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r ONGwORTH,s Native wines and Bran.

i dies. Il have just received, and keep con.
stantly on hand Sparkling and Dry Catawba, the
Sweet Isabella Wires, and Catawba Brandy
These Wines are made from the pure juice of the
grape, and pronounced 10 be the most wholesome
beverage in use. b. JOST, Agent.
Also, Importer and Dealer in all kinds of Wines,
Liquors and Cigars, Isl Pennsylvania Avenue.
Jan 30-2aw3m&
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The United States Patent OEcc--To an persons 10
phom these presents shall come greeting:
This is TO certify that the annexed is true copy
from the records ofths Office Of an extract from
the specification OF w. ID. Porters patent, issued
in the twenty second day Of August, eighteen
hundred and ffy-four.
In testimony whereof j, Charles Mason, Com
missioner Of Patents, have caused the
seal Of the Patent Office TO be hereunto
:, affixed this twenty fifth day OF August,
- y in the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ffty-four, and OF the
independence Of the United States the
seventy-ninih. G. Mason
Eatraet from Specification Of w. d. Porter on
wltch letters patent issued august 20, 1854.
CLArm.-What claim as my invention and de.
sire TO secure by letters patent is:
The construction Of a gas apparatus or still,
consisting OF a metallic or other cylinder b, the
cones E and ID, diaphram plate C, and exit pipe
F, substantially described in the foregoing spe.
ci6cston, and shown in the accompanying draw.
ines"
The truth ofthe above may be ascertained from
the records Of the Patent Office to which all have
access.
WIN. p. MCCONNELL,
BY his attorney CHAS G. PAGE.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-02-21

Accommodations for the State and Post
Once Departments.-The House of Represen.
Iatives, yesterday, amended the Civil and Dipo-
matte Appropriation bill, by appropriating three
hundred thousand dollars toward continuing the
Treasury building, TO be expended under the di
rection Of the President Of the United States, ac-
.cording 10 the plan of Thomas U. Walter, and
which has been approved by the Committees (of
both HousesJ on the Public Buildings and
Grounds.
The object of the appropriation is to provide ac-
commodaiions for the State Department, which
now occupies building not ire-proof too small
for its purposes, and not suited to the important
business there transacted. Valuable archives are
slowed in the basement, and are undergoing de-
struction for the want oflight and air.
This subject has frequently been brought 10 the
consideration and urged on the aitentio~ Of Con-
gress by every Administration since the erection
of the Treasury Department.
II is matter of congratulation that the House
has at last acted IN the premises; and there can
be little, IL any doubt, that the Senate will prompt.
~ acqucsce.
In addition to the above, the House adopted an
amendment, appropriating 100000 toward the
enlargement of the Post Office Department build
ing, according TO the plan Of Thomas U. Walter,
the money 10 be expended under the direction Of
the President OF the United States.
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AFancy Ball, at the Washington Assembly
Rooms, on Monday night, afforded much delight
10 hundreds Of young persons, Of both sexes, who
were dressed in various styles OF costume, and
presented a novel and pleasing spectacle inter.
spersed in the exciting dance.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-02-21

Patents.-Among the ,hiriytwo patents issued
from the United States Patent Office during the
past week, is one 10 George Blanchard, Of Wash
ington, d. c., for improvement in lifesaving RATS;
and another to Darlington Wilson, Of New York,
tor an improved griddle
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AGENCY AT WASHINGTON CITY.
(OGce on r Street, nrar Fourteenth Street,
tn CLAIMANTS.

IN SLhlH nv
JULIUS T.. MEIERE,
Late of tbs Pension Office, will attend promptly
TO all business entrusted to him, and will give
special attention TO the prosecution Of claims ior
Pensions, Bounty Land, Land Patents,
Scrip, Back, Pay, &C., &c.
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Copy Of disclaimer Of w. ID. Porter IN has appiiea.
tion for q an Improved still for making GOOD
gas, fled ABgnst 5, 1854. Letters patent i,sued
Augna22, 1854.
IL do moi claim as my invention and discovery
the improvements in making gas from wood, viz :
subjecting the products OF destructive djstiIlaton
therefrom 10 high degree Of heat, substantially
as has been described and for the purposes set
forth in the specification of w. p. Mcconnell"
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DINE APPL E, Brandy, and Canada
I Cheese.
LAWS Norton's brand Pine Apple Cheese, prime.
Superior Brandy Cheese, l ID. Jars.
Do Canada do 4 and ID. jars.
ALSO
English Dairy, imitation Gloster and Cheshire.
Parmesan Cheese, cake, in prime order.
DO do grated in glass jars. ID. each.
For sale by SHEKELL BROTHERS,
Dec l3--3tif No. 40. on Centre Market.
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THE CATHOLIC ALMANAC foris
IL inst published aud or sale at
TAYLOR 81 MAURY'S
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NEW MUSIC.-W. C. ZANTZINGER has
IN just received from the publishers, Firth,
Pond &c Co., New York, and George Willieg jr.,
Baltimore, an assortment Of their latest publica.
tons.
Gs- Pianos tuned, warranted 10 give salts
faction.
STATIONERS' HALL,
adjoining Krkwood Hoas~.
Dec i6-3tawif
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Eutal anb Dnsonal.


