The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-21 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

As, announced is eat yesterchy's papeiruptchueee7Aldiotlnathnoi
tie, Ceptain .West, arrived at Liverpool, with dates
frees New York to the 7th inst. the brings about
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thoavae
storms which have swept over the Union in the fol.
lowhig lathie
pat • three months, Our country tra been
vialtra offlllYssunesssion of storms, almost ueparslieleil in
their digasitiee tiffany. Scarcely have the njuries produced
• try eatillesiNs enraged, begets another would tom* mid mate
greater4evieunkets slum its redeems/et. The firm storm
thMeif Jame het,ewmit .tbe whale Atlantis, hoard, from 014
Mere eldlorids to the meet of Maine. Its effects were die.
estrous, but not half equal to those which sue.
*ceded it. The storm a little more than a week since,
was very severe, and extended generally through the
eountry, and was particularly savors thronghoot the South.
extern states, destroying the crop, in every cireeti,in,
well is property of almost description. Bit the late
storm and flood, though not so extensive, is far re ore disas-
trous I. its effects than either of the nthen In mom
Pesseylvania, ;minimise'', its vkitation was mom severe,
aid it b impossible to tell, as yet, what is the extent of the
damage. Theffschetylkill aid Delaware riven have risen to an
unprecedented height, and the lower portiensof Philadelphia
have hem enbmerged, while lose at life and a genera destrac-
time of property have followed in its wake. We publish
elsewhere additional particulate of the effects; but. from the
dasifige suetained by the railroads through which ie has
swept, end the gement detention and disariongemest of the
mails. we see et • loss to know what the end sty M. In
New Jersey it was eqoally severe. On the upper lakes, too,
leveret stemma ham occurred, the last of whiehyon the 30th
ult., was very severe, to smell so, indeed, that navigation
was wholly impossible. We have heard of no very serious
effecter yet, but mw get fall details of &mtge.
The letter of etre New York correspondent is
here subjoined :
NEW YORK, SEPT. 7.
WO have tilted steamers from Cheerer., which port they
left oaths 28th, with dates from Sin Preacireo to the Ft of
August. The Cherokee, one of there vessels, hos en board
two millions and a half of gold dust, and the other two
ban half • million at leer tln the hands of passengers. On
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found below the soil and in rock veins, individual effort is
Ism able to obtain them, and us:dation. are stain being
formed with a greater quality of adhesiveness. Large
mining works are established, requiring a great amount of
labour and some capital. One a the cleverest Ideas is that
of tuning the slew steamers fato river dredging machine..
These hring,up the sands by tons at a time, which are washed
is barges alongside. Several have been no fltad up, and the
probability is there will be a commensuree ri mom ration.
The eh, of San Francinn is rapidly recovering from the
effects of the late fire. New ant more sulaslintial brick
dwellings are going up in all directions, and there seems to
be no lack of energy or enterprise.
The aireounts from the mimes are highly satisfactory. with
the exception that the waters had not sufficiently subsided
to give the miners a fair °hese,. It would le useless to give
your reader a particular seeount of the localities sow most
la favour • but it seems that the returns are of a very lucra-
tive ehas;oter from the north fork of the Tuba, the North
Feather river, Mercedes, Tuolomme, and Staaislas. For
example, one small party have ged 70 dole. e-day ever
shags thelBth April, at a place called the Rich Flats. At
others, lumps weighing 38 ounces have been found. entirely
emapmed of pure gold. At Murphy's Diggings 13100 dole.
were takes out in a kw weeks, at a distance of 30
feet below the surface. Two thousand four hunched
holes, equal), productive, have been registered at these
diggings; thus showing the rich nee of the locality. At
the head waters of the Newels, lumps of pars gold,
weighing upwards of eighty pounds, have been found. And
these lumps of gold are as common now as the duet was
formerly. At San Antonio, a place which, last winter, was
utterly deserted by the miners, they are now actually taking
out 100 dell. a day each nu. The acetone uniformly
agree in this, that the yield will be beyond all calanlation,
and yet it is equally teas, that hundreds of people are re.
