The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-05

he San Francisco Herald Of the 9th inst. has the
bwing admonitory remarks upon the present state
he new mining fever:
II the accounts received by the Sierra .Nepada
erday. represent that provisions at Fort Hope
mint NJ which Fraser River breaks through the
.,de range Of mountains-are scarce and high.
can ,he thousands of miners who have p~enefra-
into the vast region lying between the Cascade
R.eky Mountains he supplied! The river is
h. The Surprise will only be able to make one
more. So siys our correspondent. and his state
, IA corruborafei ON every side. Ii bears the i'm
4 of truth. The Sea Bird is high and dry some
b below Fort Hope. II is probable that she will
> 70 remain there till the waters rise again. If
steamer cannot he gotten of, it is impossible that
Srrrrise can continue TO make her regular trips.
,e repeat, are provisions to be Transported to
I've tbe great body of the miners are now en-
nod, In canoes, paddled by Indians, pushed
= through the strong currents, carried bodily
6ngh difficult portages? Is il possible that pro-
rs sufficient for the support Of so large a uumber
sooIe can he conveyed by this slow and primitive
l. AZ navigation ? and il they can, what prices will
command when laid down? The officers of the
son Bay Company have themselves become
kDuohly alarmed. We have it on undoubted
borIty that Gov. Douglas himself is apprchensive
f,mine in the mines, and that he was to issue, on
5av after the Sierra .Nerada sailed for this port.
reclamation, declaring The rirer open 10 all ressels.
n no point can relief be furnished except by the
from Bellirghsm Bay; and we have received so
kv contradictory reports in relation TO that enter
= that il is almost impossible to form any conclu-
on the subject. A correspondent, in another
NM gentleman personally known to us, and
hose we place every reliance-informs
hat there Is no doubt of the success of the UNDER
no. and that n few days more will establish the
5pctuess Of what he advances We sincerely hope
his anticipations may be realized If not, we do
Know what will become of the wild adventures
-. -~A tod rbeza pnrfbarn aorifudau TO- Al
! other route that could be made ayailable-cir-
Ikus and tedidSs though it may be, is the Column
River. and the victory obtained by the savages
! inhabit that portion of the country, over Colonel
hoe, renders j, entirely impracticable. Men of
{sornia. pause. The words which we address TO
are those of truth and soberness." When
Ter River rises. the bars are submerged. and
uy operations are suspended-when Fraser falls.
Visions cannot be transported TO the new gold
L. You may be able, on the one hand, to obtain
kisions, but no gold-on the other, gold, but no
kisions, But the two must be accessible at the
IL time TO compensate you for the risks and dan
the tolls and sufferings and the hardships
Eh you viii have to undergo. 1t may be that
l. who have gone before you will be forced to re-
kt from the points at which they are now encamped
NJ themselves into their canoes-commit them
les TO the tOrrenr, and over waterfalls, through
h currents and whirling eddies, strive to reach
place from which they originally started; but how
ky will upset the fragile boats in which they have
! lrked-how many well be dashed TO pieces against
| frasuing cliffs, and the sunken rocks, in this
] race for life, down one of the most impeiuous,
ferrous and peculiar rivers ever nsvigated: and
| many swollen corpses viii be cast away on its
5-mutilated on its precipitous banks. and car
| to the deep sea beyond-men who left us in the
| bloom Of manhoOd-men, il may be, of high
and lofty aspirations-men who were the
i and glory of our young State-men who have
families aud little ones either here or in the
ntic Sites, anxiOusly waiting for news of them?
the river Will flow on, and on-tumble down its
Es-whirI. foam and seethe and with ceaseiess
through its rocky channel, sing their only
lem. II > true that from all we know of the
BITE Of these northern regions, it is altogether
bible that the river will rise again, when the in
heats Of this an the following month melt the
5 on the Cascade Range. and that provisions in
quanfities can then he transported up TO Fort
by steamer; but when the river rises, mining !
|rrns <fH have TO he suspended. Such appears
Fraser r yer and its gold mines.