Mechanics Institute Fatr.-To majority
OF the visitors TO the fair OF the Metropolitan Me.
chanics' Institute, the room devoted 10 the exhbi
lion Of specimens of the fine arts seems 10 possess
the greatest amount Of attraction. The portraits
of Walker; the daguerreotypes and photographs
Of Whtehurst and the microscopes of Mascher
are objects OF constant attention and admiration
but among the most conspicuous and interesting
display Of the arts in this department is collec'
lion Of photographic portraits of eminent men, pub
shed by c. II. Brainard, oil Boston. This collec-
lion includes portraits of Seward Sumner, Doug
las, Toombs, and other prominent senators and
OF Rev. c. M. Butler; Rev. Byron Sunderland
Bishop Eastburn, Of Massachusetts, and several
other eminent divines. Until we examined these
portraits we were unprepared 10 witness the
great degree Of perfection which the photographic
art has attained in this country. Nothing ever
produced in the Old World can surpass these
specimens. The portraits are drawn by Groze-
lier, of Boston, principally from daguerreotypes
by Vannerson, of this city. Mr.. Brainard is con-
stantly making additions TO his Portrait Gallery
and will soon publish fine portrait of the late
John w. Maury. We are pleased TO learn that
Mr.. Brainard's enterprise is eminently successful.
Arrest of Swindlers.-On Monday afternoon,
a Novascotan, being on Pennsylvania avenue,
was politely approached by gentee-ooking
young man, who invited him TO visit the Capitol
10 see the sta,uary and the paintings! The for
mer, without hesitation, awaited himself of the
guidance Of his new acquaintance; and both at
once proceeded thither. The genteelooking
oaJ IL. nd mi rad
the statue OF Washington, on the eastern grounds,
the former produced from his pocket small
brass ball. opening with spring, which he called
a patent safe. A third man soon made his appear
ance-a confederate OF the latter, but pretending
10 be altogether unacquainted with him. The
result was bet, on the peculiar properties of he
patent and the loss by the Novascotian Of fifteen
dollars.
The dupe made complaint 10 Justice Donn and
officer Charles Kmball undertook 10 search out
and arrest the swindlers; the Novascotian, in
disguise, accompanying him. They proceeded to
the Capitol, yesterday afternoon, and the box
game gentlemen were discovered, near the statue
of Washington, playing their trick on young
man from the Old Dominion Officer Kimbal i'm
mediately captured Them and, TO accommodate
and save them from the modification of a public
escort, consented TO take them TO the magistrates
Office, in hack, at their expense.
Justice Dom, after examining into the case,
committed them 10 jail, 10 await trial for a con-
spiracy 10 commit a fraud. Their names are, re-
spec,ively, Edward A. Howard and Stephen
Irwin, according TO their own statement. They
had given the Novascotian check for $40 on
,ba Pail paI xUa xvO h
less. Before they were conveyed TO prison, they
returned the fifteen dollars of which they had de-
frauded the Novascotian.
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WOOD GAS.-CAUTION.
he ft known that l. the subsc rfber o.

