The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-20

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which might well have broken the stoutest spirit his
language everywhere and under all crcunsances was
that Of announcement and of profound conviction Of
fna success Not only in the United States did he thus
exert himself To establish and amply to every pable se
his invonton but la England France and other coun
tries OF Europe he zealousy pursued the same career
In 1855 he appeared at the Worlds Fnir IN Paris and the
golden medal and tho Grand Cros; OF the Irion of Honor
awarded TO him as the representative of his coun
try's Inventive genius Fortune however while thus
carcssing him with ono hand was at the same mo
ment shifting him with the other; for we learn from
the testimony that these brilliant memorials passed
from the Emperor and reached their honored recip
lent then the occupant of q debtors prison among
strangers and in n foreign land--4thus adding vet
another to that long sad catalogue of public ben
efacors who have stood neglected. and npoyerisl,ed
in the midst az the waving harvest of blessings
they had bestowed upon their race Throughout
ali these scenes of trial NO yiydly depicted by the evil
dcnce he derived no support from the sympates of the
public. Whiio the community at large seem to have
looked ON him AZ one chasing a phantom there were
times when evon his best friends turned away from him
az an idle visionary and he was ated to encounter on
every side sneers and culo to which each bafcd ex-
pertinent and the pocrnary loss it inflicted added vet
keencr edge The rnercenary naturally enough pro-
nouncc his expenditures so freely made culpaby waste
ful the selfish and the narrow minded greeted the ex
preston OF his enlarged and ar-rcachng views az the
wings Of an enthusiast while it Is fair to infer from the
depostons that not few OF the tind and ploding who
cling trembngy apprehensive Of change to the beaten
paths of human thought and action regarded him ms
wandering on the very brink of insanity if not already
pursuing its wild and iickerinr lights such in all times
has been the fate Of the greatest spirits that have
cd on the arena Of human Discovery and such will prob
ably continue To he the doom az ali whose salwnrt strides
carry them in advance of the race 70 which thew belong
with s,ch a record of t, of nryaton q courage nnd
Of N the midst Of scoIraaenens the most
depressing n n safe n affirm that not only has tbe an
plieant se that dne diligence eno,ne, NV law bnt that
his d;livence has l,r l., ece and In merit nrhars
wthonl naraJ!eI In the annals Of invention 1T. .
Before entering upon an examination of the second
..,ntestants n,,,st 10 mat and dec;dai M -r-
The account of expenditures and receipts originally
nrcscnted IL Il admitted was too GENERAL In its terms to
be accepted as compliance with the requirements of the
statute Hence siseouentlv in April an additional Or
amended account was offered which in consequences of
the absence Of the applicnt n England ys not sworn to
by him until the 23d of that month and was not filed in
this office as ,x ,sr61y nntil tho 9Th Nav This amend
ed statement was intended not as substitute for the
original but az correction of certain inaccuracies which
had crept into It, and as furnishing the details which law
and usage demand n Is objected that IL should not
be considered because when fist lodged here II was
without the oath Of the applicant and becase when that
oath was appended on the 9Th Nav t was too late for the
contestants to take their rebung testimony It will be
observed that there il nothing in the circumstances at
tending this delay calculated to excite suspicion of
desire on the part Of the applicant to suppress the truth
by sitting INQUIRY and i must be also borne In mind
that although there IA rule Of this office On The subject
the statute is silent "a TO the time when tho account shall
be fled It Ia true that it must be under oath and
the oath Of the paentee was no doubt by
the trainers Of ho law hut II = aso true that cases have
arisen in which that cath wss necessarily and properly
dispensed with as when the paetee had died or become
insane Other cases may well he imagined in which the
oath of parties entirely snterested and having thor
ough knowledge Of the subject-mattc would be more
satisfactory to the judicial mind than that Of the patentee
The amended account was as early az the 9Th Of April
verified by the oaths of number Of snterested wit
protesting acquaintance with the transactions
which it relates and this is claimed to BIZ substantial
compliance with the statute Assuming that the
tcstants not bound to take rebutting testimony
until after the account had been by the appli
can't yet they had notice of the existence and character
of that account through copy served on them early
the goth April and this was sufficient to put them
upon inquiry Being thus distinctly apprised of what 1t
proposed to prove they could have occupied them
selves in discovering such evidence as might exist their
favor and in taking at least the preliminary steps to the
examination Of the witnesses The time for taking the
days. between the 9Th and 24th of May allowed for
sailing the account by counteracting testimony and we
are warranted from the record in presuming that this
time was with the greatest zeal and activity devoted to
the taking Of depostons and that all the witnesses who
could be found, having knowledge of facts deemed inn
portant for the contestants and who willing to de-
pose examined 1t is that Mr. Cozzcns in his
deposition expresses the opinion that there had not been
thing like enough time since the filing of the ap-
plicants petition and statement to properly prepare Mn
opposition thereto. ! Waving the obvious criticism
upon this language, it is complete to say, that
the name of witness is given whom the contestants
were prevented from examining for want of time,
nor any fact material to thcm alleged to exist and TO
he susceptible Of proof, but which they denied
opportunity OF establishing In the absence OF any such