The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-31 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.
A telegraphic maimary of the following appeared
in a portion of oar impression yesterday :

LIVERPOOL, TIMIDLY.
The Asia, British and North American Royal Mail
steam ship, Capt. E. G. Lott, arrived this morning
at this port with the United States mails and pas-
sengers (123 of the latter), but no specie. She sailed
from Boston at 10.25 a.m. on the 17th, and at 8.50
a.m. on the 18th passed the Royal Mail steam ship
Canada, from this port to Boston. She arrived at
Halifax at 2.25 a.m. on the 19th, where she was
detained 28 hours by a gale and fogs, and did not
take her departure until 8.35 a.m. on the 20th. She
encountered severe weather during the entire voyage.
The Baltic arrived out at New York on the 11th.
In the Senate, on the 15th inst., the bill for conti-
nuing the appropriation to the Collins steamers, for
carrying the mail between New York and Liverpool,
was taken up, but was indefinitely postponed. The
joint resolution on the Arotio search for Dr. Kane
and his companions was pained, and after a short
debate on the Judicial Reform Bill, the Senate went
into executive session.
Resolutions were offered at the Southern Conven-
tion, at New Orleans, on the 12th inst., declaring the
acquisition of Cuba necessary to the protection of the
commerce of the south, and urging upon Congress
immediate action on the subject. A reciprocal treaty
between Spain and Mexico, for the repeal of laws
suppressing, the slave trade, was also recommended.
Both resolutions were referred.
'From Washington it was learnt that the Hon.
, Pierre Soule. minister to Spain, had sent in his re-
signation of that office, and that the Hon. J. C.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, had been appointed his
successor. The nomination of Mr. Breckenridge was
confirmed by the Senate, in executive session, yes-
terday. Changes in the State and Treasury Depart-
ments are expected to Lke place shortly, Mr. Marcy,
it is said, only waiting for an opportunity to get a
first class mission to Europe.
From Cincinnati it was learnt that John Mitchel
was received at the Burnet House, on the 15th inst.,
by the mayor, the committee of the city councils not
attending. A mass meeting was held at Greenwood
Hall the same night, at which the members of the
city councils were denounced for their action in wel-
coming Mr. Mitchel to the city.
The beaniful residence of John Appleton Haven,
known as Waldenfield, was totally destroyed by fire
on the 15th inst., the most melancholy part of which
is tIZ. loss of three of his daughters, Mary, Grace, and
Sarah, young ladies grown, who were smotherd in
attempting to escape from the burning pile. The
fire, which broke out at 4 o'clock, was occasioned by
' two servant women, who bad sat up all night, and
fell asleep leaving lights burning.
The steamship Northern Light arrived at New
York on the 15th inst., and brought rather more than
half a million of dollars, 328,000 of which was shipped
by Page, Bacon, and Co., and consigned to their
former agents in New York. By this arrival we have
intelligence from Oregon and Washington territories,
the legislatures of both of which assembled and
organised on the 4th ult., at their respective capitol..
At Carson Valley, now a portion of Utah Territory,
the inhabitants had held a meeting to consult upon
the question of cutting loose from the Mormons, and
setting up for themeelves a kind of independent
government, or whether it was better to remain quiet
until such time as they would be permitted to annex
themselves to the state of California. Wise counsels
prevailed, and they concluded to await the consum-
mation of the latter proposition.
Intelligence from Havana is to the 11th of January.
Senor Estranipes and Mr. Felix have been removed to
the Mora Castle for more secure custody, previous to
a trial. Mr. Felix has refused the aid of an officer,
assigned by General Conchs, in order to conduct his
defence before the military tribunal, and rests his
justification on several legal points, which are given.
At the latest moment it was looked on as very pro-
bable that one or both of the prisoners would be
garroted.
Accounts from Caracas, dated 18th Dec., state that
the same dismal picture of social disorganisation—
summary executions and executive misrule, which
have long prevailed there, is again presented to
view. Great preparations were being made to re-
ceive the newly-elected President, Jose Tadeo Mona-
gas, in something like imperial state. The paper
currency was depreciated to the lowest ebb, and the
bills were being bought up by agent' of the govern-
ment. Cholera was devastating the eastern section
of the country, and 800 persons had died in the city
of Cumana in twenty days of the disease.