Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-11
Later from the North.

By the steamer Pacific we have a file of
the Victoria Gazette to the 4th of December
and Stealacoom and .Olympia, W. T., papers
to the Sd inst
INSTALLATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF Brit
IsH CoLuMBIA.-The Gazette has n letter from
new Fort Langley describing the ceremonies
of the installation of the government of Brit
ish Columbia, which took place on the 18th
of November. GOV. Douglas and suite pro
ceeded on the steamer Beaver to new Fort
Langley, where they were received by
guard Of honor commanded by Capt. Grant,
disembarked on the wet, loamy bank under
the Fort, and the procession proceeded up
the steep bank which leade to the palisade
Arrived there, a salute Of Is guns commenc-
ed pealing from the Beaver, awakening all
the echoes Of the opposite mountains. In
another moment the flag of Britain was float
ing, or, to speak the truth, dripping over the
principal entrance.
The ceremonies were commenced by His
Excellency addressing Mr.. Begbe and de-
/ livering to him Her Maiesty's commission as
Judge in the Colony of British Columbia.
Mr.. Begbie then took the oath of allegiance,
and the usual oaths on taking office, and
then, addressing His Excellency, took up Her
Majestys Commission appointing the Cover
nor, and proceeded to read it at length Mr..
| Begbie then administered to Gov. Douglas
the usual oaths of office, viz: allegiance, alb
juration, dc. His Excellency being thus du-
ly appointed and sworn in, proceeded to is
sue the Proclamations of the same date, 19th
instantly viz one proclaiming the Act; a sec
ond indemnifying all the officers of the gov
ernment from any irregularities which may
have been committed in the interval before
the proclamation of the Act; and third pro-
claiming English Law to be the law of the
Colony The Governor and suite returned
| from the Fort on the goth.
The steamer Otter reports having seen
floating in the Gulf, not far from the mouth of
Fraser river a number of sacks of flour pans,
etc. which had evidently been lost by the
| capszing of small boat while crossing the
Gulf 1t is therefore likely its occupants
were drowned.
On the Goth inst, whale boat was upsetin
the Big Canon, and six men drowned Their
names are unknown. On the 22d canoe
was upset near Fort Hope, with nine persons
All were saved with the exception of Charles
Bennett, of San Francisco, who was drowned.
He had about $4,000 on his person On the
same day the restaurant of W. II. Sutton at
u iAOPN, caught hlSJ buN W 80 tAJlug ulsleu
with little damage
The Gazette says it may not be generally
known that diggings.have been worked for
some time on the Lillooet river Reports
vary as to the character of the diggngs-
some asserting that they only return from
81 to SO a day to the hand, while others
maintain that the. miners are doing well but
concealing the fact. A party of Frenchmen
have constructed wheel and intend work |
ing q sluice.
Accounts from Bridge river state that
coarse gold is being taken out there in re
munerative quantities. A company compos-
ed of eight men took out l24 or in II days |
Mr.. H. Schwartz, who is returning to Cali
fornia, exhibited a piece of gold which he
dug on Bridge river about six miles above
its mouth, weighing Sl7 so, valuing it at
$40 per ounce. He says that the prospects
are sufficiently encouraging to warrant all
such as can procure provisions in remaining,
but owing to the scarcity of provisions many
are preparing to leave, with the view of re-
turning in the early spring.