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RELIGIOUS: J] Jllk ** WAITING,*' TiSRESV. Ia the fust place, it is alarmingly prevail j i ..iS? c;it. I; ;s found i:i every congregation, and \ l!L. even in every church,?among the young ' [ old, among pastors and people.] '^innong the enlightened and the ignorant,!. 1$Me poor and the rich, in city and in country ! ] ^aJike. \ ast numbers of all classes and in j j a:i denominations arc inkcted by it. Secondly, it is very ylausihh insidious. j J I* upper's to the love of ease and the love ' , ioflhe world, and fixes attention on future ( |ci ret: instances, which it paints to the eye of - j e ^its deluded victim as doubtless to be really < j* more favourable to the';oq'J purpose in .hand, j, *W than the present. It has at command ex- ] 4k hnustles^ stores of delusive pretences, and . { faJsatdSo pes, , \ I { 38klt is i:i; t'.o third place, actinic* j j nbe. ];i litis respect no oilier prevalent j ^ heresy comas near i:. None oilier has so j ] direct and bclafti! an influence on the ton- f. duct. It enchains mc-n in the moss pirn;-' r cious h.?bi s, Inrdenini: their hearts and ! s blinding their minds, r.r.J loading theft'; swift-1 ^ ly.oti in the ways of death. | * i !?i waiters1 arc arranged * by the great [ J Ueuurof the ?ect into various classes* as ! j the characters and'sifu.ition of each may j inquire, in order to render the whole most j j saiiservrent to his ends. j j In the church there arc your "lukewarm" j ( waiters. Th-n* say :t is of no use lorthctn ! ( ;o ho fervent in spirit and active in well- i i doing just row. Th?v must wait till they i. ^ i:'.'have a minister, or lid their brethren become j < -^'rnovo engaged in the service of their Lord, i . ? or until some worldly cares which now en- j ' . gross their attention arc disposed of, or un- ! I Hi tuey sec 1:1c uupoiinviK u?4.\iuu?iv ii-njuw- i ing after t!ie way of life, or till t!:is or hat < particular t!?V.g shell have been done by the church or by some member of :t. At any j < rate, at iltC present time And in present cir- t cumstances, they can do nothing belter tlmn i wait. Perhaps something may occur to- J! morrow or next week, or after harvest, or ' in the w inter, when there is more leisure;? ' j tili then they wait. Tell one of them of a j 5 neighboring family, for whose 'spiritual good j i he has peculiar advantages for exerling his ; influence successfully, and he will have it tlrat ha had Hotter wait for this or that or the < other thing to occur,?tnat it is no use to go j about it just now or at least that the oppor- : , tunitv will probably be better to-morrow, or next Snhfcath. '. % j t Thp? r?hnrrii ortjhraees also vour uneasy i I waiters. These will never do any thing j ^ except in the midst of an excitement and ! < stir that agitates a whole neighborhood.? ! Speak fait*.fully to them on any point of! neglected Christian duty, and it never seems ! to enter their minds, to set about an irnme- ! , diatc personal "reformation. "Certainly," j sucli an one says, "certainly we are ail in a j ( most deplorable state. Why cannot we j. get Mr. here?" Or, 'Let us have a pro- j (' tracted meeting,' Or, 'We must get the j j church together and have something done.' j And wc will wait tiil Mr. comes, of i till the protracted meeting begins, or till the j church act on the subject; and even then, ; j urn to one but lie will wait to see lite effect j. ?-.?ilm more srencral movement, and only i ' I act in as lie is acted upon. His activity is i ( like a feather; lie always waits for the wind. .1' Can you induce that man, thus blinded and 1 enslaved by the 'waiting heresy,' to go to ' work alone, with his own daily life, with no S- ... oilier sympathy and aid than what he d(s j rives from Heaven? .Can you make him j1 feel his obligations never to be weary in well j doing, whatever others may do or say?? , Can he be made to see the possiblity of; carrying on the work or warfare of Chris- ' tian life, by solitary and noiseless labor, in f I the tnidst of a luke warm church and a care 1 - less community ??We fear noU The waiting heresy has Christian character. ; Out of the church, too, there are your waiters, by thousands and millions,?encour- j i aged by the example of the professed fol- i lowers of Christ, sir? We have not time j t to describe them, christian!?think of' their character and prospects. It is true ' that you are doing in the church,?so far as i ithe principle of Waiting is concerned?