Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-13

ernment Tin tbs particular case) by promul-
ging in its present state, facts involved in it.
This, We take to be the key to the whole con
troversy, to which our estimsble neighbor has
been devoting its leading columns.
y 10 be Hung. Private VIM. J. Dunn, of
company G, mounted rihemsn, U. 8. A., was re-
Gently tried by court martial at Fort Mcintosh,
Texas. Capt. Thomas Claiborne, Jr., of the
mounted rifles, being president of the court.
The charges were, for mutiny and the murder
of Sergeant John Williams of the same regi-
ment and company, by shooting him with q
revolver. The court found the prisoner guilty
as charged, and sentenced him to be hung at
such time and place as the President may ap-
point. The murder, which was an atrocious
one, was committed ut the camp of the com.
pany at Limpa Creek Ell Paso road, Texas, on
or about the Both of juno last. The President
has directed the sentence to be carried out at
Fort Mcintosh, on the fourth Friday next sue
ceeding the reception of his confirmation of it
(the sentence) at that post. ' g..
Charges Dismissed.-We hear that the
the Court of Inquiry of which Brigadier
General Henry Stanton, Colonel and As.
sistant Quartermaster General, U. s. A was
president, recently in session at Fort Column
bus, having reported, after due Investigation,
that there exists no grounds for the trial Of
Lieut. Henry NJ. Lazelle, of the 1st Infantry,
U. S. A, by court martial under virtual (but
mistaken) charges made against him by Lieut..
Alexander S. Webb, 4th Artillery, further
proceedings are not to be taken in the case.
Rachel Coming We were favored yester-
day afternoon with call from the agent OF
the Rachel company, who informs US that we
may expect, not lorg hence, visit from " the
divine Rachel" las the ecstatic press call herr
who proposes to perform one, two, or, possibly,
three nights, in the Federal city, opening in
her great part of Camille.
This announcement will, of course, set agog
the heads Of all of our army of play goers of
both sexes, as we'll as those residing within
twenty miles of Washington in either direction
Appointments.-EijahW w. Lake, of Iowa,
has been appointed register Of the land Office
at Iowa city, Iowa, in place of John Clark, re-
signed.
Theodore 0. Stark has been appointed pen
sion agent at New Orleans, La, in place of
Peter A. GuyOl, resigned.
List Of Patents-issued from the United
States Patent Office, for the week ending Nov.
IL, 1o55-each bearing that date:
Geo. w. Bishop, of Brooklyn, N. Y.-For
improved marble saving machine.
Michael Bomberger, of Hummelstown, Pa.
For improvement in hanging window sashes
Hiram Abbott, Of Wakeman, 0hiO.-For
improvement in upsetting tire. DC.
Job Brown, Of Lawn Ridge, Ill.-For weigh
ing attachment for faucets.
W. G. Chapman, of Sandwich Mass.-For
improved MAI BILE saving machine.
Thos. Chopc, Of Detroit, Mich.-For i'm
provement in attaching shafts to axles.
Virgil p. Corbett, of New York, N. Y.-For
improved devices for partially excluding dust
from railroad cars.
Ransom Cook, Of Shelburne Falls, Mass
For improvement in making boring instru-
ments.
E. Darwin Curtis of Mt. Morris, N T.
For Improvement in seeding machines.
Jos. c. Day, of Hackettstown, N. For
improvement in ring and gudgeons for bottle
fas:enings.
John Fouser, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For i'm
prOvement in supporting jacks.
Luther B. Fisher, of Branch County, Mich
For improved marble saving machine.
Thaddeus Fowler. of Waterbury Conn
For improvement in separating pins.
John II. Ha.haways, of Millbury, Mass
For improvement in rotary engines.
Eli Horton, of Windsor Locks, Conn.-For
lathe chuck.
Geo. w. Hubbard, CT Middletown, Conn
For improved marble saving machine.
Chas. II. johnson, Of Boston, Mass.-For
improvement in argand gas burners.
Rhudolphus Kinsely, of Lynchburg, Va
For improvement in tobacco presses
VIM. b. Kimball, of Petersboro', n H
For improved marble saving machine.
Samuel Krauser & Christian Ritter, ofRead-
Ing, Pa.-For water metre.
Richard L Nelson, of Ocala, Florida-For
self-feathering adjusting tide-wheel.
Thomas r. Markiiiie, of Winchester, ILL.,
For improvement in corn planters.
Joseph Morse, of WoOnsocket, r. For
improvement in giving tension to the endless
band of throstie frames
Jean Pierre Molliere of Lyons, France For
improvement in machines for cutting boot and
shoe uppers. Patented in France, August 10,
1854.
Ansel W. Porter, of Little Falls, N Y-For
improvement in mode Of hanging carriage
bodies.
Charles Rice, Of Boston, Mass. 4 Sylvanus
II. Whorf, of Roxbury, Mass.-For improve
nent in lasting and applying soles to shoes.
Sylvanus Sawyer, Of Fitchburg, Mass.-For
improved compound proJectile.
Nathaniel S. Saxton, of Riverhead, n. y
For improvement in machines for adding num-
bers.
Barclay A. Satterthwait, of Lima, Ohio
For improvement in preparing artificial teeth.
ID. w. Sanford, Of Cincinnati, Ohio For
improvement in refngerators.
IL. N. Sherman, of Birmingham, Conn.,
For improvement in forming heads on bed
stead screws.
Alfred Z. Smith, of Bronxville, n Y.-For
improved mode of securing shafts to axles.
Charles I. Warren, Of Maiden, Mass.-For
improved marble saving machine.
Samuel Wetherill, of Bethlehem. Pa.-For
Improvement in processes for making zinc
white.
Loren j. Wicks, of Paterson, n J.-For
Improvement in straw cutters.
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