Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-20

chance Tor speculation, he invested leaving an |
He had doubt that she would receive at least |
5000. She has, however, never received one |
cent from Col Cauty. He is employed as finan- |
c Gsi manager Of The Album newspaper When
Col. Spencer was sent to capture the lake and
river boats, Col. Cauty's son accompanied him,
and in consequence of his defence of Castillo got
the position of Captain, and is at present COM
"Mr w. r c. Webster, in order to give i'm
porance and confidence to his attempt to open the
route, brought Col, Cauty with him. Sr. Molina,
the Costa Rica Ambassador, at present in this
city, called on Col. Cauty, and suspects that he
is not an authorized agent to negotiate on behalf
OF his government. ..fr. .rfF ..s
"This, coupled with the fact that sr. Molina
has received no dispatches from home, leads us
to continue to doubt the existence Of the Webster
and Harris grant" - s'.'lf
The TRANSATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.-It is
very certain that at this moment more interest
is being manifested in the success of the expe-
riment of connecting together the two CONT
ncnts by rope of iron-by bridge over which
intelligence is expected to pass between them in
an instant-than in any other, or indeed all
other current business transactions. This may
well be so.
Unsuccessful, its immediate effect will be great
ly to change current methods and modes in the
transaction of financial and commercial business
between the two continents. The prospective eff
Get of its success cannot fail to be to knit the in
terests of the great body of busy, thriving and
thrifty people of Europe and America much moro
closely together, and greatly to increase their
knowledge of each other in all things. All this
must operate to increase the emigration to the
United States of most desirable foreigners; Of
persons of means, attachments. mechanical skill,
&C.; of persons possessed of minds SO enlighten-
ed that they will soon seek to profit themselves
by the general greater advantages of American
citizenship than of citizenship under any other
government under the sun.
LIST OF PArENTs.-The following is the list
Of Patents issued from the United States Patent
Office, for the week ending Aug. Is, lS57-each
bearing that date:
Zachariah Allen, of Providence, r. For
improvement in tubular shafting for mills, &c.
III. III. Baker, Of New Market New Jersey
For improved rotary planning cutters; -.
John III. Cooper, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For i'm
prOvement in gas regulators.
Israel Dodenhof, of Bloomington, lu.-For
improved raking appa ratns for harvesters;
Edward Dugdale, Of Burlington, n. J.-For
improvement in CRATE bars of furnaces.
f.. l.. Gaylord, of Terrysville, Conn.-For i'm
proved machine for bending metal plates.
sidney OOQley, of LOckp0Tt, n. N.-FOr I'M
provement in cooking stoves.
Charles $. Goodman, Of Washington, d. c.
For Improvement in hoops for ladies' skirts.
Jared o. Nj Ingersoll. Of Ithaca, N. Y-For
improvement In manufacturing metal buttons.
Francis II. Jones, of Fredericksburg, Md-For
improvement i'm eye-shading apparatus.
Magnus King, of Reading, Pa.-For improve
ment In percussion powder.
Philo Maltby, Of Dayton, O.-For improved
machine for dressing saws
James Mitchell, Of Osceola, Iowa-For i'm
provement in railroad car brake.
Julius Perry, of Plymouth Hollow, Conn.,
For improved machine for bending metal plates
John c. Schoolev, Of Cincinnati, O.-For i'm
pr0vement in inhaling apparatus:
provement in the construction Of artificial hands
John f.. Smith, Of Troy, N. Y.-For improve
ment in Geographic repeaters:
Edward w: Stephens and Richard Jenkins, of
Covington, Ky.-For improvement in railroad
rail.
PIP Stewart. Of Troy, N. Y.-For improve
ment in bakers for cooking stoves
Timothy F. Taft, of Worcester, Mass-For
improved shears for cutting metal
Jos. V. Tibbets, Of New York, n. Y-For i'm
provement in hot air registers.
LauristOn Towne, of Providence For
improved machine for twisting curb chains
Daniel Woodbury., of Rochester, N. Y.-For
improvement in portable horse powers.
ment in self-acting mules for spinning.
Leo de la Peyrouse, Of Paris, France assignor
to Michael J. A. Quiet, of New York, N. Y
Il
Reissue Jeremiah Carhart, Of New York n
Y.-FOr improvement in reed musical instru-
ments. Patented Dec. 2s, 1916; reissued June "a,
1856.
Who Struck BILLY PATTERSON The Re-
publican party newspapers have already
changed their recent shouts over the alleged
election of Rollins to the GOvernorship of Mis-
souri, to means, grOans, and jeremiades over the
alleged frauds by which he has been beaten
Their charges of fraud are precisely what might
have been looked for. They have never yet
been beaten by the Democrats, in close con-
test, without essaying to cover their defeat after
that fashion. In this case, they pretend to
accuse the returning oficers-not in one, or two,
or three, or four counties, of forgery and per-
jury-but of forty or fifty counties. Indeed
all, according to their newspapers, who have
had anything to do with making up the returns
of such Of the counties as were originally re-
ported to have done better for Rollins than the
sequel proved are forgers and perjurers. Who
struck Billy Patterson, we ask again?
SOMETHING INTEREsTING.-Att the Navy De-
partment, we saw, this morning, specimens of
the cable or wire rope now being laid for tele.
graphic purposes, in all stages of PREPARATION
first, the frail copper wire; next, that coated
with the gutta percha in solution; next, that
again coated with the twisted iron wire protec-
ton of the gutta percha against being crushed
off by the tremendous pressure of the water to
which it will be subjected, at the bottom in
some places at least 1000 pounds to the square
inch and still again that with the coating of
tar to which it is last subjected.
These specimens are so arranged as that the
observer can at glance comprehend all the ar
engagements of metal and gutta percha neces-
sary to the completion Of the cable as it is now
being laid down.
THE DRIED SCoTr DECISION IN THE GENERAL
LAND OFFICE.-The general presumption act of
1S4l contains stipulation that the recipient of
its benefits shall be "a citizen of the United
States" or shall shave filed his declaration of