Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-12
Later from Victoria. VI.


By the arrival last night of the schooner
Jeanette, says the Bulletin, the Victoria Ca
zette of October 30th has been received,
which is two days later than the files of that
paper which came to hand by the steamer
Panama.
News FROM THE MINES MORE EvcouRAGrvG.
The Gazette says;
Accounts from the Upper Fraser are begin
ming to contradict completely the tidings
brought thence by the birds Of passage fire.
quently alluded to. 1t is we'll ascertaned
that large number of men in that vicinity
are employed in diggings sufficiently profita
bic to enable them to pay for provisions
transported thither at great cost by the Fra
ser River Trail, and even from the Dallcs-
And 1t must be Remembered that these results
are attained in class ofdiggings which were
not the basis of the first reports which went
from Fraser river The latter were founded
on operations carried on in bars only to be
reached when the river was at its lowest
stage. Thus the great fact is apparent that
Fraser river will afford profitable employ
ment to miners for at least nine months in
the year. rich surface diggings having been
We were yesterday (Oct 29) shown, by
Alessrs. Franklin Bros, four or five ounces of
coarse or scale gold from the mines in the
Canoe country" about 50 miles above La
tontaine. The person who had lust sold the
dust Informed us that he dug it bimself that
he was at work on the Upper Fraser several
weeks, and that he averaged $6 to IS a day,
occasionally making SIC and upwards The
di- grg are what are termed bank diggings,
ana far from the river lie says that there
were 20 or 30 miners at work near his claim
when he left few days ago.
JUsrIcE OF THE PEACE AT FoRr YALE Gov.
Douglass has appointed Capt. b. Whannel, of
the Victoria Yeomanry Cavalry, in Australia,
and late of the Nigart Cavalry in the East
Indies, Justice Of the Peace at Fort Yale.
ADJUSTMENTS AT VIcToRA-A theatri al en-.
tertanment terminating by dance, has been
given on board II. NJ. S Ganges, lying in Es-
qnmalt harbor, which was numerouslv at
tended by the elite of Victoria and the sur
rounding neighborhood. The performances
commenced at 6 p. NJ, with the tragedy of
Ada, the Betrayed; or the Murder at the
Old Smithy," by the ships company. This
was followed by "It's all a Farce" bv the
officers. After which some negro melodies
were sung in character, and the whole coma
cluded with "The Old Guard"
FREE TRADE AT VICroRIA.-The Sneaker of
the House of Assembly for Vancouver, had
been calling the attention of that body TO the
advantages of free trade At Il meeting on
the 26th October. he is reported by the Ga
zette to have spoken as follows:
He begged to call the attention of the
House to certain duties levied upon shipping.
and also to sundry charges for permits" t.
land goods. He thought that such imposi
tions were contrary to the fundamental prin-
ciples of the foundation of the Colony, viz;
that the ports of entry should be free. He
remarked that sooner or later, this Colony
must come into competition with British Col.
umbia, and therefore it was essentially ne
eessary that the dues upon shipping should
be as light as possible-not greater upon for.
eign than upon British bottoms: in fact, that
ships should be rather invited to come than
be driven to other ports by onerous charges:
and 1t should be recollected that it would be
impolitic to attempt to derive a revenue from
that source. With regard to the observation
that the House had no control over the mat
ter, he begged to remark that ifthe House of
Assembly deemed any regulations ms ituted
by his EXcellency, the Governor, detrimen.
tai to the interests of the Colony, it was their
duty to represent the same in proper man
ner, and no doubt such representation would
meet with due consideration from his Excel
lency. lie hoped that members whuld in
form them elves upon the matter, and bring
the subject forward at an early occasion.