Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-15
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

tepefal had no more 10 90 Win originating
the recent arrest and prosecution Of Messrs.
Kinney ard Fabens than the man In the
moon We state these facts II but for the
mischievous purpose OF frightening the 'poth-
Grafton into which the New York press hsye
worked themselves in thoir efforts to blow up
the Kinney expedition bubble, their "soap
suds' being altogether baseless stories. II
will be recollected that ell thes. New York
dilibustering 'e1pediliorr. newspapers were not
long since aSuSS,pg the Attorney General for
ai'ese' sympathy and direct completely with
his humbug, and also with the Quitmsn
scheme against Cuba, Their sudden change
of iune upon it with as little for its justifca-
ton as they had for their original and con
tTary position, shows that their conductors
have little fxed character, which rarely ex
lists where there is a want Of fixed purpose and
views On public afisirs.
Bnt We have just now to deal with the
false pretences On various points upon which
these journals are putting up the spec ula.ion
One is, that the Nicaragusn government ia
vors it, it being alleged that they made the
grant, &c. Now tho Nicaraguan minister,
who alone is authorized to represent the views
of his government in this country, fixes false
hood on the front Of that allegation, not only
through the press, bat officially TO the govei n
ment hero
1t was also pretended that this Government
favored this speculation, because its CONNER.
cial agent at San Juan was in il; and We nay
not fail here to add, that We have every rea
son to believe that this queer haIlucinaton
vas, ID a measure, at the bottom Of the turn
things took in the trial of the case before
Judge Ingersol. However, We have taken 90.
casicn TO explode that roorback. So there is
nothing left of 1t.
Another Of these roorbacks is as follows:
He has taken prisoner young, beautiful
and accomplished belle of the Fifth avenue, a
flesh and blood angel, said to be literally
worth her weight in gald, 10 say nothing Of
diamonds, stocks AND real esi ate, and she has
agreed, for better or worse" to try the
name and fortunes of Col Kinney, expedition
and all"
We fancy that Col. Kinney must have been
nsttled beyond expression at this last but per
hsps net silliest Of the Kinney expedition
rooEbacks. For there happens to be in Texas
a lady who some years ago took " for better or
for worse" I" the name and fortunes of Col
Kinney'-Mss. Herbert, a widowed daughter
Of Judge Webb, late of Florida lady who
previous TO her marriage to Col X. was "the
youig, beautiful, and accomplished belle" Of
Galveston, Houston, Austin, &c
Who 10 the Inventor Of the Mccormick
Reaper The great majority of our country.
men have little idea of the ms and out. and
quirks and turns Of the business of paten,ees.
Hardly an invention which proves to be of
great Importance Is patented, except by and
through the mental labors of divers persons.
That is, in most cases the pateptee who sue.
ceeds in introducing his paten ted article into
general use, ia much more apt to be the com
piler of other mems thoughts than the origi
natnr Of great idea or combination Of me.
chsnicai ideas of his own. The fact is forcibIy
brought to our mind on learning that Isaac j.
Hite, Of White Post, Va, has now before the
Patent Office an application for patent for
HE original " combination of raker's seat
and the reel, in reaping machipcs" McCor-
mick obtained patent for a reaper In 1884
nhich has run out. In 1874, We recoll.c,
our old friend Thos. p. Jones-previously the
head Of the patent bureau-applied for a
patent las agenD for this combination of Mr..
Hite, depositing the model in the Patent
Office.
But objections were made by Commissioner
Ellsworth to the grant of the patent for Hite's
Invention, which coon resulted into a peremp-
tory refusal, Notwithstanding Dr. Jones Efforts
70 bring about different result.
In lS47, when rev men were in the Office
and the original model CT Hite had long re.
NAMED hid by a multitude Of specimens Of all
sorts Of inventions by our countrymeu, McCor.
mick obtained q patent for the combina.
ton Of the reel and raker's seat, located
and arranged az described or the equivalent
thereof" This, in fact, is but the application
tc bis tMcCOrmick's) old machine of the min.
ciple or Improvement for which Hi.e had been
P'S'i'eoiJ eobiou patent, ana without which
the machine would have been practically use.
less. The McCoIn mick patent, against the re
neWal OF which 60 many petitions were sent to
Congress, ia the one last above mentioned
The discovery Of the fact that Hite, not Nc
Cofhiok, should have been the 0 iginal pa.
tentee, of which there now can be little doubt
1t seems to rs, goes to show the correctness Of
our declaration, that few, indeed, of the val.
liable inventions are patented to original in
ventors Of the articles in question, and also to
enforce the duty Of great care in sitting the
claims Of parties to be original inventors.
g. York AtLee, Esq.-This gentleman,
though protesting very great contempt for the
Star, takes occasion to notice the article pub
lishsd in our Washington News columns on
Saturday, explaining facts involved in his
connection with Office in this city neces s1ry TO