The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-01

LATE FROM Texas. The New York, Captain
Wg s10yns as es .. xs.
Our dates from Houston as late as the i7h but the
Texan journals rem lrkaby barren ofintercs They
are all earnestly engaged in discussing the question Of
annexation and what is here very small molehi. is
there transformed into mighty mountain.
The Galveston Gazette has article on the subject
VIII looks well on paper ana for the of
who can appreciate the lofty, we copy it entire The
editor says
is thrown out in some of the papers of the United
States that the annexation of Texas is to be measure
effected by a compromise, condition being that the ter
ritory of Texas be divided into three States in
of which slavery is be tolerated while it is to be pro-
hibited in the others This idea, we think must have
originated from other than official sources; and the
measure proposed would, believe, be far better
calculated to defeat than to the of the
project Of annexation. 1t might satisfy the North.
but il would displease the South in the proper.
;on and would, we feel confident, receive the
sanction OF the slave States. Editors in the United
States to think that the question of is one
which the United States only and that the peo
pie of Texas would rush into the Union on any terms
which that country might propose The opinion has no
doubt resulted from the whining of certain disappointed
persons here have made point decry every thing
in the present condition Of the untry and who seem
think that peace plenty and fair compensation for hon
nest industry, not worth enjoy ing and, in their
haste to be rich" willing to hazard every
tried and substantial benefit which they possess for
the uncertain prospect OF obtaining some such SUD,
to exist 10 the philosophers stone There are per.
| sons among who have said that any change must
be for the better and who have protested Willingness to
rush into almost experiment that might be suggested
but they are few in number-and the United States may
expect TO find that Texas will not receive she has
degrading conditions from any quarter and that
she only feels sufficiently the respect due to her cha
reject degrading offers but has reliance enough
upon her and those inseparabe from her
position to prefer with rmness her just demands rather
for supposed avors and sacrifice her rights and
privileges in order to'cbtain then"
The following from the Houston Democrat Of the 18th
ult is the only item of news we can find -" We learn
from the Galveston News OF yesterday that the steamer
Ellen FARMLAND, owned by FARMLAND & Co.. was
wrecked during the severe gale on Saturday night
full frsieuk of Cotton. &c, and went down at hel
anchors atst eleven O'Clock in the evening The
and passengers succeeded in saving themselves with thu
exception of two by clnging to pieces Of thu
wreck which prevented from floating off by having
previously lashed to the hulk Of the boat In thi
situation they remained till eleven O'Clock next day. wbeI
small boat fortunately came to their relief The gale i
represented being tremendous and the suffering o
| those on board very severe The person known to b.
lost was German name not mentioned-N O. T,opic
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