-just I what they are doing out of it ? A more convenient season !"?what murderous words! Reader?wait for no man?wait, for nothing. Be faithful now to thyself and to ( your Saviour. Be wliat conscience say i you ought to be, without waiting for circum- j stances or influences that may never rca you, or that will disappoint you when the j come. When Christian left the'City of Des- ;. truction, he did not wait for oihers to ac- 1 lu"nr> T-7V? fl:?ri for lifp Ami it through the whole course of the Christian j pilgrimage, there is tlie same urgent neces- j ( sity of pressing onward yourself in allfai.h-; fulness and well doing, whatever others may j j S bo doing around yon. Ought religion to j ( be revived around you ? l^e yourself aui- . mated and guided by principles and by a j spirit that shall make you a living exam. ; | p'lification ol what all \our brethren ought ' , to be. Wait for not another to join you. i ] Begin with yourself; begin now. Yemeni Chronicle. . | PRAYER.Xs^lUTUAL"BAROME. j TER. ;; When we awake out of sleep our wants ' il>cgin ; and our desires are stirred up for j | the supply of them. Few things mark spirit- j mil iife more distinctly tiiaa the earnest desire j 1 of the heart af;er spiritual blessings. When j, a Christian awakes to life then the breath | of prayer proves that life. We may say of! every worldly man, he knows not real com- ; inunion with God in daily praver. We j' may say of every Christian,44 he"/>raveh." This is indeed the spiritual barometer of! the soul. Whatever outward storms, what-' ever clouds and darkness may surround j him, if the barometer of prayer be steadily! rising, his soul is on the way to brighter and fairer, and happier days. My brethren, i what are your prayers ! What can yourclosets tes ify us to retired, fervent coiitin- j. ucd pouring out of your souls before God.; l>o you make all your requests known un to him ! This is the evidence that your son!* live. \\ I.- 'i a man wakes ur? with. returning light and lite, lie rises and goes forward, entering on his lauors, and pursues them through the day. The Christian, too, has n great work, he " labors not for the M l lit that perisheth. but for the meat that endureth to eternal life, which the Son of Man giveth." And O what exertion is here requisite ! Look at the racer, how he strains eve 17 nerve ; book at thp wrestler, how all his muscular strength is required ; look at the warrior does he sloep in all the energies of the conflict? We run, we wrestle, we fight for life and salvation ; we contend not for'incorruptible but for an ncorruptible crown/' Every thing is at stake : we have mighty enemies, we are >veak, and ail would be lost, had we not an Almighty Helper. It is his grace alone, hat raises us from our falls, preserves us roni lacing completely overthrown, and upio!ds us still, and enables us to go on,' faint, ret pursuing.' My brethren, if you never bit that religion called for all our efforts, hat it was a work wrought in us by the nighty power of God, and manifesting iticlf in ail good works to man, you know not ret the true character of the religion of the jospel. We^ve in a world, the very air >f which is, as to spiritual things, full of 1 1 o_u .1 _ leavinesss ana u rows mess, ocmuui uu men'get stirred and animated, and roused >y those around tlicm. We generally live n the chilling, freezing, benumbing, and leadening atmosphere of this world, and too jften ourselves catch the spirit of slumber ; )ut let us remember we must u press into he kingdom." The kingdom of God aifierctii violence, and the violent take it ry force.?licv. Edward Biclcersleth. THE AhTLiCTKD. Goddraweth straight lines, but we think md call them crooked.?Kctiikkford. What unthankfulncss it is to forget our consolations, and to look only upon mailers of grievance. To think so much ipon two or three crosses as to lorget a Kindred blessings. Nothingran be very ill with us when all s well within We are not hurt till our iouls are hurt. If the soul itself be out of :une, outward things will do us no morer *ood than a fair shoe to a gouty foot. Labour to keep out sin, and jhen let :ome what will conic. Trust God and be a doing, and let him tlone with the rest. The depths of misery are never beyond he depths of mercy. The whole world cannot weigh against his one comfort, that God is onrs.? Sins. Love refuses nothing that love sends. Gurnell. Sanctified afflictions, are spiritual pro* motions. I)odd. As no temporal