I'D tanned letters patent in December, 1851, for
an apparatus for the destructive distillation OF
wood, and The making iherefrom Of tar or pitch al
pleasure, and gas; and that in the judgment OF
competent persons the invention Of an appar-
tus recently patented by w. ID. Porter cannot be
used by him or any other person without infring-
ing my said patent. And, further, that what Is
patented by said Porter rightfuly belongs TO me,
as ! expect to prove ere long before the United
States Patent Office and, further, that the OF
said Porter's invention involves also a process
which am now claiming before the United States
Patent Office, and which has been adju judged TO be
patentabe 10 the first inventor thereof and which
said w. d. Porter has formally disclaimed, as APP
pears upon the public records OF said Office, OF
which an official copy is hereto annexed, and also
a copy of his claims.
In the National InteHigencey of the 25th instant
Mr.. Porter announces that he has secured by
patent the exclusive right TO making gas from
wood, and threatens prosecution TO all parties
infringing his patent. l ask how this statement
COMFORTS with the fact Of my patent OF December,
1851, and how far the threat can iniimidate under
such circumstances? Mr.. Porters claim is based
upon movable perforated diaphragm, and was
understood by The Patent Office, as il appears
from the records Of the Patent Office that his
claim was al first refused as interfering with
prior patent TO Robert Fouls, OF Canada, for an
equivalent contrivance. This claim, as given be-
low, and in which the perforated diaphragm is the
saving clause. is what Mr. Porter calls securing
the exclusive right 10 making gas from wood
The statement carries absurdity on its front. and
is libel on the good sense Of the Patent Office
IL such claim or right had been eranted il would
forbid every coal-kiln and charcoal mandatory
IN the country.
The following copies of correspondence and
extracts from the records Of the Patent Office will
show the true state of the case:
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
August IS, 1854.
SIR. In reply to your letter Of this date, asking
if any patent has been granted 10 w. ID. Porter,
dated 22d August, 1854, or al any other time, or
10 any other person or persons, securing TO him
or them the ercihtsiue right Of making gas from
rood" and whether any such claim was made by
w. d. Porter, under his application for patent,
which letters patent were ISSUED bearing the
above date, you are informed that w. ID. Porters
claims believed TO be c mined 10 his nppara-
tus; and, further, this Office is not aware that
patent has been granted heretofore for the erclu-
stue rfgh Of making gas from acosd II would,
however, be unjusti6able 10 expect me TO make
an extended investigation 10 answer your re-
quest.
am, respectfully, your obedient servant
G. Mason, Commissioner of Patents.
w. p. McCoSAELL, Esq,
Care of Prof. G. @. Page, Washington, ID. c.
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~ ENERAL Notions Of Chemistry, by J.
VI p. louze and E. Frenzy, translated from the
French by Edmund G. Evaos, M, ID.
Pebbles from the Lake Shore, or Miscellaneous
Poems, by Charles Leland Porter, A. NJ.
Brushwood picked mp on the Continent, or
Last summers Trip to the Old World, by orville
Horwiiz R.'FARNHAM
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TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
STRANGERS.
Members Of Congress and
w others in want OF perfect timekeepers would
do well TO make their selections at once, in order
TO test their quality before leaving the cty.
Our assortment for both Ladies and Gentlemen
was never so complete as al present, embracing
every description which we ofIer unusually low.
NJ. w GAIT & BROTHER,
Penn avenue, between 9th and 10th streets.
Jan Is
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07
M A r RI e d, #,

