Douglas

(dŭg'las,) a great and powerful baronial house, whose members show a brilliant record in Scottish history for several hundred years, descended from Sir JAMES D., the friend of King Robert Bruce. The Doug lases were the king-makers of Scotland, and the greatest of the house was ARCHIBALD,5th EARL OF ANGUS, surnamed THE GREAT, who rode to battle at the head of 10,000 " gentlemen of the name of Douglas," and who perished with 5of his sons, and " the flower of Scotland," at Flodden Field, 1544. The Duke of Hamilton is the present representative of the elder branch of the Douglas house. Douglas, STEPHEN ARNOLD, an American statesman, B. in Vermont, 1813, studied law at Canandaigua, N. Y., where he had finished his education, and settled in Illinois, where he commenced practice. At the age of 22, he was elected attorney-general of the State, and in 1835 he was sent to the lower house of the State Legislature. After being defeated, in 1838, in his nomination to Congre , he became, two years later, Secretary of State of Illinois. In 1843, 1844, and 1846, he was succe ively returned to Congre , in which body he took a prominent part in the Oregon controversy, and was one of the earliest advocates for the annexation of Texas. In 1846, he became chairman of the committee on territories. In 1852, he was an unsucce ful candidate before the Baltimore National Democratic Convention for the Presidency, and, again, in 1856, in that held at Chicago. In1859, he was returned to the U. S. senate, defeating Mr. Lincoln, and in 1860 again unsucce fully competed for the presidential chair. D. 1861. Douglas, in Colorado, an E. co, b. on Kansas; area, 700 sq. m.; C. Frank town; pop. 1,388.-In Illinois, an E. co.; area, 375 sq. m.; C. Tuscola; pop. 13,387.-In Kansas, an E. co.; area, 500 sq. m.; C. Lawrence; pop. 20,592.-In Minnesota, a W. co.; area, 720 sq. m.; C. Alexandria; pop. 4,239.- In Mi ouri, a S. co.; area, 600 sq. m.; C. VeraCruz; pop. 3,915.-In Nebraska, an E. co., b. on Iowa; area, 350 sq. m.; C. Omaha; pop. 19,984.-In Nevada, a S.W. co., b. W. on California; area, 1,000 sq. m.; C. Genoa; pop. 1,215.-In Oregon, a S.W. co., b. W. on the Pacific Ocean; area, 5,000 sq. m.; C. Roseburg; pop. 6,066.-In Wisconsin, a N.W. co., b. on Minnesota; area, 1,800 sq. m.; pop. 1,122. [s. 299]