The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-14
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Ths Frazer River Excttem ent--
I've sides 10 the Picture.
Thcadvices from Frazer river are somewhat con
Trajectory. Aud the excitement in California, Ia,
somewhat subsiied. The Cortes from Victoria bad
arrived at San Francisco, With $50 passengers OF
board, Jrom the gold dtesines ON Frazer river
They report that the minors are taking out littl,
or no gold, and actually 10 a state Of starvation
The San fraucisco Herald arsues that there vii
be freat distress from tho Frazer river excitement
and that thousands would willingly get home
they could. There have been no dry digging,
found out yet, hill disgings, and il 10 argued
that the geld on the bars will not afford suificiea
mining to the overwhelming emigration. Til.
Herald has received advices from yiaoria to tn.
7tb, which givss tho fair side to the picture:
The Frazer river has fallen four feet within !
week. and is stiiton the decline. The stream 1,
now 90 low that operations have been resumed or
Texas Bar. Emory's Bar and Hills Bar. aud III,
miners are doing we'll.
The miners were returning from Fort Yale
from Sailors Bar, add points on the upper river
in consequences ef the ecarcity Of provisions ir
that region. Flour at Fort Yale was selling at 2i
cents; beans, % cents; pork, 10 cents; sugar, &
cents.
Six frenchmen came in this morning from
Thompsons river after grub. They say there are
no provisions to be had for any price. The miuers
are living on horse fesh when they can get II from
the Indians. One of the Frenchuien told me shs,
II be could have got provisions, not csriug whs,
they cost, he would not have come down. for be
WAS we'll satisfied that he could get much gold -
Miners are coming In almost every day from the
Belinehsm Bay trail: they curse the trail aud tbe
men who influenced them to 60 on 1t. The trail
strikes the river about thirty miles below Fort
Hope, and then they have to get indians to bring
them mp here io canoes. When they get here they
have got neither provisions nor blankets and th,i,
clothiug all torn in shreds.
The Indians that come 10 from Thompson river
all have gold One came In this morning, with
ak horses, and leaves again In four days He in.
tends to get load TO pack for the miners az Hfty
cents pound, to the forks of Fraser and ThomD.
rivers.
We want four hundred pack mules here to pack
our provisions, and then We can get where the
gold Is plenty.
Mr. Freeman, of the Express Company, went n n
the river on the surprise on Sunday last. Imme.
iistely his arrival at Fort Hope he took canoe
with ten Indians and started for Fort Yale. The
hr.t bar passed 10 ascending ths river was Texas
sar One hundred miners were there at work
making $40 to $40 day The next passed vas
Emory's Bar. where seventy five men were employ
ed. with about the same Results as at Texas Bar
rhe next was Puget Sound Bar. where seventy -fve
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day Next Hills Bar was passed, where about
seven hundred men were at work, making froul
SO to $50 day. The next bar reached, brought
SIR. +. to Fort Yale, where about two hundred men
are making from SO to $40 day. Besides the
above, men were working all along the river, who
reported the diggiugs good. At Hills Bar. kerr
sou Co have erected fine log house, 30x20 fee,
ia size. -..t-,f r.s-
The river is slowly falling, but the water is stil
too high for much profitable working on the bars
All the miners agree that, when the water falls
big strikes will be made. AT present, the banks
f the river are being worked with siuices and
common rockers
Mr. freeman saw no suffering from starvation in
the bars months provisions were on hand, while
on some of them there were two months supplies
IN store. II -.-t.e .-.- .s,. g.
TIE OTHER SIDE.
