Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1858 — Reward of Laziness. [ARTICLE]

Reward of Laziness.

A lazy fellow who had loafed about Columbia, California, fur a long time, and had never done a day's work in the mines, was recently driven by want of means to live, to ; obtain a pick and shovel and sally forth to i try his fortune at gold digging, lie worked i with but little success for two day|; but on ; the third he dug up a lump of gold, nearly j pure which weighed seventy-two pounds! The j lucky fellow took his piece to Wells Fargo j& Co., in Columbia, by whom it was valI ueil at Jour teen thousand dollars! The place where this monstrous nugget was dug is within a mile or two of Columbia. od7”Tini_ McGowan, % a gallant fellow, lost his lift in the Mexican war. He had lost an | arm when a boy by having the limb crushed under a wheel of a jaunting car in the“ould country.” His surviving brother, Dennis, never ceases boasting of Tim’s exploits. | In a Moyamensing bar-room, the other even- : ing, Dennis began on the old theme of the i Mexican war, dwelling with particular emphasis on the heroic deeds, of his deceased I rotative. “Och.. murtherj but ye Mught to have seen Tim at Rye-sack-a-dullar-pofe-me (meaning Resaea de-la Palma.) Tie caught : two Mexican blackguards by —the cuffs of I their necks, and kilt them both as dead as ! herrins by knocking their hmids together.'N ; “How could that.be,'’ said a listener, “when | your brother had but one arm!!’ “Bless I you_r sowl,” answered Dennis, “one arm had j he! That’s true enough for ye; but then, jye see, Tim forgot all about that when he | got into a fight.” French Espionage.— Copies of all tele- ; graphic dispatches sent over the wires in France are taken and forwarded to the “Minister ol tfie interior.” No less than four copies; of each message are made before it is transmitted, and special officials are employed at the Bureau of the Interior in selecting and classifying them, so that if the minister desires to amuse himself by reading any partcular subject, ha can do so without the trouble of selecting for himself. Nice country, that F.tnce. A Singular Surgjcal Operation.— A man named Berry, residing in Petersburg, was ; suffering intense pain last week from a felon in his hand, On the 7th inst. he seated himself by the track of the Petersburg road, and avhen the train approached, coolly laid his hand on the rail, the cars passing over and severing it from the wrist. 'The consequence is that he will have to undergo a second operation at the hands ot the surgeon. The Best Place for Babies.— “. Mother,” said a little three year ojd, whose nose had been “put out ot joint,” by the recent arrival i> f a baby brother: “Mother, if the baby should die, would it go to heaven!” “Certainly, mv child,'' responded the parent. “Then l think heaven is the best place foF~ hun,” was the affectionate sister’s conclusion. OCr"A Leavenworth letter says: “It is rumored here that the Hon. Findly Patterson wiH he the successor of Gov. Denver. ExSecretary Stanton has become a fixed resident of the Territory, is one of the populnr men of the country, and is likely to be on© of tho two first U. H. Senators from Kana«*.

&S“So long as God allows the vital current to flow through my veins, I icill never, never, NEVER, by word or thought, by mind or will, aid in admitting, one} rood of free territory to the everlasting curse of human hondage.— Henry Clay.

Krh overnor Willard has appointed the i 'l2sth of this month as a day-of' thanksgiving and prayer. election in Illinois, New Vork. and some other States, came off yesterday; ! but, of course, we have no news of the result as yet. another column is, a communication, sparkling with beautiful sentiments, from “Nell Narlie.” We hope to hear frequently from this fair correspondent. of7~ O-nr young friend. Master Joseph. Z. Sexton, living in Washington township, will please accept our thanks for that peck of nice sweet potatoes he sent us last week. 03” Daniel McClure, the State Secretary elect, has received the appointment of Paymaster in the’Navy, which he lias accepted. The Governor will have to fill the \acancy by appointment:. ‘ g (^“The.Legislature of Pennsylvania just elected, is very strongly, opposition. To the Assembly, there are 72 opposition members chosen, and 28 Democrats; and to the Senate, 18 opposition. 5 aiiti-Lecbmpton, and 2 Administration Democrats. e see that.friend* Rowen is adding a stock of groceries, and provisions, to his ' clothing store, He now intends to feed as well as clothe his customers. He also has oh hand a few fashionable fall and winter bonnets, just; the thing for the'ladies; CffT” The President has issued another proclamation against tlje Fillibusters, -enjoining upon ail officers of the government, both civil and military; in their respective spheres, to bd vigilant, active and faithful in suppressing enterprises.” o^7”We last week gate an account of the female walking match,-then in progress ,in New York. We have! since learned that they walked for -s ixty-three hours, when, by mutual consent, they quit, neither claiming the victory. They suffered seriously from exhaustion. ■ 0O”Mr. Butterfield, President of the California Overland Mail Co., made application at the War Department, lust .Monday for the protection ot the xbuntry traversed bv the stages from Indian incursions. The Secretary assured .him that military protection should be afforded at as early a day as possible. (fS~A horrid murder and suicide was perpetrated at New York 1 ist Wednesday. A ; boy nineteen years ot age was reproved by his father tor spending, money frivolously* i He got up fn the nigl t. and murdered his father with a hatchet, and inflicted serious wounds on his mother, two voung brothers, and-two servant girls, and then retired to his own room unit todkfffis ow n life by slioot- - H>g,Jiimself in the head with a revolver. One of his brothers and one of the girls! were not expected to survive at latest accounts. ■ i - rifej (g5 = *The State Departmental Washing-ton,-having reasons to [suppose that some irresponsible persons in England, and others , in yds country, writirjg under assumed names, have induced parties in the United : States to forward remittances there for the recovery of estates to which they have been led to believe they are entitled, cautions . persons to whom such representations are made to satisfy themselves as the identity and character of their correspondents re ‘■investing."