New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-18
Nem71prk Daily Gribmme
CALIFORNIA.
END OF THE FRASER RIVER HUMBCG-
GENERAL DESTITU'ION AND MISERY.
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in equence Of the exaggerated reps OF very rich
gold discoveries in the British po.-es-cn- a. sn evil
irsugb, with the most serou. consequences not only
TO the interests Of the great Of the people a.
ready here, bnt to those who may arrive here in ia.
ture wish TO apprse the people in the Atlantic States
Of things a. they are here. The las, steamer from
NewYork brought go ps epger-, and the preceding
one upward Of 100 majority Of whom are victims
Of the Fraser River excitement. Fraser River is
regarded by all as failure a; east the ex;ravagant
reports relative the richness Of the mines there
now universally regarded a. a yertsble hunbug.
| The new comers ask Themselves where they shal
| go what they shall do and by what means they
shall be enabled to keep body and soul together =
questions Of tie serious import, which have al.
reacy sugge sted the-elve the minds of nineteen
tweLteths Of those who have arrived here. Employ
ment is not to be found. Many without funds,
while those who have few dollar, reflect that few
weeks al farthett, without enplo, menf in a place
where lvirg costs them from AZ TO $S Per week, will
consume the contents OF very generous purses.
| Day after day am met by many with applications
! for poy nenf; sume begging in the mnst piteous
strains to be permitted to labor for their living Con-
scous Of my inability to render them any assistance
return them my synlpathes ID kind words, AMI bid
them hope ard strive for the best while iervent in
vocation of wrath Bpon the heads of the snrid and
unpriuciplcd authors Of their misfortunes bursts in
voluntarily from the recerses Of my heart. False
and exaggerated statements respecting the richness
| of the Fraser River mines were published IN the
early part Of the excitement, the origin uf which
| has been traced 10 employers Of the Hudsons
| Bay Company, Of which the charter is about TO
| expire, the Home Government having refused 70
grant n release of that territory The Company have
for many years been the only bankers of the immense
amounts Of gold deposited ~ their vaults by their
bappers ana the Indians who have been in their en-
poy These facts 90 10 show that the excitement was
the result Of sudden and unexpected discovery OF
very rich dlggugs Fraser River, but was We'll III
| gested and dceplyaid scheme by the lIudsons Bay
| Company, in which the California Steam Navigation
Company have participated, having resorcd 10 vaIi-
Gus deyice in order to reap the reward resulting from
their carrying capacity.
Their steamer, lying mile or two ont from the
shore, would leave Victoria under cover Of the gh,
without previously notifying the pnbc of ber contem
plated departure, thereby preventing the return OF
many who wished to return; and wond render false
return in their passenger list down. On arriving at San
Francisco at night previous u the departure of the
other steamer for Victoria they have refused TO and
their passengers until the following m0rung, III order
that the upward bound boat might leave San Fran
cisco with her passengers before the uniavorabe re-
ports brought down should deter many from pursuing
the golden phantom.
These and numerous other facts which have been
revealed raise very strong presumption that the
II. Is. Co., aided and abetted by the California ). ~
Co.. the authors of this most egregions aud VII
lainous humbug upon the public. About 25,00O
persons have le the State from the port Of san Fran
cisco for the British Possessions. The average pas
undependeut Of freight, which will undoubtedly
the expenses OF running the steamers is thrown into
the Golfers Of the Steamship Company. While from
the sale Of lands merchandise aud produce, licenses
for business, etc. the III. b. Co. have undoubtedly
pocketed from 81 500 600 to r. 600 0O0 Independent of
several millions which have been thrown into the hands
Of horde of outside spectators, who have taken ad-
vantage Of circumstances there duIng the rush, 1hls
immense has been taken from the circulation oi
this State ne brief period OF four or five months
But the evil does not end with the return OF those de-
!. A -.u.- ,,,I~
adventure. California will again be flooded with tens
If Thousands # advenuIers from all parts of the
world Of those classes who rely upon their labor and
skill alone for advancement. These will find that they
have brought their wares Ia n very poor market-a
market already oyersOcked with more than sufficient
to meet the demand save in the business CT mining,
the uncertainty If which, together with the expenses
and labor attendant thereon, Will deter thousands from
engaging in that pursuit. These will be driven to
seek shelter in the several larger towns, to STEAL to
starye or to suffer misorunes in Il thousand ways
For capitalists and those who have means, aud per-
sonal capacity to invest in mercantile, aud few other
pursuits, there is good outlook. But for the me-
ctanic and the laborer there is only misfortune.
The people in the AT autic States deceived by
our public journals in regard to the condition OF al
fairs in California. Every big strike, together with
bulk is tfumpeed for and wide by the public press
while the money and labor, and blood, and toll that
are sacrificed in the inuumerable failXes and mslo-
tunes are sudiously withheld from their columns. An
enormous pumpkin, monsirous apple, and a mani
moth strawberry lauded to the skies, while the
mul,itudes of hllpltitn and insiPd growth receive
not n nassng notice. When some of our public ourn-
ais IN defer of their interests reputation, have ex-
posed 6eorntie and msStunes, they are set upon by
whole bevy of their fraternity in such manner az to
| effectuay silence them. Thus has it become a very
hazardous experiment for public journal to promul-
gate through It's columns anything derogatory 70 the
character Of this Eden of the worj, some Of our
| ourr ais have characterized II. Notwithstanding the
studied efforts of the public press which are almost
uholv controlled by iftlrUgs sutsert ut 10 the IN
tcress of the capitalist "a impress the people OF the
Atlantic States with the fiatterng advantages of ei-
grating TO California, II Is pa'ent TO every lao3nhg
man ard mechanic here that all the channels oi
labor gutted Ia Oycrliowig, and that they pre-
sent the most unfayorable prospect for those who
come here DEFENDING upon their hands for subsistence.
As an evidence of the truth of these things refer
to the very alarming Increase Of suce aud insanity
These have hitherto prevailed tn far greater extent
in proportion Ia population than in the history Of any
other nation earth and recent reports OF numerous
of insanity, Indicate very alarming increase IN
! that most terrible malay. IL has already become
necessary to erect a second Prison; and the necessity
Of erecting another Insane Asy already discussed
To such extent does this malady prevail that i has
become theme for the special consideration of the
public press from which learn that the attention
If the Medical Faculty is directed 10 al uvesti-
| cation into its causes which may be summed mp as
| follows: Disappointed hope Dosttution aDd expo
| cure Misfrtunes in a thousand ways The laD0rious
researches of learned SooLs Of the Medical Faculty
are not ssary order 10 arrive Al the causes vi
these results. knowledge oi tue acts which stare IL
in the face every hand at once solves the mystery
| notwithstanding the marvelonsy wise endeavors OF
the press to disguise the real Of this calamity
Like causes produce Ike effects. The rational aud
candid observer the ceu-al connection. However
diverse the interests the principles or the character
Of the press Of California, upon the all.absorbng
| theme Of the immigration oflibor il is n unit lmm-
grafton il the cry of the shipper, the merchant, and
the speculator whose mcuth-pieces the journals,
and most religously do they fudll their duty The
following illustrates the sngleness Of purpose with
Inh thnnrh fl,.v snrinlnglN emnloY dit