blessing is good enough !0 he a sign of salvation, so no temporal ifiliction is bad enough to be an evidence jf reprobation, for the dearest Son of Gods love was, "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." Alilictions scour us of our rust. Adver sit)' like winter weather, is of use to kill those virmin which summer of prosperity is npt to produce and nourish. The Church below is often in a suffering state. Christ himself was a man ofsorrows; or should his bride be a wife of pleasure. Arrowsmith. Afflictions arc blessings to us when wc can bless God for alfliction.?Dyer, God may cast thee down, but be will not cast thee off.?Case. If we have the kingdomat last, it is no great matter what wc suffer by the way.? Manton. A HAPPY MOTHER. The mother ofjhe late Rev. John Newton who from a bold blasphemer, was convcred to God, and became eminent for usefulness in the ministry, has often been mentioned as an example to encourage Christian mothers to be faithful in the instructions of their children. The exampie teachers more than has been drawn from it. The record of it made by Newton himself introduces us to a happy mother; to ono who found pleasure as well as duty in teaching her infant "the great truths of religion. "She made i:," (says Newton) "the chief business and pleasure of her life to instruct me, and bring me up in the.nuture and adomination of the Lord. 1 have been told that from my birth, she had, in her mind devoted me to the ministry, and that, had she lived till I was of a proper age, I was to have been sent to St. Andrews, in Scotland, to be educated. Uutlhc Lord had appointed otherwise.? Mv mother died before I w as seven vears old." This mother was a successful teacher. ler son says**When 1 was lour years old 1 could read, hard names excepted, as well is I can now, and could like wise repeat die answers to the questions in the Assembly's Short Cathchism, with the proofs; ind all Dr. Watts' Shorter Catechism, and ids Childrens Hvmns." Lot mothers seek irid find their pleasure in giving such initructions, and thoy will generally be successful. Where is the child of four years in these days, that can repeat the whole of the Shorter Catechism with the proofs? Many mothers are doing vistuously, but do tbev excel the mother of Newton? TI1E UNION OF GOOD MEN IN HEAVEN. If the mere conception of the re-union of good men in a future state, infused a momentary rapture in the mind of Tully ; if an airy speculation for there is reason to fear it had little hold on his convictions, could inspire him with such delight, what may we be expected to feel, who are assured of such an event by the true sayings of God? How sIhduIJ we rejoice in the prospect, the certainity, rather of spending a blissful eternity with those whom we loved on earth, of seeing them emerge from tiie ruins of the tomb, and the deeper ruins ol the fall, not only uninjured, but refined and perfected " with pv*?rv wined i ! away from their eyes," standing before the throne of God and the Lamb,44 in white others, and palms in their hands, crying with a loud voice, salvation to God thatsitteth upon the throne,- and to the Lamb forever and ever." What delight will it afford to renew the sweet counsel we have taken together to recount the toils of combat and the labor of the way, and to approach not the house?but the throne of God in company, in order to join the symphonies of heavenly voices and lose ourselves amidst the splendor and fruitions of the beatific vision. To that state all the pious on earth are tending, and if there is a law from whoso operations none are exempt, which irrcsis tioiy consigns their bodies to darkness and to dust, there is another not less certain or less powerful, which conducts their spirits to the abodes of bliss, to the bosom of their Father and their God. The wheels of nature are not made to roll backward every thing presses on towards eternity ; from the birth of time an impetuous current has set in, which bears all the sons of men to an interminable ocean. Meadwhile heav cn is attracting to itself?whatever is con % * genial to its .nature is enriching itself by the spoils of eaith and collecting within its capacious bosom whatever is j pure, permanent and divine, leaving nolhs I ing for the last fire to consume^but the objects and slaves of concupiscience: while every thing which grace has prepared and beautified, shall be gathered and selected i from the ruins of the world, to adorn that ! eternal citv " which liatli no need of the of w | the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it; i 1 ir? rrlrvri* nf (Z r\A rlnflr ftnitrrliton it nnfl I UI IIIV ^lVI J \j 1 V? UU UUUI V, 1%) M..V. the Lamb is the light tbreof." R. Hall. , From the S. S. Journal, i It is pleasant, and yet. painful to no'.ice ! the openings which are being made among j the heathen for the reception of our pub. ; Iications. We arc glad that desires are in. I creasing among them for religious instruci don, and cannot at the same time but lament j that our limited means forbid the realising i of those desires as we could ardently wish. I Below is an extract from a letter, which we have lately received fiom the Ilev. Mr. i %*? _. i - ? r? . i. *f.L winsiow, ai ivoyapooram, aiuicu inn, 111 which lie says? " I have already written to you, mentioning the opening there is here for the publications of your society. I think great good might be done by them. Indeed, much good is being done already. In two English schools which I have, your broad i sheets, containing sentences of Scripture, : and the cards, are hung up ail round the ) rooms, to be constantly read and studied, j not only by the scholars, but by all visi: ters to the schools. In one these schools the boys are all heathen, most of them from high families, and three of them brahmins. We need many such sheets and cards ; also, Catechisms and Questions? Union Questions; cards on which hymns are and small Hymn Books, such as Hymns v * * fjr Infant Minds. The Blind Mother.?-One of our mis sionaries in Misssouri relates that lie lately addressed a congregation, all of whom, with a single exception, were opposed to Sunday-schools. The exception was a blind woman, the mother or seven children, and the wife of a man of depraved character. Ibid. . THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT IN HARTFORD. The annual collections in this ci y, in behalf of the American Hoard, are in progress, and the friends of missions will rejoice to learn that they already amount to between 89,000 and $10,000. The collectors are confident, that when the collections arc fully made up, the amount for this year will exceed $10,000. Many are expecting their call whom they have not yet found it practicable to see, and are prepared to meet it, and will be disappointed if they do not have opportunity to do it. It is the intention of the collectors to carry the invitation to aid the operations of the Board in this emergency through the city, and we doubt not that their zealous labors will be crowned with still further success. We are informed lhat in past years the amount has rarely, if ever | him have some rum. The boy, not considering that he was nearly drunk already, complied with his wishes, ile drank if, and went his way.?Not long after his ! departure he was met by a man, who found him lying on his sled upon his back, totally helpless, and nearly frozen to death. Ho contrived to turn his oxen about and drive thecijtack to my house. We carried him in and worked at him until near nine o'clock in the evening, before be became perfectly recovered. Indeed, a little more and he would have died on oui hands. After he had recovered he insis j ted on going home, which was a consideri ble distance, as his family would be much ! concerned about him. So L let him dej part, sending my hired man to see him ! safe over the river. But for all this kindi ncss he never offered to pay one cent, noi I nvnn llinnl'Pil -lis.'' ? What do you think was my reply tc this unfortunate tavern-keeeper? Whv, I told him the man served him first right lie had administered the poison, and ] | thought he ought to take on himself the expense of the cure. I told him I though | lie might be very-thankful the man did no die under the influence of the dreadi'u poison, and he have been subjected to ai arrest for man slaughter, if not for murder And how do you think this pious tavern keeper justified himself in this case' First, he remarked, that he did not giv< him the rum, it was his hoy. When I hue driven hi raw from this subterfuge, by show! in? him that he was the one who was acC ^ j countable to his country and his God, lit then remarked that he had not laid tin foundation for his drunkenness, lor he wai more than half drunk when he came to hii house. He thought the man who gave bin ! the first, was more blamable than he ] - > i _i i.:? , men encicavoreu 10 stiuw mm uiu lauutj of this reasoning. I made him