The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF TIIE ARABIA.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

The British and North American Royal Mail
steamship Arabia, James Stone, Esq., commander,
arrived to the Mersey at 6.30 p.m. The Arabia
sailed from Boston at noon on the 11th, and at 10.45
p.m. on the 12th reached Halifax, from which port
she sailed for Liverpool at midnight the same day.
The Arabia has made a capital passage, having on
the 14th and 19th logged 300 miles; and on
the 20th, 30.5 miles. She passed the Royal Mail
steamer l'ersia at 6.30 p.m. to-day, off Point Lynx,.
She passed the American ship Washington, for this
port, and several other ships bound up Channel.
The Arabia brought 74 passengers, and 200,799
'dollars in specie.
I The intelligence by the Arabia is three days later
than was brought from New York by the Amp.
There is no political news of any importance ; the
treaty negotiated by Mr. Dallas and Lord Claren-
don upon the question of Central America, had
been referred by the United States Senate, after a
discussion in secret session to the committee on
foreign relations.
It was said at Washington that many
.parties in
Congress were anxious to stop the investigations of
the secret committee on alleged corruptions. All kinds
of influence had been brought to bear upon their ao-
tion for the purpose of rendering it unimportant I
and it was hinted that the report would be kept
back until too late to consider it without hazard to
important bills.
A terrible freshet has visited Troy, Albany, and
ether places on the Hudson. The heavy rams so
swelled the river as to break up the ice, which col-
lected below and dammed up the river. Albany and
Troy were almost submerged. Immense
hasbeen done to property in both cities. The Hu
son River Railroad has suffered very considerably—
portions of the tressel-work across some of the bays
below Hudson having been swept away. No trains
sea get through. Freshets have also occurred in the
Genesee, Delaware Susquehanna, Schuylkill, and
ether rivers, in which the destruction of property is
represented to be enormous. The following letter
describes some of the extraordinary scenes of distress
OM this calamity involved :
Albany, Feb. 9.
As was anticipated, the tremendous flood of last night way
slone.d damage to an amount impossible at present to metier
tors, but which cannot fail to mach two millions of dollars.
All last night the city was the scene of the utmost confusion
sad excitement. the terrors of fire and water bong let loose
upon the inhabitants. The citizens were engaged all hit
arming on the docks and in the lower part of the city in re.
shoving goods and stowing them away in the second stories
of storm and buildings, where it was thought the flood would
sot nisch ; but these cakulations proved erroneous. About
half-pset ten o'clock the ire commenced moving in the Awe
with tremendous force, threatening the bridge in State-
strut for soma time. The water rose so rapidly that all
those working on the docks and gievs were compelled to
✓ake a hasty retreat. The water 111 the river continued
Was until five o'clock this messing, when it reached a
point three het higher than was ever known before. The
entire lower pert al the city is flooded as high as Otelltv
street. The treat parts of Herkimer, Hudson, Lydias,
Hamilton smiths parallel streets aro submerged to the**
stories of the kriga in them. The streets between Broad-
way and the rim re navigable by boats. When the peat
flood coonienesd It was about two o'clock in the
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bad retired to bed MAW tbsosalves *fa war aware by
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srandag.
Outreaches assatmts arc given of the condition of
the fleet of sr 'chant vessels frozen in and aground
at the month of Chesapeake Bay, to whose assistance
the steamer James Adger was sent a week ago. The
Samuel Russell and the Sultan, large ships with
valuable cargoes, are both badly situated; in ea* of
a gale they would be sure to be wrecked. Some
lives have been lost from this fleet, and a great deal
of suffering from cold and hunger experienced.
About 300 German emigrant passengers, after a deal
of privation, were rescued, nod expected to arrive at
New York by railroad.