The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

The United States mail steam ship Baltic, Capt.
Comstock, arrived in the Mersey on Sunda) morn-
ing, with dates from New York to the 3rd instant,
174 passengers, and 249,162 dollars in specie on
Mt.
Pacific arrived out on the 3rd, having been
detained outside the Hook all the previous night, on
amount of a *over* stars
In the United States District Court of Philadel-
phia, Charles Harty had been pronounced not
guilty, and E. H. Perkins had been found guilty, of
enlisting recruits for the British service. 13entenee
was deferred. The seaming up al the judge wee
desidedly anti-British.
The steamship Adriatic, now being built for the
Cates line of steamers, will be, when completed,
a most magnificent vessel. She will measure 6,600
tons her length will be 343 feet on the broad line;
depth of hold, 33 feet t breadth of beam, 60 feet.
The &deices of the fall of Sebastopol created a great
sensation at New York and other places. The par-
tials had an enormous sale. In Canada the exultation
was very great.
The yellow fever was abating at Norfolk and
Portsmouth.

The Star of the iWst asilCieiege Law had arrived
at New York. with dates to Sept. G. and 088,599
dollars as freight.

An earthquake had occurred at San Francisco, but
it did no damage. The Amphitrite had arrived at
San Francisco from Ayan (Amour River) and Silks.
At the former place she burnt a Russian steamer,
but spared the town.
It is stated that out of a train of 300 emigrants
who were travelling through Oregon, 150 were
killed, and all their acres captured. The remainder
of the train reached Salt lAke City in a starving
condition. Near Fort Colville 70 whites had been
murdered by the Indians. The Oregon gold mines
are better spoken of.
The Oregon had arrived at Panama from San
Francisco, with 956,013 dole. in specie, 197,285 dole.
of which was on English account.
The steamship Uncle flan had arrived at San Joan
del Bud from Acapulco. During the voyage she
lost thirty-three passengers from cholera. At San
Juan the British mail-steamer Teviot and frigate
Eurydice were Wag in the harbour.
The entire of a Pacific cargo, valued at 70,000 do's.,
had been carried by the Panama Railroad to Aspin-
wall and re-shipped to New York.
We have advice* from Valparaiso to the 30th of
August; Callao, Sept. 11 ; and Parts to the 16th.
The Chili= Congress was occupied with many
important questions, amongst which the most import-
ant was an act to reform the Tribunals of Commerce,
by simplifying the proceedings and rendering the
adminatration of the law more prompt. A consular
treaty, celebrated with Ecuador, received the sanction
of the Senate. A bill was under discussion to allow
vessels that wished to sail under the national flag to
be registered in any port of the republic. The damage
done by the late storms in the south was esti-
mated at nearly 400,000 dole. Sixteen lives were
lost by shipwreck. The high pries of flour still
continued, and in Conception the bolder. were asking
17.50 dole. per 200 lbs. The prospect of the ap
prosching harvest was good. H.B.M.'s ship
Rattlesnake arrived at Valparaiso on the 13'h
of August, and sailed on the 24th for Rio
Janeiro and England. The northers, during the
fortnight ending August 14, had done considerable
damage in the bay, bat in the south they bad done
much injury and destroyed much more property, in-
cluding two or three mills. In the port of Constitu-
tion, Mauls, 16 vessels were driven ashore. The rise
of the river was terrible. The aspect of affairs in
Bolivia was bad enonith. Even before Congress
assembled for the scrutiny of the votes for the Presi-
dent of the Republic, the army had proclaimed
Genera Cordova, the eon-in-law of Belau, President.
This resource of the ancient Roman legions in times
of anarchy shows the situation to which Bolivia has
arrived.