New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-12
FRASER RIVER EXCITEMENT.
Attack on Fremont's Quartz Mine.

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TT. s,..u.ljp ss.r Of he Wet hsd TeceiVe1 hef
r,J. :,esu-s lsd ,as,sngers rom Cshf9rr's by The
G1s.p Age, .a5 wood sai Z. p. Il. for Ne~-YoTk
va Key Wes:.
TIE p. II. 8. CcD,tDy's s.esussAip G,-en Age,
Crrs. ws.hrs from Ssn Francisco jay 90 arrived s.,
P.zsrs On me evening 4 Augus: :, brrgiog 70 pss-
p.pgers .rd 81 SD 900 10 Treasure Of which s'ns 81
10000 = defined f1r New-York, TIE balance bsing
kr Europe. Amo,g re treasure for E'gie7i 70
$1,000 o. Fraser River dast shipped taIorsa Fee
ent1 & Co.'S Express.
TIE ,,xs: Iteaserce ron Fraser RIVER gold mice
rr.rs-ty ssyors5ie EN- grafton l:on California s,l
snnrsns .nd bit fes returning, although TIE exc,e-
mer. A.s scrneThs. sUosided
On re m,rrlrg Of the Oh the s.. LOUIS encountered
,-ep, oor..-esst ~irds, With very heavy se. which
str,1uei rrtI after psssing Caps Hsttsrss. Tine
rem As2irvall 10 New-York, days % hours.
We ;srder our tsIhs to tie Porser Of tie s.. Loa'
abd % FIsersn & Coz aid Wells Fargo & Co.. =
Lxpesh COMPARES FOR tie prcGp. delivery Of Ca;-
Wrapper.
SUMMARY OF TIE FORrNIGHTS NEWS.
Fnn Or owl Ccrrespoassa.
S.y FRsvcIsco, July -, 1873.
T.v Frs,er.yer has been "csved 10 FIR more
rea.rjy AID wonderfully than it comnencsd b..
probably j. will break out again 10 few days or
vstks, a,G rsge a. fercely IS ever
Tie primary elections Of The Democratic ps-ty have
teea he'd il ebou. dozen couoties, bu. we have no
txsy e;a;euen. Of the result. Many of tle deegs.ss
elect 10 the safe Convention seem, according 70 The
newspaper repors 70 hsye no fixed purpose asto what
SIDE ihsy viii take the Douglas Buchanan question
IL Eve or sy counties each faction hiss elected dele
ssbcr. In the remaining Counties, where but one
delegation Of known opinions hiss been elected, the
two factions ere nearly evenly divided. the
Doeg.ss mel have carried most Of the large towns
where elections have been held, such Orovile, Ma
Iysvlle P.soerville and Nevada. On the other hand
the Leconptopites have carried Stockton, Columbia,
Sonora, DosDieville and Spnts Each faction hiss
called It's OWE primary election in Sacramento thst Of
the Douglas wing being regularly called by majority
sf the County Committee from which tbs Adnnlstra-
tcp ueD withdrew when they found themselves 10 the
minority. IL is probable that there will be two Con-
vent9pe, and perhaps permanent spit 10 the party.
In sddnon 70 the Lecompton issue, there are very
strong Likes and dslikes OF Broderck and Of his
fiends, which will tend to produce separation.
Ksd the election been held before the arrived
q the passage of the English bill, D,uya would
have carried every county; but since then matters
have changed grestly For instance, the Fraser fever
has been Of great benefit to the Lscomptonites, by
absorbing the popular attention, destroying the To-
t<rett Of the masses IL politics for the tina, and thus
leaving open field TO the professional politicians
and the sgerts Of the Federal aud State Governments
Who are s.rsnirg every nerve to get control OF the
Convention.
In the Senatorial Convention representing the coun-
ties Of NIIipOss MERGED and Fresno, there split
ter a precious resson-becsuse the notorious Phil.
Herbert coald not get the nomination for State Sens
tor, the opposing cand date, s. A. Merritt, having
smaD msjOiity. SO the Herbert men lef, in disgust,
Get up Convention Of their Own, and nomn s.ed tnem
hero.
Several stages have started from Plscerve for the
IA ha-u AZ tnu nd Salt he
and o.ner stages have left Stockton TO run between
this city and Fort Yuma, connecting at that place
with the semi weekly overland stages by way OF San
Antonio, Texas.
The eteamer Commodore registered as the Brother
Jonathan old tub which has long been styled the
floating coffin, had very narrow escape, ON the l5'h
inst, from swsmping. She had started from here on
ne Eh, with JSO adventures, Tor Frazer RIVER, hno
On the fifth day out encountered stiff head WIND.
Now co happened that she had been filled with mer'
ChGndise, which was slowed in very improper man-
heI-UO tuns Of II being on deck aud the bad SOW
age combined with the unseaworthiness of the vessel
caused her TO be unable 10 meet breeze against
which q good sailing ship would have safely gone
with donbe-reefed topsails. The Commodore soon
began 20 leak and creak and then i, was found that
al the pumps out OF Order and there wa
10 ship-carpepter or tools belonging to the Nes
rel, on board. Fortunately many of the passen-
gers had carpenters tcols, and knew how 70 use
them. Alter throwing 900 tuns of merchandise over
hoard including fourteen horses which were hst snot
the passengers Knocked the heads out Of some liquor
uercte, tplSu the previous contents huu IHSou Tue
casks 70 the rigging, TO bail out the water IN the hold
While these terces Were kept in constant operation al
the hatchwsys by organized gangs OF men, other PSF
ties worked with buckets and after 80 hours, during
which the vessel in constant danger of swanping
she arrived al this port for which she had turned as
room a. the danger became great. There was one
period o. tive or SIX hours during which nearly every
one board supposed the vessel must certainly sink
in few minutes but most OF the passengers Sehsved
very eourageously; Others cowaroly. one presented
his revolver to his friend, and requested him to blow
his brains out. Others threw their revolyers and
parses-ths most precious of the goods carried by
Csnorpisns or their persons-into the ocean, before
they put their he.preservers.
Amer the arrival OF the vessel the dangers OF
the passengers ceased ard those OF the ship-owner
commenced. The passengers caught him upon the
wharf, and be narrowly escaped hanging. The poles
managed 60 get him into his office, and there he
bessged by N men, most Of them armed and de.p per-
ate. Capt. Wright, the owner, fusly returned the
passage money, and order reigned again.
The steamer OF to-day has on board S!J,OW in
Frsser River dust, sent by the Hudsons Bay Com
psry TO Londen.
2he VIDE Wtst, a Sundsy psper, TIE MoRitor, the
CalJor gfa Farmer, have suspended publication or In
other words died. in consequence of the Fraser fever
The value Of the goods exported to Nlctoris during
The fortnight ending the 18th met was i32 O0O.
by the last mail you heard that all the Chinese por
ten OF Orove bad been destroyed by fire on the "a
iIst- at loss OF $4,000 On the 9Th INST, the entire
remaining business portion of the town swept
away by the flames. The loss Se20, 900; msk ~
$500 600 by tue two conhagrstons. In the last fire
H.. B,ehm, u German, was burned to des,h. The
following Is list Of al the leases of 5000 aud up
ward:
Bsd.y &oo..."..sls eco Fran. johnson sic 900
-AlSre............ SccoI Amelia Maner......... +sS
81. HsAss............. ttN Mn Ms.or.......... %sa
sss H,s.l..:....: s@ 4 f%,oi... SEQ
VIA Mile, ........... SOC = hit.Shsy....... Sec 500