The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-25
WASHINGTON, July %. 1856.

wAsHlSsTos, July %, 1856.
approaching Adjournmcat Of Coagrcss-Spmptons
Of Breaking Up-7he Rirp aud Hir5or In
prortmenf DiRs-7hc Pacific RoHrold- TIL
yyyood,rorh Paint-BH for tho RsipJ Of IA
PdfcHfcs.
Congress having fixed the day of adjournment, a
general rush is made upon members by those who
have bills to pass and favors TO ask The door keep
CTS declare this TO be the busiest day Of the session.
Where this host 81 claimants spectators and pro-
lcssionai" men have come from just now, is some
thing OF a mystery; but they are to be met with at
every step, having some one by the button hole
whose services are required.
A very general wish l. manifested, by members Of
both Houses, TO take out Of the general order the
numerous reported bills for river and harbor i'm
proyements. The fate OF these bills will be deter
mined by the result Of the motion TO call them up.
II will be reooected that Congress threw aside the
veto OF President Pierce on the three improvement
bills which, al the early stages Of the session, had
passed, and which, il would appear, were more ex
ceptonable than those now under consideration.
II wss intended 10 give this week to the settle
ment of the contested election cases, but inte
rests are at work which may postpone this subject
until the next session. One Of these interests in
connection with the above il the Pacific Railroad
bill, the friends Of which insist shall be passed
This Il by no means impossible when IL IL under.
stood that an alliance has been perfected between
the Pacific advocates and the friends OF certain
land bills who have large interests at stake, and
who are on hand 70 their carried safely
through before the adjournment Of the present
sion.
Something may also be expected from the advo-
Gates OF the patent extension principle In the House.
The owners of the Woodwork patent will have
separate bill reported for their especial relief and
benefit II IL now ready and the proper time Il only
waited for 10 bring Il forward II will be shown,
far as writing can do IT, that the parties interested
are impoverished by their losses In the great In.
| ventions. and that permission to enjoy the mo-
nopoly Of il for fourteen years longer Is both inst
| and proper The owners Of this patent have
i had the exclusive benefit Of IL for twenty
i seven years, and the clear profits that
| il has netted according 10 documents and
data In the possession Of the Patent Office, amounts
10 but a little short Of four millions Of dollars.
/ Where this money has been spent, or how IL has
\ been lost, matters nothing, when considering the
4 fact that between Woodwork and the present own
4 ers such a profit has been actually received. In
1 Washington and in the adjoining cities and towns,
repeated prosecutions for nfringements Of the pa
I tent have been made, and honest mechanics have
been ruined for having introduced in their shops
some discovery OF their own for planning and groov-
l ing boards, but which were pronounced infringe
| ments upon the Woodwork patent. fourteen
wars extension at this time Is nothing less than TO
place the honest industry q the builder and carpen-
Ter az the mercy Of Woodwork & Co. Notwith