems upward borne to those bright skies
The Angels blest abode.
On wings of fire,
With strong desire,
A. pants the hart for crystal streams;
So does that music from the choir,
Awake the spirit, till it deems
That all of earth is fed,
And to tn empyrean led,
II yearns to battle in seas of rest,
10 be in heaven, for ever blest.
The solemn organs peal
The concord of rich voices, sweet and clear,
And the deep bass, breaks on the ravishd ear
With power that all must feel,
Who listen to their sacred lays,
Hymning our great Creators praise.
In such frame of mind,
Who would not ever long to stay?
The golden hours. how fleet! the wind
Were not more swift than they.
such is the power of song,
In all It's harmony sublime;
That even the eaden steps of time,
When weary with the throng
VI busy cares, pass lighter than the wing
VI tie first harbinger Of early Spring. VS..
1H'ers, the netU Prime Minster.-This distinguished
parsonage is probably the shrewdes and most expert
politician who, since the death of Taheyrand has
paruc'pacd IN the Government of France. He is
native OF Marselles, where his father pursued the
1n,hhle business OF maker of brogans and member
Oh leather harnesses. By some means he obi aimed at
an early age scholarship in the Lyceum of his ma
I'VE city, where he so distinguished himself by his APP
pcaon ard progress to the aid of in
ilehtla cluZens, who sent him to attend the law lee
I; rs Ct AK. While there he gave a specimen of that
aAlliY Tor Which he has since been eminent, to obtain
nd'recY such ends as were not accessible by straight
forward forts. premium had been offered the fac
ATTY i"r tie best enlogum on Vanvenargues, and he
resolved to obtain it. and sent his manuscript to the
committee, The production was found to be far SUI
perlor to all It's competitors; but on discovering that
It was written by Theirs, the loyal members Of the
examining committee, rather than award the preml-
nm TO one who had rendered himself obnoxious by
naran9ulng his comrades against the restoration of
Ne BonrbOns, postponed their decision to the follow
me year At the appointed time, his manuscript ap-
peaed again; but in the interval piece had come
ON Paris which eclipsed all the Others and to it the
premium was eagerly awarded the humble honor of
ton presented by Theirs. Great was the disappoint-
ment of the academicians when, on unsealing the
name OF the Partisan victor, was found to be that
OF the o!Gect OF their anlpahy, who had caused the
AK TO Paris and from Paris 10 AK, and gaining both
the prize and The accessit
Timers was first introduced to public life by the or
aor Manuel who made him one of the editors of the
Great liberal paper of his day. The Constitutional, in
which he distinguished himself by the extraordinary
TSoT &nu nannness of his writings. While pursuing
his editorial career he composed his celebrated Iliso-
ry OF the French Revolution. In 1928, in conjnnc-
ton with the wellknown Armand Carrel, he estab.
Ished the National, the leading and most celebrated
opposition French journal up to the time of the revo-
luton OF 80. he took an active part in the
throw OF tie Poignac Ministry and of Charles the
Tenth and, on the restoration of order, was made
Councillor OF State, which station he exchanged in
1881 for hat Of Minister of the INTERIOR under Mar
shall Soult. lie filled variety of Ministerial Offices
ereemen's with his coadutors he quit public life and
devoted himself to literature. Like Brougham of Eng
land, lie has found time to compose many works of
the first class in History and Philosophy. His active
spirit could i'll brook the quiet of closet life, and
the demolition Of the Mole Administration, he enter
ed again into political controversy as a deputy and
controversies in the journals and we see by the pa
pers brought by the packet of the 9th OF March from
London, that he is now Prime Minister of France -
Theirs has been most fortunate in all his efforts. He
married woman of great beauty and much greater
wealth, and he has elevated the other members of his
family 10 respectable stations in society.
Like Mirabeau, we believe Theirs can boast of be-
ing one of the rolicst men of his time lie is small,
but in conversation and forensic debate he is anma.
ted and iorcetu in remarkable degree. He is
about forly-thce years old; and having been dlsci
pie of one of the sirictcst of deetc philosophy
he retains the flush and vgor Of earlier manhood.
Neu. Yorker.