The daily Butte record., 1858-07-28
From Victoria.

Tho Sierra .Vtpada left Victoria July
2lst and arrived at San Francisco at noon on
the Goth. The following news We find in the
Sacramento Union of Monday:
| hear of ths arrival of no gold dust. The
passengers looked healthy and unwashed -
Some refused to answer any questions,
which made them appear like dead heads
Those who did speak set the number of pas
sengers down at one hundred and fifty, but
this is too high figure.
One miner told me he left here five weeks
since. and remained at Fort Hope until his
provisions gave out. n week ngo. lie saw
no suffering nor gold. Provisions are cheap
there, and men can live for four dollars per
week. They take il easy until short of
funds. and then leave. The river was yet
very high. but he thought il fell a little on
the day previous to his departure. The riv-
er Is three quarters Of mile wide at Fort
Hope. Its most narrow point. when down.
being only hundred feet, and very deep.
No thought Of turning IL 10 entertained.
There are five thousand people at Victo-
ria, waiting for something to turn up ; and
though they oil have plenty to eat, labor is
so cheap that man cannot earn his board.
Vhe Victoria Gazette ex,ra--printed on
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First, n letter by one Alfred Waddiugton,
written at Victoria, and composed OF unau.
'hen,c stories about tho new route to upper
Fraser river, and the richness of that re-
gion, besides a repetition Of the accounts
already received. Fraser contains no rap.
ids from Fort Hope TO the mouth OF Harrison
river. which. Of itself contains three sloughs
Harrison Lake. on this river, is about 40
miles in length The head Of IL again as.
sumes the form Of river, and is named Lii
lovet.
Gold has been found all along Harrison
river and on the Lillovet. The dry diggings
are reported rich, and can be reached with
canoes in three davs. waddington says---
| could mention ether dry diggings further
in the interior. but for the present these are
sufficient to employ some thousands OF
miners.
There is a long letter from ono Of the ed
itors, c. Bartlett, who had gone up the riv-
or TO see far himself how matters were. He
saw some successful miners at Naniamoo.
taking out large lumrs Of anthracite con'.
The miners at Fort Hope were oil idle
Flour was SS2 per barrel.
A man nrmed Cook. recently special po-
liceman in San Francisco was severely beat
en-, near Fort Hope. by party Of men to-
whom he was obnoxious on account Of his
conduct during the vigilance Committee ex-
element
One Cassidy, at Texas Bar, was clearing
$40 day All the miners on this bar were
reported as doing we'll
The Surprise brought down few passen.
gers and a small amount Of gold dust.
J. J. Martin. steward Of officers mess on
the steamer Sierra .Nerada. was crushed so
badly by falling into the machinery Of the
vessel that he died in few hours.
AT Fort Thompson provisions were very
scarce. Horse meat was selling Mt four
bits pound 700 men were at Fort Hope
and 900 at Fort Yale--an idle
Governor Douglass told the miners at q |
meeting in Victoria that they had come
year too soon. I cannot find out what
caused the remark. and can only infer ,hat
he alluded to the expiration Of the Hudson |
Bay Co s charter.
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