The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-28
The Fraser sivsr G Did hiues.

Ban francesca, August o, 1855.
TAs Excitement Dying Acdy-Em-grans Interchangeable
Mines sail irposoi 10 Be Rich-New Route b TIC Dig
p,acs-7Ae Emirasion from Califorui1-Spzeh Of Cor
Dcueias- rietOria-Seauer up Frazer Ria1, &C., DC.
The excitement In relatoa to the Fraser river gold
mines has remained sbou. stationary Hanyshlng has
probably undergone further dlmnuton The freshness
Of me discovery has away and the letters OF speca
lAtors and miners have produced their eoct People arc
ready 10 look before they leap and show no dpo
s,on 70 rush madly OF without proper supplies any
thing like adequate knosledge Of the country they pro
pose 70 settle for long short period. considerable
number Of those who were first carried of by the fOre
have returned San Francisco, and have distributed
themselves throughout he STATE But few Of them have
ever seen the mines, and less attempted 70 test
beir richness. They for the most part those
lsho made shor, say q, Victoria, sahome,
whacom and other points In Puget SOUND waiting Cor the
,iver 10 fall" Tney tired Of waiting aud seeing pros
,ecs near that they anticipated In setting out, have
become disgusted wilma country which Is not unchari-
table 10 say they are ~ ignorant Of . the ancient Greeks
were Of the existence Of America and a. loud and
vehement In their deuuncatons they al first loud
md vehement In their lsudsions These individuals
Ne precise representative Of class Of who imml.
grated 10 CALIFORNIA; In 1s4o and finding that here else
whc~e exertion and perseverance, necessary 10 the
md wrote doorous letters 70 thor friends In the East in
many instances ending byapplcasons for money TO pay
sheir fare back 70 sher homes.
However, all these Encouraging mssivcs did no, pre-
vent SOBER settled from deliberately calculating the
chances OF In California, and from deliberately
coming out here prepared for Vrcsue with fortune Nor
did shey prevent those last from developing the vas
mineral and agricultural or tho State and from
making large sums Of money. Much the same viii BE-
the coursc 81 events IN Washington Territory and Ia The
HUDSON Bag Company 3 possessions.
There are, Is true, difficulties up there 70 be over.
Tar sreaser shss any ,hss existed here The face
country Ia the Mining region Il brok by many
high and inaccessible mountains, and the climate Is
81 the BEST though The inequalities OF each have beea
greatly exaggerated. But biographical and meteoroo
lical obstacles win melt away like the upon Che
Cascades under the heat Of northern SUM- the great
Ysc or the existence Of gold In sufficient quantities 30 jus
ty large immigration n satisfactorily established; and
Ia the minds Of thinking men, who not ncluded
the large exodus that has taken place. 10 nearly
tablhhed ~ u csn be until the mines fairly
opened up and quantities OF the eccus metal extracted
A. the beginning OF August know very Iitsle more
about suerous OF the country thaa did
IN NAY and vhaf do know, with OCCASIONAL gloomy
report favorable. Fraser river Il Just beginning
fall and the bars will be IN workable condition Just At
she time specified by those who knew what they wers
epeskrg ABOUT months ago. Other richness miners
Who have sctuay taken up csims and prepared sysse
rnatcay for work, almost without exception sapss
th Sber expectations Che 80 views Srs fully ynarea by
sho conespoad dents Ct local papers who have saxsr
she trouble 10 nverugase Tor Ncrnseiyer. God
enough has already been tAseD oas ~ sh0g