confess that if the man had called on him when so her, lie would have dealt out as much ai j the other man, had, and would have though I it no harm. Poor tavern-keepers, to wha < straits are they driven about these days | Each may exonerate himself and cast th< i blame on others but I believe God, wher he maketh inqusition for blood, will condemn every man who has voluntarily anc knowingly con ributed to make drunkards XVIIAT you WILL SAVE We observed a short lime since, an ac ! count of a new society, which embraced, i | is said, all the villago. The principle wa: : to seize every man intoxicated in the street ' and bathe him plentifully with cold water.? : We would suggest an additional item, b} i which we think a great saving may be made i Induce your dealers to empty their liquoi i jugs and casks, and till wild coid water, ant i when a customer calls for drink, give birr I a glass of that, and the saving will be iiicon j cemable. You will save yourselves ihf j trouble of ducking the poor drunkard ; yoi i would save two-thirds of what you now give i to feed your poor neighors ; you will save j most of the wood you will have s'olen from I your wood pile this winter ; you will save j two-thirds of all winch will be pilfered fron ( you ; you will save a good many crimes auc assaults and batteries, the cost of which yoi will have the pleasure of paying hereafter it the shape of taxes ; you will save yourscl the trouble of sitting upon a good manvjur ies, when you could be much more profi a bly employed at your own business ; yoi will save your children from many evil ex amples,'and from the danger and tcmplatioi of hemp drunkards. Thus much tor your ~ ~ Q - ^ v selves. For others, you will save many t worthy heartbroken wife from pangs uuut terable ; you will save many a child fron shame, ignorance, and vice, and yoi will save many a family of parents and clyl dren from the want of food, of clothing, anc fuel, the approaching inclement season ; yoi will save many tears from being shed in se cret ; will save many groans from as cendii^in the ears of the Lord ofSabaoth you will carry consolation to many a hous< of wqc ; you will restore peace to many < divided family ; in fine, you will dry up on< of the greatest fountains of misery ever op ened tok'the sons of men. By bringing int< effect the above single item, you not onh induce the dealer to give up the traffic which, if the above be true, and who wil deny it ? subsists only upon anguish, tear.' j and blood. Try it, friends, it will cost bu ; little more effort, and if it does not succeei j you can easily produce the present state o things ; for in this age of refinement it ?i ' ? ' ' ? .1 1 /?. lawiui, ana inereiore ligm, ior me saKeoi < little money, to license acknowledged im mortality. * Conscience doih make towards of us all.'? When Wood, who committed suicide in tin Jail at Keeua, murdered Baker, both were intoxicated. The two merchants in Sulli van, who sold the liquor, conscience struck abandoned the trade. VIEWS OF TEXAS. FROM TIIE LOUISVILLE JOURNAL. We take great pleasure in publishing the following communication from the Hon James Love upon the state of affair it j Texas. Mr. L. is well known as having I fhrmprlv been a distinguished member o Congress from Kentucky.?He ha* jus returned from Texas, where he has ;hat ! every opportunity of judging correctly o i the condition of that country, and his ok f pressed opinions, we are certain, will In | received by the public with great defer ence. His strong descriptions do no mon than justice to the resources and the pros pects of the young Republic. To the Edi.ors of the Louisville Journal i Ge>tlejian : Havingjust returned fron a visit to Texas, I have thought a shor statement of the situation of affairs in i country that at present occupies so inncl attention, might not be uninteresting t< your readers. The two Houses of Congress have jus closed their session, and have passed man; ' laws calculated greatly to benefit the conn ; I tr-V* They have passed an act loving dune ,' on importations of fore't:u goods and di exceeded 5*2,50U. This increase of subscriptions at a time of general depression in business, indicates an increase of the missionary spirit, and a determination, on the part of the friends of the cause, to sustain it in any exigency. The friends of missions will extensively regard the pressure as a test of principle - in this matter, and if thev abide it as the i citizens of Hartford have done, and are ! doing, no missionaries, ready to embark, . will long be detained, and any curtailent of the operations of the Board, at the different stations, will be prevented. We hope this may be the result on an extended scale, and doubt not it. is just that improvement of the pressure which the Saviour designed his followers should make to the increase of their spiritual friches, and to the furtherance of his glorious cause -in the world.?Harlford Wachman, TEMPERANCE. