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New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18
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YE mournful relics of my earlier days,
Strange are my thoughts as on you now gaze J;
For swift-winged Memory, faithful to each year
Calls him to life whose image dwellcth here;
And in these lines which hallowed friendship gave
Reveals Love, and mourns beside grave.
would not the emotions now control,
That sadden as they elevate my soul
That DER me steal with their resstless powers,
AS gently as the dew on Summer flowers,
Recalling, while their potent power doth last,
JOYS sacred made, because forever passed. bless
While Memory rnourns, bright Fancy springs to
And by gone years to moments now compress
Clothing with life the image that keep,
Untouched by time, undimmd by GREATNESS Steep
Once more listen to thy well known voice.
Live in thy love, and living thus rejoce'
And own again the witchery of the spell,
That bound our souls in union long and well.
Topether now we tread life's devious path,
Blessed with its hopes, defying all its wrath,
All careless of the darkest form 1t wears,
AS blending joys, We share each others cares
The night conceives pleasure for the morn,
Anu nlgNL lelulIlIllS diio.iiNi No'AA
In separate hearts their purpose far begun,
But all unsought till mingled into one.
Thus pass the years, and thus content to live,
We owe the purest bliss this world can give;
Steal from the Present joys t adorn our age
And scorn the Future ere VIC turn It's page;
Nor deem that life will cease to wear the smiles,
That mark our youth, and every care begulles.
But now disease assails thy feeble frame,
And day by day asserts a stronger claim.
Loves treess watch each trivial change discerns,
Nouns Hopes departure, fears when she returns,
As the meek language of thy voceless eye,
Bespeaks Soul that, futtering, longs to fly
To yon bright world, and fully taste the bliss
By Faith foreshadowed on the verge OF this.
The thread of life, in doubt suspended long,
To earth grows weaker; but on heaven more
strong,
And thus infxed, between two spheres vibrates,
Till, like gentle whisper, here it breaks,
And thy freed Spirit seeks the Eternal Throne,
And leaves me here in sadness and alone.
Whene'er earth loses for time it's woes,
And pleasures tnse mantle, round me throws,
And forget life's high, ennobling end,
Forget my God, and thee, my early friend
Oh! may turn, and on these relics gaze,
And wisdom learning, walk in Wisdom's ways ;
Striving each hour in knowledge to progress,
Snch as the pure in heart alone possess,
So that when death shall summon me to flee
The scenes of earth, may bid me speed to thee,
Where both immortal, VIC shall ever know
The bliss unsullied by the touch of wo
A. ID. T. RANDOLPH.
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| Between Stirling and Callander, "a village at
the foot of the Highands,) the road winds De-
tween hawthorn hedges sprinkled with flowers
and among the frs and larches OF d Scotch iof-
est. Passing BY the fine old ruins of Doune Gas
tle whence Home, the author Of Douglas ihaue
his romantic cscape) and by their mooern an
tthesis. the Deanston Cotton Works, (whlch EN-
ploy thousand workmen, and nave 'oui mn
oyershot wheels, thirty-six feet IN diameter VIC
reached Callandcr. after being three tunes over
turned in only sixteen miles, by the strange taste
~ the horse which drew our Highland " drosky,"
q ,lumsv sort of barouche,] to dodge up every
crossroad.
| CaIlander is interesting as specimen OF a Oae-
he village 1t consists Of one street, twice as
wide as Broadway. half a mile long, and lined
with uniform, low, one-story, whlte-washed cot
tages: looking as if the stone walls OF some
highway had grown little higher and wider and
| then had square holes cut In them for windows
| and DOORS 1t is overlooked by Ben Ledl Nhe
| Hill of Heaven, and has for It's lion, the pretty
| cascade of Bracklinn, two miles over the hill
and heather. 1t much resembles the second fall
at Trenton, near Utica, and is therefore not worth
while dwelling upon.
At daylight the next morning set out alone
| on foot for ''Ihc Trosachs,' having had the
foresight (Which cannot be too highly recon-
| mended to tourists in the Highlands) to send my
! chief luggage by railway from Ednboro' to
| Glasgow The delicousncss Of that morning
walk battles all attempts to describe. One might
as easily portray in words the delicate tnge of
sunset cloud The air was reGolent with balmv
perfune and the winds seemed the very breath
mos of the goddess of health, The road was
bordered by hedges whose verdurc was halEhid
den by flowers of every hue. 1t was carpeted by
the elastic heather embroidered with pink bios
SONS, and sinking and swelling under the feet
The only sounds were the songs of birds andthc
rushing of waters. The path wound between
mountains, through dells and beside lakes and
rivers now diving into dark ravnc, and now
reappcarng on rocky knoll. AT one moment
all would be sunshine and the next a shower
would sprinkle the turf and then pass on,
leaving behind it glorious rainbow. The mists
rose slowly from the tops Of the mountains, like
incense from those lofty altars. All was Fairy
land of beauty, and can be painted only BY new
language-one all composed Of ecstasy.
This is moreover classic ground for here arc
the scenes Of the Lady Of the Lake On the
left is the river Teith and at Coilantogle ford,
Fitz- James and Rodcrick Dhu had their fierce
struggle for life and victory. Then comes the
hamlet Of Duncraggan, whose huts
Peep like moss.srown rocks, half seen,
Half hidden ia the copse g1eel
A little farther is Loeb Vennachar perfect
mirror of every passing cloud. Our American
poet must have had some such gems in his minds
eye, when he sang of
g One Of those still lakes
Which IN a shining cluster lie,
Ol winch the south wind scarcely breaks
The image of the sky.
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18

The FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STArEs-An
application was made in the Court OF Common
Pleas IT Equity, on Saturday, on behalf OF the
heirs of the trustees Of this institution, upon II
bill which they had filed some time since, asking
for the payment of a sum OF money unclaimed
in the hand of the present trustees, of about
Sl2, 900 for services rendered In the trust some
fifteen or twenty years since. The surviving
trustees are MeSSrs Joseph Sine and - iol-
lingsworth; the assets of the Institution, after
payment Of all debts and the capital, amount TO
upwards Of $4,000 in cash, and large sun in
State tiyes and skies, of which i large amount is
set apart for dividends and other liabilities which
have been advertised all over Europe and this
country, and which IN al probability, never will
be claimed, and for Tie payment OF expenses,
&c, in administering the trust. The applicants
demand that the State stock be sold at It's pre-
sent price in order 10 meet their claim. This is
resisted By the respondents, on the ground that 1t
will create a deficiency IN the sum set apart for
unclaimed dividends and expenses, and one Of
them asks that, II the stocks should be ordered
to sale at the present time, the loss should be
distributed pro rata among the claimants
The statement made BY all the parties showed
that this trust is one OF the best administered OF
any IN the country, and should be a model to the
trustees OF the late United States Bank. There
was no decision made III the premises on Satur-
day, but all the documents were laid before the
ceurt for further examination. Phila Ledger.
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18

D A man named Baumaste- was tried ct Se
L'nis On the sth ias1 for she nardee Of Thomas Ha.
found g1y Of murder a the ID degree, and sezaeed "
yeAfs esadIssneat ia Jefessoa PepiesaAy.
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18
SECOND DAY.

The Convention met on Tuesday morning,
pursuant to adjournment, when Messrs GRANT,
CLINE, TnoRNBuRGH and BucXMAsrER, from the
Committee on that subject, reported the follow
ing Address to the people of the West, which
WAS adnptcd
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AMERICA VEspUccI.-Wc have met the follow

AMERICA fESPUCCl.--Hc have met the follow
ing paragraph in many of our recent exchanges
The Countess Vespucci, who received into the best
families here vrtuous and asked of land
of Congress- represented in Noas Weekly Messenger
be- now living OF most immoral intimacy, at o.
denabursh y. Y. with nephew OF Van Rensselaer,, son OF
the late patroon OF Albany lie has built huge wall round
his place to keep out Imylng visitors
We should scarcely take the trouble TO correct
the error but for the injustice done to Mr. Van
Rensselaer,, who is a most worthy and upright
man. The man with whom the Countess Amer
ica Vcspucci lives at Ogdcnsburgh, is Mr.. Par
rsh, foreigner of great wealth and of such char
acter as this connection implies. 1t was COM
menccd, by the way, before her first visit to this
country After she had left the U. S. on the de-
feat of her scheme OF begging land, he sent to
Paris for her and conveyed her from Plattsburgh
| to his residence at Ogdcnsburgh In splendid
coach and SIX, he himself riding on horseback be-
hind the establishment. THIS incident is every
wav characteristic.
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18


ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER GoSE.-
Some days since, on our return from the State
Fair at Rochester, we met upon the boat at AL
banv Mr.. DAVID RUSSELL, venerable and most
worthy citizen Of Burlington, Vermont, one of
the few reliqucs of the Rcvoluton-the Heroic
Age OF our country, and whom We had long
known as man of high ability and Of pure in
tegrity Though bowed down by age he suffered
few of its usual infrmities. He conversed with
spirit and enthusiasm on all subjects of public
interest but preferred to dwell upon the virtues
and the glories of the oldcn times. He came to
this city 20 visit his son. DR.. J. 2. Russell, who
is surgeon in the army, and was thcn as he is
vet. stationed at Governors Island. He spoke
of this as visit to which he had long looked
forward, and which he felt would greatly cheer
his aged but still atfectionatc heart. The second
day after his arrival we were called upon to
chronicle lis death. He came to meet his be-
loved child, and then went Home to his more
dearly loved fathcr-for he sincere and
devoted Christian We are reminded of these
circumstances more by meeting in the Burlington
Free Press the following sketch of his life:
Mr. Russell after leaving the army of the Revolution in
which he had early engaged, this State preyi
1us TO its being admitted into the Union In 1873 he
aced with and entered into the printing business Ben
,incton with ANTHONY HAswEIL, Esq, under whose
,ices during that year the Vermont Gazette IA paper still
published by the descendants of Nh HaswelD esab
shed strongly advocating the claims of Vermont previous
her admission into the uaion. In 1871, Mr. Russell was
appointed Postmaster Bennington; he continued that
iiFce until he appointed Collector of Customs ioI the
District Of Vermont when IN 1871 he removed to Burlington
md entered upon The duties Of his Office and continued
herein until superseded by Dr. Jabe7 Psnnlman Mr. Rus
e was early day appointed agent for the erection of
n. first College building Of the University Of Vermont
Many of the old inhabaus Of Burlington bear
es,inouy to the uutiring zeal aud fidelity in its
ION by Mr. Russell. amid many difficulties aud pecuniary
osses to himself He afterwards for long period ocia-d
Is faithful civil magistrate aud for numbe. Of years he
vas Clerk of the Supreme Court for Chitenden County
Mr. Russell was decided and sincere friend Of religions he
.arry exerted himself The establishment Of its Institutions
this town, and on constant worshiper, but for
ome wears oicia,ed Deacon the Church with which
le " connected.
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18

CANAL LoTs-The gross amount of sales for
Canal Lots i" the city OF Chicago the 3d. 4h 5h 9th
and "a inssaa; S2sls7o This - PAYABLE IL Canal
sc5iP--sea per cea' towa the balance IL 20 years.
hlDSAprlNG.-A free negro girl while riding out
with her !oaHs AdoEs, kidnapped near Jacksonville
H. short time siaee b couple Of ru;Eln. armed with
pistols aud Bowie kSises They ssse IN the direction OF
81 Louis VITA the pze, 81, sooa oreraken AID
cured.
55The Milwaukee Herald Of the 29th Sept,
'ays tina; owing TO the rousa-s of The L.ke the
Chesapeake WAS obliged to by Mwaaks with 800 pas.
seas's destined fox sh- place Chicago will h-,e the pes
are of receiving full load of Passengers once this season
IL A man named James Cannon, a hunter,
Wa found dead 'n IN. woods MARSHALL A.eA WIKI a.
espts J1s BY hi' siae, shor, line .ae.
@ There ~as aigat fall Of saeT n Chicago,
nlr es The ssi
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To the People Of the West.

