Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-10

Captain--Charles II. Bell. Lieutenants-Cicer
Price, VIM M Walker, Lardner Gibbon, John P.
Bankhead, @. N. Fauntleroy. Surgeon--Jobn A.
Lockwood Assistant Surgeon--Wy att N. Brown.
Purser-John johnson. Master-Richard L. Law.
Passed Midshipmen- Edward T. Spedden, o. F.
Stanton, Franklin Shepherd. Midshipmen--Philip
Porcher, R. w. M Graham, 7. Mex. Buchanan.
Boatswain John Burrows. Gunner - Eugene
Mack. Carpenter-John Jarvis. Sailmaker -
The officers are ordered to report at Norfolk, on
the 25th of July.
List of Patents
Isued from the United States Patent Office for
the meek ending July 10, 1855.
John Aspinal, Of London, England.-For i'm
provement in apparatus for draining sugar.
Charles Atwood, of Birmingham, Connecticut
For improvement In ventilating railroad cars
Jonathan +. Barrett, of North Granville, New
York-For improved method Of raising and low
ering the cutters of harvesters.
| Thomas Barrows, of Dedham, Massachusetts,
For improvement in process Of treating wool
William Blackburn, of Jersey City, New Jer-
sey.--For automatic machine for turning ship
| spars, etc.
Francis Brown Blanchard, Of Waterville, Me-
For improvement in air and steam engines.
Samuel w. Brown, of Lowell, Massachusetts,
For improvement in gas regulators.
Eeazer Brown, Jr., of Bnghamton, New York.
| For improvement in lubricating compounds
s. N. Campbell, of Elgin, Dnois.-For improv-
ed sun shade.
| Daniel Campbell, of Washington, D. C.--For
| improvement in saddle trees,
| James E. Crouk of Poughkeepsie, New York
For device to allow escape OF waste water from
| pump barrel.
Lyman Clinton, Of North Haven, Connecticut
| For improvement in straw cutters.
| Daniel Deshon I'd, of Whitestown New York
| For improvement in spark arresters.
| Rufus NJ. Dill, Of Holyoke, Massachusetts,. For
| improvement in looms.
| Sheldon s. Hartshorn. Of Orange, Connecticut -
| For Improvement in buckles.
John J. Heard, Of Boston, Massachusetts,. For
ship-pump.
Enoch Jackman and Edwin G. Durham, Of Port.
land, Maine.-For improvement In fastenings for
carpets.
| benjamin r. Joslyn, of Worcester, Msssachu-
setts.--For improvement In slide wrenches.
| Wright Lancaster, of Harmony township, Ind
For improvement in washing machines.
James Murphy, Of New York, N. Y.-For I'M
provement in steam boilers.
John 0'Neil, Of Kingston, N. Y.-For improve
ment in machines for pulverizng clay
Orson Parkhurst and Daniel Bullock, Of Coboes,
N. Y.--For machine for cutting screws on bed
steads.
Isaac Irvine Hte, of White Post, Va, assignor
to Washington +. Pagett, Of White Post aforesaid.
/ For Improvement in harvesters.
F.A Parker, of SALISBURY, vt.--For improve
/ ment In saw-sets.
Adonijah Peacock and Simeon Peacock Of Gin
cinnati, Ohio.-For Improvement in attaching cast
| point to steel mould boards OF plows.
| Samuel Pearson, Jr., and William H. Gardner
| Of Roxbury, Mass.--For Improvement In rope and
| cordage machines.
William Robinson, Of Augusta, Geo.--For stave
machine
Stephen Saunders, ofSouth Kingston, R.L--For
vibrating stop water for ships and other vessels
Frederick Scheurer, Of New York, N. Y.-For
Improvement In counter scales.
Joseph Smart, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For self
regulating water packing for pumps, &c.
Samuel w. Soule, Of 0swego, N. Y.-For Inn
provement in excavators
Simeon L. Stafford, deceased late Of Philadel-
phia, Pa-For Improvement In railroad draw
bridge signals.
Andrew Stocked, Of New York, N. Y.--For ma
chine for cutting legs for pianos, tables, &c.
Charles NJ. Swany, Of Richmond, Indiana.-For
gauge for stairrals.
Charles Y. Thomas, Of Taunton, Massachusetts,
For Improvement In means for increasing draft in
locomotives.
Stephen Ustict, Of Philadelphia, Pa.--For i'm.
provement in brick presses
Grin ID. Vossum, Of Mt. Sterling, Ky.-For i'm.
provement In open stirrups.
William f. Ward, Of Port Chester, New York
For improvement in machines for making bolts.
jerome B. Woodruff, of Washington, ID. c.
For improvement in sewing machines.
John Young, Of @, ofMiddletown, Md.--For ma
chine for boring posts, and pointing rails.
John Elgar, Of Baltimore Md.-r-For selfregu-
/ La, y,.d-
William P. Walter, of Philadelphia, Pa.--For
Improvement In manufacturing plate glass from
cylinders.
Auber Whitley Of Clark county, Ohio.-For
improvements in grain and grass harvesters
Benjamin Frautz, Of Wsynesborough, Pa, as
signor to John Phillips, Of Waynesborough, afore'
said-For selfregulsting windmill.
John f. Hayward, Of Wilmington, Del, assignol
to the " Delaware Air Spring Manufacturing Com
pany."-For Improvement in pneumatic springs.
RE-IssUKs.
William Fuzzard, Of Charlestown, Mass.--Fol
improvement In machinery for felting hstbodies
Original patent dated February Is, 1855
Samuel Malone, Of fremont, Ill.-For improve
ment in cornpsnters. Original patent dated Jan
uary 8, 1854.
Lyman Scott, of St. Louis Mo.--Fsr improves
portable grinding mill Original patent dated Ma,
16, 1854.
George Westinghouse, OF Oentrm bndge, N
Y.--For endless chain horsepower. Original pa
tent dated June Is, 1854.
An arrival at Independence, Mo-, from the Sal
Lake, reports the Indians along the emigant trsi
as being quiet 1
A very rich bed OF bituminous coal Of superior
quality has been discovered In San Pete Valley
Utah.
The Territorial House at the town Of Fillmore
the present seat Of government, Ia nearly com
pleted. II IL built OF red sandstone.
Grasshoppers have been very destructive to III,
wheat in the valleys, and many farmers were pillow
ing their fields over again, TO plant potatoes ant
corn.
!, Cattle and sheep breeding are carried on quit
extensively by the Mormon settlers.
The United States troops left Salt Lake city OF
the 4th Of Nay, and finally divided into two par
ties, and took separate routes 10 California.
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