Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-07-30


bug l never was in a country where money
was so scarce and as regards "gOld dust, that
is all nonsense; YOU never see particle.
Thank God, 1 have enough money TO get
back. Yours, ETC., W
On the other hand the most glowing accounts
eontine TO be given by letters and otherwise in
the California papers. Mr.. John Glennon,
well known citizen of San Francisco, writes to
the Herald, from Hills Bar, Frazer River, on
the 10th ult
The mines from what have seen, are in my
opinion such that any person will be satisfied
with, unless those who come here expecting to
make a pile in few days or months, or those
who are lazy OF afraid Of hard work All along
the river, that is, from ten miles below Fort
Hope, as far up as can be reached, there Is an
opportunity to do well and make good, fair wa
ges. This bar is paying first rate so far, but all
hands are idle at present in consequence OF the
rise In the river. Some of the claims at the up
per end of the bar paid $50 day to the man, and
those a little lower down SIS. The company
am at work with are az the lower end, andtrom
what we have made while employed, we are sat
isied when the water falls we will make from
SI2 TO SIG each day to the hand. Our claims
have been covered with water for the last three
weeks buL AhOec OCCup lmAB AeISA 5AS--
worked up to last Saturday, when they stopped.
/ do not think we can commence working again
for four weeks, that is, until the water recedes.
Another San Francisco account says;
J.W. Vaudeville, u S. Surveyor General,
has received letter from an old friend who
writes from the mouth ofThonpsOn's River, that
he dug 500 the first day he worked there
Everybody on Frazer River and about Puget
Sound is full Of confidence in the unsurpassed
richness of the country in gold This confidence
is not only proved by the unanimous testimony
of the lettsr-writers and those persons who have
come down from the mines, but BY the high pri-
ces os property in Victoria, and by the small
number of persons who have returned to this
city The water in Frazer River has fallen four
feet, and in a couple of weeks We shall begin to
hear from the miners who have been spending
the Summer on the upper part Of the Frazer
River.
We learn, says the 0regoaiGa, from Mr.. Lew
1 is Door, lust down from the mines, that Frazer
River is now falling rapidly, water being now
four feet below high water mark. The miners
are not doing much now, but it is confidently
expected that a great number viii be able to
work within ten days or a couple Of weeks
The claim of which Mr.. Door is one Of COM
pany 10 possession, IS located on bar about
NiIi yIssr river Tails.
Provisions cannot be had without paying the
most exorbitant prices, such as $50 per barrel
for black -four At Fort Hope good flour is
worth 500, sugar so cents per pound, and other
articles in proportion. At Fort Yale there is
little to be had for love or money. Mining and
cooking utensils are very scarce, and enormous
prices are obtained for them. The Hudson Bay
Company had seized the mining implements OF
some miners on Hills Bar, for violating the law
in regard to tTafficking, which excited consider
able indignation among the miners
A correspondent of The Alta, writing from
ValecitO says;
Mining claims paying from IS to 0per day
are selling at from 500 to Sl75 piece by those
infatuated with the Frazer River fever.
The effect of the mknis on the population and
business of California is most disastrous. A
letter dated San Francisco, July l6th, says:
The Frazer fever RACES fereely. Did say
''feverl" should have said "mania-" Hundreds
of miners come down from Sacramento and
Stockton every day And there is no abatement,
but rather an increase in the furious food
Not since 81 has the city been so full The ho-
tells are crowded; the dealers in hardware, pro-
visions and clothing, and the owners of ocean
steamers and the interior stages have their pri-
ees, and though extraordinary boats and stages
are running, they still cannot carry all who
would come. In one day % stages and wagons,
loaded down with emigIsnts for New Caiedo-
MIA, came into Stockton. AL the stages run
ming to Sacramento come in every day hled up
with Frazer fever fellows
Most Of the emigraats, so far, have been mi
ners. and every large mining camp has lost a
considerable portion ofits population
The DownieTill Democrat of the 9th ult-,
says
sWhOIe camps in the dry diggings are almost
entirely deserted, and claims held a m9rfiD iDis. -
at 81 coo are now offered for i'd 'dsv are to se
gings that are paying e ,RlI2iever sum may be of
bought for 500
ieTseRe North San Juan Star of the same date
says
I've heard of one claim Yesterday, which,
two months ago, was bought for 81, 500, now Of
iered for 5000, and the owner goes about beg
ging for an offer-a claim which is worth more
now than IL ever was before But this is only
one of the many instances we hear of in this VI
cinity as wellas elsewhere"
could give yoI a multitude of such extracts,
but these are enough. Empty cabins are to be
seen on every side in the mining districts, and
about many of them lie unclaimed cooking uten-
sils and mining tools The exodus of the white
miners is looked upon bz the Cinnamon, Of
whom 1900 have arrived within the last month,
as particularly fortunate for them, for they 90
right into possession Of the deserted cabins,
claims and tools
The large steamers already engaged in the
passenger trade between San Francisco and
Victoria are the COrtel, Orizabs, Sierra Nevada,
Panama, Republic, Oregon, Pacific, Commodore
md Santa Cruz. In addition to these steamers,
2 sailing vessels have gone up 10 Victoria and
Bellingham Bay during the last three months,
md not one has returned During the fortnight
rom June 2lst to to July I'd, IL steamers and
sailing vessels left San Francisco for Victoria,
With s, 1888 passengers. Total from April lst to
June Goth, 1859. A letter SAYS.
1t is impossible TO know how many of her in
labitants California viii lose in this stampede,
or what is TO be its ultimate influence on her
welfare. The total number Of votes to be cast
It the general election in the first week of Sep
embeT viii probably not exceed $4,000, whereas
{ was about l00, 600 last year. The same cor
from whom quoted above, thinks
hat 1000 miners will leave T0ulumne county
his month, and that county casts about $500
EOtes-
Out of thirty policemen in this city, seven
have gone, and 30 out Of ! $50 6remen.
Wages have risen considerably throughoutthe
State Sailors are getting s75 per month, and
men servants on steamboats, arc getting the
'ame price. The fremen on ocean steamers get
lI5O.
The price Of real estate in the towns has fall
n, particularly in the mining districts, where
he depreciation is as much as twenty-five AMI
ifty per cent, Sacramento, AaySvilIs and