Ii we look back toward the period of the or-
gin of the human race on earth, until It's history
is lost in the distance of the past, we find that
throughout It's whole known career, it has ever
been struggling to realize higher and happier
condition. We find further that this struggle
has been more and more violent in proportion to
mans upward progress, so that from being COM
paratlveiy y lmpotent with the savage, 1t has, in
our day, and IN the present state OF civilization
| assumed an aspect OF carnestness and intensity
which proves that higher level is yet to be at
tanned before the human mind Will be at rest
We, who have assembled at this Convention for
the purpose OF lnGulrlng If there was not some
thing better for us and our race than the ankle
| ties and mseries which we see around u.s. do
especially proclaim, that we aspire ardentlv for a
reformed and improved social condition, and that
we never reconcile ourselves to the existing
social state Of conflict disorder and injustice
until We shall be convinced that in the bountes
| OF Providence, and the riches Of infinite love,
there Is nothing better than we now have to sat
lsty the desires of the soul. We feel too that in
our aspirations for nober social condition, there
are throug hout the " est thousands Of hearts
which beat III unison with ours, and to those we
now appeal for the purpose OF inviting their CO.
| operation, at the same time that we profier them
ours, n the great work OF radical social reform.
We need not at this time call your attention to
the evils which now pervade society; all feel
them IN greater or less degree, from the COM
paratlvey favored possessor OF wealth to the
miserable tenant OF the garret or cellar, whose
children cry IN vain for bread. All feel and ac.
knowledge the universal prevalence of selfish.
ness, and the clashing OF interests which array
different classes and different members Of the
same class, against each other, often in the mos,
rancorous hostility 1t is for all these evils that
We seek remedy-and we believe that such
remedy can only be found in radical change in
osr social organization, in new orraneemeRt OF
men, which shall harmonic their relations with
each other and with the external world. making
the interest OF each the interest of all, and enlist
mo even the most selfish propensites in behalf of
the general good Such an organization is af.
tirmed 10 DC possible by those who have profound.
y investigated the nature of man, and without
ptedglng our faith to the practicabiIty of the.
oEy so magnificent, we confess ourselves willing
to hazard much even for the chance Of introduc-
ing upon this earth, now watered with the tears
OF 50 many victims Of wo, Transformation 50
cheering and SO glorious.
We would not be understood to affirm tha,
mere external organization can rcgenerste the
word or produce that moral harmony which is
the perfection Of the divine mechanism: bat we
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Gltmpses of Europe.

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS OF TIE TRIBUNE.
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18

across the lake in the track pursued by the boat
men Of Roderlck Dhu, when they chantcd III his
praise the song of Hail to the Chief who IN tn
umph advances Ateach point which we round
ed, new beauties appeared, new views presented
themselves, and at length we landed at the ethcT
extremity perfectly satiated with beauty.
a cavalcade Of Highland Shelties conveyed
the party in picturesque procession across
neck of land, five miles wide, to Loeb Lomond,
passing on the way the lonely little lake OF Ark
let: the ruins OF lnversnaid fort erected in l7l3
to check the N1cGregors; and finally the musket,
SIX feet long. of Rob Roy himself. On reaching
Inyersnaid where Wordsworth found his beautl-
full Highland lassie} q magnificent view of Loeb
Lomond bursts upon US, much ike Of those on
Lake George or Horizon. The rest of the day
we passed amid the beauties Of this finest OF all
the Scottish lakes. The lovely scenes which It's
rich combinations of land, wood and water pre-
sent, cannot be represented even on canvass,
much less on paper. | did full Justice TO them
all, but when Ben Lomond presented himself, at
a bend ofth lake. even without his nigh:-cap,
was forced to exclam to my Scotch friends
"Do YOU call that mountain }" Every thing
here is in miniature, and instead of an "Od
World,' it seems that it should be called the
{" New World" not yet full grown.
Landing at Balloch, we passed through % Dunn
barons bonnie dell" admired its castle rock
akin to those of Stirling and Edinboro, and late
in the evening reached the busy and beautiful
city Of Glasgow. w.M. G.
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18

srlRLlNG-THE rRosACIs-LoCn KArRlNE-LoCN
LoMOND.
The sail UP the Firth of Forth from Edinboro'
to Stirling is very beautiful-provded it does not
rain and unfortunately found myself in the
latter category. Still enough of fertile hill and
dale were visible to prove the truth of the old
rhyme which asserts that
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18
BY A TRAVELLING NEw-yoRKER.

From the Special Correspondent Of the n Y. TriJur
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18

70 We are happy to learn tina, Tayors Pfeeedsn's "
WIS with Practical Notes coniouably to the Rsr''e'
Statutes Is much approved Of by very many OF cur o
Ju.ists.
We understand agen, will wal, on the professional gen
enen at their efces in the Of days and
commend this work to their favorable consideration
New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18

u LIE AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL ALMANAC
for lo44; Edited by A. B. ALLEN, Editor of The
American AgricuIturist,' is one of the best works
OF the kind ever published. 1t ought to be in the
hands Of every farmer. Price l2a cents. J..
Winchester, 80 Ann.street.
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scenea ih Oregon and On the Rocky W oun.
tains.

