, 1858-11-19
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: Of the 9th inst, and the tri-wcekly of tn
e 9th, from which we extract as follows.
( Gov. DoUGIAs has received his commits
sion as Governor of the neW Colony o
British Columbia. The appointments o
p GEORGE PEARKEs, Esqr, and ALEX. G. AN
DERsoN, as Crown Solicitor, and Collector o
Customs of the port of Victoria, have alst
been confirmed by the home government.
The H. B. Co.'s steamer Bearer, recently
returned to Victoria from seven months
cruise among the islands and trading posts
of the Company, away to the north of US
in search of furs and skins. During hel
absence, she stopped at a village of the
Kake tribe, in about So deg. 80 min, and
there heard that they had the scalp of one
of our lamented citizens, who was murdered
by them, Col |. n. EBEY. We will give
the article in full, next week, from which
this paragraph is taken.
The steamer Cortc- arrived at Victoria
on the 8th inst. She brought about so pas
sengers, including Capt. GRANT and IL men
Of the Royal Engineers, direct from Liver
pool. Also, Capt. BREw, distinguished
Police official, sent out to organize an eff
cent Police force in British Columbia.
Two chaplains are sent to the colony by
the Society for the Propagation Of the
Gospel. The Corte- brought large
amount of freight, probably heavier car
go than any steamer from San Francisco
has brought within tho last two mouths.
The Enterprise arrived at Victoria from
Ft Langley on the 9th inst, with some IS
passengers A man named II. NJ. PERHAM,
miner near Ft Yale, and formerly police
officer in San Francisco, was drowned on
the 2nd inst Three men were drowned n
few weeks age by the swamping of a canoe
few miles below Chinese Bar, Upper Fra
ger, one of them was named JAMES Lucas,
of Tuolumnc Co. California.
A petition has been addressed to Gov.
DOUGLAS, signed by q large number Of the
merchants of Ft. Yale, complaining of the
exhorbitant rates for freight charged be-
tween Victoria port and Frazer river by
the parties controlling the movements of
the Enterprise and lIaria, as well as asking
reduction or removal Of the ten per cent
import duty.
The Gazette acknowledges the receipt
at Victoria, by the Constitution, on late
trip there, of 200 bbls of flour from Olym-
pia
They are about to have bank at Vic
toria. 1t is understood that Sir E. B.
LYTToN, as Colonial Secretary Of England,
had made arrangements for opening a bank
at Vancouver's Island, and ultimately in
British Columbia. He had also suggested
plan for uniting fortnightly postal COM
munication to New Zealand and South
Australia, via Panama, with postal SER
vice by the same route to Vancouver.
The Frazer river gold excitement has
reached Australia and even Hong Kong.
At both places, vessels are up. for Frazer,
and heavy immigration is expected.
A new steamer called the GOv. Douglas,
was recently launched in Victoria Harbor.
She is designed to run between that place
and Ft. Hope.
The mining news is much the same as
heretofore. AT Fl. Yale, shafts that have
been sunk in the upper part of the town
have prospected from 10 to 90 cents per
panAvon prospect now in the possession Of
Mr.. Green Of Victoria, who arrived on the
Otter, weighing 80 cents. I
At HIPS Bar, the bench back has been
found to pay well for sluicing
Opposite Strawberry Island, on a large
bench, prospects have been obtained of
from 10 to Is cts to the pdh.
At Emory's Bar the miners are slucing
back into the beach, and it is paying well.
American Bar is paying well. King g.
W. SONh SNS 40 OuuCOo WIN lOuT TOCkCEb,
in one week, and it pays well as the water
falls
AT Fargo'S Bar, one mile above Sumas
village, miners are at work building wheels
to sluice the bar off; it prospects from to
s cents to the pan.
The fact is, that all the benches, or flats
between Forts Hope and Yale, have lately
been found to prospect well, and the atten-
tion of the miners is being attracted that
way.
The ditch companies are all busy getting
the water in from the lakes and creeks
along the river, some of them employing as
many as 100 men.
The saw-mill opposite Fort Yale is kept
busy-auother is shortly to be erected on
the opposite side of the river.
Miners generally are well provided with
winter supply of provisions But small
stock of provisions is on hand at Fort Yale.
The Government buildings are not to be