New-York tribune., 1842-04-05
BY THIS MORNINGS MAIL.
MOST IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.
The Republic invaded i'm earnest.


The New-Orloan. papers of the a5th ul'. BRING
us the astounding that the rstreot Of the MeS'
| ccn force vas mere der:ee to entrop the Terra"
| troops. and 1at THE REPuBLIs HAS SOW BETS rs
vADED BY AlovERwHTLa1Sa FORCE. lhi' news
i, received bv the s.eaasr Col Wood. frora Gslves-
ton. whence she wa. despatched on TIE 22d be
Committee of Vigilance at Galveston are con-
rinced of lis truth. as it was brought thther from
different directions.
The Bee saws that shortly after the steamship
Neptune left Galveston, (Which vessel reported the
retire at of the Mexicans from San Antonio) an es'
press arrived bringing intelligence of the advance
Of 900 men on the Matamoras read toward VIC
soria, and reporting $4,000 additional troops on
the upper road. marching upon San Antonio. Inc
force. which recently captured San Antonio con-
stituted the rangnard Of the l., 900, under com
mand OF vAzeuEz ne impression is that fhe
Terion army Of 500, under BuRLEsos, 'c'H
fsUop the retreat Of the asguard untH brought
ritAin tie po,rer OF the main army and as they
were slightly drilled and disciplined il is thought
that they will fall an easy prey to ,heir willy and
outnumberng enemy.
A correspondent of the National 1ntellisencer
believe. this to be false alarm; as gentlemen
from Mexico assert that Santa Ana had around
him in all only some $4,000 or $4,000 men, and
tina, the Republic was not in conditionto mt out
so lurge fsrce as was reported TO have advanced
towards Texas
The following from the Committee of Vigilance
at Matugordo i published in the Civilian Extra OF
the 2lst March
Te7he Cittens of tie EaItern Cou,t<s:
We, the committee of safety Of the county OF
Matag gorda, present your consideration the io!
lowing facts just received. From letters dated
| 10th inst. from men In whom sc have the utmost
confidence, we extract the following-from MIR.
Pleasant to his sister Mrs. Fisher, dated Victoria.
10Th inst" From Mexican information received
on the 18th there would be 800 at San Palr'cio,
The advance guard of $1,000.
From Dr.. \. NJ. Levy, same datc-'' Some
friendly Mcxicans jsst in camp, report that there
were 5000 Mexicnns advancing on the lower conn
trv bv the Aatamoros road and IL, 900 on the road
TO San Antonio"
The above from the camp has been confirmed
by the arrival OF one Of our spies IN camp Mr..
Blair.
From G. R. Jaaue. citizen of this town
:" From the news brought in last evening, think
we shall have to fall back and if the force OF the
enemy is sot overratcd, will not be able to
fight them short of the Colorado, and perhaps as
far East as the Brasos. The reports are, that
the upper division of Mexcans are sald to be
about - 900, and the lower division about 9,OoO.
There is no doubt they have large force. and we
may expect some rough fighting llnc' are MOI, more
serious than some imagine. Urge the people east
ward to push on and help us y
Since the above was received, Mr.. Ludington
| has lust arrived from Linnvillc, which place he
left on tho l7,h, ut ls o'clock, A. NJ. MIR. West,
the Deputy Collector had just come in from camp
and reports spy company had just come in who
had seen large body of Mexcans, supposed to be
$1,000 1S miles west of the Nueces, und then on
the march There were two wagons at Llnnrlllc
pressing every article in tho way OF provisions tor
our army
From the above facts if there is not prompt
tusn-out by the Middle and Eastern Counties, the
enemy will ravngc and oyerrun our country.
= ARRIVAL OF LORD A.HpURToS.-The Anna
polls Correspondent Of the Baltimore San SAYS
that Lord AsHBURroS, the Speciul Minister from
Great Britain to this country, arrived at that city
in the frigute Wurspitc, Sir JOHN HAY, Cemman
der on Saturday evening. She hus occupied 50
dnys in the passage. He was toprocecd to Wash
iugton on Monday. The Baltimore American says
nothing of this arrival.
OF The Louisiana and Arkansas Delegations
in the e. S. House of Representatives have ad-
dressed a letter to the Secretary of War, alluding
to the probability that Mexico In her with
Texas will endcayor induce her Indian tribes TO
ion her. and will thus cndangcr the lives and pre-
perty of tho U. s. citizens the borders, and ask
ing what force, if any, has been ordered to the t~r-
der in question. Hon. j. {. SPENCER, in roply,
encloses hi. instructions to Cen TAYLOR at Fort
Gibson, directing him employ the force Of 1904
men at his disposal, in preserving peace among
tho Chcrokecs, and in preventing the Indians
within our jurisdiction from crossing into Texas
On the latter point special instructions have been
sent.
20 The extensive chair and furniture factory o.
Messrs. Hicks s. Newton, at Georgetown, D. C..
was set on fire and burned the 3lst uIt. Their
loss is about 80 9G0o-insurcd $4,000.
p The Nationsl lptclligencer officially contra
diets the report that son of Hon. J. c. SPENCER
has goac to Texas with dispatches to President
Houston.
The New Orleans papers say that the citizen.
would bepersonally called on Immediately for pow
der and lead to go back BY the Neptune.
HoRRrD MURDER BY AS Ac7REss.-A most
horrid and fatal tragedy wa" enacted a, the Thea