Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-09-04

: and .yaluable.ohal am reliably infol
{ med that he has just sold his, Scotc
patent only Tor the eomiortab,ssuu
Of ElO,0O0 slearling, or nearly $50,
, 600; and this is but one of severa
inventions which be has found 4
ready market for here, at Iibera
prices cite his case qor he is on,
Of several Americans who have, re
Gently sold their European patents
here al high fgures) as a final an
swer 10 those who, croak that oul
country IS disgraced, and regret thaI
ANY American ever came near tbs
Exhibition. Had these discerning
and patriotic gentlemen been interes,
ted in these patents, they might have
taken different view of The matter.
Even my New York friend, whose
toadyism in exhibiting a capital pair
lof Oars inscribed ga present for
the Prince OF Wales" have already
characterized as it deserves, yester-
day informed me that he had sold
$4,000 worth of Oars since the
Fair opened. | am sure Ireioice in
his good fortune, and hope Il NAV
insure the Improvement Of his taste
also. 5'H .'rf70.'-'i cot iiHi s51e'29'
Theirs are many articles in the
American department. of which
would gladly speak, that have altrac-
ted no AubIic, nnEc-- Since J !o(y
for the Continent. Mrs. A. Nichol-
son, formerly Of our city, has sent
iD a -Table-Cover worked in Berlin
Wool from the centre outward so as
TO form a perfect circles or succsssioa'
Of circles, from centre to circumier.
enee, with a great variety OF brilliant
colors imperceplibiy shading into
each other. This having been made
entirely by hand, with no implement
but a common cut nail, the process
is of course too slow 10 be valuable;
but the result attained may very
probably afford useful hints and sug-
gestiOns to inventors Of weaving
siI7think the display OF
Flint Glass blythe Brooklyn Compa-
ny is equal in purity aud fneness to
any other plain Glass in the Exhibi- 1
ton, land only regret that The quanti- |
ty sent had not been larger. |
regret far more thai the "Hillo-
type" for giving sun.pictures with
the colors OF life, has not vet made
IFS appearance here, while the "Calo (
ric Engine,n (using compressed and
heated air,insteadi of wafer sfOr the
seneratiOn,oi poweE) was not ready
in season TO justify a decision on its
merits by the jury of its class; and |
SO with other recent American in
ventions of which high hopes are
entertained. We ought to have
here a show merely Of inventions,
and implements exceeding
The entire contents OF the American
Ought to have had,
apart from any question of national
credit, il only because the inventors
would have been subServed
lhereby-ahd we should have had
than we actually have.
rad the state OF the British patent
avs been less outrageous than il is.
patent here costs ten times as
much as in the United States, and is b
worth little when you have i;--that 4
$, il is not even an opinion that tile
oateniee has really invented any
hing, but merely an evidence that
le claimed to have done so at such
late, and a permission 10 prove that
lie actually did, if he can, In other
sords: q patent gives permission
md an opportunity to contend legal
y for your rights; and il the holder is
.nown TO have money enough, il
sufices; if not, be can and
will be not only plundered with
but defed and laughed at.
bill radically revising the British
,atent laws is now on its way
through Parliament, but in its alb
ence many American inventors re-
used to. expose themselves TO a loss
{ their inventions By exposing them
I, the FAIR and who can blame
benz sfi trds. 0r..L err si sm. J.
The succession Of fetes TO be given
v the Municipality OF Paris to the
oyal commissioners, jurors, &C., in h
onor OF the Worlds Exhibition,
pens this week, and will be brilliant
nd gratifying as no other city but
'aris eeuldamake it. The numberi
lvited is nearly one thousand, and n
u are taken from the British shore o
! French national vessels, and a
1enceforth will be the guests OF 81
heir irivitors until they shall again b
9 landed at an English port,payingl
othing themselves for travel, enter iS
balls. &c. &c. This is
handsome, and | acknow!- >,
ige-ihe courtesy, thought shafl not n
,cept the invitation. | aleave for Il
cotland and Ireland on, Monday W
-'2's II. G. al
The nearer young men approach " "
anhooG, the less liberty they allow y y
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