The New York herald., 1844-11-17
EDUCATION.
We beg permission call the attention OF our
readers to the following -

Mesopotama Mesopotamia,
Ami late " Anhate
Compemlse Compromise,
PorpuseS " Paupers
Found " Fined
Every people has its peculiarities, why should
not we have ours
your hymns by calling out, Tune, long metre, or
tune short metre, or tune hallelujan metre, as the
case may be. OF course the quire must know
what tune Is required.
Some unsalant and unpublished misanthrope has
been utterlng some sly inuendoes against the la
dies tor wearing trousers. To say nothing OF the
danger such vile wretch incurs of being forever
discarded by them--of being cut, stunned and
avoided as an odlous slough from the social body,
we would have him remember that it is the ladies'
prescriptible right TO wear "breeches," derived
from old mother Eve herself, according to an an.
cient translation of the bible which says "They
took leaves and made themselves breeches."
LATEST FROM TExAs.-The steamship Republic
Captain Crane, arrived yesterday from Galveston
Our files by her not Of consecutive dates the,
are to the Both ult Our previous advices were to
the 2Sth Of September. Mra
We notice nothing Of importance in our papers
The elections had termina'ed, and the gathering in
of the crops seemed TO take precedence in the peo
ple's minds, for the time being, OF either invasion
or annexation.
A letter from San Antonio, dated the 18th uIt.,
says:-
~
perlng. Capt. Hays is out with his company on an
expedition has been some twenty days; but we
expect to hear Of him soon.'
Judge Terrell is spoken of as about to receive the
appointment OF Minister to England from Texas;
and Mr.. Riley, OF Houston, that OF Minister to the
United States. la reference to these rumored ap.
pointments, the Banner, an anti Houston paper,
published in BraZorla county, says:-
Should they prove true, we have only to say,
that in the nations to which men entertaining
such opinions and political principles are sent,
clothed with diplomatic authority, Ieras tcM be
most fotlLy and vilely misrepresented that Texas
desires TO be annexed, and that we acknowledge
no power, no authority, no fright dipine" with
which the Executive OF this natlon is invested,
that will warrant him IN insulting, trampling upon,
and counteractng the will OF the pe0ye
The ship Star Republic arrived at Galveston on
the 10th nit, after voyage Of 70 days from New
York. She had hard tug with the equlnoxaI
storm, but finally weathered it.
A gentleman OF integrity in Galveston has re.
ceived letter from highly respectable source in
Mexico, who states there will be no invasion Of
Texas this year, and that the citizens of Texas
can depend upon what he says to be true.
Benjamin Franklin Love, OF Matagorda county,
was murdered on the 18th ult, by Mr.. Jas Duncan
rhe Matasorda Despatch says that Mr. Love, ac-
companied by his negro boy, was overtaken by
Duncan on his way to Port Cavello. Some words
were passed between them and scnffle ensned,
when Mr.. Love called upon his negro boy to cas-.
sst him, or strike Duncan" The latter mmedl.
ately knocked the boy down with the butt of his
whip, and discharged his gun at Love, who at
tempted to run, but not being five or six yards
distant, he received heavy charge oil buck shot In
the back OF the head and neck, and fell dead on the
beach, Duncan went on his way as if nothing had
occurred.
Col. John Bradley, late prisoner in Mexico. di.
ed at his residence in Fayette county, the 18th
ult.
News had reached Galveston from Corpus Christi
to the 18th ult Nothing new, strange, or impor.
tant.
Mr.. David 8. Richardson was murdered in his
residence on the San Antonio river, Refugo coun.
ty, about the middle OF last month. He was shot
at night in his bed
On the 2lth Sept. an express had arrived at Con.
zaes, stating that a party OF about fifty Indians
were In the neighborhood OF the latter place, COM
mlttlng depredations, and had killed and scalped
Mr. John Berrimendi. The District Court was in
session at Gonzales when this Intelligence was re-
ceived, but the Grand Jury Immediately dismissed
themselves, and started of with about iory others
pursuit OF the Indians, with what success had not
been learned. The Indians are said to be Canaan
ches.
A friendly Indian council was being held at the
Elm Fork OF the Braz0s. Gen. Houston was in
attendance.
Excellent crops Of corn had been made in the
neighborhood OF the Brazos, and in most instances
secured.
The cotton crop Is comparatively large too, and
but slightly injured by the rains. The caterpillar
mad made It's appearance on several plantations in
Brazoria county, but The crop was too well ma
tured 10 sustain injury by it. The crop OF victo-
ria, Gonzales and Jackson counties, Is estimated
at.near three thousand bales -Ness Orleans Pic
Nov 8.
The Texas revenue cutter Alert, arrived from
Corpus Christi on the 18Th ult Nothing strange or
important. From this arrival we presume the In
dams have entirely abandoned that section of coun-
try; as we have been informed she was ordered on
that station for the purpose OF protecting and de-
tending Corpus Christi against any attack that
might be made by the Indians or Mexicans upon
that place.
N. b. Singular phenomenon to see a revenue cut.
ter chssng Camanche through the praries Of
Texas Galveston paper.
THR FrsHERIKs This important branch OF our
Provincial wealth, under the system now pursued
by those engaged in the 1oDg-shorc fisheries is
Ken whole scarcely bs equailed by any pan Of
sent destructive method Of Killing large and small in.
discriminsely, will soon become Of little account
fishery that the business calculated to maintain many
thousands Of nhabitantsa well produce unbounded
wesh the speculative man. will diminish at no very
distant date, into nsgnihcance II ever thus with
the natural productions Of this country. There was
time when those valuable animals the Caribou the Moose
and the Besver abounded in but the ndscrm
mate butchsry Of the early but inprovident settlers Of
the BacKwoods have noarly anLhilated them The Wal
rus Cow well the larger species OF the Seal
formerly herds c king on the shores
OF the Bay Of Fundy, have from the becms
extinct Our Forest Pines and our FISHERIES are sharing
the same fate, and unless wholesome legislation be sp
piled immediately for their preservation both these re
Of chidrens children, will shortly be numbered
among the things that were" On the coast Of Grand
Manan Campo Bello Indian Island and Deer island wes
or trapping h.h be seen in every place
and such the effect Of this method OF taking them that
large and small all captured and many only OF the
largest as the hshorman fnd salt taken,
and the remander hundreds oi thousands OF bsr
els In the course OF the allowed rot Under
such asystem requires prophet foretel in very
mi cd space OF time total apnihstion Of that valuable
branch Of our industry s. Johns b Herald, Nov II
MORE MLLRRIsM. -strarge as il may seem, the
again advertising sstinss ana their followers deuded
a. they have bes ready TO be deceived again Pre-
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