Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-12-11

FORE investigate the title tract Of land at the pre-
sent day often becomes necessary not only to ascertain
in what county the land situated at the date of the
patent but all its divisions and subdivisions
through long series Of years. step by step, to the pre-
sent tme order ascertain whether the intermediate
have been properly executed and recorded
This information readily be obtained and the eff
fort to procure is sometimes attended with great labor
and expense The Introductory notices Of the counties
which it is proposed to prefix TO the census will furnish
il at glance and am persuaded that there is portion
OF the work which will be acceptable to the public
at large.
1t will certainly from oblivion and perpetuate in
convenient and useful form much valuable information
bearing on the history and progress country Great
pains have been taken to secure perfect accuracy In this
branch of the work
is proposed that in every instance the notice of each
county shall be transmitted not only to the clerk of the
county, with view to comparison with his official
Cords but also that shall be carefully revised by the
proper executive officers of the State
Objections have also been taken the publication of
the the plan proposed the of the large
expense which it would involve.
As great Misrepresentation have prevailed on
this subject have thought it expedient to institute in
qures to ascertain first what would be the actual cost
of publishing the entire work in the comprehensive form
proposed by the superintendent and in style credtable
to the Government; and second what would be its cost
compared with the publication in greatly inferior
style of the meager returns of the sixth census.
BY reference to the Treasury Department. it has been
ascertaned that the Of the publication of the sixth
census was as follows:
To amount paid Blair s. Rives for publish
ing 10000 copies of statistical returns of
the sixth census. Sl31,3l6 GA
To amount paid Blair & Rives and Allen s.
Co. for 3d. 900 copies of compendium. 24,773 SO
Cost Of binding 1912 81
Aggregate cost of publication j. Sl7s SOB AZ
Lippincott Co. propose to publish TO- 600 copies
OF the statistics Of the seventh census in two foo vol
umes Of 1000 pages each, fine type and paper well
bound with Russia backs, for the aggregate sum of
ha;nrr
the publication fthe sixth census The objection there
FORE the of expense is proved to be unfounded
The Patent Office.
The report of the Commissioner of Patents which is
made directly to Congress- will contain full and detailed
statements of the operations of that bureau.
The eastern wing of the noble structure erected and
ultimately to be used for purposes connected with the in
dustrai pursuits OF our country, will soon be
and ready for occupation Some has also been
made upon the basement of the western wing and large
quantity of material has been collected with view to the
vigorous prosecution of the work next spring The base
ment of the principal building has been greatly improved
by dressing the rough stone of which it was built as
to make it conform in its general appearance to similar
portions of the newly -erected building.
There is probably bureau connected with the Gov
eminent in whose operations the public ut large feel
deeper interest than those of the Patent Office 1t is in
separately associated with every interest of country
The mechanic the merchant the manufacturer and the
farmer all concerned in every thing which dimnishes
the labor OF production in any of the departments OF in
NOUS They constantly employed in the discovery of
new means of accomplishing important results at dmin
ished cost of time labor and money The engine
the cottongn, and the magnetic telegraph striking
and mperishable memorials of the which has at
tended their efforts In the early period Of history
when population sparse and the prices of agricultural
productions high the labor of the country directed
mainly to the cultivation of the SOIL But, population
progressively increases, attention is devoted
chanca pursuits and the invention of machinery by which
the work of many may be accomplished by few. Not
day passes without furnishing evidence of this fact
in the form of applications for patents for important in
ventions and discoveries The mechanical interest has
therefore become of great magnitude and it is justly
entitled to all the protection and assistance which be
bestowed by Congress consistently with the provisions of
the Constitution.
The general principles of our patent system to
have met with universal appreciation and to have been
attended with benefcent results in practice Since the
organization Of the Office in 1886 it has advanced with
rapid strides. At that date examining clerk
enabled to make all the preliminary Investigations which
required to ascertain whether the applicant
titled to PATENT but such has been the increase Of the
business that six principal examiners and assist
ants not able to keep pace with it, The number
Of models in the Office the st day Of January 1886,
O69 In the beginning Of the year 1851 they had
increased to 5 and at the close of the present year
they will fall but little short of $4,000 If they should
continue increase in this proportion, making allow
for the augmentation consequent the increase of
population by the close of the present century they viii
to $50 000 and the whole of the present Patent
Office edce will not be sufficient for their convenient
display. To provide against this contingency, well
accomplish other important results respectfully pro-
pose that the Commissioner of Patents be required to
have prepared for publication careful analytical and de-
scrpve index of all discoveries and inventions which
have been patented accompanied by accurate descriptions
and drawings which win fully explain the principles and
practical operation Of the subject of patent The advan
tages of such publication would be almost incacuabe
1t would only perpetuate the invention discovery
by avoiding the casualties by fire and other causes but it
would multiply and duse among the people at large the
specifications and descriptions and substantially bring
home every neghborhood to which copy Of the work
might be the benefits of the Patent Office In much
the larger number of the necessity for preserving
and displaying the would be obvated The pages
of the published report would be safer and
nen depository for them than the cabinets of the Patent
venors in remote parts Of the country would be placed
equal footing with those residing the seat of
government When their thoughts turned to a par
tcuar class of machinery instead Of being compelled to
make journey to Washington to what had already
been done in that department Of the arts they could
turn TO the analytical index and ascertain what pro-
gress had been made by others.
Under the present system il unrequenty happens
that ingenious persons having conceived what they be-
eve to be idea, which, when carried into practice,
will be Of great value employ much of their time, labor
and money in perecng their invention, and when il
finished they to Washington filed with the hope Of
those rewards which the labors Of the successful
inventor. Their application for patent is presented and
submitted to experienced and skiful examiner who
promptly refers the anxious applicant TO drawing or
model which shows him that his ideas have been antic
pated by another, and reduced to practice many years
before None but those who have taken pains to inquire
INTO the subject form adequate idea Of the amount
IF time, money, and labor which is useessy expended
inder circumstances like these, to say nothing Of the