Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-26
Washington News,

Jury DepartMent, 1tsappears, have managed
their matters in conhcctiopwith the alleged
frauds committed by James Collier. late col
lector of customs at San Francisco, and that of
Thomas Butler King, his successor, with great
airoitncss. ] a few months since the Depart.
nent forwarded to California, the official eyi
dence on which these charges arc based. The
Urittf States District Attorney brought. tht
matter before the grand jury of San Francis
co, who have found a true bill against Collier
for fcloniously using S3O0,OOO of the public
money, as the Department have just been no.
titled. 7 The officers started after-Mrg Collier.
(who was at Steubenyiile. Ohio, when last
heard from by the Nicaragua line-the quick
est-leaying California on the LIST of Jply.
The adviccs received by the. Government. we
arc inclined to believe, satisfy them that a
true bill will also be found against Mr. King,
tor improperly using some Sl00. 900 of the
public funds. Whatever may be the final re-
suit of these trials, we feel assured that the
Government are satisfied that thcy have ample
proof at hand to bring about a prompt con-
victicn in both cases. The penalty in each
case is not less than six months and not more
than ten years imprisonment -. t'.'.
A CLERK TRANsFEERED.-Samu York AT
Lee, Esq, lately appointed a clerk in the Office
OF tho Register of the Treasury, has been ,p-
pointed to the third class Isl ,5OO) clerkship
In the Sixth Auditors office, vacated by the
recent appointment of Il. G.. Murphy, Esq of
Ohio, to be Consul at Shangaiyo ga,
TELEGnArHlc BLGSDERs We are certain
from unmistakablc signs, that the announce
ment appearing in the te!cgraphic columns of
the northern Associated Press yesterday
morning, which alleges that there is a diff
Gully between the President and Governor
seymour, Of New York, relative to represent
ations made by the latter, under which Wing
editor was recently appointed to office, is all
b0tch Nothing has occurred to disturb tho
good understanding between Gov S and the
Administration, who arc, probably, profound
~ ignorant of the fact that any such appoint
ment has been made. t"' 'fT
DUNCAN n. INGRAHAM, Commander, u. S.
n, WAS the officer in command of the St
Louis, sloop- Of war, who behaved SO calamity
recently in the harbor of Smyrna, in The affair
of the arrest of Hungarian revolutonist by
the Austrian authorities. Commander l. I'M
der the impression that the prisoner had a
claim On this Government for protection,
forced the officers of the Austrian ship of war
to produce him, and to abide tho resrl. of a
fair examination as to his nationality. after
they had formally denied having him in their
custody. ''H
The SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, we have reason
to believe, will in his first report, urge strenu-
ously on Congress the Importance of adding 10
the works of the service, suitablei facilities for
the construction and repairing of most of the
machinery required for the steam naval SER
vice Of the United States. in which they are
now entirely deficient. to the great injury OF
the Governments interest. At present nearly
all such work is done under the lowest bid
which resrlts in having improper and incfFi-
cient machinery time and time again palmed
upon them, despite the rigid inspection under
which all such work is received.
Hon Il. IL. MEADE. OF Virginia is in Wash
inston., It's thought by his many friends
here that sooner or later the Administration
will call him into the public service for which
he is so well qualified, though he did decline
the Sandman Chargeship. We presume that
his present visit is connected with the subject
indicated above
LIST OF PATENTS Issued from the United
States Patent Office for the week ending July
%, 1853, all bearing that date:
Cyrus C. Bisbee, of Rochester, n Y-FoI
Improvement in shower bath tables.
Richard G. Bristol, of Chicago, Ill.-Fol
improvement in rotary steam engines
VIM. V. Burton, of Orange, O.-For i'm,
provement in plowS.
L. Z. Hunt, OF Westlield, Ind For improve
mcnt in mills for grinding apples and Other
substances.
David a James, of Cincinnati, O.-Foreim
proycment in processes for making CLUES.
Owen Redmond, of ROchesterglN. Y-For
improvement in lamps. r ..1' o .
Milton S:tttcrle, of Louisa IIl.-Eor i'm
provemcnt in seed planters.
VIM. NJ Warren, Of Waterfowl, Conn-Fol
improvement in railroad car seats
Ezra Il. Benton, of Cleveland, o.-For in.
provcment in bran busters. .,. IA
Ja lob H. Carothers, of Dayidsburgh, Pa
For Improvement in corn planters
Sylvester Da' IS, of Clarcmont, n. IL For
improvement in bee hives .a 5r
Ziba Durkec, OF Alden, N. ,Y--For impruve
ment III the bcatcrs of smut machines
+. o. Deschamps, of Philadelphia, Pa.-Fo
improvement in omnibus lanterns
John A. Elder, of Wcstbrook, Me- For i'm
provcmentin curVing the a:ks of bOoks
Dlnl. b. Iinman, of Philadelphia Pa-Fo
improvement in dying yarn part -coIorcd
Levi Pitman, of Tons Brook, Va-For in.
proved plotting thco1olitc.
Jackson A. Kapp and Edward S. Wright, o
Buffalo, N. Y.-For Improvement in strainin.
saws by compressed air. .,i ~
Frederick G. Vcttercke, Of New York, n
- Eor in 1yoino Il.