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. The following facts were sent us bv a worthy and highly respectable minister of the Methodist Episcopal church?and we hope the alarming, truths, with the natural and necessary inferences, will produce abiding conviction in the bosom of every reader, that it is not to license men to do such outrageous wrongs. Tern. Recorder. Wh) is most to be blamed, he who sells the first or the last poison to the drunkard, or are both guilty alike 1 A tavern-keeper of my acquaintance, a professor of religion, related to me, a fewdays since4 the following circumstance :? u A man who had been to market, probai bly with a load of wood, ou a very cold i day last week, as he was returning just at I night, called at mv house. Not being in ! the room myself* h- d?sirrd my hoy to h i r* *' " " rcct tux on the citizens of Texas, which c , will produce a revenue of half a million* c , They have funded the public debt, c bearing an interest of ten per cent, re- s deemable in ten years and provided for the a payment of the interest. t They have passed an act authorising all s those who were entitled to land at the de- t clartion of independence, to. perfect their , titles, and apointed a commissioner of the 1; and office ; all other Claims will be post- v pontd until the country can be surveyed a . and districted after the manner of the Uni- h | ted States. * | . They have orgaflised an efficient judi- a i clary, and justice is administered without a ! sale, denial, or delay, . a They have passed laws suppressing, a gambling which are promptly enforced, i Thfiv hn v'edorlared the African slave trade ? J ? --- to be piracy, &ud to kill in a duel to be a > murder in the first degree ; and manyoth. t , or acts regulating the internal affairs of the s country, and giving force and efficiency t [ to the administration ol justice. ' ^ ; No fears are entertained at present of 1 t an invasion by Mexico. If the situation t of her affairs at home justified her in niak- c 1 ing the attempt there would not exist the c i most remote prospect of success. The c ! situation of Texas makes it the most easy t . country in the world to defend, and tile I I present population is more than sufficient c ? to repel any force Mexico can bring into < 1 the field. The Mexicans are a degraded, c . | servile race, vastly inferior in physical < - i power ia the Anglo American and only < ? I take tbo field when compelled to' do so t } by some military despot. They arc in 1 s j fact slaves upon the estate on which ihey. g s i reside, and, however popular the war I i | against Texas may be in Mexico, they \ I will never willingly come to lexas as ? r invaders. The terrible lesson taughtiliem J , at San Jacinto willlong be remembered, ? The volunteer regiment has been tur; loughed until fall, because, at present, i t the country lias no use for its services. ? t The regiment of regulars and the moun. j . ted rangers still remain in service and < } are more tffin sufficient for all the wants i j of the country. From what I observed, ; . I have no doubt it is the intention of the j I Government to invade Mexico next fall, if i . neace should not be made. Thev will at i j isast take Metamoras, and occupy all the i j country on the Rio Grande. Policy re- I " j quires thai they should break up all the set- | j tlements on that river, that the Mexicans I s j may no longer have a point upon which I ' 1 they can concentrate and invade thecoun* < " ! try at their pleasure. . .< ' * The militia of the country are in a state s ' | of efficient organization. .And every one < , in Texas considers himself a soldier in 1 ) i case of invasion.