Litchfield enquirer., 1860-10-25
MZSCELLANEOUS.


 to provoke considerable diverse eon,an4 ;, .h oouamern m papers. The Memphis Eoon;yer s.vs s,,. Ihe Wlde-awakes are composed mostI,, Y ;s said, of the idle, the vicious. and +bas. hs ~ is ' hang loosely on society" They waniS ha..o much greater success in an assanlt ,,,a, naso ar merchant princes and unprotected waa,., pJt 'ns the North, than in raid upon the Sonth '.n U, not only so, they would no doubt consider anu q; vision of property lying close at hand moro Sa a,- sirable to be made than distant and boot,ass expedition" Of the wide awake demonstration in Wash ington the other night, the &ate says: "They were fine looking set of men. very orderly and gentlemanly in their department. Several citizens who took accurate surveys of them came to the conclusion that they were strangers from other localities, who came here to participate, as they were almost exclusively new faces they recognizing only clerk at the gas office, court baliff under the U S. marshal an ex-assistant U. s. marshal, Q master brick layer, and one or two more of our citizens. We infer that none of them want any office in the event of the triumph of their party they only want to stand by their long cherished and time honored principles of black republicanism and abolitionism."
 The N. o. Deha does rot quite like theil presence Ill tllat clty. It says: "The appearance of company of wide l awakes in the last two Bell-Everett processions has excited good deal of remark in the com. munity. The young gentlemen composing that company may be very riotc people, and very good southerners, but black. republican uni. form rather tends to obscure the light of such sentiments. It might be feared that those who go north for their fashions may be very apt to % north for their politics THE PRINCE AT BosroN-Thursday last was a gala day in Boston. The streets were decorated with flags of England and America, and the ship ping displayed what bunting it had The Prince had been permitted to rest on Wednesday eve ming, only a few citizens calling on him. Dur ing Thursday forenoon the Prince kept his apart ments, receiving visitors, the old Ralp ph Farnhan among the number. At l2 the royal party were escorted to the State House by the Lancer through an immense crowd. They were there received by Gov. Banks and the members O government. The Prince then on horseback re viewed the soldiers. The display was fine, abou 2500 being in the line A collation. followed a the State House. at which, among the thirty in vited guests were Senators Wilson, Sumner Hamlin, Gov. Dennison of Ohio, Edward Ever cit and ex-Chief Justice Shaw.
 At o'clock the party repaired to Music Hal which was elaborately decorated, to attend d mu sical festival of 1900 children. The visitor were well satisfied with the performances The principal piece in the exercises were the fol lowing stanzas, composed by Dr. Holmes :--
 ouR FATHERS LAND. God bless our Fathers Land, Keep her in heart and hand
 One with our own
 From all her foes defend,
 Be her brave peoples friend, 1 On all her realms descend, :, Protect her throne
 Father. in loving care
 Guard thou her kingdoms heir, Guide all lis ways; | Thine arm his shelter be I From harm by land and sea, Bid storm and danger flee,
 Prolong his days. ! Lord, let wars tempest cease,
 Fold the whole earth in peace l Under Thy wings
 Make all thy nations one. | All hearts beneath the sun, Till Thou shalt reign alone,
 Great King of Kings. The ball at the Boston Theater in the evening ecpsed in brilliancy any similar gathering il New England. The beautiful as well as tho fashionable world of Boston was present, and ir this respect as in the freedom from accident ant the general enjoyab;ty.i it fur surpassed the New York demonstration, 3,GJ0 were present. | Boston has reason to be proud Of the orderly respectful refined. yet warm-hcarted and cordia manner in which it has entertained the royal boy