Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1858 — A High Compliment. [ARTICLE]

A High Compliment.

Hon. Oliver 11. Smith, on pag&'396 of his “Early Indiana Trials and Sketches” thus speaks of Simon Yandes, Esq., of Indianapolis, one of the Repuplican candidates for Supreme Judge ol this State. It is a deservedly high compliment: “These sketches will live and be read by thousands when the author and his subjects shall sleep together in the silent tomb. This idea is my apology, if any were wanting, for speaking of those who are still in active life. The subject of this sketch has scarcely passed the spring time of life. The summer, the autumn, the cold blast of winter are still before him; but I cannot pass him by without a word due to worth and private friendship. lie was for years my partner in the practice of the law at Indianapolis. I knew him intimately and well, by weight and measure. He was one of the few men in life, upon whose word, faith, and integrity I could rely under all circumstances.. Surrounded by all kinds of temptations, Mr. Yandes was one of the most conscientious men, in professional and private life, I ever knew. He was a fine lawyer, one of, the most industrious and energetic of the profession. In person Ire was tall and slim, over six- feet high," large head and retiring forehead, light hair, grey eyes, wide mouth, large lips, rather sallow complexion, and narrow chest. As a speaker at the bar, he he was clear, strong, seldom eloquent. He dealt with facts and figures,w ith power, and let fancy sketches alone. I saw hfm to-day in fine health, with a bright future before him.” Lafayette. Journal notices the trial of a new liie preserver in the Wabash at that place, on Saturday morning. It is the invention of a Mr. Palmer. In form it is like a steamboat rrtutresK, hut it is made of' moss or husks, or any vegetable fibre, which a chemical preparation discovered by Mr. P. renders impervious to water, so that the pre-eerver-matress made of them will float as buoyantly as cork. It may be cut, ripped open, or otherwise (injured without impairing its floating power. \ His experiment demonstrated that a preserver of the usual size of matresses will float a weight of four hundred and twenty pounds, so that three or four ordinary men could he easily sustained by it in water, and two could rest upon it and sleep if the waves were not too rough. If all that is said of it proves true, it will he a valuable discovery. A Scourge Removed. —The city physi cian of Boston, in his last report, says: “I have only to report a single death from small-pox during the year, and there is good reason to hope that for the future the disease will never again prevail to any extent in our city, so long as vaccination is attended to so generally by the profession and the people themselves.” If this is the result of careful vaccination, the prejudices which still prevail against it are something worse than absurdities.

Spencer County.— The Anti-Lecompton Democrats of Spencer county held a large and enthusiastic Convention last week for the purpose of forming a county ticket. Some 1,200 or 1,500 voters were present—making displays with banners, music and processions. Calvin Jones was nominated for Representative, and James J. Cavin recommended for Senator. The nominees will be supported by the Republicans and Americans, and are pretty certain of an election. Judge Hovey was indorsed and a heavy majority promised in the county. The Anti-Lecompton Democrats of Spencer are in earnest, and will give a good account of themselves in October.— lndianapolis Journal. Cincinnati Times of the 26th ult. states that a man named Lally has been arrested upon a charge of attempt to starvfe 'his child. The child is about three years old, and its mother is dead. The tathfir lately marfiei-again, and a day or two after this child was confined in a wood shed.. Suspicions being aroused the neighbors rallied, and upon'i'entering the shed the child was found tying perfectly helpldss, covered with filth and uttering piteous / oans. The father said the child had the dysentery and his sister had agreed to take charge of it, and that the child would not eat. A piece of bread and butter was handed it which the child ravenously devoured. The neighbors were with difficulty restrained from lynching the inhuman father. Hunting-Inldians.—A subscriber of the Troy Budget, who resides in one of the northern counties olf Texas, appends to a business letter to that paper, from Cedar Hill, Dallas county, July 16, 1858, some statements ot general interest: “I have berin hunting Indians for two months. They killed two families of my neighbors, and their blood cried daily for revenge. My children said I was too old to go alter Indians. fl I said I was of the right staino; I know how to take them. We killed 74, and came off victorious. We lost One man and one friendly Indian. I am 72 years obi, but a soldier yet.” _ very ingenious instrument for opera-j t ing upon teeth, by the aid of galvanic action 1 is now in use at! the establishment of Messrs. : Gabriel, No. 134 Drike-street, Liverpool.! The apparatus consists of a galvanic battery, [connected by wires'with two platina points. : These a?e inserted in .the diseased tooth, and are at the will*of the patient, and the opera-[ tor momentarily heated to redness, the effect being, as we are assured, to destroy the j nervous sensftfi lity, and remove the pain! instantaneously. The operation is said to; be Wir4tfin and effectual.

Daivson, of New York, generally known as King Dawson, from his great; influence as ■ a low politician, was found | guilty of l keeping a disorderly dance house | in that city, and sentenced to the penitentiary j for two months, and fined fifty dollars. Ills sentence should have been two years, but New York judgejs are not severe upon polit- j ical “Kings.” Dawson is said to be worth §IOO,OOO, all of wlrich he realized from the, profits ot his infamous business. is a superstitious notion among! the “oid salts,” that the Atlantic telegraph must prove a failure, so long as Captain , Hudson of the Niagara, is connected with; the enterprise. He is regarded as belonging | to the unlucky order of men. and in his time has lost two or three vessels under his command. This, with a certain class, is sufficient. A Good’Axswer.—A distinguished politician from the eastern part of Connecticut, in daily anticipation of an interesting domestic event, loufid it difficult to complete his work in the “third house” at New Haven, as soon as he expected, and telegraphed | to his wife: “May I stay until to-morow j nght!” She answered,‘-Ephesians 5,24.” ■ C fot/“Both candidates for Congress in the j (Ninth district are editors—Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of the South Bend Register, and Col. Walker, of the Laporte Times. The people of that district must possess an unusual degree of intelligence and discrimination.— ! New Albany Tribune. To Cure Hoarseness. —Take the white of two eggs, and beat them with two spoonsfull of white sugar 1 ; grate in a little nutmeg; then add a pint of lukewarm water, stir well and drink often. Repent the prescription if necessary, and it will cure the most case of hoarseness in a short time. Six feet in his boOits.—“Go way,” said Muggins, “you can’t stuff such nonsense into me. Six feet ip hils boots! no man as ever lives stands more nor two feet in his boots, and no use talking about it. You mig.ht as well tell me that a man had six heads in his hat.” . J. Green, an unmarried woman, committed suicide in Indianapolis, on Saturday evening, by taking strychnine. She stated, as a reason, that she had been in better ci r cumstances, and disliked working in people’s kitchens. (ps**The Quincy Republican learns that three men on a farm near Lagrange, Mo., were killed by a stroke of lightning on Wednesday last. They had taken refuge ender a tree at the time. consents to make seven appointments with Mr. Lincoln, corresponding with the number of the principles of the Senator’s party —“Five loaves and two fishes j Chicago Journal. latest news from Kansas indicate that the Lecompton swindle has been voted down by a majority of about 9,000. The whole vote is supposed to be 15,000. Oi7”A few days since a Missouri Sheriff, after making legal return to a writ, added, “I think it right for me to mention that there is no such person as John Doe in the State.” OCjrA great mandrill neither trample upon a woman, nor cringe before a king.