* The victors of Santa | Anna are yet there, and more than three- I * j fourths of them were the citizens, proper j [ of Texas. - . < ' i The people and army have the fullest < ' | confidence in their commanders Generals < Johnson and Houston, who, as officers of I j science, will bear favorable comparison c 1 j with those of any service. With the officers ; i i i under their command, the enemy they have . ! to contend with the result cannot'be doubt- t J lul. ? p The Indians on the frontiers have been t somewhat troublesome of late, acting no ] doubt under the instigation of Mexico, t ? * * / 1 w j Many ot them have been Known or rate s j to have visited Meta moras. 'They have < ; committed some few murders and stolen < some properly, but no party has been seen I of greater force than fifteen or twenty. A ! force has been orgauized to chastise them, i and, before this,1 have no doubt they have i been punished for their outrages. The | hostile Indians are undoubtedly those < which have been removed from the United | States, and justice requires that this Government should restrain them from commit- \ ting depredation on her neighbors. ; There is no truth whatever in the report j that the Camanches were imbodied in < force on the frontiers. They always have ' been, and still are friendly to the Texians ; | but certain deadly hostility towards the i Mexicans. They kill them whenever and ( wherever they meet. It is an q!<1 nation- | ?i al quarrel and cannot be appeased. < 1 Wharton the Minister from Texas to j 3 the United States, is st-ill in prison at Me- J * tamoras, and denied all communication ] J with his friends, yet the Texian authori- i ? tics have released all the .officers they had < s j as prisoners, and I believe, without condi- < 11 tions. The rigorous treatment Wharton i " ! has received is a poor return for the hu! manity and generosity shown to them. _ i The vessels of war Brutus and Invinci- , q ! blc are now cruising in the gulf, aud have } 1 command of it, giving efficient protection . j to the tread of the country. A few days f | before I left, the privateer Tom Toby cap. j tured and sent into porta new brig loaded i with salt. The emigration to the country is greatly beyond any thing I had supposed. I I saw one party that contained three hundred > souls. Many wealthy and reputablejplau"1 fore fVnni V trmhin \A?*tl? an/I Parn ,V,J ? "(jiuiu, xwiw. uuvi yuu III vuiuJ linia, Georgia, Alabar. Tenneseo, Mis1 stssippi, and Louisiana, have made purt chases there, and are making preparations 1 for the removal of their slaves in the fall. 1 Texas proper, exclusive of the Indian i territorrv contains about 350 million of < < acres. All grauts heretofore made, and < j all outsanding claims, will uot exceed < 2 j twenty millions, leaving resources, in her ' public domain alone, more than sufficient I to support the war, however protracted it < : : may be. ] > i The crops are very' promising. The < t people will always have an abundant sup- 1 3 ply of beef, and the corn raised during the < ii present season will be sufficient to supply < ^ j the army as well as the emigrants. I I The country is rapidly improving, and t | villages are springing up in every direction. v i The city of Houston was located, I think - | in January last. It is the seat of Governmentj | situated at the head of tide water on Bull- ] s ! a!o Bayou. It already has a population of' I :no'-" than 400.' It hava state bouse, v?v~ j 1 - ral extensive taverns, store, &c. with its !ue proportion of lawyers, physicians and :lergyman, and-all the elements that contitute good society. Buffalo Bayou afford * l safe navigation lor vessels carrying 300 . * ons as high as the city of Houston. A teamboat of that size arrived and depared during my stay. . . Galveston Cay is the most beaullftjl I lave ever soenJ You bring seventeen feet vater into portr and the'bay affords sale md commodious anchorage for any num er of-ships. . - ? * ' . The commercial relations of the country ire rapidly extending. ^Hie house of Bry* m 6c, Co. alone of New Orleans are the igents or owners or twenty-seven vessels md three steamboats, regularly employed n the trade of Texas, lite distance fropi STow Orleans to Galveston is 400 miles, ind trips can be made with ease in4S hours >v the common river steamboats. 