The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-18


Frank Baker of Pepperel Massachusetts for improved
lathe for irregular forms,
Bernard Hughes, of Rochester New York for improve
ment in trip-hammers.
Charles NJ. Dabo of New London Connecticut assipnor
to himself and Austin Dabo of same place. for improved
catch for holding the bit in brace stocks
Ward Eaton, Of Carbondale, Pennsylvania for improve
ment in machines for cutting GLACIERS points.
Charles H. Dana, of est Lebanon, New Hampshire for
Improvement in potato-diggers.
James Hus OF Berlin township Ohio for improvement
in gun-ocks.
N. w. Cey, Of Nottingham township Newton for
improved method of hanging gates, &c
William Il. Mitchell of Brooklyn, New York, for inn
provement in machinery for composing type
jeremiah Peck, Of New Haven Connecticut for improve
Lyman Scott, Of St Louis Missouri for improved port
able grindng-mill.
Linus Stewart of Washington District of Columbia for
improved saw.
Horace s. Taylor of Springfield Massachusetts, for i'm
proved machine for paging books
William II. Towers of Philadelphia Pennsylvania for
improvement in guitars.
William II. Street. of New York, New York, for i'm
proved mode of attaching blankets to cylinders for print
ing presses.
Matthew Spear, of Bowdonham, Maine, for improved
mitre box. =.
Isaac W. Little of Newbury Massachusetts, for improve
ment in ox-yokes
Peter S Howes, Of Boston, Massachusetts, for improve
ment in selfheating smoothing irons.
David NJ Smith, of Springfield, Vermont for improved
lathe dog.
Philos b. Tylor of Springfield Massachusetts for i'm
proved method of nbbng saw-teeth.
Joseph Edmonson, of Stafford, England, and Caleb
Haworth of Marsden, England executors of Thomas Ed
monsoon deceased late of Stafford aforesaid for improved
case for holding railway and other tickets.
Lewis w. Leeds and B. Morris Smith, of Philadelphia
Pennsylva for Improvement in hydraulic heaters.
Edward Brown of Waterbury Connecticut assignor TO
the Scov Manufacturing Company of the same place for
improvements in machines for making hinges
Edmund IL Graham, now, late, OF Bddeford, Maine
assignor TO himself and Artemu Wheeler of Lowell Mas
sachusetts, for improvement in magazine guns.
DESIGN
Charles Chinook, of New York. New York, design
clock-case fronts.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of Saturday says: Henry
Chas Deahna distinguished Prussisn officer yesterday
united Miss Mary Bayle niece Of Judge Corwn of the
Ohio supreme bench, the Whine House by the Rev Mr.
Grey The match understood to be Of affection and
opposed the wishes of the lsdy friends Now the deed
is accomplished trust the friends of both parties win
cordially unite in wishing the young couple NIL the happ
ness true love merits as its dessert,
The Danyills (Pa Democrat OF the 18th instant says
-four selling at that place at $40 per barrel Every
thing else in proportion.
Count Nesselrode who is eighy-our years of age
the son Of German parents He was first sailor then
cuirassier, and lastly diplomast
The United States surveying schooner Phoenix which
capszed and sunk two three weeks ago by a sud-
den squa while lying at anchor at the end Of Horn
island says the Louisville Journal has just been raised
She has been taken Pascagoula to await orders She
has received no injury by the mishap and all the
mens &c, have been saved
Land In the vicinity OF Norfolk Virginia Is said TO be
advancing in price The Argus that small farms on
Tanners Creek that short time ago were bought for
few hundred dollars now sell readily for thousands One
that purchased only few years ago at 81 400
has been subsequently disposed of at $4,000 and was
cheap enough at the advance Of $780, or more than $50
per cent.
letter from Rio Janeiro dated March l7th says A
Russian armed schooner carrying eight guns Is also here
commanded by prince ofroyal blood He seldom fever
visits the English men-owar but frequently goes on board
the American cutter the commander Of which Is supposed
to know something Of his intended II Is said
the schooner has large quantity Of powder and arms on
board, and is bound into the Pacific ocean, to join two
Russian figates there The English naval officers
look upon her as being fitted out for privateer.
Seven or eight vessels arc reported 10 have been found
enclosed in the ice of Ashby bay Cape Breton Several
had been boarded by parties from The shore and found
be abandoned.
killed the track Of the New York and
Eric railroad about half mile Of Binghamton on
Tuesday by the nght-train coming west His head was
and his bones broken into fragments His name was
Nash.
Two drowned while crossing the Straits OF
Macknaw, last week, with the mail Boats tried TO 20 TO
their aid but the ice prevented them and the men sank
and lost with The mails while hundreds were looking
on from the island, unable TO render any assistance
man named James Mckee lately committed suicide By
starvation, in the county Jail at Minesve Va where he
confined for assault upon his wife with intent 10 kill
He had willly refused all nourishmcntfor ten days
The Memorial Borais states that not far from St Sever
France there Is living old military man who has false
leg and false arm both movable by means Of springs
glass eyea complete set Of false teeth nose of silver GOV.
cred with substance perfectly resembling flesh and sill
plate replacing part Of the skull
RACE HoRsrsThe spirit Of progress seems to have i'm
parted itself to American horses correspondent Of
the Spirit Of the Times that the best time ever made
up to the year 1906 to have been ourne heats over the
Washington course in 752 This excited such astonsb-
mont that the track was remeasured and the judicial time
pieces tested by Mr. Jefersons chronometer This time
afterwards beaten by Eclipse, Then Fashion made
the distance in 1921 II has been beaten by The
Hwinners of 1889 at least seven different occasions
and Lecompe at his recent triumph in New Orleans ran
four-mile heat in 1894