The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-10-30
VOL. XIII.............:.....NO. 2s.
Tile Mechanical Genius of the C1,,ntrv.

1he Mechanical Genius of tie Country.
The annual report of the United States
Patent Office, shows that the march of in.
vehtIon is exceedingly rapid. Two ponder
GUS volumes, embracing descriptions of the
mechanical improvements patented during
the year 1855, have just been Issued from
that office. They demonstrate ..iat the
number of applications made to the Office
for patents was 4,435, being nearly twice
the number of applications made in 1858.
The number of patciits issued was 2,O24.
more than twice the number granted two
years ago. In ls45-ten years PREVIOUS
the cash receipts Of the Office were S39,s95;
while last year they were s2I0,459, or five
and half times greater.
In this report VIC behold record of the
progress of American mind in the line of
invention for facilitating mechanical opera.
tons. Yankee ingenuity siirpasses that of
the rest of the world. In the pages of the
report arc described machines for decreasing
the labor i'll every department of agricul-
ture; and making it more profitable; for
working i'll all kinds of riieta, and for
flbrlle and textile Substances; new devices
for the many manufactures depending upon
improved chemical processes; Improve
ments i'll steam, gas, and fire engines, ma
chimes, and, indeed, something useful in
every department of industry: If any other
country can show such chronicle Of tile
triumph Of inventive industry, we should
like to see it:-Philadelph;d Epeuiug Jour-
nal
II Gcoa 'Stot'-A correspondent of Por-
ter's Spirit of the Times tells the following
good story:
GA friend of mine somewhat fond of
star gazing, was enjoying the magnificent
meteo'ic shower as the sage of Brooklyn
describes IT. on tile night of the 18th Au-
gust; brought out on his front piazza, his
telescope, to enable him more clearly to
witness the interesting phenomenon. lie
had pointed the instrument towards the
northwestern portion of the firnament
then tile motion arrested the attention of a
rustic then passing, who followed with his
eyes the motion of my friend. At this mo-
ment brilliant meteor shot across tho sky,
my friend unconsciously gave utterance to
his delight, when what was lis astonishment
t. hear from the lips of tile aforesaid rustic,
the following remark:
"Devil! but you've hit lin, n right smart
shot, at that distance"
Il Whole Family az Heaven.-A whole
family in heaven; who can describe their
everlasting joys No one is absent. No
father, nor mother, nor son, nor daughter,
is away. In the world below they were
united in faith, and love, and peace, and
joy. In the morning of the resurrection
they assembled together. Before the throne
Of God they bow together in united adora-
ton. On the banks of the River of Life
they walk hand in hand, and as family
they have commenced career Of glory which
shall be everlasting. There is hereafter TO
be no separation in that family. No one ia
to lie down on bed Of pain. No one is to
wander away in temptation. No one to
sink into the arms of death. Never in hea-
ven IS that family to move along
the slow procession, clad in the habiiments
Of woe, to consign one Of its members to
the tomb. God grant, in his infinite mercy,
that every family may be thus uniied.--
Barnes.
A gentleman provcrbial for his gallantry,
having occasion to ask a lady to pass him
the snuffers, thus addressed her: )" Most
beautiful, charming, and accomplished lady,
by an undeserved condescension Of your in
finite goodness, extend to your most obse-
quious, devoted, and very humble setyan.
that pair Of ignipoteht digests, in order that
may exasperate the excrescences of this
nocturnal cylindric luminary, and thus cause
tho refulgent brightness of its resplendent
brlliancy to dazzle the vision: Of our OCULAR
organs more PERFECTLY.
Energy-"The longer Iglississsss 4
great writer, the more certaintl IanlIthat
the great difference betwseul man, thssersat
and the Insignificant, issenergy iinyiaei.
BILE determiuationsan iio1est purpose
once fixed, and then death Of Victory That
quality will do anything that eoan Bs etlppnae
in the world (; and mo- tslsn eiifsaasi1psssp-
ces, no opportunity, viii lsHisRs.a ;hsaslsg.
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