Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-03-30
Frazer's RIVER.

Erazers River.
u 1870 John IAcob Asto- attempted %
form a COLONY Al the mouth % the Coium.
hih Rover. between ten and eleven degrees
q hfiiude north OF the present city Of san
Francisco. It's iies a. tbc time was chiefly
the iormation % . f1r trading comnanv.
iui ior the var of lsl2 be wouid probably
lave doubled or trcblcd hi. fortune bv thi.
iiea. That var. however. and the iraIousv
of ihe Hlison Bay Company. broke vp the
concern. and Astoria. IN tbc Paeifc. t. nov
known more by the Interesting voltuses q
dc popuiar author vho has made Ella, SET
tlcmeui thr subject ofhi, versatile and able
per-. than in any other vav.
lct "a turns out that could NJ. A.tor
tu; have hcid on a. his original iiea. his
family mighi nov have been IN the course
~ becoming one Of the verv wealth icsf. not
ouly in the Uaitcd States. bu, IN fhe whole
world. On Frazcr's River. right IN the
territory in Which tLc Pacific Far Companv
Tad proposed O. establish thensciyrs. are
nov discovered the richest gold dirrinrs
a. this timr known IN fhe world CaHf,r-
ma turns quite pale before ii. and Australia
rself loses ooior and caste. Not gold alone.
bot everything cou-pirvs % make this re-
gion ~ vast promise.
IhouEh seven hundred miles north Of
san Francisco. it j. stiil ono or two dc-rccs
son'h oi ne latitude of London. and arpar-
entiy With a climate ola miidncs. from az
extremes both % heat and cold equal %
thii ~ thc southern shores % Enrland.
One hundred and Ghy miles back from the
farifr. indeed. therr Hes a range 90 noun
taius reaching up % the regions % perpet-
us' snow. Bgf between that and g.e coast.
thr average tcmperaf1rc b. f0v-f1ur de-
grc-s ;or the year round. Snow seldom
lies more tlan three diys. Fruf trees
blossom early IN April. and salad goes 10
bad By ihe middle Of Nav on Vancouvcr's
Island. IN parts q ihis region. vbcat
yieiis twenty 60 thirty bushels the acre
APpies. pears. peas and grains of all kinds
do veil. Ihe trees are Of gigantic growth.
Iron and copper abound. az does coal IN
Nancouser's I-iand. 80 that altogether 4,
bids fair @ be early setfled by an entsrrris-
ins and vigorous populafion. Bctveen the
Years $50 and l>S0. ~ gained California
by one treaty With Mez .-o. and gave up al
pfetsa.ion. o. that part oi Oregon living
norih Of iorty-nine degrees by another
treaty with Great Britain.
Toe nominal sovereignty ol Fraxer's
River =. bowcver. q matter Of but little
imporfance either vay. The settlers viii
bc tbc raj soverei-us here az in Aa.traiia.
and 40 attempts a. keeping Of settlers
whether knglisl or Amcrican. by the Hatl-
son Bay Company. ~iil and must prove IT.
ieriy alortise. The fict that gold .s o. D.
ohtainel there ia immense quanufies will
Dol s1ficieut. settlers fom 40 countries
u.l isck there. ard uili DO about 81 tI.cv
and met aisantacrous in developing ths
resourres ef tLe counirr. California and
Aatrala viu 10Th bc considered olI .-I
uo-n out countries nos i,r gold bearing.
Ilis n.a discovery must tend ,o make
fi- arrt--1 sto-r rf tie Au-ri-a- continent
.rrreas,rriv affrHriive. PROM Frarer.s
River down t5 Peru. ihe rivers 40 bear
dosa treasurcs ofa wealth. perfectly ,nes-
t.aahi-. Em. grafian mast an.l uill c1atin-
ae f1 fov anI taEc o. rer sfart. The rs..t
.lrecs.i.l operators siil te tho.e ubo. have
ing learael the uss t1 3D. things in CaIf.r-
r.a. r.f. itere earlv
I.c irasi slr.r.slli sil be thaf loarr-.
lrnt. ing. ssearinr crowd of broken dozen
sreeuiaf.-s and gam. .ers sho have not snc-
oeed.d in Cshiornla ir,ause they ca1 slc-
cred noshere Tet ttt uiii be the very
rirc u..o siu tc o. ua.t disposed to al
vcuf1ro tle.as, ives o1 Inr-r's Eirrr i1re-
nost ofail There vaI hosever. RI once
ID a-ar'r room f1r r. fsr different class from
either ol t.eee-i. r. for mla uto knos
Lav f9 farm be-. aai arr willing t8 g. v..h
their frmliies. rurlhsse ianas. ard rai.e
rrovisions. Or men rt1 kror nothing of
irru.ag e. "a nofhing of gold di-gin-. haye
gotta pair of stoat htnds and brauny arms.
a.'i digging ls soon iearlri. ard ticre uiI
.. .a.t bean .nn.rse demand for every
k..I .flarI hlor al al u.ost iabui1uf p-i-cs