Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-11
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

reliable calculators. The first says ssthe Dem
ocrats and straight-out Wings have certainly
chosen majority of the Senate and probably
the Governor (Wells) and lower House"
That reached Us at 10 o'clock last night.
The next, dispatched at late hour las,
night, says that "the Democrats have elected
large majority of the House, and probably
the Governor by the popular vote.
While We feel assured that the isms have
oeen practically defeated, we advise our read.
ers to place little confidence in the details of
any returns received in less than twenty four
hours from the present writing.
Taxing his Rsvengs.-Ths Starts readers
Will remember that Francis j. Grund, so We !
known about Washington for his disgusting
tastes and habits, applied for a rowing and
secret foreign mission on the advent of the
present Administration, and also that when
the Administration satisfied themselves with
reference to his personal character. he was
gwen TO understand that they would not touch
MIN with a forty-foOt pole, notwithstanding
The zeal and ability he manifested for mapv
months IN slushins them over with unasked
praise IN the columns of the Baltimore SIM
anu Philadelphia Ledger, which journals be
used to that end when Lot prostituting them
toi course without the knowledge and compre
hensfon OF their prOprietors) to the work of
pamng up the various schemes Of plumber in
Congressional legislation in which he was TO
-''ei'e 1893 as drummer though at that time
actually the clerk 10 a committee Of the Hons.
Oh representatives. This man s mendaeity and
shanelessness in such matters were regarded
mere as Embracing evidence of want OF personal
Character equal to that proclaimed at times. nv
Convicted professional burglars, after sentence.
~ made HIM mark Of such general nonular
te'eStsiion as that be had to fec to his home.
Europe, 10 get nd Of the chances of men who
AHeT him. On meeting him He is now writing
Tor Bennett 11eTG<G from Ausburg, over his
initials, and in so doing, he is indeed worthiIy
employed. Bennett, and bis Ausburg CORES
pondence, are worthily matched The disap-
pointed, black mailing aspiraut for the French
mission, and tie disappointed applicant for a
general rowing and secret mission to watch the
American diplomstists On the continent, who
having Illegally taken pay on one side of a
question before Congress yesterday, notori-
ously stands ready to take pay on the other
side OF 1T to-day. Of course, as he left Wash
1nStOn swearing to get revenge on the Presi-
dent and Cabinet, for not taking him at his
own valuation. he seeks it in abusing and
condennMS the Government of the United
States its officials at home and abroad, its
foreign policy everywhere, and the foreign
ministers resident here, every one of whom
united in treating him, personally, when he
came near them, as though afraid tina! their
watches and portmoniaes would be purloircd
This individual intimates that since he left
the United States, nobody in it knows anything
cI Diplomacy or craftsmanship, and being un.
der pay Ia la Chevalier Wykoffe under that
Of Engiand) Of the allies, he fights their bat.
ties against the United States Government
earnestly indeed. His heart and soul are evil
IDENTIFY with them, as it is equally as evident
that Russia would not dirty her fingers by
buying him and bis renal pen. Though ably
written, his assaults on the many gentlemen
or whom he is warning in the Herald, will not
weigh feather on this side Of the Atlantic.
because all the American world appreciates
the MorGt Of the writer at its true value-as
that ofan unprineiplcd adventurer, who stands
avowediy ready to do anything whatever with
his pen or tongue for cash, down on the nail
A Regular Rake Our attention was. YES
terdsS, attracted by model Of an improve.
lncnt upon the harvester power reaper which
strikes US as very likely, indeed, to add great
ly to tie efficiency Of all the various descrip-
tons Of power reapers now in use, as it is evil
IDENTIFY applicable adyantageousIy TO all of
them and their name is already, almost. Gle
gion." patent it appears, was granted for
1t Is an Improvement in harvester rakes,"
on the 18th ultimO, the inventor and patentee
being Mr.. o. G. Green Of Bellyille, III. IL
strikes us as combining the three great requi
sites Of durability, simplicity, and economy.
1t can hardly fail in raking the grain across
the platform In the cOmpletest manner. One
advantage 1t possesses, is that the driver. by
means OF slots, has perfect control Of its (tbe
raker's) speed, and can thus regulate its mo.
tion to suit any condition of the grain. or of the
naehine-reaper-tow which it may be attached.
In this way he may use his pleasure in making
tho bundles Of cut straw and grain, large or
small. 1t deposits the bundles on the ground
at the SIDE Of the platform, and Immediately
In the rear of the driving wheel The gear
ing Of the rake is by an elbow working with
crank attached TO the driving wheel. Those
1aiOiiias WITH these useful machines, power
resPers and mowers, will easily COMPREHEND
from this description the principles on which
this newly invented raker works AItbouyb
the main machines have been improved 90 q,
to save much labor by economizing much If
the short season in which harvesting must ne.
cessarily be done, they may not yet be regard
ed az perfect, and we are glad, indeed, to hail
any important progress in the work Of perfect.