Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-05-10
MONDAY, IAy 10, 1918.


patent to the fisntiF and after the expiration
of the former letters patent, when itlwas not
unlawful to erect or the same. And last
", that the act for Oliver Evans relief W as e,e
post facto that it impaired the obligation of
contracts and was therefore demonstrations!
he having obtained letters patent in 1890, for
tt;ie,same improvements which had expired
before tie act atoresaid bad passed if not al
tering the case that tIies3stpaient WAS declar-
cd juoicially to be null and voieter defect OF
form =.
The court Cudges Duvall and Hoastonssde
clAred that the letters patent in controversy,
were issued conform able 10 law. That the de
clsratiUn wsy-gapl and sufficient to main,ain
)the PLAINTIFFS case,sas establisht q in proof ;
some of the courts Micdging that the deien
DIN, used the neutrality-suspicious. general
", antl-othsrs, part OF lfcinprovcment. That
The PLAINTIFFS conveyor beivg new and useiu.
improvement on the continued and spiral
SC ew, md applied to a ma and usciu, pur-
,pcse< EMIT ed hun to pateittor his improved
conveyOr. rh at he I'd provisipn IN the act for
Evans relief, passed the twei,ly first of Jauua-
AIRY eighteen hundred and eigA, protected The
defend mt from any liability - pay damages
Tor using the machinery without license previ
ohs to The granting otthe PATCH but not for any
subsequent use. And that III Die opinion OF the
court, the act referred to, is BOT AN cxposr lac
to law, tor that relates to criminal cases ONLY 4;
that ii does not impair the Obligations Of con
tracts, or interfere with my rights previously
acquired 10y the community that on tue con-
uary the legislature las evincrd its attention
TO individual rights, by cxemptng, IN speci-
al Proviso, all persons from the obligation to-
renew a q license, purchased under the former
patent; that Congress have the exclusive right
by the nstitu,ion,to irnit The times for which
a. p iioweright Shall be granted, and are net
1ressrained from renewing patent or prolonls9
my tllet lime of its continuance more especi-
90 thu present case, where the patent
Agran,ed in1hs.first instance had been decided,
by judicial a1thorily, tobe null and void
count OF some deteetSiaihe patent. "a
The jury brought in asverslict of sishteee
hundted and -ffy dollars damages.
n BaThese damages were given for four
years nd nine months Use of the machmery,
covcrinst all the tiEie, by consent Of Parties
up to The Period OF trial and for The tight TO
use che machinery il, future without limitation.
of time.
The second cause which was tried, was a
gainst Charles C. Zones, in which the verdict
was fer one thousand dollars damagcs; with the
same agreement, ass to license, as in the pre-
ceding verdict.
To the Senate and House.ef Rrp,esntative efthe
UTnifed s.aies -
Lie neInOTAai OilN Sk|'. l4NtiiS TtSprCNiutsN
sheweth, Fiat your nenoriAlist has been favor
ed with a copy OF the ,uemqRjal Of john Wo.
thington and others, nd OF titlevidence accom-
panying the same, WITCH he h.aA read with
PRISE; and your mciRorialist bVgs leave to de-
clare that he beiieyeshe yet pfuge every state
ment in the said memorial and sidence, tend
ing TO shew thstyour memoriaifStis not the
original inventqrof al and every one of the ma-
chimes in theiYiinproved state. nor the original
c.,u NH .ufT-, i;er ST the
useful resulttbf his great improvementvon the
art oimanyf Dcturing hour and meal, as PStesfied
to him, t0bc erroneous. But your mcfipTl IL
list did never expect to be put on this p.oIi,
more ESPECIALLY before Congress, seeing Wat
courts are appointed by law for decding'Npp
such disputed points. Yet if required by ne
hon. 0pngress, although most OF IDS intmate
frieqds, to whom he commune Gated his Disco
verjsyesrs before he made it public, are dead,
hebelevcs lie can fad one in Queeu Anne's
cshnty eastern shore of Maryland, where you:
niemoriaiist lived when he made the discovery,
tone living in New Castle county, Delaware, one
lin Aiitiiin county, Penn. and one in the city o.
Washingt Evan Evans.
And to prove that he set up the machinery
in his mill in part, OH Red Clay Greek, a. Gas.
tie county, and then made j, public by Pre- scn-
ing subscription paper, setting fort the
whole improvement, stating dat in case tie
Il
ent sum, your memorialist would make the i'm
provement, which he has since done--but that
on the mIllers refusing, to subscribe any thing,
and on being advised by James 1attiner, esq
(now deceaSed) to apply to the state legisla II e
for exclusive rights,-hc took down his n,achh-
merry, and secreted them until he should receive
those exclus i've riglts---that it was aft.r ali
this that Stroud discovered the eleyator-and
Marshall and Stroud attempted to make the
hoppsrbOy. lie can find Witnesses in the State
of Delaware and in Philadelphia, to support
the Testimony OF EvaHs, to whom all is well
known. In confederation he may procure CO.
pics ofhs petitions Co the legislatures Of Penn
syvanis, Delaware, Mary and New Hamp-
shire, pctitioning for the exclusive right Cor
twenty one or twenty five years, not only for his
improvement in manufacturing flour, but for
steam Carriages of his inyention-and also CO.
pies ofthe acts inhis favor OF Pennsylvania and
Delaware for the mill Improvement only, Mary
land and New Hampshire for steam Wagons
also for II ycars--too short a time, hal il
been for thirty years steam boats and steam
carriages might have been in use twenty years
ago.
Thus your mcmoriaIist could slew what have
been his pursuits, and he begs l.ave to refer
t. the secretary ct states Office, 10 the spccfca
tions he has Sled there Of st geral other great
profits thereof beginning TO appear.
Your memorialist acknowledges that he has
raised the prlce Ofhis license to use his nven"
tons and improvements, as their value became
known, from bcstowing Ihcm gratis, with his
thanks 10 those who would accept them q
make heir uti,ny kaown to 8 80, S 80, s 100
up to his present demand, which is the sun
saved TO the user III wages and boarding O
hands to one year only, rating tine wages anC
board Of "A miller at 500 dollars Dcr wear