Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-07-17

pretended protection. Not one acre in one
hundred to be given out under this law, will
be settled on by the warrantee or his heirs
The speculators being the parties In whose fa-
I vor the patents must be issued. One has bat
to be in Washington for brief season to I'M
derstand how completely the spectators came
I" the poor old soger'' oyer Congress, in accom-
plishing the enac tment of this bill.
Light House Keepers Appointsd.-At York
! Spit, Va, Joel d. Ashberry, at $500 per an
mum. At Wangoshance, Mich, Joseph Blanch-
ard (reinstated) at $500 per annum. At Exc
cution Rocks, N. Y, assistant keeper,) I'm
derhill Lockwood at $500 per annum.
| Removed.-Messrs VIM. L. Marshall and
E. c. Caldwell, second class Isl 400 per an
num) clerks in the Office of the Sixth Auditor
of the Treasury, have been removed. -.---
Appointed Phineas D. Gurley has
been appointed a visitor of the Government
hospital for the insane, in the District of CO.
lumbia, vice John c. Rives, declined.
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! List Of Patents-issued from the United
States Patent Office for the week ending July
| IL, 1s55-each bearing that date:
! Chas. F. Brown, of Warren, R. I-For i'm.
/ proved mode of mounting ordnance.
c. II. Butterfeld, of South Lancaster, Mass.
For improvement in lanterns. ~.
! Washington II. Bixler, of Easton, Pa.--For
| improvement in nut machines
BENZ. Eastman, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For
improvement in invalid bedsteads.
! Jacob Edison, of Boston, Mass.-For i'm
proved method of operating valves of pumps.
Edwin Els, Of Ans0nia, Conn-For improve
ment in machines for forming metal tubes.
John Fraser, of New York, n. Y, assignor
to Logan, Vail 4 Co. of same place,-Fo i'm
provement in adjustable rises. .f
William Gourley, of Clarke county, Va
For improvement in harrows
John K. and VIM. P Gamble, of Philadel-
phia, Pa.-For Improvement in safety railroad
draw bridges
Francis Blake CT Needham, Mass-For i'm
proved rosin oil lamp.
! Joseph c. Gartley and Jacob Fox, of Phila-
| delphia, Pa.-For fan blower.
L. A. Gibbs, of Washington, d. C.-For ex.
banding auger or Bit .,...-
John B. Holmes, of New York, n. Y, as
signor to A. r. Pratt, of same place-For i'm
provement in ships capstans.
j. Carroll House, Of Lowville, n. Y-For
! alarm bedstead.
Aaron G.. Heskrotte, of New York, N. Y
For improvement in railroad car coupling.
Tyler Howe, of Cambridgeport, Mass.-For
! improvement in bedsteads.
Jules Jeannotat, of Paterson, n J.-For i'm
provement in bottle fastenings
Harold kelsea, of North Branch, N. H.-For
improvement in treating single strand and
twisting sewing thread.
j. S. Morgan of Highland, In-For wind.
mill.
Edward Mingay, of Boston, Mass.-Por i'm.
provement in derricks.
David Matthew, of Philadelphia, Pa-For
improvement in apparatus for heating feed
water to locomotive engines
Jos. A. Peabody, of Lowell, Mass.-For
machine for morticing window blinds.
5. L. Parmelee, of New Brunswick, n. j.
For Improvement in attaching metallic heels
! to india rubber soles
Oliver Palmer, of Buffalo. N Y.-For wreck
ing pump-rotary.
John Ryan, of Wilmington, Del.-For i'm
prOvement in railroad car coupling.
Frederick X. Robinson of Worcester, Mass
For improvement in guides for sewing ma
chimes.
John Stott and Alex Ferguson, of Troy,
N l.-FOr improvement in crOsshead attach
ment for working steam engine valves.
Matthew Ludwig, of Boston, Mass For
machine for saving down trees.
Otis Tufts, of Boston, Mass-For improve
ment in constructing iron ships. English pat
ent dated April 2, I845.
VIM. c. Worthen, of New York, n. Y.-For
| improvement In metallic blinds for doors and
| windows.
Willard M. Wheeler, of Upton, Mass.-For
water wheel.
Moses d. Wells, of Morgantown, Va.-For
improvement in churns.
Edwin Williams, of Covngton, Ky.-For i'm.
proved excavatng machine.
Edwin d. Willard, of Washington, D. c.
For improvement in gas burning gridirons
Edward Wood, Of Philadelphia, Pa-For
| improvement in looms.
David Watson, of Petersburgh, Va.-For i'm
| prOvement in harvesters
Chas. Waters, of Brooklyn, n. Y-For i'm
prOvement in lanterns.
Henry Van De Water, of Troy, N. Y.-For
turbure water wheel.
James Dickinson and Oliver White, of Rich
mOnd, Ind.-FOr self regulating wind mill
John Pepper of Franklin, n. H., assignor
to the franklin Mills of same place. For i'm
provement in knitting machines
Albert Reinhardt, of New York, n Y, as
signor to Mas. Schlumberger 4 Co., of Gueber
viler, France.-For Improvement in mach.
merry for preparing wool for combing.
W. Elliot, of Plattsburgh, N. H.-For
Improvement in devices for sealing preserve
cans.
John A. Reynolds, of Elmira, n. Y.-For
improvement in fire arms.
John A. Reynolds, of Elmira, n Y.-For
improved apparatus for cooking repeating fire
! arms.
Re-lssues.-Cyrus J. Fay, of North Lincoln,
Me- For improvement in cotton presses Pat
ented January 81, 1854
Della A. Fitzgerald, of New York, N. Y,
assignee Through Josiah Pierce,) of Jesse Fitz.
gerald, dec 'd.-For improvement in machinery
for dressing treenails Patented August %,
lS49.
additional Lmprovement.-Lorenzo d. Gil.
man, OF Troy, N: Y.-For improvement in
screw wrenches. Patented May q, 1855.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Experimentation yesterday, the 10th of July,
there were of Treasury Warrants entered on
the books Of the Department
For the Treasury Department. S26, 1881 50
! For the Interior Department 90 9I %