Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-17

QalIle9 suo tnoat suBs0s tons on tuo soOJSc
Concentrate here. which enables rs to apprs
ciate the extraordinary state Of mind concern
ing Il manifested. a. explained above. Tn,
principal objes. Of intsres. appears to Be tn,
nature and extent Of the regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Navy for tn,
action Of the Board, in ascsrtaining who ar,
capable and whs incapable Of performing
promptly and efficiently all their duty, both
ashore and a1oat. We take it that some stand
ard must be given by which each officer Is r
be testsd-tbe length, breadth, depth, tight
ness, and staunchness Of hull, and cut of sails
trim, dc., Of each cruiser to be examined.
A Very Gratifying Repo.t,-The regula.
tions adopted by the Secretary of tho Navy
for the better enforcement of the passenger
ship law, have already commenced to tell won
dsrtully upon the comf,rt and health of emf
grants.
We have feen the report for the month Of
April just passed, during which an aggregat.
Of s,T1 passengers reached the port Of New
York on twenty-one passenger ships. There
wcre but seven deaths of adults and eight o.
infants in all the voyages. This Is less thar
one In thousand Of adults and but very little
more than that proportion, indeed, Of infants
| A mcre remarkable change in 80 Important
matter was never before wrought in SO shor
time. The Secretary Of The Navy deserves
the heartfelt thanks Of the country for con.
ceiving and putting INTO operation the mea.
| sures which have worked such o wonderful
change for the better.
Mr.. Wiss.-The burning Of the bridge ON
the Baltimore and Washington railroad on the
day before yesterday morning has prevented
this gentleman from carrying out his design
of spending a week in Accomac, previous to
| the Virginia election. The communication
between Washington and tho eastern shore Of
Virginia is but weekly, by steam boat The
delay of the train above explained, prevented
him from meeting tao boat in Baltimore, 40 he
was forced to return to this poiot. We be.
lieve he is still in Washington, at tho resi-.
dence Of his son. in-la y, DR.. Garrett, on Ninth
street.
Tbs krrss. Of Haker.-Ihose who think th at
the arrest Of BAKER out Of the territory of tho
United States, by United States la. ofi,ors,
was illegal, arc mistaken. He had, at no time,
son. beyond the jurisdiction of the United
States, as he had constantly been on an Amer.
ican vessel, under the American Gag. Had he
sacc.eded in landing at the Canary Islands,
tho arrest would have been illegal.
Commodore H,Csulsy The Navy Depart
nent have letters from this otic.r, who was at
Key West, Fla, with his flag ship, tho steamer
San Jacinto, on the 10th inst AS far as is
known at the Department, all we're and had
been we'll on the ship.
e Applications for Bounty Lsads-Up to
last evening, the total number of applications
for land under the bounty land law Of tho last
session was 137 200.
LIS: Of Patents issued from the United
States Patent Office, for the week ending May
ID. 1855 each bearing that date:
John " Adams Of New York, N Y.-For
improvemsDtiom metallic circular plate springs
David 5. Barber, Almon Thompson aud De
Algeroy Thompson, of Pitsaeld, Vt-For i'm
proven mt in sleighs.
Job r Barry, of Barty, Of Philadelphia
Pa.-For improved ysntilating and cooling
apparatus
Francis Bowman, Of Sone.ville, Msss-|
Fo- Improvement in rosin stills.
Henry Can6eld, of New York, N. Y!
For Improvement in double acting spring
hinges.
Handel Chaplin, of Glover, Vt--Por i'm
pr1veueDt in ~indow.saah fixtures.
Chas T Chester of New York, N. Y-For
Improvement in connecting clamps for the
plates Of gslvanio batteries
John Chiloots and James Scungeour, Of
Brooklyn, Y.-For improvement In sewing
nschiues.
Jacob A. Conover, OF New York, n. Y.-For
machine for splitting wood.
: Henry W. Dickinson, Of Hartford, Conn II
For improvement in cording guide for sewing
machines
Goo Dixon, Of Lafayette, lad For vsloci
trat lubricator
Ezra Fahfney, of Mount Morris, m.-For
inprOyed hominy machine.
Francis P. Hart, of Charlottesville, Pa,
For gauge for Sitting lumber.
Lorton Holiday, of Rogersville, N. Y-For
nitro and beveliDg machine.
Wm Howard, Of Philadelphia Pa For
improvement in condensers for hh.ous ma
terials
Thes J. Knapp, of rhiadsl phia, Ps.-For
adjustable tenoning tool.
David Matthew, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For
improvement in spark arresters.
Punches Miles, of Har; ford, Conn.-For i'm
provement in curtain fixtures
A. Il MOrrel, of Marlin, Tsxas-For i'm
provemsa: In cotton seed planters
Ebenezer W. Nichols, of Worcester, Mass.
For mode Of securing brace bits in their SOCK
cts.
Alexander n. Niles, Of Georgetown, N. Y.
For improvement in carriages
Francis Peabody, of ,lem, Mass For moth.
cd for regulating windmills
Jno. n Perkins. Of New York, N Y-For
improved mods Of attaching hubs to axles
Geo. W. PhipPs, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For
improvement IL window shu ters.
Jno. X Root, Of Hartford, Conn.-For i'm.
proved slide laths.
S ] Russell, Of Chicago, In.-For hot air
furnace.
James II Simpson, of Baltimore, Nd For
I'm provcment In butter coolers
Jno ii James NJ. and Ii Q Thompson, of
uo;dsrness N H-For inprovad Machine