Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1858 — The Douglas Press in Illinois. [ARTICLE]

The Douglas Press in Illinois.

Of the many comments made by the press of the United'States upon the result of the late Missouri election, we confess that none have taken us more bj’ surprise than those cf the Dsuglas wing of the Illinois Democracy. We were prepared for anything but their hosannas at a Lecompton victory. Other papers were consistent in their hostility, and we therefore do not quarrel with their rejoicing; but the Douglas press alone i has. treated of the matter in a base, coward- ‘ Iv, and short-sighted spirit. That press was [ non-committal before the election.; Now it I hails the result of the election (which was[ won for Buchanan by the Biichaneers) as a Douglas demonstration. —>SL Louis Dem. (ts-On Tuesday last the postmaster at ( Pulaski, Kentucky, named Carter, was arrested by a special postoffice agent for swindling the postoffice. His'plan of operations was to address letters to the Department, requiring a supply of stamps, purporting to come from other offices than his own, and forging the -names of the respective postmasters to them. He only selected such [ offices, the mail matter of which had to pass through his office, and on returns being, made from the Department would .abstract the letters and, appropriate the contents to his own use. He was caught in the act, and is now in jail. _ _ Skeletons or Men Ten Felt High. Mr. Win. D. Frazer writes to the Cincinnati Gazette from Winchester, Indiana, that a half; .• mile nori It-west df. that, place is an old fort, it-c'n’llng - I -nt thirty-six acres of! ground within the: rt fixation. The mound; in the center is about. twenty-five feet high, I while the foil Cor breastwork is only, about, fifteen feet. Directly east and west of the mound are openings or gateways, around which are other forts. A quarter of a mile northwest pf the fort is the burying ground, where bones have have been exhumed ofmdn that were perhaps ten feet tall. Any one who dopbts the latter statement he says may call at his office and see the evidence. —..... ' . A Douglas Deed Scottie Avowing his Belief. —A public discussion came off re- ; cent ly at Mar-hall. Clark county, between Judge Genkins (Republican) and O. B. Ficklin (Douglasite.) The Marshall Jour- | nal sa vs that Gookiiis compelled Ficklin to admit that the Deed Scott decision plucked up popular sever-ignty .by the roots, and that he was in favor of the decision. He; stated in the most emphatic terms, that th?! people of a Territory cafmot at any-timp, before they form a Constitution, ex--iud - shivery. It is ; thjere by virtue yf t'j/- Co'n. stitution of the United States.— Chicago Journal. The’ Fillibusteks After Sonora.—lt appears that General Walker ami Colonel Titus are march, with a large fil.libuster for'ccri for the Mexico State of Sonora, which ! they design to take forcible possession of. A gentleman " ho has arrived at St. Louis j frotrLAJbergerque,, reports that he met on the way one company of 375 fillibusters, en route for Sonora to assist Walker, and at El Passu he learned that Walker and Titus had passed through there a short time previous with 800 mounted men, armed with Minnie’s rifles, Colt’s revolvers, and IS can-! non, ■” ' - Most Extraordinay.— Zanesville against the World!— Within the past week, the wife of a well known citizen of Zanesville has given birth to Jive children, under the following extraordinary- circumstances. She was brought to labor at the apparently proper i time, and was delivered of two children. Three days thereafter she was delivered, of, two more, and on the fourth day she had the' filth child. What is most extraordinary of all in this wonderful development, the phy- [ sicians in consultation pronounced that she ' had yet a sixth of which to be relieved Can the world equal this! (gS”A singular case of fanaticism is re- I corded by the New York papers. Mrs. Chad- [ wick, wife of Mr. George Chadwick, of Heekskill Hollow, Putnam county, cut off her hand, between the wrist and elbow, while laboring under religious excitement. She had recently’ been frequently’ heard to pay: “If thy right hand offend thee, cut it, off.’’ The wound is a terrible one and her recovery is doubtful. (tiS*The nows from two continents now, Is sent through the depths of the sea, , While the fishes, all wagging their tails,) Cry, “Gracious, how wise we shall be!” i