Litchfield enquirer., 1859-05-12

sister otates they VIII never acouesce in it's exten son, uy me general government, without enterin their solemn protest against the exercise of power so unauthorized by the Consultation and so hazard ous the tranquility of the Union.
 VIM A. BUCKINGHAM. Har:f I'd, May 4, 1s59
 
 EVENING PRAYER ON THE HIGH ALPS The following lines allude to custom, still exis ing in the Alps, derived from the time when Il, horn called to evening prayer A lugle is blown q sunset, and it's strain still bears the traditionar nare of ' Praise the Lord" At twilight anothe note is sounded ssnf,ing :. Coed Night
 lis evening now. The suns las, smile
 Soft on the snowy peaks is flung.
 And OCT the siladowy deis. the while,
 Ts.e veil If gathering Hisl.t is hung.
 Lark an'l more deep the shades come down.
 Anti softer grows the flding light.
 Till tie last beam of day has fl .wn.
 And stiffness rests on cave and heicht
 Hark from the lof;iest dizzy steep,
 on which the siiii's last ray east,
 shepherds horn, OCT height and ,!cep
 Rings ont rcaling warning blast. lis echoes rest 4 moment Inole
 The trumpet deeper notes poured 5ld the wild silence of tbe Alps
 IL utters forth '' l'laise ye tle Lordr'
 praise-ye the Lord p the cliffs rcsound:
 ] he listening shepherds catch the notes. And, from above beneath, around.
 The oft-repea.ed summons floats.
 From rock to rock. from vale to vale,
 Frpn, every humble cot lis heard
 Till in the furthest distant dale
 The muimur sweils-.. Praise ye the Lord l'' Iris past. The mountain whispers die:
 The hills no more tl.er echoes lend And all beneath he silent sky
 In humble at!aration leud
 Oh Ret to earthly pomp or power,
 Or earthly pride is ever given
 The blessing of that silent hour
 That holy intercourse with heaveni No stately dome may rear its hsad,
 No priest may lead devotion there: Their only temple-liod hath made
 Their only incense offered prayer Beneath. around, majestic sleep
 The solemn. everlasting hills
 Above. the stars their vgiIs keen.
 And angel guards their watch fuifl But hark again the trumpet note
 Petls out beneath the starry light, ., Bearing the cheerful. warm salute
 From heart tn hcart--the kind .. Good -Nioht , "G Good Night" '' Good Night" awake again
 Each m"untain cave and hi!lock crest; Then sounding cliff and echoing glen. a
 Rock, hill and valley sink to rest
 [We copy the foregoing beautiful stanzas from the Buffalo Courier, and learn that they are from the pen of an accomplished lady of this village. We confess that we had not been aware that we had among us poetess of so rare abilities. May we not hear from her through the ecoumnso o the Eaou1RE.y ?
 
 TIE EUROPEAN WAR.-Some of the newspaper, have the European war topic all wo, ked out The, predict with an emphasis that looks much like asser ti"n. taaat there will be long and terrible wa, throughout all Europe :; and advise American agri cutsrists to plant and SOW extensively. as the Uni ted States will be the great granary from which the, must draw their supplies Ttey arc even rapturous on the good time q coining.' It is very easy ts sit down and with pen and ink conjecture terrible war on foolscap-vefy easy to make predictions or what will he the probable result of certain e1peea movements and all that sort of thing but not quite so easy to induce the beigerent powers to pitch in Wh. a man has no freedom to fight E~ q, hone, Let hlm 'Gmbat fuF that Of hts ne hbor's,' $ the doct,inc of the war writers. : l.el ldm think of e 'ories o Greece and of Rome And ge, kn"cked she head for is la bors.'' Is the result which the nations look at For the last few hundred years. the European powers have never been free from vexiny Italian question Italy split into dozcn jarring States. has always been in trouble Taking advantage ni ier disnnion, rcighboiing powers have hs.rrassed md sometimes seized upon her dominuns At o,e e ft "ds ueiuiany, then span. then AtlStrla and France. The powers of Europe jealous of each 'thers acquisitions of territory. and loudly threaten o make d combustion of sulphur charcoal and nj re- which shall end in precipitation of lead and o"mbshells, if any attempt of the kind is ma lc John Bull trowns from his seagrt isle, bitches ur lis trowsers and shakes his huge fist over the chan lei Our foreign correspondent catches up thei, nenaces, and directly after the arrival of the next steamer, there are indications of terrible war ia Europe.'
 Our readers will remember how the United States md England were about to fight over the codfishc- 'ics, few years ago-the fuminations of the press were terrible on both sides of the ocean, hut the governments themscvea settled the little difficulty without a thought of war. There will probably be some fighting over the present bone of conten. tion, but we do not expect that the oh world will shake beneath the tread of mighty armies, or that our farmers will get exceeding rich out of it.
 Berkshire Courier TIE SLAVE TRADE RE-oPENED.-The jury in tle case of the Echo shaver have returned verdict oi net guilty 1hs settles the question of the reopen ing of the African slave trade There is, practically no punishment for the offer ce involved in it. Ther, could not be planer The Echo was captured with the negroes board, the ownership of the yes