Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-28

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Bradbury's majority, So.
Notwithstanding this palbable result, the of.
fetal count places Foster 137 ahead
In the Third District, French (R y has been
declared elected by Sc majority. This has been
effected by the receiving of the vote in the town
of Montville, the home OF the late Republican
Representative, Knowlton, which is gIaringly
fraudulent. Of this vote the Bangor Union
says:
"'fhe Democracy of Maine may now rest as
surred that they will have two representatives in
the next Congress, viz: johnson from the third
district and Bradbury from the sixth The semi
of.cial count at Augusta gives F rench, Johnson's
opponent, So majority. but such were the irregu-
laTities and illegaities in the town of Montviile
alone that no just tribunal could fail to pronounce
Col. johnson fairly and legally elected.
"ln the morning when the polls were opened
no check list was present and none was used until
some hftv votes had been deposited In the ballot
box When the result was announced, sixty-fve
more ballots Were declared than there were names
marked upon the check list. Now our statutes
require two things first, that check list be
prepared by the selectmen and be deposited with
the town clerk before the 10Th OF August; and
second, that the check list, be kept and used at
the polls by the selectmen, and that the name Of
the voter should be found upon the check list
aud marked before he deposits his ballots. Mel
Their OF these requirements We're complied with
therefore, be clearly rejected
The efforts Of the Republicans at Augusta
and elsewhere to derive consolation from the
twisting and turning of figures for the defeat Of
Foster in the sixth district, is simply amusing
Ii is settled fact that Bradbury is elected to the
next Congress, and will have his seat in it'
SEWING MAcHINEs.-Though already the
country seems to be full of sewing machnes-
for they are to be seen at every turn-it is
really surprising how few families have come
to avail themselves OF their assistance i'm light
ening the labor of their female members Those
in the various trades that not long since re-
quired many needles in human hands, have
everywhere, where they do extensive business
resorted to the sewing machine; and in so
doing, instead of lessening the demand for
female labor, have been compelled to employ
thousands Of women and girls at advanced
wages-persons skilled in the use of the sewing
machine-without decreasing the number of
their employees engaged on hand work. The
explanation of this fact is that the use of the
sewing machine has SO chespened their manu-.
features as greatly to increase the demand for
them, and has also created, as it were, heavy
demands for articles which previous to their
of the family circle. Thus, until their inven-
ton, no one heard of business houses employ
ing hundreds of females to make bags, or to
manufacture ladies' skirts, &C., &C. In this
way the result of the use of the sewing ma.
chine by manufacturers has served to demon
strate that improvements in machinery benefit
the laboring classes, as clearly as the result of
the invention of the machinery of cotton mills
long since demonstrated the same fact, though
when first coming into use the operatives lin
England) for some years did their best to de-
stroy them clandestinely, under the erroneous
impression that they would take the bread out
of their mouths
We have watched the progress of the sewing
machine with earnest attention, because long
since impressed with the belief that no other
invention of modern times is likely to prove
more beneficial to society at large. in our
own family, One-a Grover h Baker machine
that cost SIPS employed, and we can safely
say it saves more than One-half the previous
labor of making up and repairing the wearing
apparel for some thirty persons; an economy
of labor of which every housewife will instantly
comprehend the Importance and value. Its
management is so simple that after half an
hours attentive study (of the working of the
machine) we were able to instruct those who
use it for US in as short time, so az that with
far fewer baulks than we anticipated, they
were soon able to use it with as much facility
and certainty as though experienced with it for
years. 1t answers all purposes required of it,
from stitching ladies' collars to patching and
making the clothes of plantation hands, and
making up plantation bags. That is to say, it
answers equally we'll, and most satisfactorily,
for fine or coarse work Its use enables a seam
stress to accomplish al least ten if not twenty
times as much work as one can possibly accom-
plish when sewing by hand. Such is the result
of our own experience with Grover 4 Baker
sewing machine, and we therefore do not hest
tate to say to all who necessarily have the sew
ing Of family carried on, that the sooner they
provide themselves with a sewing machine the
better, at any reasonable cost. The work is
substantial, and much neater and more regular
than is usually done by hand.
An INTERESTING DECISION Joseph S.
Wilson, Esq, Acting Commissioner of the
General Land Office, has just rendered an i'm
portant decision, concerning Leavenworth ISL
and, which involves the question of the bound
airy line between the State of Missouri and
Kansas Territory. The decision is rendered on
application of Weldon Mersham to pre-empt
portion of land lying upon the said Island.
Mr.. Mersham certifes and proves that said
island is contiguous to the Missouri shore,
and only separates therefrom by slough, in
high water, and that the whole channel of the
Missouri river flows between the Island and
the State Of Kansas. In consideration, there.
fore, that the act of June 9TH, 1856, establish
ing the western boundary of the State of Mis-
souri, extends the jurisdiction of that State to
the river; and that the organization of Kansas
Territory by the act of May Both, 1854, is a |
subsequent transaction, and that the eastern
boundary of that Territory, as defined by said
act, is made to depend on the western bounda-
ry Of the State of Missouri, the Commissioner
decides that the boundary of the said State ex-
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