Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-24
TAXING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF rx1sr

TAKING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF UNITED
STATES REVENUE, &c. ON SH1rBoARp.-Itis
held at the Treasury Department that when it
becomes necessary or proper to take the ac-
knowledgm"nt of person servingin the Navy
of the United States upon foreign station to
a power of attorney, or other document such
acknowledgment may be taken by an United
States Consul, or, when that is not practicab able
by the commanding officer of any vessel,
squadron or feet of the Navy of the United
States Authority SO to do is derived from the
act Of February 90. 1915.
IN THE House. yesterday, at the conclusion
of the speech which MFR. Phillips was deliver
ing when we went to press Mr.. Wheeler OBJ
tanned the floor. The committee then rose :;
and the House adjourned until Tuesday next
THE COMING OFFICIAL HARD" DEMON
srRArIoH Mr. Wheeler, the ackno vlelscl
leader of the New York and other Very
lIards, in the House of Representatives, ha.
the floor for the first speech when the House
! next goes into Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union. IT is expected that u,
will make the by authority exposition Of
| their case in the course cf his hour. As ne is
| the ruling mind in their councils, no little
interest is felt, in advance, in what he may
! possibly enunciatc.
HosrIrAL STEwARDS.-1t has been settled
! by the Goyernment'. accounting officers that u
soldier appointed hospital steward, who re-
enlists on the expiration of his term, is not
entitled to three months extra pay under the
! act of July ). 1888, az hOSVitni steUnrd. (as
| he could not be re- enlisted in that capacity
! but on'y to the pay pertaining to the grade in
| which he re-enlists.
! 1HE INTERESTING LEGAL QUESTION We
hear that there is now before the Secretary of
the Interior, case from New York, in which
the important point is Has United States
Marshal the right to demand of the claimant
! OF fugitive slave, bond of indemnify be-
! fore serving the process, We presume that
| the question by this time has been laid before
'hc Attorney General for his advice.
| .'rroISrNEST IN THE CALIFORNIA BRANCH
| MINr.-Augosten IIarrasythcy, assayer
! Jno. n Eckfcldt, coiner
| Jno. Iicwson, melter and re6nor.
These officers are appointed under the act of
July D. 1852, and were yesterday confirmed
| by the Senate.
! PEoNoTIoN IN THE NAVY We under
| stand that Midshipmal Walter Queen, who
who was recently reappointed in the service,
having passed the requisite examination, has
! been promoted to a passed midshipman
| The AMERICAN MINISTER TO ErsSIA-
Gov. Seymour, Of Connecticut, sails to-day
on the Arctic from New York az well AS Mr.
! Mason, our Minister to France
! LIST OF PATENTS issued from the United
states Patent Office, for the week ending Dec
20. l9j:.-each bearing that date
Jno. L. Brown and Stephen S. Bartlett. of
| Woonsocke; Il. For Improvement in grain
and grass harvesters.
VIM. &. Creamen, Of New Haven county
! conn.-For improvement in operating brakes
I by signal cord.
| Benz. H. Franklin. Of Worcester. Mass
| tor Improvement In i.ianGre and other forks
uriah H. Goble, of Springfield Ohio For
! Improvement in grain and grass harvesters
! Jno aud james Montgomery of Lancaster,
! Pa.-t"r improvement i'll shoes to winnow
! Th0s. 7. Watson, Of CLARK county Na-For
I Improvement in manure erushlrs and sewers
/ Vim. and Ihos. Schnebly, Of Now York. y
For improvement in grain and grass har-
i vesic !.
! Hiram q Trip, of Alfred Mc.-For i'm
| proyemcnt III power r4hes
Robt. L. Walker. of New YORK n Y.-For
Improvement in machines for huIIiny and
securing coffee.
J. L. Armstrong, of BarnwSl District, s.
t--for improvement in cotton presses.
Chas Atwood, Of Birmingham Derby
Conn. For improvement IN attaching hooks
! and eye. to cards
G =,
! For Improvement in candle mould machine.
james BaXcndalc, Of Providence, r. l.
FOR machine for stamping patterns on rollers
james Bolton. Of Richmond Va-For i'm.
pro'cment i'll hot air furnaces
Lazare Cantel of New l.rk. y. Y-For
Improvement in metallic trunk frames
David Carroll, Of Baltimore M 70, i'm
pTCyement in shutt.et
John Dhomcrgue, Of Kew York. " Y
For Improvement in car brakes
Alex. Frankenbcrs. OF Columbus. y For
lr!i ROY tilthf IN soda water Fountains
" }. Hatfield, Of Dayton O-For machi,
for jnhipg table tops.
l.. Otto Z. Meyer Of Ncwtown. Conn. Far
improvement III the processes for ,uIca,.izins
carutcbouc compounds
James \. Mitchell! of Riurrold G;a-Fn,
Improvement in hand loonig
Ephralm Parker, Of Rock Island TN -For
machine tor saving and planning clap. boards.
npiirry Simon, OF Reading. Pa.-For I'M
proFcncnt IN carriages with shifting sent.
Patented in England March i, 1919.
S"lon staples, of Topsham, Muine.-ror
screw Tor rlanking ships
Henry l.. Sweet, Of Foxborouyh. Mas. -
i"r improvements; il guides for sewing on
building.
WA II. Towers, of Fhi!ale! phia Pa-For
Improvement in horse shoes
Elias tnger, Of Dayton Ohio For ma.
chime to cut polygonal surfaces in timber.
WA. Wisdom, Of Cleveland. Ohio For i'm
Provement in cleansing hair and feathers
from insects, &c.
Edmund IL. Bard, and Henry II Wilson, of
Philadelphia, Pennsy lvania For improve
ment in gold pens.
Il F. Greenough. Of Cincinnati. Ohio. For
improvement IN separating alcohol from water
and other heavier fluid.
benjamin +. Stevens and j Walter kiddcr. |
Of Lowell, Mass.-For shingle machine
Andres Erich Better, of New York, n. VI
For improvement in folding bureau or ward |
robe bedsteads
Isaac ID. Garlick, of Lyons, N. Y.-For i'm |
proyement in self acting machines for weigh |
ing grain.
Charles SibbaId, of Phil.delphia. Pa
For improvements in steam boilers
Sherburne c. Blolgett, of Georgetown.
Mass, ass!snor to Chas. Mercy Of Boston.
Mass, and Aiorey ,assignor to Nehemiah Hunt.