Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-12-26

t1at OF FlOldtoTS Ol penal statuteS, WAV oi0 w"
few in number to be considered in such con-
nection. Wherever all tho other onigrants
from Europe have settled they have in ninety
in every hundred cases proved industrial bless
ings to our land, and as such they have been
welcomed throughout the South and will con-
tinue SO to be welcomed. Nearly every po-
litical refugee who has come hither is atheist
| and notorious scoffsr at christianity, and the
idea of encouraging this class to como among
us is quite as repugnant to the Catholic church,
| as to any other christian Organization.
/ Mr.. Buchanan on squatter sovereigGty.-
The editor of the Southside Democrat, who
| recently visited Wheatland, thus gives his
| impressions of the views Of Mr.. Buchanan
upon the Squatter Sovereignty question:
"Ho has planted himself immovably on the
elementary principles of self government en-
bodied in the Kansas Nebraska acts, and is
| prepared to follow whithersoever these princi
| Piles honestly carried out shall lead, whether
| it be to slave or free territory.
"The opinion he entertains is that the ter
| ritories of the Union are the common property
| Of the States, equally open to settlement by
| tHe ClJlZ6DS Oh Sll tn&L WneO tUeSc lSIIlOrlee
| are ready for admission as States, then, and
| not untt[ then, Hstr people kare the rfght 10
| meet m conUentiOn and to dettHe and TO de-
| termtne, EN their organic (G,cS, tie character
| of theGr domestic institutions. This is the
! uoctriue held by Mr.. Buchanan now, and is
not newly conceived inasmuch as il is identi-
| cal with that contained in his letter to Mr.
| Sandford as far back as 18iS 1t is the same
| opinion repeatedly announced by his confden-
| Il T tbo a.
| of the House Of Representatives. gentleman
who by the way voted in committee at Gin
cinnati to incorporate distinct expression Of
this view in the national platform of the Dem
ocratic patty" -
List Of Patents.-The following is the lis,
of Patents issued from the United States Pat
ent Office for the week ending December %,
1856-each bearing that date:
Jonathan Adams, of Eatonton, Ga.-For
improvement in plows.
Harry Abbott, of Huron, n. Y.-For i'm
provemeIt in cider mill
John Armstrong, Of New Orleans, La.-For
improvement in steam boilers.
G. Ii. BabcOck, Of Westerly, r. I.-For
Improvement in printing presses.
VIM. W. Bryan, of SchaghticOkc, ". v
For improved mode of securing brass ia the
snath of grain cradle.
Wm. B Burnett, of Lyons, n. Y.-For i'm
proved portable field fence.
Chauncy o. Crosby, of New Haven, Conn -
For improvement in machinery for folding
paper.
RALPH Collier, of Baltimore, Nd, assignor
to Alfred IL. Reip and Ralph Collier OF same
place For improvement in rotary egs bat
ers.
Theodore Cook, of Springfield, Mass.-For
improvement in stoves and furnaces.
Henry Davenport, of Now York, \. Y
Fo- improvement in machines for cutting india
rubber thread.
Plat Evens, Jr., Of Cincinnati, Uhio.-For
hand printing press.
Andrew L Fuller, of Clinton, Mass.-For
improvement in looms
John T. Garlick, of Now York, n. Y.-For
improved spring hinge.
C. B Galentine, Samuel Galentinc, and An
drew J Russell, OF Nunda, n. Y.-For i'm
proved hoof expander
Andrew NJ Hall, Of West Falmouth, Me-
For Improvement in moving machines
Edward B. Howe, of Lowell, MaSs.-For
improvement in trimming card clothing.
Sandy Harris, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For
improvement in bedstead fastenings
Jacob HcckeedOrp, Of ElktOn, Md.-For
improvement in plOws.
Joseph Kingsland, jr., of Franklin, n. j.
For Improvement in paper pulp engines.
Edward w Lacy, of Oak Park, Va For
Improvement in hemp brakes.
Jesse Ladd, of Holderness, n. H.-For IN
proved machine for pointing shoe-pegs.
Wm. r. Landfcar, of Manchester, Conn
Fer improvement in sewing machines
James Letort, of Wytheville, Va.-For i'm
proved door fastener.
VIM. Maher, Of Slack, ky.-For inpr .ve-
ment in blacksmiths crane.
VIM. Mason, OF Warren, Mass.-For in-
proved device for operating fluid meters by
hand
William Il. McNa1y. of Brooklyn, n. Y
For improvement in the manufacture of ho-
siery.
Lea Pusey, Of Downingtown, Pa.-FOr ar
rangement Of railroad platform scales.
John II III. Perkins, Of Utica, n. Y.-Eor
Improvement in hot air furnace.
Hermann Schroeder, Lewis Salewski, ard
VIM Schmidt, of Bloomington, Ill.-For i'm
proyement in breech loading fire arms.
Seligman II Strouse and Joseph StrOuse, Of
New York, n. Y.-For improvement in shirts.
Levi Skeols, Of Ostrander, o For improve
ment in timers shears
Edgar M. Stevens, Of Boston, Mass.-Eor
improvement in corn shelters.
Sylvester Sherman, Of New York, n. Y.
For Improvement in truss pads.
Werner Staufen, Of Prussia a-FOr improve
ment in preparing vegetable fbres for stufing
mattresses and cushions. Patented in Eng
land November 2, 1855
Alfred Smith, of Bronxville, n. Y.-FOr
improved mode of connecting shafts with the
axle trees
John Stowell, of Charlestown, Mass.-For
improved method Of hanging reciprocating gig
saws.
Gideon o Spence, of Elmira, N. Y.-For
improvement in melOdeons.
Clark Tompkins, of Troy, N. Y.-For i'm
prOvement in knitting machines.
Joseph Welsh, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For
improvement in lubricating spindle steps.
A. F. Warren, Of Brooklyn, n. Y.-For
fountain pen.
Allen B. Wilson, of Waterbury, Conn.-For
improvement in portable head rests.
VIM Hannah, of Middlefeld, N. Y, as
signor to III. Bowen, and VIM. Hannah
aforesaid. d.-For improved machine for trim
| ming bolts.
Elnathan Sampson, of Vergennes, VT, as
signor to the 'Vergennes Scale Manufactu-
ring Company of Vergennes afOresaii.-For
| improvement in weighing scales
Samu Gssinger and John W. Kellberg, of
Allegheny City, Pa assignors to ID. A. Nor
| ris, of Pittsburg, Pa.-For improvement in
converting reciprocating into rotary motion.
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