Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-05

sion it might be deemed for fnn-ereal remarks
We accordingly hereby transfer our charge to
the Sun, which alone made the mortuary an
nouncement -
TIE Uuited States steam
er Metacomet arrived at the Barbados on the
11th ult., after q run of ten days from Key
West She would coal Immediately and sail
for Paraguay. -
OPERATIONS OF THE PATENT OFFIcE-The
following is list of patents issued from the
United States Patent Office for the week end.
ing Feb. l. 1S59-each bearing that date:
Manoah Alden, of Philadelphia, Pa For i'm.
proved apparatus for raising and forcing fuids.
Charles F. Allen, Of indianapolis, nd.-For
improvement In burners for vaPor lamps
Zachariah Atkinson, of Richmond, Ga.-For
improvement In cotton press. .
B. Atwater, of Berlin, Wis.-For improve.
ment in car couplings.
Charles F. Bellows, Of Seneca Falls, ". Y
For improvement in pumps
d. p. Burden, of Brooklyn, N. Y.-For i'm
provement in ovens.
John Burnisb, James Talbot, and Thomas w
Yardley, of Pottsville, Pa For improvement in
huxes for pudding iron
Ziba Casterline, of Liberty, nd.-For improv-
ed washing machine.
Reuben Cave, of Louisville, Ky For improv-
ed machine for polishing metals
Willis l.. Childs, of Piermont, Of N. YSFor
improvement in railroad car seats.
VIM Coutie, of Troy, N. Y.-For improved
water wheel.
Joseph Cowee, jr., of Keene, N H-For meth
cd Of variegating wood.
VIM. M. c. Cushman, of Albany, N. Y-For
improvement In splice Of bar rails.
Chas. }. Dickinson, Of Poughkeepsie, N Y
For improvement in harvesters
Porter Dodge of Francestown, N. H.-For i'm
provement in stoves.
Jas. b Duff and Thos. w. Heating, Of New
k. N " - euyplODo mochin0
Wright Duryea, of Glencove, N Y.-For i'm
provement in apparatus to manufacture starch.
Chas o. Harrington, of Brewer, Me-for i'm
provenent in machine Tor turning or edginy
bricks.
Chas. Fassoldt, of Rome, NJ Y-For improved
escapement for time keepers.
Samuel L. Field, of Worcester, Mass-For
improved machine for manufacturing wooden
troughs.
Joseph Fox, of Lsnsingburg, N. Y-For i'm.
proved cracker machine.
James Freeland and Robert H. Lecky of Al
leghany, Pa.-For improvement in slide valves
Of steam engines
Joseph w. Gardner, of Shelburne Falls, Mass.
For improved handles for table cutlery
Dwight Gibbons, of Rochester, N Y-For i'm.
provement In spermatic rings.
John w. Gould. OF Elmira, N Y-For i'm
provement in railway chairs.
Nathaniel b. Hatch, OF Lawrenceville Pa
For improvement In retorts for distillng coal oil
Asa P. Hawse and Luther ]. Adams, Of Nor
risville, Vt-For improved scrubbing pail.
George w Heard, Of Boston, mass.-For i'm
provement in shirt collars.
John Hebden, of Medford, Mass.-For i'm.
proved washing machine.
Isaac A. Hedges, of Cincinnati, For i'm
provement In mill FOR grinding cane, &c
James A. Hendrick, of Providence, Pa-For
improved machine for grinding and polishing
saws.
Dexter Henshaw, of Fitchburp, Mass-For i'm.
proved clothes frame.
w Hildrup, Of Harrisburg, Pa-For i'm
Provement In rotary harrows.
George w Holman, Of Beloit, Wis For i'm
provement In machine for making meal and -four
WIN ii. Hope, Of Washington, ID. C.-For i'm
provement Ia mill for grinding grain
WIN 3. Hudson, of Paterson, N. For i'm
proved apparatus for regulating the draught Of
George o: Jennison, of Ware, Mass.-Fsr i'm
prOvement in ovens.
o. w. Jipson, Of Rochester, N. Y-For i'm
provement in weighing scales.
Edward Jones. Of Brooklyn, N. Y.-For i'm
Proyement In floating and revolving derrick
VIM. w. Lewis. Of Cincinnati, O.-For i'm
proved horseshoe machine.
Henry Martin, Of Louisville, Ky.-For improv-
ed tool for crozing aud chamfering barrels
J. b. Martin, Of Wilmington, N. C-For i'm
provement In apparatus for increasing the draugtt
Thomas Z. Mcneil, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For
improvement In sleeping
e. Merchant and g l.. Patterson, Of Frank
VIM. T Mills, Of Galesburgh, Mich-For i'm.
prOvement in clover pickers.
Stephen F. Palmer, OF New York, ~ Y-For
improvement IN discharging water from float
Ing dry docks for canals
WIN. p. Parrot & Stephen ii Head Of Boston
Mass.-For improved variable exhaust pipe
Jones Patrick, of Chicago, Ill.-For improved
variable exhaust pipe.
John F Peabody, of Salem, Mass-For i'm
provement in sash supporter
Sylvester w. Pearsall and Washington l..
Pearsall, Of New Yo.k, N. Y.-For photograph
G. w. Permission, Of North Vernon, Ind.-For
improvement In cotton bale hoops.
Sylvester Persons and Alfred w. Cone, OF Pa
mama, n. I.-For improvement in harvesters
J. f. Rice, Of Oneida, N. Y-For improve
ment in tanning mills
Nathan F. Rice, of New Orleans, La.-Fori i'm.
proved flterrng apparatus
John w. Richards, Of New York, N Y-For
ships.
ThOs. Russell, of New York, ~ Y.-For i'm.
provement in ovens
Gelston Sanford, Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-For
improvement in burr stone mills
Samuel 5. Squire and Theodore charfenburg,
OF Brooklyn, n. Y-For improved hinge
Albert Sheek, Of Smith Grove, n For i'm
prOvement in dressing mill stones.
II u. Thomas, Of Portage City, wis For i'm
proved rotary steam engine.
VIM. w. Wade, of Longmeadow Mass-For
improvement in sewing mac hines
George Walker, OF Port Jervis, N.Y-For i'm
proved machine for grinding saws.
Chapman Warner, of New York, N Y-For
improvement in cast iron pavement
Charles Williams, Of PHILADELPHIA Pa-For
Improvement In sizing for colored papers.
Aurin Wood, OF Worcester, Mass-For i'm.
proved machine for shaving the heads of screw
blanks
James Lee, ofNew YorkN Y ,assienor to him.
self and Milton Finkle of said New York For
stereoscoPic apparatus.
Ezra Pollard, Of Albany, N. Y, assignor to
himself aud Joshua Gray, of Westneld Mass
For improved meat cleaner
Reuben Shaler, Of Madison, Conn g, assignor
to Ira w. Shaler, OF New York, N. Y.-Fof fy-
trap.
Samuel E. TomPkins and John Mcclure, of
Newark, N. J assignors to Samuel E. Tomp-
kins aforesaid.-FOr improvement In harness
saddle trees.
Milton Whipple, Of Charleston, Mass, as
signo! to the Whipple File Company.-For i'm
provemsnt in mach merry for cutting tles.
Reissues Josiah Els, Of Pittsburg, Pa.-For
improvement in revolving firearms
Thaddeus hyatt, Of New York, N Y.-For
improvement in vault lights.
George Thompson, or East TareRtum, Pa
For Improvement In devices for putting up caus-
tic alkalies.
Dssign-Apollos Richmond, Of Brooklyn, CT.
For design for stoves.
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