New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-28
TIL FRASER MANIA AND ITS lNfLU-
ENCE On CALIFORNIA.

ENAt ON CSLir OhNias
From Our O~ Csrrssporesnt
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5 1858.
The Fraser fever rsg.s iereely. Did l sly
"fsver"l d on have laid "msnia" Hundreds
Ct miners come down from SieraueEto and Sock
ton every J5y. AID there is no statement, bl.
rather en- inetease in the furious food. Not sIoce
81 has the city been 50 fail. Tne hotels ara
crowded; the d, aIsrs in hardware, clothing aud
provisions, and TIE owpsrs Of ocean steamers are
msbi1 their fortunes The river steamers ana tue
interior stsses have rsiu their prices, and though
extraordinary bos.s and stage are running they
,ul cannot carry all who would come Ia ooe day
~ stages ans wagons, loaded down with emgrants
for New. Caledonia came into Stockton. All me
stages running to Sacramento come IN every day
filed up with Fraser fever fellows.
Most OF the emf rants so far have been miners,
and every large mining camp has lost considerable
portion If t- population.
Tie DOunnrdie Democrat of the 9Th ult. says:
"WhoI- camps 10 the cry oicgiDss arc al not en-
trsly deseitc, ano csils held mouth ago a. ooo
nov offered for a hundred. Di9smgs tnst are
paying ounce day are 70 be D)nSnt ioT SloV, or
whatever cum may DO thered.
Tie Month San Juan Star Of the same date says:
I've heard OF ore claim yesteroay, woicn, TO
months ago WAS bought for ~ JJO, noF OIL RI Tor
= claim which il wJr III 81 |; ever wa be-
fore But this il only zoe Of the macy instances we
hear Of in this vicitiry al well rs sissw here.
! could give you multitude OF such extracts,
but these enough. Empty cabins are 10 Dc seen
on every side in the mining districts, aud about
many of them lie unclaimed cooking utensils aud
mining tools The exodus OF the White miners IL
10, ked upoD by the Chin men, of whom 2,OO0 have
arrived " thin the last month as particularly tortu-
nate for them, for they 90 right into possession OF
the deserted cabins, claims aud tools. Oi the indiana.
the Columbia correspondent of Tie AhG writes a.
bllows;
IL SIN Informed as matter OF fact, that the In
dar In this vicinity, having been told thai t1e whites
were soiIg away came into town the otler dsy, and
agreed how ttey would oiyioe tae brick bilidinss
among them clyes after the pale faces shouli leave;
srd oher Indiana weLt into oorer ana made similar
decision there. They left the wooden buildings out,
not wanting Item.
A corresponds mt of The Ala, writing from Val
ecito says:
MINING claims paying from s. to $40 per day are
selling al iron 800 70 Si1j piece BY those infa,u-
bed with the FrsserRiver fever"
Ii is impossible 10 know bow many Of her inha6-
itants California will lose in this stampede, or what
is to be IFS ultimate influence on her welfare The
total number of votes to be cast at the general eec
ton in the first week of September viii probably
not exceed $4,000. whereas !. was about 100000
last year. The same correspondent, from whom
quoted above, thinks that 1000 miners viii leave
louumDe County during this month, and that
county casts only about $500 votes.
Out of thirty policemen III TINS city, seven have
gone, and 200 of l,0j0 fremen.
Wages have risen considerably throughout the
State. Sailors are getting S15per month, and men
servants on steamboats, getting the same price
The trtmen on ocean steamers get $50.
The price Of real estate in the towns has fallen.
particularly in the mining districts, where the de-
probation is uch rs twenty-five and fifty per
cent. Sacramento, Marysyille and Stockton are
suffering severely. All their trade II killed. They
are AZ The heads OF steamboat navigation, whence
extensive mines are supplied. But now there is no
demand; there are more goods IN the mlin - than
are wanted, and shipments OF many articles are
coming back 10 this city. The orlinous sigu "To
Let" Is alarm;Dely frequent IN oil the towns, but
particularly 40 in Sacramento and san Trancisc0;
Tor although this city has suffered less BY the mania
than any other place, and although many classes OF
business have been rendered exceedingly profitable
here by il, vet other trades have been ruined He
who deals in goods needed BY miners going 10 3
new couIiry Is in fair WAY To make fortune; be
who does not has dull prospect before him, unless
he goes with the tle, and this many compelled
10 DO WHO would be glad to remain Il they could do
any business in California. The boarding house
keepers, tie merchants and the rlll-soeTs OF the
interior are compt led 70 shut up and follow tae.c
customers 10 the land Of promise.
The ocean steamers now eDgeged in the passenger
trade between this city and Victoria are IS fooAs
with their tunnsce;
Cort.z..............Ilf7 Oreruu.............ice9
Orizats.............i $50 Plriic.............l.eS
Sem heysds......l 8. coorlcco-s ........i So
faIarns............ 80 St--3 " f.......s. -
EefLtHc .....+..... 80
They always 90 away full. and the steamer
Norlherner is beng fitted I'D FOX the same trade
In addition 10 these steamers. - sailing vessels lave
cole up 10 Nictoris and Bel inlham Boy during the
sst three months, aud not II them has returned
The total number Of passengers who have lei. here
for y!etsrla and Belinehain during the lat two
weeks as reported on the Custom House bcJAs. il
80 sgainst :, JJ6 from tie Is. April 10 TIE 20th
June. making ;o;.l of lo,6c9. ~ | said how.
Ever. In my last letter, these custom house 6gur.
are Incomplete tie total number OF departures is 81
least ole half greater than here s.stei Tie num-
Der Of passengers vho have come down from y.cto.
ria during the fortnight, : reported on W Same
Custom House books t. be -, but the correct num-
Der Is lrcsably about 100. The let OF departures
during the fortnight . IS follow:
Date 'ose- Nc P-ss>aects
Inn, el......... So
June h1iA y n IL
Jrrs BIG kfsIA 2 ls
June ba-k Am
June
JuLc . ta
June IL
Jane .s.......ss.s. bif .o-'
Ju So o. 81 f-.y F1I~-.............
June
June 10
July l....s..'....s'. - sss.s....s..4.
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