In Smyrna, on the 1st inst, by Rev. W. G.
Robinson, Mr.. Jacob p Boyer, TO Miss Mary
R. Delahunt both of this place.
Accompanying the above notice we received
some dellciousicake. for which the happy cou-
pie will please accept our thanks May thc.r
path through life be happy one.
In Philadelphia, on the l1th Oct, by Rev.
Enos r. Williams, Mr.. A p. Rush, of Smyrna,
Del, formerly of Philadelphia, to Miss Mary
II. Bradway, OF Clarksboro', N J.
On the 25h ult, by Rev. Mr. Hammcl, No.
James GOrlnan to Miss Mary j., daughter ct
The Rev. james e. Howe, all of st. Georges
Del.
IN Philadelphia on the 10Th ult, by Rev.
stephen Townsend, Rev. WIN. EIrons, OF Kert
: Co., Del. 10 Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Rayne, Of
! Wilmington, Del.
On the 25'h uIt., by Rev. VIM. l.. Gray. Mr..
W .lam Mears to Miss Emcline H. Belts, both
ot Sussex Co. Del.
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE
PAST SUMMERTIME hive been quietly
manufacturing Boots and Shoes for the Winter
and Fall Trade Not less than ten thousand
pairs of BOOTS and SHOES are now on hand
for our retail trade and out of this stock the
boot and shoe wearing public are to secure
their pIckings. Our assortment is not cquallcd
short Of Philadelphia and in point Of cheap
ness not even there. If the people generally
understood the management OF our busincss
they could see how 1t Is that we can sell cheap
in good earnest. We invariably buy Oui stock
first handed and in large quantltles-sole lea
ther Thousand aud fifteen hundred pounds at
Il time, and whenever Il lot of leather offers it,
self good aud cheap enough, we care not wha.
the quantity may be, we buy II for cash. We
have bought in thus city, at one time, over eight
thousand lbs. OF leather-over four tons weight
The shoe wedrer must know il is u great i'll
ducement that causes us 10 buy SUCH large lots
of leather at II time. This mana ement gives
us the advantage in manufacturing our BuUts
and Shoes much cheaper Than when stock Is
| bought by the single side Ia a retail way -
| That we manufacture largely during the duh
winter and spring Is well known to the public.
This We do when the times are dull, tor then
we have time to attend to IL +; then the wages
are lower, aud good workmem are easy to be
hand, We give our thick, heavy work time Ia
get well dried for the wearer. Thick loOtS put
on as soon as they are made are injurious
! For, thick leather when wet inside of boot,
takes ten times longer TO dry than most people
would think; besides there is a risk of taking
cold while the boot is wet inside We say To
the public now AS soon as jack frost INA kcs his
appearance, which is now, come and see what
we can show you in the cheap boot and sit
line. Ii you think our goods were low last
winter, we can sell you cheaper this "a an
winter. Don't believe the hunbu! cry that
leather is on the rise and SO on, by Il few deal-
ers Ia boots and shues-It is all stuff When
do you ever hear the cry of leather cumir.
down. AS to the prce OF boots and shoes, thiS
fall and winter, we mean to keep their proI r
level, and unless the dealers IN boUts and sh, y
do as we do they cannot expect to reach US in
! point Uf large sales. We have prime lhi, K
boots for men AT only Sl.50 pair also, goud
stout, thick lace bOOls tor wOmen's wear al 62
and - cts. per pair. Many of these kind OF
boots have been in wea- for the last year, aud
: are yet in existence. La all instances s. boots
aud shoes sold by US are warranted, aud # they
rip or break, beyond the natural wear, it wnl
S be repaired gratis. Chidren's Shoes-Both
e boys and girls thick sole leather for only -
e cents pair Only come aud see what W. Gu
, sell yOu, aud see it you can hardly believe our
t own eyes, as regards cheap boots aud shO, s.
n Call at FLANlGEN'S cheap Shoe Store. No.
10 West Second street, sign of the large Black
o Boot, Wilmington Oc24
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07

QSr The author OF "poETIcuL FAcKs" has
furnished US with another rare production, with
the humble request that we give it an inser.
tion. We have had it in our "drawer" for
several weeks, thinking that, sometime our in
tellect might be so frightened as to see its
merit; but. yielding to the anxiety of the
author, who. undoubtedly thinks that it would
be serious loss to the world not to have such
remarkable "orig inat poem to ponder over
we submit Ito the public umpire, yer batin,, eI
spell-ati
The author says, the tune varies to suit III.
words
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07
Goodbye.

heaven we know no sorrow is know
There viii be no parting there.
Farwell, Farwell, is a lovly sound,
But always brings sigh.
But give to me when loved ones part,
That sweat old word Goodbye. .......
Farwell, Farwell, may do for the gay,
When pleasure throng beat nigh,
But give TO me that better word -, a..,t ....
That comes frum the hart, Good-Bye.
Adue, Adue, the Jews could not speak
When Christ arose on high, .'''-'i'
Their hearts fe.t most. lips moved not,
Their eyes spoke gentle Goodbye. ~.
Farwell. FaTwell, was never heard
With berning tear in MaFy's eye, ........
Adue. Adue, she spake IL noi,ogee -.a esas
But, My lord. Ny I.ord, Good.bye. ra' aaa
We meet with loved ones on earth. H. .,..,
:, When friendships pul,s boat high ao1e
But such sweat JOY are saden oft F. 5'aoa {
BY the part IL word Goodbye, I'M .'.a p I.
Beyond earth dark and changeing seane, ei.
\ . II that brigh world on high, 6ii "a l9asf
No farwell sound is ever heard ~, nv. ,l ','l a =,
Hat even the word Good bye.
/ Bnt aiIwiih starry crowns of love, ~ IN
In white robes Of viectosy shall ery,i osasai.
Halleluiah farever to God and Lamb
In that bright mantion above the sky.
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07

VALUABLE RELIc I.OsT.--A valuable relic,
being letter written by Gen. Washington to
a Major of the " Delaware Line" was destroy
ed at the recent FIRE in this town. whilst being
removed with the furniture from the dwelling
of Mr.. E. Cloak Said letter, written on both
sides of the sheet, was framed between two
glasses The frame, minus both glass and let
ter, was only found. Mr.. C. placed a high
estimate upon this memorial, and would moi
have parted with it for a considerable SUN OF
money.
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07

