The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

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Field-Marshal Paskiewitch arrived at St. Peters-
burg from Warsaw on the 11th.

THE UNITED STATES.

We yesterday gave a telegraphic summary of news
received by the Asia, to which we add the following :
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
The San Francisco Herald says that, owing to the
sudden rise of the rivers, caused by the present rains
upon the snow in the mountains, all the bottom lands
have been overflowed; and as the bottoms have been
the principal grazing spots for stock, it is presumed
large numbers have been lost. We have heard of
some 30 or 40 head of mules in the immediate
vicinity of Marysville that perished before they could
be driven out. Those herding animals should, on oc-
casions like the present, have them driven to high
ground without waiting until the last moment.
It is a moat singular fact that the northern mines
have never been worked with the tame energy and
industry as those in the southern part of the state.
A gentleman writing to us from Rush Creek, on the
headwaters of the North Feather River, says that
that part of the country, although having been dis-
covered for more than two years, has not as yet un-
dergone thorough prospecting; and that places which
have been run over by thousands of prospectors are
nowpaying to the working miner first-rate w ages in all
that section of country. Spanish Ranch, American
Valley, Rush Creek, and the head waters of the North
Fork of Feather River are yielding largely. There
are occasionally strikes made, but as a general thing
8 dole. to 12 dole. per day is made.
From the Placer Herald we learn that at the new
diggings recently struck near Yankee Jim's they
have taken out as high as 13 dole. to a bucket of
earth. This is certainly a good yield, and there are
other claims that promise a good prospect.
The lams informant gives ns the intelligence of a
new strike at Volcano Slide, on the Middle Fork of
the American one half-mile below Sandy Bar, and
about three miles from Yankee Jim's, where dirt has
been taken out that will pay from 1 dol. to 100 dole.
to the bucket. This sounds like a big yield, but the
report is said to be correct.
We have seen this week a beautiful lot of gold dug
in Todd's Valley a short time since. Prospects have
been made in the valley which promise well to the
enterprising miners. The gold is coarse and pure.
Gold diggings have been discovered near Spring
Garden; the miners are said to be doing well.
OREGON.

We have dates from Oregon to the 4th alt., which
is three weeks later than previously received.
The Legislative Assembly of the territory of Ore-
gon was to commence its annual session at Salem,
the prement seat of government. Dec. 15.
The flags upon the liberty-poles, shipping, &c.,
were displayed at half-mast, and thirty-one minute-
guns were fired in Portland on the receipt of the
news of the death of Mr. Webster.
The immigrants, it iv said, are all, or nearly all,
at the Dalles, and have entered the valley. A letter
from Mr. William B. Affieck, who went out with
theYamhiU County relief expedition, gives the fullest
information concerning the immigrants that we have
lately found. The whole number who have entered
Oregon the present year, he places at 10,000. Those
who have come in this year, for the most part, are
men who have brought their families, and intend to
become permanent citizens. Their ideas seem to be
correctly formed, for the most part, as to what course
will insure to them success and permanent happi-
ness. Claims are sought for, thousands of heads of
cattle and horses have come through to stock them,
and the hardy pioneer of the west is searching out
his location in Oregon, in favoured spots, where
fancy and interest combined may attract his
attention.
Dates to the Ist of December have been received
from Lake Superior. At Ontonagon the river was
, closed with ice, and the snow two feet deep. The
accounts from the mines are favourable, though the
miners are somewhat disheartened by the failure to
get their copper shipped last fall. Over 1,000 tons
remain behind, a heavy item at the present high
price of copper. The Ontonagon River was low last
fall, which made it difficult to ship from the mines to
the lake. The plank road now constructing from
Ontonagon to the mines will obviate the difficulty
hereafter.
A letter from Portage Lake states that a shaft sunk
on the most southerly ancient pit to the depth of 72
feet, in the rock the vein has been not less than five
feet wide, and has carried copper the entire depth.
One mass taken out estimated to weigh over 1,500
pounds. Some 15 tons of copper have been taken
out, and the prongs of another mass are in sight be-
neath where the last one was taken.

RIOT AT HONOLULU.
We have intelligence from the Sandwich Islands
to the 21st November, two weeks later.
Great excitement was manifested at Honolulu on
the 10th November, occasioned by the fact that a
man named Henry Burns, a seaman, who had been