Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1859 — From the Mines. [ARTICLE]

From the Mines.

[From the Leavenworth Times.

General Eastin has handed us the following 1- It'-r, for the reliability of which he stands responsible. If true, it makes the gold district a perfect bed of gold. We give tlie letter without further ‘CtHrnnClrts: December 29, 1858. Dear General: I arrived at Leavenworth City yesterday, and as everybody is contributing to your paper something from Cherry Creek gold diggings, I thought I would tell you what I did while I was there. I arrived on the 20th of August, and prospected through the country for some time, and at last struck a vein about twenty-nine and a hlilf miles south of Cherry Creek, that iff—riches exceeds anything that had been discovered. 1 dug out of this vein in twen-ty-fi e days, three thousand dollars worth of gold, and the vein did not seem to be exhausted in any degree. Yours truly

JHON HARTMAN.

Words In English Language.—The Hon. George P. Marsh, in a rtfcent lecture on the i English longuage, says that the English words found in use by good writers hardly fall short of 100,000. Even if a man was able on extraordinary occasions to bring into use halt of that number, he' generally contented himself with far fewer. Each individual used in his daily life' a repertory of words to some extent peculiar to himself. Few scholars used as many as 10,000 English words; ordinary people not more than 8,000. In all Shakespeare there were not 15,000 words; in all Milton, Bjooo. Fred. Douglass’ Daughter for Sale.— Among the servants offered for sale by a Mr. Forrest, of Memphis. Tenn., is a girl who is known to be the daughter of Fred. Douglass, the Abolitionist. She is said to be of the class known among the dealers as a “likely girl,” and is a native of North Carolina. She remembers her “parent” very vividly, having seen him during his last visit to the old North State. — Memphis Avalanche.