Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-04


sions with the mass of the northern members,
who are anti-slaveryites. More or less south.
ern members, in the firm belief that he will
turn the back of his hand on the anti-slavery
party the moment altar that may put him in
the chair, will be likely to vote for him if the
House get into o snarl in making choice, as
In the case of the election of, practically, the
best speaker the House ever had-the Hon.
Howell Cobb, of Georgia. 1ts
On the whole, however, the solution of the
next Speakersbip is the most doubtful prob
lem we wot Of just now-the defeat of Mr. Gull
lom having knocked all the fat into the fire.
every bit of it.
The Alexandria, London and Hampshire
Railroad 1t seems by recent publications in
Virginia newspapers, that it is necessary to
make urgent appeals to the landholders in the
counties of the Old Dominion, through which
this work is to be constructed, to take stock in
it literally. Really, they must be behind the
age, greatly behind the age, not to compre-
bend the fact that for every dollar subscribed
by land holders within twenty-five miles of the
route, the aggregate increase in five years in
the value of the lands for that distance ON each
side of the work will be FIVE fold. That is,
even if in each county sufficient is subscribed
to construct the work through that particular
county, in five years the increase in the value
of the lands of the county on account of the
Of the work, will be at the very
lowest estimate ut least FIVE times as much as
the whole cost of building the road through
the country.
This is result that has followed the con-
struction Of every railroad made in the United
States through regions deficient in channels
for getting agricultural produce to market
In some cases the increased value of the lands
has reached an hundred fold, and in none has
it fallen below five fold in FIVE years after the
road began to be IN use through the particular
region The farmers in the section of Virginia
to be traversed by the Alexandria, Loudon
and Hampshire road are as free from debt and
as substantially wealthy as any agriculturists
in the world. There are more forehanded
men among them, probably, than among any
other farmers in the State (and, we believe,
in the United States in proportion to popula-
tion) and fewer men who are not forehanded
They are a well-informed and eminently
thinking people too. Under these circum
stances, that extraordinary appeals should be
necessary to induce them to take measures to
secure railroad facilities for getting their crops
to market, aStonishes US; as the only disadvan-
tase under which their region rests, is its no.
toriOus want Of market facilities, with which
it would instantly become the most valuable
(highest selling) section of the United States
not in the immediate vicinity of one or more
Of the large cities.
List Of Patents-issued from the United
States Patent Office for the week ending Sept
4, 1855-eaeh bearing that date:
Jos. Alex. Adams, of Brooklyn, N. Y.-For
improved machine for electrotyping
Collins b. Brown, of Alton, Ill.-For i'm
prOvement in moving machines.
ThOs. Batty, of Brooklyn, n. Y.-For i'm
pr0vement in supporting ships topsails.
Alex. Boyd, Of cumberland, n. Y.-For
improvement in Geographic tide gauges.
Mortimer 81. Camp, of New Haven, Conn.
For improved chimney stack or cap.
Aaron ID. Farmer aud Ransom Rathbone. Of
Brooklyn, N. Y.-For improved mould for
backing electrotype shells
John j. Haley, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For
dOve-t failing machine
Jonathan Haines, of Pekin, Ill.-FOr i'm
provement in grass harvesters.
A. Z. Kroger, of Norwalk, COnn.-For i'm
pTOvement in harvesters.
Lewis w. Leeds, Of Germantown, Pa-Fcr
improved apparatus to prevent an over-Supply
of coal to the fire-box of hot air furnaces.
Philip w. Mackenzie, of Jersey city, N. J.
For improvement in valves for regulating
steam engines.
Thomas Maskell of franklin, La For i'm.
provement in consuming escape eteam Gs an
adjunct in heating furnaces.
Richard Ray, of Louisport, Ky-For i'm
proved mode of operating and dumping earth
cars.
Richard Ray, of Louisport, Ky-For i'm
provement in operating dumpina cars.
c. &. Stephenson, of Plainield, Mass.
For improvement in seeding machines.
Elias Strange and Thos, B. Smith, of Taun
ton, Mass.-F0r machine for saving hoops.
j. Van Horne, of Magnolia, Ill.-For i'm
provement in grain separators.
Joseph Alex. Victor, of Montgomery county,
Ky.-For improvement in brick machines.
George w. White, of the village Of Mount
Vernon, town of East Shester, n. Y.-For i'm
proved fountain pen.
Amos Whittemore, of Cambridgeport, Mass.
For improvement in spike machine.
Solomon S. Gray, Of South Boston, Mass,
assignor to Himself S A. Woods, of same
plaee.-For improved universal deg for plan
ing machines.
Salmon Bidwell of Rochester, N. Y.-For
improved locomotive lamp case.
DestgRS.-ThOmas Lewis, of Maiden, Mass.
For design for trade marks.
William I. Cosgeshall, Of Fall River, Mass.
For design for cooking stoves.
The Current Operations OF the Treasury
Dcpertnaut.-0n yesterday, Sd September,
there wero Of Treasury Warrants entered on
the books Of the Department
War Warrants received ard en-
teIeQ .s..ss....s Sl51, III ~
War repay warrants received and
enteIe1. ...........,.....s... II ,S97 04
On account of the Navy......... 9S,g92 as
The FOREIGN LEGI0N.-Tho Boston Journal
Of yesterday morning publishes long COM
munication from an Intelligent German gentle