The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-19

FisHeRss OF NV JERSEY, --t>ur burlington
herring ne nave good reputation In the market, and
Inc Of that fish will be glad to hear that there Is
haul below Dunk's Ferry' in the Delaware few
days ago i was estimated that 100000 herring were
and so great the quantity Of fish enclosed in the net
that they Were finally obliged lift ii and let the remain
der 60 This abundance of herring was noticed as oc
curing at all the fisheries Delaware on the same
day AT Dunks Ferry they sold at few cents per
Some 100000 of these herring will be cured for
this season by Mr. Mitchell at his establishment in Bur
ngton. The Ga=eae Of that place says Of his method of
curing-Tho fish are brought dire .tly from tho nets
all Delaware river fish, and therefore perfectly fresh
They are then cleared Of the scales and thrown into
pickle, where they remain hours whence they are
taken and strung sticks containing Dozen allowed
to dry and thence suspended in the smoke house, where
achoking log is raised by OF burning dust and
after week Of such fumigation, they taken down.
packed IN boxes, and are ready for market There is
peculiar flavor impaired to the Burlington herring by the
pickle In which they arc soaked previous to smoking"
ToRNADo.-The tornado that visited the parishes
OF Caddo and DE Soto, on the 2lst, is represented
seize that on many plantations the crops Of corn
ana COTTON were entirely destroyed, the fences blown
the entire crop will be repIaned and much
10 clear the ground Of fallen timber The
s as I partridge and according to the
IRISH Of De Soto at the time, six inches deep
LATEST FROM TExAs.-The VIM BRYAN. Captan
Place, arrived here last evening from Texas She
left Galveston Friday proceeded mn the Sabine
where sho took in the load Of cotton with which she
came freighted She has brought news either verbal
otherwise
Through the Harrison (Texas) Times tho Caddo Ca
ze has received cheering the cause Of Annex
alton in Eastern Texas. The Times says: At no meet
ing OF (which have yet received the have
found recorded moro than three dissenting voices
The counties OF Lamar, Fannin, Red River Bowie Har
rson Shelby Sabine Jasper San Augustine and Nacog
measure and in Western Texas il is the chief political
object Of every MANN o. Pic, May 10.
o. The Secretaries of War and of the NAVY TO
whom the subject referred by the last House Of
Representatives, have arrived at the conclusion that
Colts submarine battery nothing that he is en-.
titled to neither praise reward and that he has only
avaied himself of Fulon's stationary torpedoes and
Professor Harcs galvanic current appears from the
communication Of the Secretary of the Navy however
that all Mr.. Colts lab0rs have not been nourh HI
has received from that department over fifteen thousand
lars for in ALL to upwards of
seventeen thousand dolars.-Bditimore .qnncrican
WAR ITEMS FROM CANADA.-From the British
Whtg, published In Kingston, &C. wy of the 18th
INST we extract the following paragraph " But Of
those items for which readers will seek in vain we
can supply from rumor and they believe as much as
they please Eight regiments ordered out immedi-
atey to Canada and those going home this summer are
stayed till further orders In order to encourage the re-
cruiting Of soldiers for regiments of the line the stand
ard has been reduced inch his is fact The dock
yard at Kingston is forthwith to be put full estab
ishment, and an Admiralty Commissioner will assume
steam frgacs of the largest class are to be built Mr.
Tucker, the Admiralty builder, the architect who but
the Cherokee arrived out in the Hibernia and by this
days steamer is actually at his post in Kingston.