61- DR.. Fsler tas ssid the Aqt. tsn which
stood the house that yves recently burned. 30
feet fropt, rpnPiag hsck i35 feet, TO Dir. y.
Cloak for $500. We understand that it 10 10,
Mr.. C's intention to build upon it.
Within fsw years there have been two
hqqses burnt down immediately on each side
of his. This cannot occur again on one side al
least. and is not likely to occur on the other
as he intends building there brick house will
the modern projections against fire. 's.-
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07

lIoRRIBLE MURDER.-A friend, says the Will |
mington Republican, writing from near Sum
NIT Bridge, on the 10Th ult, says:-Our Qniet
neighborhOod has been thrown into a state of
excitement occasioned by horrible murder
committed by and old colored man, named Spin
low Cooper a resident of PcncadeT Hundred,
near Summit Bridge. The person killed was
the step-son of Cooper, a young man in the
prime Of life, uamed Samuel Clayton alias Trip
pitt. The horrid crime was committed on Sun
day morning about 5 o'clock, and the victim
lived seven hours the wound was irfllcted by
some sharp instrument OH the back aud side of
the neck, and was about six inches long and
cut into the bone of the neck Cooper had
been the evening previous to one OF the privi-
legged rum stores IN district "a, and provided
himself with that necessary article Ram, to fit
him to perpetFate the horrible deed Now,
suppose that it is all right that young und
useful member OF society should be hurried into
eternity, and the county pay the expense of the
prosecution to the tune of some two hundred
dollars and the sober part of the community
foot the bill. And for what! Because a per-
son obtains license for u few dollars, and un-
der the same deals out destruction and death
to those whose appetites control their better
Judgment. The murderer was arrested by
Constable Wolfe and taken TO Delaware City,
and will be lodged in New Castle to-day
Deputy Coroner, X. Anderson, of Delaware
City, held inquest over the body ofthe mur-
dered man yesterday. Verdict that Samuel
Clayton alias TrippIt came To his death by u
wound inflicted on the back and side of his
neck by some sharp instrument in the hands OF
I.Spinlow Cooper. Drs. Crawford and Frolnber-
ger were in attendance at the Coroner's in
quest. -" a. '''' Fl. ...s ..a. 5..f
|
A GEORGIA TRAGEDY.-A few weeks ago ono
of the daughters OF Il wealthy planter OF Tel.
fair county, Ca, eloped with a man of bad char.
acter, during the temporary absence of her
father, and the runaway couple were married
the same evening. Returning the next day
: in buggy through the woods, the bridegroom
was shot and fatally wounded by some person
f in the bushes, and the bride appeared before q
. magistrate and made oath that she beleyet
her father had shot her husband, as he had FIRE
quently threatened to do so, il she went will
! him. jl---...a..,| us.tt 80, s.f-.s .,.q.
THE Coax TREE IN THE UNITED STATES
Ehe cork tree,which hourishes naturally in tn
south of Europe, is an evergreen about twentl
= feet OF thirty feet in hight. The substanc
\ Idenominated cork is the outer bark, which some
4 times grows two or three inches in thickness
From the Patent Office the seed has been dis
trlbuted 10 a number Of States TO test its adap
r ltation 10 our climate, E, .,,,.'
# 0S5- There are now nearly four hundred re
e crults in Newport, KY, barracks, three fourth
9 OF whom will soon be sent to Texas.
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07

OF On the 2sth ult., 600 emigrants frop
Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, passed
through st. Louis for the western frontier
OF On the Both ult.. there arrived at ST.
Louis 1928 sacks Of flour, wheat, barley, oats,
potatoes, hemp, &c.
or John Morrissey, the pugIlist. wine was
implicated in the murder of Bill Poole, is sa
10 be a candidate in the Sixth judicial District
of New York City, for Police Justice!
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07

OF The wheat fields fthe country present
anexceedingly luxuriuntand fourishing,apPear-
ance, The moist and warm weather thus far,
has beea favorable to the rapid growth of the
young plant, and should 1t continue for time,
the wheat generally will be sufficiently for
ware to stand the winter without much injury.
A large breadth of ground has been sown this
tall, as the high prices, at present, ruling the
market have stimulated the farmers to increas-
cd exertions.
Smyrna times., 1855-11-07

OF The licenses TO sell intoxicating drinks
in Kent county, will expire during the present
week. This is a season of rejoicing to
many who have been oppressed and degra-
ded the remorseless tyrunt. Yet, strange to
say, there are many others who have the inhu-
manity TO wish continuation of the sale re-
gard.ess of the misery that may be scattered
abroad in the community. Has politics such a
hold upor US as to make US sell the happiness
OF SO many Tor pariy-powerl