The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-03 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

We have received New York papers to the 4th ult., and
Philadelphia to the sth, by the Susquehanna, from the
latter port.
The Loan Bill had passed the House of Representatives,
and would, it was expected. soon pass the Senate. The
amendment authorising the sale of a six per cent. stock upon
the best terms to be obtained would, it was thought, bring
the money which, without it, could not have been obtained,
while the Land Bill remains unrepealed. The stock is to
be issued, as may be agreed on at the time of issuing it,
either redeemable after six months' notice by the treasury, or
for any period of years not exceeding twenty, from the Ist
of January next. The stock may also, if desired, be made
transferable by delivery instead of by assignment. The
whole amount authorised is the original twelve millions, less
than what has been already obtained (about four and a half
millions, if we recollect) of that sum, and an additional
five millions, if deemed necessary, that is to say, still about
twelve millions. The committee on manufactures had pre-
sented a report to thehouse on the tariff. The report recom-
mends, or, rather, lays a duty on woollens of 40 per cent.
ad valorem ; on coarse goods, 30 per cent. ; on fine goods, a
specific duty ; on rolled iron, English iron, 25 dollars per
ton; on hammered, or Swedish iron, 17 dollars; pig metal,
8 dollars per ton ; coal, one dollar and sixty cents per ton.
The Philadelphia banks continued specie payments, but in
the share market not much business was done. The New
York stocks had improved, but we forbear our usual quota-
tions, as the Independen -e, with three days later news from
New York, was off the port last night, and we hope to give
what news she may bring at an early hour this morning.
Later intelligence has been received from Texas. The news
that the young republic has been invaded by an overwhelming
Mexican force is confirmed in accounts from Galveston to
the 22d March. It appears that the retreat of the Mexicans
from San Antonio was a devise to allure the Texan troops,
assembled in haste, to go in pursuit, before they were fully
trained and disciplined. Shortly after the steamer Neptune
left Galveston, which vessel reported the retreat of the
Mexicans from San Antonio, an express arrived bringing
intelligence of the advance of 9,000 men on the Matamoras-
road towards Victoria, and reporting 12,000 additional troops
on the upper road marching upon San Antonio. The forces
which recently captured San Antonio constituted the van-
' guard of the 12,000 under the command of Vasquez.
The impression is, that the Texan army of 1500 men, under
Burleson, will follow the retreat of the vanguard, until
brought within the power of the main army. Upon the re-
ceipt of this news, which was brought to Matagorda from a
different direction, rendering its truth indisputable, the Com-
mittee of Vigilance in Galveston despatched a pilot-boat to
New Orleans, and, a few hours afterwards, the steamer
which brought the intelligence. The pilot-boat had not ar-
rived. The Galveston Advertiser, of the 22d March, con-
tains the address of the committee to the citizens of the
eastern counties, in which the facts relative to the Mexican
invasion are set forth, and an opinion given, that, if there is
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• not a prompt turn-out by the middle and eastern counties, the
enemy will ravage and overrun the country. The same paper
contains an address from the Committee of Vigilance to the
friends of Texas in the United States, stating that they look
with confidence to them for prompt assistance in repelling
the invaders. Hitherto the Texans have stood on the de-
fensive ; but now the spirit of the people is roused, and, ere
long, iey will bend their footsteps towards the capital of
Mexico. We, therefore," says the committee, " cordially
invite to our aid all who desire to be instrumental in the
hands of Divine Providence in extending the blessings of
civil and religious liberty over one of the fairest portions of
the globe. We invite all who are desirous to aid in breaking
the chains of Papal superstition and bigotry, and opening the
door for the introduction of Protestant Christianity into a
long benighted portion of the earth, to rally round our stan-
dard ; for we wish the lone Star of Texas and the Star of
Bethlehem to travel in unison in their westward march :
wherever the one shall be stationed, we trust the other will
be found close by its side.