Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-05

| for the immense estate he subsequently nc
| auired in commerce. One such "d-dfurriner
| is worth, for the substantial interests of oul
country, all the blathcr-skiteing politician,
who hate honest labor, to be found between
Washington and Boston.
The Opposition Caucus The folio wing
telegraphic despatch copied from a Baltimore
paper of this morning) gives the result of the
anti administration caucus held last night:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-The Anti-Administra-
| ton Caucus at tho Capitol to-night was attend
ed by between so and so members Hon j
| U. Petit, of Indiana, presided. French S.
Evans, of Washington was nominated for Ser
gearit- at Arms; Capt. M. c. Darling, of New
York, for Door Keeper Robert G. Morris, of
Pennsylvania, for Postmaster; 0. Follett edi-
tor of the Ohio State Journal, for Printer 1t
is understood that Col. Schooler, of the Cincin.
natl Gazette, is associated with this gentleman
V. w Smith, Of Syracuse, and Nathanie
Sargant were his competitors
This account is wrong only in one particular
That is, there were not more than 20 members
present. The Caucus was wholly in the hands
Of the influences in the Opposition who were
the immediate hackers of Mr.. Banks, in the
late protracted contest. That is, of the Gid
dings, Wade, and Stanton faction.
Unlocked Some $500, 900 payable to per-
sons in this city, was lockedeup necessarily
during the recent prctracted contest for a
Speaker. Saturdays work enables the proper
officers of the Treasury to pay it out. For
wanaofthat amount long since due, our fellow
citizens in almost every branch of business
have been pinched and oramped for money,
as never before; most Of it being payable d.
rectly or indirectly to persons least able to
lay out of money duo to them at this season
of the year, when under ordinary circum-
stances money is most abundant in Washing
ton. We give them joy over the relief they
must experience in the course of the current
week, in which nine-tenths Of it will probably
find its way into the hands of those to whom
it belongs.
Colour talented, truthful and ingenu.
Gus neighbor yesterday insinuated claim
that tho election of Mr.. Banks, to be the
Speaker, is IA Amertcan triumph. The public
at large should understand that such "Ameri-
can" triumphs are not those over which the
Southern Americans in the House rejoice. Nor
are they such as give pleasure to our Know
Nothing fellow citizens of this District, we are
happy to be able to write. Had House prin-
ter been elected las we'll as a Speaker,) on
Saturday last, our talented, truthful and in
genuous neighbours opinion would probably
been very differently expressed indeed. So
they so.
The Committees esterday evening it
was whispered around the hotels that Speaker
Banks had determined to appoint Mr.. Gid
dings Chairman of tho Committee on Terri
tories, and Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, Chairman
of the Committee on Elections. This story was
certainly generally credited among the Re-
publicans.
A Debat able Question have done our
best to learn precisely how many votes the
GUS neighbor received in the Anti-Administra.
tion caucus last night for printer, and cannot
ascertain positively whether it was one vote
or two votes. "The way of the transgressor
Us hard" indeed.
The Doorkeeper Mr.. Darling was being
elected Doorkecper to the House as we went
to press to-day.
List Of Patents-issued from the United
State Patent Office, for the week ending Feb.
5, ls56-each bearing that date:
Charles Ii. Bush, of Fall River, Mass.-For
improvement in the bell stencil trap.
Solomon Berheisel, of Tyrone Township, Pa.
For improvement in corn dryers
VIM. Ball, of Chicopee, Mass. -For improved
ore washer.
A. Ii. Caryl, of Sandusky, Ohio.-For i'm
proved raking attachment to harvesters.
Levi Chapman, of New York, N. Y.-For
improved Photographic plate wise.
John Cook, of WestmOreland, n Y.-For
Improvement in Tugs for cast iron shingles.
Edward n. Dickerson, of New York, N. Y,
and Elisha Il. Root, of Hartford, Ct.-For i'm.
provement in pumps.
Peter S. Ebert, of Chicago, Ill.-For i'm
prOvement in heating feed- water.apparat
for locomotives.
John G. Ernst of York, Pa.-For improved
saw set
Major H. Fisher, of Sing Sing, N. Y, as
slBnor 10 jos. n. uyue, OF Drlu&eWaIer, mass.
For improvement in cutting files
Elisha S. French, of Binghamton, N Y
For improvement in three wheeleG vehicles.
Thomas Firth, of Cincinnati, O-For i'm
proved feed-water apparatus to steam boilers.
Samuel Gissinger, Of Allegheny, Pa.-For
improved bench wise.
Elisha Harris, Of Providence, R. For
improvement in machines for bending ship
hooks.
Oliver S. Hazard and Isaac Peck, of Coven-
try, r. I.-For improvement in machinery for
making rope.
Harry J. Hughes, of Davenport, Iowa.
For improvement in brick presses
Samuel Macferran, Of Philadelphia Pa
For improvement in hot-air furnaces.
Richard Montgomery, Of New York, N. Y.
For Improvement in carriage springs.
S. S. Mills It M. Bissell, Of Charleston, S. C.
For improvement in weighing scales.
Stephen c. Mendenhall, of Richmond, Ind.
For Improvement in -four bolts.
Geo. r. Moore, of Mount Joy, Pa.-For i'm
prOvement in fre-pOkers.
Francis Morandf, of Boston, Mass For i'm
provement in lanterns.