Some interesting sketches and descrip-
tons Of scenes in the far west are CON
tanned in Varnham's Travels book re-
Gently published in New York. Mr..
Farnham left independence, Missouri,
with sixteen men, in May 1899. From
thence he took the Santa Fe Trail, ill he
crossed the Great Arkansas, the "Riyer
of Plains" Thence the party went up
the Arkansas. until they came in sigh, 81
James Peak, the source of the Arkansas. :
This is the extreme southwestern corner
Of the territory Of the United States.
Here the vast and sublime heights Of the
Rocky Mountains rose before them, their
tops made white and drcary with eternal
SHOWS. FROM this they passed the noun
tains through gap, and reached the wa.
tiers Of the Oregon, at Fort Hall. Thence
they passed down the valley of the CO.
lumbia.
The following extract is descriptive Of
a species of natural soda fountains which
among other objects Of natural curiosity
met the view OF the travellers.
The immediate neighborhood of our
encampment is one of the most remark.
able 10 the Rocky Mountains. The facts
that the trail TO Oregon and California
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Dagucreoiype and Telescope.-Is Is
stated in letter read to the Na,iouai In,
sli,ute at Washington, that al Rome The
powers Of the telescope and daguerreo-
type have been so combined as 10 pro-
duce a perfect map Of the heavens. The
nehalons clouds are transferred 10 sheet
Of paper, every star composing them. ana
every shadow, as dstinc. as seen through
The hes, Instruments the precise rosisi0D
OF Jupiter and his moons given Il any
moment Of time, and all tho phases u tho.
planets, with the creates, accuracy. =
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Gfc0ng Har.--'Iake Z % pitch. (
az resin, ~. tecs.~ax. and %. lard,
aud mcli them well together.
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country, in which the Farmer and the Merchant
are equally concerned with the Manufacturer
and the Mechanic, is momcntous question. In
my judgemen. we can do nothing more efficient
TO that great and noble object, than to foster and
sustain the ANEa1CAS ISsrITuTE,-an institution
which is national in lis charactcr,-and which
by the concentrated efforts of It's Membership
rs continued corporate exstencc,-by It's extern
stve correspondence with al parties interested in
the question, can DO more good than the desul-
tory efforts of five times told the number of per-
sons, acting as individuals, can possibly produce
therefore commend il to your especial regard
merltlng the esteem OF every lover of his coup.
Try, both COR the good it has done, and for thai
which it has in prospect.
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THE DESERTED BANQUET.
BY AUGUSTUS sNoDGRASs.

THE golden beams of the morning tall
With sickly glare on the Banquet-hal,
Where wine and wassail on yestcrnight,
To the maIdcued soul brought JOY and light;
And beautiful shapes came thronging there,
And music and gladness filled all the air,
Till Earth like a garden OF roses seemed,
AS fair as the purest hath ever dreamed
But where are the Reyelers where?
A stiffness hangs like pail on the air,
And all is as dsolate. calm and dread,
AS frozen smile on the face of the dead,
Or a rose blooming far
On the forehead of care;
But where are The Revelers ?-where
The wine-cups are shivered-then fragments he
In runous splendor gl!terng by,
From which last eve spirit looked forth
Like an angel come down to a scene OF mrth;
And laughing and shouting with joyful eyes,
AS Time with gambol of madness Ties,
But eemmed with the tears OF virtue shed'
And by;obt with the blood of the murdered dead
The seats are arranged in 4 goodiy row.
Ard tho snn-beams on mirrors and goblets glow
I'm, MIR shadow nor substance dispels the gloom
Which noisclessly steals DER the Banquet room;
And golden glare
Lighteth mirror and char;
Pm, where are the Rcvelers where
But Time spreads banquet of goodly things,
And men sit down while the table rings
With wassail and shout and merry song,
From noisy and joyous and cheering throns'
Here Love, with u smile and flashing eye
Looks laughing in eyes that with love reply;
And Thought. with wrinkled and frowning brow,
And Pleasure, bedecked with its myrtle bough,
And Sorrow, that wecpeth with moaning soul,
And Madness, with eyes that fiery roll
Ambition, tina, struggeth and toileth on,
And wildly grasps at an airy crown,
At this Banquet repair
And laugh or despair;
And thus sit the Revelcrs drinking there
Thus the Banquet Of Life has a merry throng,
And the table rings loud with shout and song
They come from the mountain, from vale and PLAN,
They come from the foamng and wind-lashed
Main!
They come from the CASTLE they como from bower,
And wassail laughs loud for merry hour.
But the moan ola Spirit sweeps through the hall
And down do the goblcts and winc-cups fall,
While the Banqueters stagger and drop around,
With shrek and a SILVER on the ground;
And the sunbeams on mirrors and gobIets glow,
And seats all arranged in goodly row,
While stiffness hangs there,
Like pail on the air,
But where arc the Revelcrs ?-where
No,,rich, ". Y.