, 1858-06-18

ONE EFFECT OF THE FRAZER RIVER r., .
WAGES RIsINq W.
occasionally remarked that, in copseor.a .a"e
OF the departure from different mini5a SSN
tricts Of many persons for Frazer rivss ~
rates of miners wages have of late iDcrss' NY
cd in particular places The Ms,snS,, -
La Porte, Sierra county, says on this an.
ject: 'u''
"The excitement about Frazer river Al
gings is producing some good effect,
least. While in ST. Louis few davs So !.
we learned that hands were becoming -
scarce it was with much dificultv H..
enough could be procured to work the Az
gings. The wages heretofore have .hoss
four dollars per day, while now claim ovn.
ers are offering five and cannot get n ,uss
cheney at that. 1t would be rather strora.
if '49 prices should come round again-S
STRANGERS IN TowN.-We think Il ,,S
to calculate that there are at least sf,s..
hundred strangers in town, principally min.
ers, waiting passage to Frazer River M.
hotels and public houses are filled to ovsr.
flowing, and great eagerness is exhibitsa
to get away as early as possible. Each
succeeding arrival from Frazer River seem,
to add to the already prevailing excite.
ment, which has now assumed fixed nnr.
pose, and each steamboat from the iuterio,
comes laden with fresh hundreds bound for
the new mines. The result Of this emiprH.
ton will be looked for with intense curiosi.
ty and interest. Whether it will be favor.
able or unfavorable to California is a ouss.
ton of serious Importance, and one which
time alone can satisfactorily determine,-
Plausible theories can be advanced in sun.
port Of either, but experience alone viii
settle the question: San Eranasco Herald.
June 5h.
PACK Mules FOR Frazer RIVERA
train of one hundred pack mules, capari.
soned with saddles, and some four or Eve
horses, crossed the Yolo Ferry, yesterday.
in charge Of Alvarez & Marks, for Frazer
They will proceed overland, ma Shasta.
Yreka and Jacksonville. We understand
that the train has heretofore been used in
packing from Stockton to the Southern
mines. There were fourteen men in the
train.-SacramentO Union, June 6.
SINKING OF THE STEAMER "CoMMoDoRE.n
The steamer Commodore, which was 10 .
sinking condition, was last night run up 10
the mud in the neighborhood Of Steamboat
Point, and the pumps on board have been
going since o'clock this morning. To-day
at 10 o'clock, the tide being low, the
steamer lay high and dry in the mud, neith-
er Of the wheels touching the water. Be.
ing in the thick mud, the vessel sits square.
1t will be recollected that the Commodore
was about a week overdue when she arrived
on Sunday evening She went to Mare
Island for repairs the next day, but found
the dock occupied, and returned yesterday
afternoon about S o'clock. As It was dis
covered she was fast sinking, she was run
around Rincon Point to the place where
she now lies, about 100 yards from the
wharf at the south end Of Third street.
1t is supposed that the ship sustained an
accident to her old timbers, and that the
passengers by her on the last trip have had
happy deliverance from drowning. g.-BHl.
Letin, JWne 5th.
CoNFLAGRArIoNs.--T town of Maripo-
so, Cal, was destroyed by Ere on the 9Th
inst.
Eleven buildings were destroy ID by Ere
in San Francisco on the 3Oth ult.
A destructive FIRE has again visited Ne.
Vada City, on May 23d. Loss $207, 900.