The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-12

most Of them say simply amounts to nothing Their dx-
was In Nay. All the difficulties they have experienced,
and oil the dangers which they have encountered
months age. II evident that a river which
had In origin and It's for a long dis
lance through prociptous mountains could not fall
lotg the hot continued 10 melt the Snow
IL evident that The river did not fall mining aoy
extent could net be commenced for months Unless dry
digepgs were discovered. was evident, also, inst the
country about Frazer river rugged and difficult OF
cess and that land Of communication could not
be Immediately constructed. was known thss tbs Hud
sons Bay Company would not permit the introduction OF
sufficient quantities OF provisions foreseen that
Sud men n'o s
provisions or the mean Of purchasing hem unable 10
aze return for their labor for months and unable 10 mako
their wayout country which they have
ly emigrated would exposed hardshps SUI
ferngs perhaps starvation and death. All these thrgs
perceived and published by portion Of the press.
But was Of no use rhe people Of California subbornIy
set their faces against facts reason aud arguments rhey
knew more about tho climate Of British America than
persons who had lived hero for twenty years They
better acquainted with in topography than the natives
themselves They perfectly competen, 70 judge Of
the richness and extent Of the mines though they
made up their opinions upon assertions tina. mai
been authenticated end about region OF which the best
Ss s"S sns ,.x anything h'y
10 San Francisco from all portions Of ths 5tase
with their blankets, their ssovels, and picks and
OF California mad been Lost upon them. Few
stepped to fit Themselves out with provisions
" reach the ns< Fl Dorado They believed 4 they
heard, no matter how fabulous; though perhaps 10 n
qGes Iasabe they knew whether Victoria was on an
Island or on pen insua, or whether Frazer flowed
through Vanoouvers Island the continent they
crowded the steamers and sailing beyond their
utmost capacity The decks, the cabins every nook and
corner Of the chips LtorAly choked With people
who had sacrificed everything and ready risk
their lives get another look the elephan they AZ
rived at Victoria, Whascom, Gehome, Port Townsend,
Bepgham Bay, and other towns Puget Sound. rney
ated themselves into canoes gh, and feeble and
Ia nd auutn uoft
river. Some were drowned, but several thousand
succeeded in reaching Fort Hope, Fort Langley,
Frazer river. The sdventurers gained those places
many without proper clothing, provisions money
taken tSs trouble the subject nSS o u nsa
At tho START and which they had disresarded in
ence of The fever from which at the time they suffered
They discovered the would not to shine
would the 70 MELT the river would cease
rise because they bad travelled thousand miles
tuny earning money had not the means u support
themselves They found out these thiugp and they
sc Just :s the disappointed ss miners IN CSii,rnia
condemnation Of the country and abuse Of the people
whose representations induced them TO emgrate It.
about the quality extent Of the mines they
knew when they left 5an Francisco. At fair estimate
not moreth five thousand pe~ple sixth OF the
whole mmigrauon-hAs tH~1eeded IN reaching Frazer
river The balance yet remain in towns Puget Sound
seven thousand Of the number being Victoria vancou.
vers Island These people now forget that they
warned OF the consequences they have brought upon
selves They also forget THAI having arrived upon Frazer
river they have been unable ascertain full richness
OF M bars and that they have made Systematic efforts
to prospect the surrounding country Tho truth ID,
today as the fever which Injected the people snd vhh
has continued until within the past fortnight, was ground
less during ts exsrence.
than we knew three weeks ago. and the little i'd
don that has been made 10 stock Of knowledge upon
ports We know beyond cav question that the bars
upon Frazer river wherever they have been prospeced
have been found 70 contain gold and tina. sums have
that when the water falls and regular system Of miung
is commenced large amount OF gold will be extracted
fGQDp those bars. We informed good authority
coarse gold has been found 10 oonsh srable
a. ntes upon Thompson river, and that discoveries
f1ve been made Harrison river, and upon . river
which discharges upwards Of hundred miles north
Of the mouth OF Frazer river Ia well established that
the Representatives OF the Hue sons Bay Company have
been OF the existence OF gold deposits all those
points for several years and that they had consider
able 4poyns Of dust in their possession at intervals during
that From all these facts the concuaons 10
evau Vless removed by evidence more worthy or
belief tn the statements Of parties who never proceeded
territory upon the bars Of the rivers aad that there
sufficient quantity OF mineral ground 70 warrap, large
immigration At the proper season. Whether there
rich dry dgngs between the Cascade range
and the Rocky Mountains /, be hereafter bu
the indications are strongly In favor Of the suppo.on
The gold found upon the OF Frazer river very ano
and has apparently been washed down from deposits
above. IL would be contrary 10 every precedent " this
were not the case and strongly 10 favor Of such
tie TACT that upon Thompson the gold
heavy and that upon Frazer rver above the former the
gold likewise alters rs character. All this region lying
plored and about The time Frazer river falls which viii
be towards the beginning Of sepember the routes
through from Fort Yale, from Whatoons and Seattle will
probably be completed. So we may expect 70 know with
least Approximate accuracy the extent and richness
o0ony oy no monsn o. SoysmSsr prs.es,
be unqucstionably desiuon and suffering among those
nconsiderae individuals who have rushed north and have
found, a. yet, no gold and nothing 10 eat
The steamer oregon arrived yesterday morning from
Victoria bringing down about four hundred passsngers
Food still remained scarce, but a sufficient supply has
been sent on 70 last Tor six months Many csrross must
have arrived before this time The danger OF famine or
hunger 10, therefore, happily removed Tho United states
steamer shubf ck now n the sound, and the soop st.
Mays, will be In lew days despatched our Navy
yard for the destination Toy will be OF great SER
among them the Hu ison Bay Company 9 not
entitled 10 exclusive trade, and that two Englsb
.y mouth ' as ans rs%psr are sen' no,
wishes Of Gov douglass, u s that the American
flag should appear in those waters letter from vctors
u stated that Victoria twas thrown into An EXTRA de-
gree Of excitement The day before by arrival from tho
Frazer river country OF Cafornis miner named P,st
Who for the ast weeks has been smone
The Businesses Of The far interior In quest Of gold He
started from Fort Hope and went, as be assrs about
leo hundred miles northwnd, prospecting most Of the
way, and examining with miners eye Tho gold produc-
ng capabilities OF the country Mr.. Post oay worried
two hundred dollars each day. rhis he sxhbhsd yes
lerday 10 Few OF ne. was coarse and dull looking,
cents up 70 ha ounce ne psosIsod eyss S
any other white has been known 70 d. and Only
turned when starved out He perfectly sass6sd Of mo
he richest be ever tns.-s not escscdsd b. ne mo.s
amous in California Where be the gold wns found
the sesthns cauldrous Of the sarssm. now
: The highest be says can be imagined from WHIST he
This account favorable enough, and indicates the re-.
september.