Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1859 — A Checkmate for Douglas. [ARTICLE]

A Checkmate for Douglas.

The Louisville Journal says: “It is said that a repoit is riie in Washington 'hat a letter on behalf ol the President and his Cabinet was some weeks ago dispatched to Mr. Breckinridge, expressing a disposition to cast the influence ol the Administration for linn in the Charleston Convention with the view of assuring Douglas’defeat. This report wears the air of extreme probability. We are strongly inclined to believe that it is true, and, furthermore, that Mr. Breckinridge has swallowed the bait thrown out to him.”

IjgrWhile Mr. (Greeley was in Utah he j htteiided the Mormon Church, and showed j his Appreciation of the sermon and the Mormonjreligiott, by sleeping soundly through the ‘exhibition. A correspondent of the Syracuse Standard who was present, says he wins never before so proud of his State, is when he saw Horace treating the whole farcs with the utmdst contempt, by sleeping while the Saint was preaching. J , i~ Rocky Mountains,” says Horace Greeley, “with their grand aromatic lorests| their* glassy] glades, their frequent springs and dancing streams of the brightest, feweetest water, their pure elastic atVnosphere, and unequaled game and fish, are destined to be a favorite resort of civilized mani I never visited a region where physical life could he more surely prolonged or fully] enjoyed. J (rtrThe citizens of Parma, Mich., were, on Friday mornings last, startled by screams com jug from a house on fire, and it was soonj ascertained that Thomas Cavanaugh, an Irishman, was in the burning pile; but before assistance coull be rendered, he e.\pirej in the flames. Ths fire is supposed to haves resulted from his carelessness in lighting his pipe. A|Veteran SoLiliEtt’s Roast.—The Duke of Wellington, in his private Explanatory Lettjer tj Mr. Canning, in regard to a misunderstanding between them in 1827, used this “I am not in the habit of deciding on such matters hastily or in anger, and [proof of this is that I never had a quarrel \cithnny man''hi my life!'' G3rF ranklin seized lightirng by the tail, held|it fast, and tamed it. Morse put clothes on it. and taught it. how to read and write, and jh> errands. Who will hitch an engine to it and make it pull Railroad trains, and <lrivrj air cars through the heavens, like efTgles.i It lias to he dime.— Ind Farmer. fUjcA voung Philadelphia “blood,” in a frolicsome humor.j decked himsell in the swelling hoo; s and gay flounces of a female frienjd, and paraded the public streets. He was (“taken in out of the wet,” and the f eel hoops of his skirt were exchanged for the ilfon bars of a cell. *■ iff Jesse R ichardsotr, of Henry county, Vn.,{being in aove, and having just received a flogging from hi father, walked out nil bung himself to a beam in the barn.