The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-12 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, BATVIDAY.
The Asia, British and North American royal we
steam-ship, Captain Lott, arrived in the Mersey this
evening, with dates from New York to the 2704
Boston to the 28th ult., and Halifax to the Ist inst.
She brought 95 passengers, and 528,620 dole
specie.
The Washington ailed from New York to tbi
24th, for Southampton and Bremen.
The Royal mail steam ship Canada, from heap ok
the 17th ult., was passed by the Baltic cia the id
inst. 300 miles from Boston, making for that port.
An interesting scene oocnrred in the (United
States Senate on the 26th ult. The sword which
General Jackson wore through all his campeithe,
which, while on his death bed, he presented to his
friend and companion in arms, the late General Arm-
strong, was presented to Congress. General Clue, h,
presenting the weapon, delivered an eloquent eulogy
upon the public services and private virtues of the
gallant hero of New Orleans. Mr. Bell followed in a
similar strain, and at the conclusion of his remarks
offered a joint resolution accepting the sword,
and thanking the family of the late General Arm-
strong for the gift. It passed unanimously.
In the House of Representatives the amendments
reducing the tariff rates were adopted by a vote of
126 to 82. Subsequently, the bill was ordered to a
third reading, by a majority of 50. By this bill the
duties on all articles imported into the country, with
some few exceptions, are reduced 20 per cent.
A prohibitory liquor law was passed in the Dela.
ware House of Delegates on the 19th nit. by a vote of
eleven to ten.

The Marquis Taglisearne, Chargé d'Affaires from
Sardinia to the American government, had an inter-
view with Mayor Wood on the 22nd, in relation to
the alleged convicts who are expected there by the
Sardinian frigate Des Genes. In the course of his
conference upon this subject he informed the Mayor
that the passengers were not convicts, bet political
exiles, who had become obnoxious and dangerous to
the government in consequence of their revolutionary
and republican principles, and that the government,
in self-defence, was obliged to send them into exile.
This, he stated, was their true character; and if it
should prove correct there will be neopposition made
to their landing; but their true character will first be
subjected to investigation.
A verdict had been rendered in the United -
States District Court, which is of very great
importance to importers of wool. Wool abeorbe
moisture at sea, and necessarily becomes heavier by
the damp, and on its arrival at New York it is liable to
duty on the weight, without reference to its actual
weight when shipped and invoiced in England.
By the arrival of the steam ship George Law, later
iniers tad been received from the following points:—
San Francisco, Feb. 1; Oregon, Jan. 30; Acapulco,
Feb. 6; Panama, Feb. 15; Aspinwall, Feb. 16;
Bogota, N.C., Jan. 16; Valparaiso, Jan. 15; Callao,
Jan. 20. By the explosion of the boilers of the
steamboat Pearl, on the Sacramento River, betwees :
forty and fifty persons were killed, while many others
were maimed and crippled for the remainder of &sir
lives. The Pearl was racing, at the time of the ad •
plosion, with an opposition boat. The miners were
anticipating a rich harvest at the setting-in of the
rainy season, which had already commenced. A
week's steady rain, it was thought, would add mil-
lions to the products of the placers. The criminal
record presents an unusual number of atrocities. The
steamer brings upwards of 1,100,000 dollars in gold
dust. Business was exceedingly dull, but a revival
was confidently looked for with the commencement
of the rainy season.
The news from Acapulco is important The pro
gress of the revolutionists is so rapid and suooemfel
as to warrant the belief that the career of Santa Anna
is very near its termination. New Granada remained
perfectly tranquil. The directors of the Panama
Railroad and their friends were busy making arrange-
ments to inaugurate the road. Judge Bowlin, United
States Minister to New Granada, was to deliver an
address on the occasion.

The battle of La Palma resulted in the expulsion
of Echinique and the elevation of Castilla to the Pre-
sidency. Castilla has decreed the liberation of all
slaves in,Pero who did not take up arms in the cause
of his unsuccessful opponent, pledging the govern-
ment to indemnify their owners within five years.