1 crosed the Gulf in the Constitution on my re- ' urn. Vessels and boats can make the royage without losing sight of land, andv lave not less than twelve feet water. The fertility of the soil,; the salubrity if the climate, and the picturesque beauty >f the country are u ithout a parallel in this ir any othor region. It is the only counry 1 know where plaming and grazing can * )c successfully united. Horses, cattle, > md hogs remain fat throughout the seasons, tnd can be produced to any extent. General Felix Houston stated to me that he rommanded 500 men who were stationed ; , >n the Sau Antonio and Nucc? rivers, da- ' * ing the summer months their only % bod being fresh beef, roasting ears, and papes. He did not lose a man, and had " >. \jjL ittle or no sickness. Cotton and sugar can be grown to much 0 . ; greater advantage than in Louisiana or V' - s Mississippi, and will produce more to the icre, with less labor. The people of Texas feci themselves dentified with the United Slates. They ire of the same blood, tlie same principles, md the same religion. The United States Government should be wise in time, and > joi fail to secure to herselfthe commerce of . f i country capable of producing and consum- ' J ing more than Louisiana and Mississippi united. 1 his question will not admit of delay. The situation of Texas requires that he should strengthen herself by alliances some where. If a short sighted policy should induce this Government to reject the overtures she has made, the alternative must be the closest alliance with . . Great Britain ; and all who are acquainted . Tiviih the policy of Gr6at,Britain know that die never permits an opportunity to pass af extending her commerce whenever and wherever she. can, She will purchase of Texas all the cotton she wants, and fur- nish her with all the goods she con. r * surncs. A British consul was at the seat jf Govcrmcnt during tho session of Con *ress. Ills object cannot be mistaken, * * md I presume that communications made )y him to the Government, produced the ippointmentofa minister to the court of :?t. James. That the cause of Texas wiH ultimately : > .1*' riuraph there cannot be a doubt; and 1 '& ' i;n quite sure that no one acquainted with ' " he fact can for a moment believe that VIexico can resume her jurisdiction over hat country. Whatever may have been aid to the contrary justice and right are >n (he side of Texas. Mexico permitted colonziuation, only that she might have a > jarrier between her citizens & the Indians. She committed arbitrary acjs of oppress- on towards them whenever an opportun* ty presented, and violated her solemn compact with them. The time arrived for reiistance, or expulsion from a country they iad redeemed from savages and the wilderness. The war on the part of Mexico ' ^asthe most ferocious ever waged against . my people, even in the most barbarous iges. They laid waste the country whereiver they went.?Nothing escaped them. Hie houses of the people were given to the flames, the "plantations utterly destroyed, die crops cut down, and the stock killed or driven off. The invaders violated every principle of civilized warfare by an indiscriminate massacre of all who fell into their power. They violated the terms of cap- . itulation and, in cold blood, murdered nearly three hundred at one time. The forbearance of Texas in her hour, of triumph does her the greatest honor. The prbonirs were spared, and even the author and the actor in all these scenes of atrocity was J permitted to go free. The cause of Tex* - i as is that of civil liberty, constitutional law, and freedom conscience; that of Mexico is, ' priestcraft bigotry, and despotism. Is there any of our race who can hesitate hi his wishes as to the result ?* I had heard much of the factions and misrule ofTexas ; I had heard its people represented as marauders and robbers. Nothing can be farther from the truth. I \. will venture to say th^t there has been no country in the midst of revolution where less crime has been committed, or where the laws have been so promptly administered. In their public policy the whole people are united, in resistance to Mexico. They must and will triumph. I have, in great haste and in a desultory manner, given you facts derived from ob? . servation. The only object 1 have is the correction of some errors which the Public in terra in in relation to affairs in Texas. I have already extended this communica] ion to a much greater length tnan I inten. led. I fiave addressed it to you, because you have been the warm advocate of the cause of Texas from the commencement of ler struggle for liberty, and because your exertions in her behalf are gratefuly appre. ciated by her People. You may publish as much or as little of it as you may choo^L Respectfully, yours, % JAMES LOVE. Louisville, July 11,1837. The amount of money contributed for repairing the loss of the Methodist Book estab:shmeTU in Ner York exceeds ?80,000.