Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-24

I 1.lG IN
value within the last five years The populatior
at the last census, IL I recollect right, was abou
4 i5oOOoO But what the State is now or ever ba,
oren, IN population and wealth, is no criterion Of
| whdt Is destined TO be under the full deyelop.
ment OF al its resources. -
| BEDS OF coal, iron aud Limestone of the ri, h.
est quality and IN the greatest variety are found
| In Immediate JuXtaposition, and in fields Ter
times larger than those of Pennsylvania Mines
| OF copper ore exist, of unknown extent: innumer
aple and lnexhanstible springs OF salt eush on,
rom natural crevices and artesian wells with
naPtha and gas to perform all the services of liph
and fuel. without wood or coal; her water power
Ior manufacturing purposes is greater than that
OF any State in the Unon her forests are ready tc
| furnish giant timber to any amount reouifed
while the State owns more than 900 square mil
OF oysters and other she'll fish, Welding annually
more than thirty millions of bushels, and en-
ploying nearly 100 600 tons Of coasting vessels ;,
L1sro OF PATENTs.-The following is the lis,
OF Patents issued from the United States Patent
othce, for the week ending Dec. %, lS57-each
bearing that date:
James AperlY and William CIiSsold of Dud
DnuSe, Engldnd.-FOr improvement in mae hin
cry Tor preparing fbrous substances for spinning
Patented in England Dec "a, 1856
Henry l.. BridwelI, of New Albany. Ind For
improved washing machine.
improvement in clocks
Edwin A. Curly, of Wcstport Ct-For i'm
provement in extension tables
j. e Day, of Jersey City, N.J.-For improved
Zina DooIittle, of Perry. Ga-For imnrovsd
riage hubs.
David Ebcrly, of Waynesvillc, Ohio.-For i'm
Provement in shovel plows.
John EibeTweiser, of Cincinnati, O-For i'm.
pTovement In wine and cider press
Nicholas y. Fenner, of Providence r I-For
Improvement in casting hinyeS
Benjamin l.. Griffith, of Hazleton Pa-For ar
IdngsInent OF air tubes in the fire boxes of steam
boilers
=, Geo Hall and Jno. Fordyce, of Morgantown,
'a-tor improved washing mac hine
Jacob l.. Hardenburgb. of FultonviIlc " Y
OF improvement in potato dggers.
A w Hawley, of Milan, Ohio For improve
ment in cultivators
Ezekial II Hawkins Of Cincinnati Ohio -
Tor mode OF treating photographs and other pic
SAMUEL Hickok, of Buffalo, N. Y-For i'm
provement in bedStead Stats
Andrew Hotchkiss, of Sharon Valley, Conn
or Improvement in railroad snow pIow.
Geo w Hubbard, of West Meriden, Conn -
For improvement in sewing machines
WIN u. Huyett, Of Williamsburg, Pa-For
Improvement in machine for cutting and grind
ing corn stalks
Asa johnson, of Cairo, NJ Y.-For improved
machine for rolling cornice.
NJ. Jones, Of Palmyra, N. Y.-For hand
printing press.
George Juengst, Of New York NJ Y-For
improved dynamometer.
WIN. kenyon, of Steubenville Oho-For i'm
proved screw-cutting machine
william Kelly, of Lyon county, Ky.-For i'm
provement in refining iron.
Chas ID Kellogg and VIM. l.. Coan, of Boston
Mass.-For improvement in glass knobs for
doors.
Alonzo r. Ketcham, of Buffalo, N. Y-For
improved hydraulic valve.
Lorenzo d. Law, of Henderson, Ga.-For i'm
PIovement In cotton seed planters.
John h. Layton, of Pittsburp, Pa-For i'm
proved furnace for tempering scythes.
William II Lazelle, of New York, N. Y.-For
improvement in sewing machines
Hesea Lindsey, Of Ashville, N. C.-For i'm
prOveInent in pumps.
Isaac Lindsey, of Providence, r. For i'm
proved mach hine for carving wood
Thomas Lloyd, of Pottsville, Pa.-For i'm
proved Implement for cutting metal tubes
Lewis Martin, of New York. ~ Y-For i'm
Provement in feed water attachments to steam
engines.
Eugene NANNY, of New York NJ Y.-For
improvement in artificial fuel
improved saw set
David NJ. Mefford, OF Perrysburgh Ohio-For
improvement in corn huskeTs
John b. Morrison, of East Springfield, Ohio
For improvement in grinding mill
A A. Needham, of Rockford, In-For i'm
ProVement in casting car wheels.
HoTatio y. Perry, of Buffalo, n. Y.-For i'm
engines.
AbeI Pevey, of Lowell, Mass.-For improve
ment In casting gas retorts.
George NJ. Phelps, of Troy. N. Y-For i'm
proveInent in governors for machinery.
John RICHTER, of ClaTksburgh, Va-For i'm
provement in cultivators.
William Robinson, of Highgate, Vt.-For i'm
provement in vegetable cutters
;. Russell. of Chicago, Ill.-For improve
ment in clothes racks
Forrest Shepherd, Of New Haven, Conn-For
improved apparatus for illustrating comic sections
and the lines Of the globe
Z. w Smart, of Watertown, N Y.-Por i'm
proved approac h-opening farm gate.
GambFill SPrenkel and ThOs. w. Basford. of
Harrisonburgh, Va or arrangement Of oscilla-
ting engines and pumps.
II. r. Stanard, of Wayne, Mich For i'm
proved portable field fence
Frederick Suter, of BROOKLYN, N Y.-For ma
chine for turning the leaves of books
Wm. II, Truesdell, Of Elgin, Ill.-For i'm
proved churn.
Jas. vandolah and Elias Curry, of Dillsbo-
rough, lDd-FoT improved Churn.
LOrin WetheTell, of Worcester Mass-For
Improvement in cultivators.
William Webber, Jr., and John Webber, of
ocktOD, Ill.-For improvement in harvesterx
Elbridge Wheeler, of Marlboro, Mass-For
improved machine for bending horse shoes
Behj'n Chester, of New York, N. Y =, assignor
to w. IL BurnaP, Of Lowell, Mass.-For i'm
A. e. Martin and NJ M. Wombaugh, Of Gin
cinnati. Ohio, assignors to A. G.. Martin and X.
Ashcraft, Of same place.-For improved method
of governing the cut of cir;ular saving machin-
cry.
George r Moore, OF westford, Mass assieuor
TO himself and Charles q Sorgent, of the same
o. L. Reynolds, of Dover, N. H., assignor to
Hiram r. Snow, of same place.-For improved
method for cutting the zg-zag grooves in the
stiles OF wash boards.
Samuel Gardiner. Jr., Of New York, "
For mode OF lighting as by electricity.
RsiSSHs Rufus Porter, OF Washington, ID. G.
For improvement In automatic grain weighing
achne. Patent dated May 5th, 1857
DsSigHS.-Elias lngraharn, of Bristol, Ct.-For
design for clock fronts.
jaime. ID. wilIoughby, OF Pleasant Hall, Pa
FO design for trade ma ks on plough springs, &c.
} cob Steffe, James Horton ana John Currie,
Of Philadelphia, Pa, asSignors to NJ. w. Jackson
and W. ii Wooden, of Berwick, Pa.-For de-
sign for cooking stove.
additional ImprorSDIent.-FeTdinand Klein,
Of Newark N. J.-For improvement in skates.
Patent dated April LIST, 1856.
The LByIATBAN.-The work at the launch
was resumed early yesterday morning, and with
great difficulty start Of few inches was made.
Unfortunately, the pressure required after this
L.