The San Francisco papers are endeavoripg t.
| throw cold water on the Frazer River excitement
| but they have to admit that there lie gold to b.
found there, and the emigration is still towards
that region. The Herald has number ofletters
saying the whole thing is humbug, but still th,
| people will go. There was 5000 persons at yicto
ria, on the 10th, on their way to the diggins AM
| . crowd on their way. One of the Heraids CORES
| pondents, writing from Fort Hope, July 10th
| says: ff
| Many of the sensibIe ones who have money th
| moment they became satisfied of the fraud, ar
preparing to leave Others are holding on, lk
| Micswber, "waitng for something to turn up,
| that they may get even. And great many az
| building boats that they may ascend the river
| FULLY determined not to go back to California t,
| paying dggins until they have taken hold of tn,
| Q ephants tail, not being satisfied with look a
| mis- trunk. How many Of these poor fellows whit
| leave in their boats and canoes, will come back 4
| tell the, tale, time, which deyelopes all things
| tlOne can tell.
| The steamer Surprise runs to Fort Hope, abou
$50 miles up the river. aud although at her depar
ture there we're over 5000 people in the place, sh
| lid not take up her full complement OF passenger
| 30 we'll tatisied have people become of the gross
| ness of the fraud The Surprise is due to-day o.
| tomorrow, and should she arrive in time for thi
| letter i will add 2 s On her last trip dowl
she hrou gtIt the most disastrous for the Ian.
spectators etc. 1t was soon discovered that the
news would prove iDjurieus TO tie interests of tn
| land operators, aud something must be done t,
/ KEGS up the excitement 1n the aggregate, the ful
| amount which has been dug out of the whole ex
tent Of the F.szier River mines since the excite
nent about their richness fret started is abou
| fifteen thousand dollars
| IL was known here that the Hudson Bay Com
| pany had In the Fort about $40 900 in gold dust
which had been accumuating from various source
| for the past nine months, at this time they mad
their last shipment to England. some of which hs
| been seot to San Francisco. This was done tor th
purpose of counteracting the bad news carried Z
| San Francisco by the returning miners who lef
| here on the Panama. This ia the irst shipment,
am credibIy intormed that has ever been made b.
| the Agents Of the Hudson Bay Company TO al
American port aud also done for the purpose o
allowing the land speculators a still fulther op
| portuuity to make money. Iknow foI certaint!
| that the amount shipped was only fraction Owe
S20000-probsbly by the time it reaches your city
Ii will have increased ten fold sh4
1t is estu ated that for every dollar that will b,
| taken out of these mines, at least four hundred
will be expended in getting it--except. probably
10 few isolated cases; and if these reported rici
diggings do not fall short at least one thousand
Der cent. Of the most moderate stories writtei
about them, will be much mistaken.
The town OF Victoria somewhat resembles SaI
francisco in '49-except, indeed. the gold dust
Mexican dollars, gambling, &c The town. fo
miles around on both sides, is literally coveret
.ith teuts, some of the occupants making boats
others pursuing various occupations, but by la
the vast msj3rity of them doing nothing, ant
waiting for the endless aud convenient cry of spec
ulators-the fall of the river'-to take place
which important aud eventful epoch, it is nov
supposed, will occur about the first If October,
Town lots, in this place, have fallen in the las
few days more than Two hundred per cent. few
houses are still being erected. There are now sbou
one hundred wooden houses, probably few more
10 six months from to day, there will not be lef
people enough in the place (f they can get away
10 inbabit them.
Ii also has the following:
The withdra ~al Of the 0rizaba Is very sigDih
cant fact, show iDg with tolerable certainty tha
The Fraser river fever has abated most wonderful
iy since her last trip 1t is estimated that at ths
time the Orizaba carried off at least fourteen hun
red patseDgers, but now there cannot enough b
found willing to migrate to Frazer river to make th
"Trip profitable. The harvest reaped BY passenge
vessels during the excitement, although lucrative
has been of no great duration
--
STRANGE BUT TRUr-Mr. Harvey Cooper OF Bloom
tugdale, Passac Co.. going into one OF his fields o.
III rsday last. in which there was small pond
sav crow huttering in the water, on going near
er to discover the cause OF its hutteriug' ne sas
that the crows leg vas fast. As he thought, in
piece OF stump. but on getting stick and pryini
up the leg Of the crow, What was Mr C's surpris
20 aud hat instead OF piece OF stump which hsi'
the crows leg II was asnappingturtle head Mr
Cooper stcur.d both bird and turtle, aud foun'
the latter weighed some fifteen pounds. How IN