taming to the United Smuts from California, cliseppointed
and broken hearted. Upwards of 500 vessels are lying in
the port of San Francisco, es we learn by the lest accosting,
and upwards of 100 more at Hengelo. Sacramento, and
Stockton. They ere from all parts of the world Woe is
to become of all them vessels, no one can tell. They seem
to be unable to leave the port, and to have no place cf des-
tination. Most of their cargoes, particularly of thr,se
recently arrived, must have beret merinos d. The
maws have generally deserted them, and the ne-
gligees+ appear unable to furnish them with frtichte
for any ether porta. This is a state of things truly
appalling. and immense tomes must accrue somewhere. Not-
withstanding all this, small visa.-is are being built at San
Francisco to run to neighbouring ',wt.. One would think
it mach easier to buy than to build. Among the incidents
connected with California is this—A specimen of native gold
has been found, resembling in caricature, the features of
Lord Brougham. The owner, Robert Wilton, of Stockton,
intend', presenting it to the editors of the L ,nclon l'unch
The prices of artteles in the San Fruncisco market continue
to bear a remunerating price. 1 send herewith a copy of the
latent prices eta rrrrr .
Hem is New York we hardly know what to think of the
California trade. We hear little of losses, and much of
gains—and what s the true state of the balance-sheet no
one can tell. New hordes of adventurers ..re constantly
emigrating to the gold regions ; while the unfortunate .rho
return in ill-health and witboLt any acquisitions, slink away
and ere forgotten.
I had almost forgotten to state that, in consequence of the
numerous murtlen committed at Sonora, Cal tornis, attri-
buted to the Mexicans, a deterenbiation has been formed
by the Americans to drive them all away. Upwards
of a hundred have been arrested for the commission
of various crimes. From Oregon we have dates to the 21st
July. The discovered mines had not been prr dinner, in con-
sequence ;of the high state of the rivers and tribiesry creeks.
From the Havana we have dates to let instant Everything
was quiet when the Georgia left Havana. Tr ,ups were
pouring in from Spain, and in a short time the force on the
island would amount to over 30,000 regular trooye. Tho
cholera had broken out afresh at Segue Is Grande, and was
carrying off a great slumber of Depots. Havana was visited
by a hunicene on the 22nd August ;it blew with g-eat vio-
lence, sad did a great deal of damage to the chipping; all
the mewls of war dragged their ae chore about the harbour;
many beautiful trees were injured, and the banana and
plantain trees were almost all destroyed. The Csptain-
General had refuted pennimlon to the Amu ices% steamers to
go to the dock which the company bad hired from the
English Mail Company. No cause assigned.
Jenny Lind is still all the rage. Our gravest and most
quiet anisette rush to her mummiesa to pay her their re-
spects. She is overwhelmed with the attentions she receives,
and says she fears they will turn her head. She is to appear
in a few days at the Castle garden, which is capable of hold-
ing 6,000 persons. The tickets of admission are 3 dole. each,
bet they are to be sold by auction, and will bring =echelon.
Mr. Bantam, who engaged her, has modified his contract
with her. She is engaged for two years, and is to sing both
in the United States and Europe. He has speed to pay her
1,000 dole. per night for every concert, and give her
besides half of the profits nightly beyond that
sum. It is expected that her concerts In this
city alone will produce on an average 12,000 doh. per night
mhlesserresex.penseettsanin,danweemshaLhatairthie7.infreausetriispilsoritaidlyltbteenleEtectresedi.LorHBo2o;
evertaluly has reduced his net, for the 160 nights of the first
eagagement, 150,000 dole. She may make twice or thrice
as Mash as she drat calculated upon. The papers of this city
=nein every day bunnies of her movements.
As I close this letter I am happy to announce the final
pester of the Texan Boundary Bil in the Heuse of Repre-
sentatives yesterday, thus confirming the opinion expressed
In a part of this letter, written when the defeat of the bill
wee announced. It turns out precisely as I stated, the °pp*.
allies conifer from Mr. Seward and his !rionds. The whig
.ember of Congress from this sate generally voted against
the bill, wider his dictation. But after a short struggle the
Islam wets turned, and the act was pegged. I confider all
the eitepr of disunion over. Texas is satisfied with her
boundary and tea millions, and New Mexico has a territorial
mmerument. I trust that eternal infamy will rest upon those
sehemteg politicises who would jeopardise the happiness and
Firmware* of a greet nation for the sake of their awn pay-
load advancement. AMERICUS.
[For American Commercial News em page 4.]