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hNf--A NC scsuuony anu argument In the case OF
Elias Howe, jr., making an application for the
extension Of his patent for improvement I'm sewing
machines, has been laid before the Commissioner
OF Patents In printed form; but from the pressure
OF other Official matters, requiring immediate at
tention, has not yet received the consideration of
that officer. The decision will not, In all proba-
biy be rendered until near the ex pirato on of the
period for which the present patent was granted
the 10th Of September next
Mr.. Howe, in his petition, bases his claims for
an extension upon the following grounds LIST.
That the half million Of dollars that the inventor
has acquired profits thus far is no consideration
for the actual advantage derived from the use Of
the invention. ID. That new branches Of indus
try have been created by its means. 3D. That by
its use products have been cheapened and i'm
proved, and hours Of labor lessened, while waves
have been increased. 4th. That it was the first
complete machine which could be applied to the
common art OF sewing. Ii is estimated that asa
patents have been granted by the Patent Office
for Improvements In sewing machines, and Al for
guides and hemmers, many Of which patents are
represented a. being engrafted upon the Howe
patent.
The great objection urged to the extension Of
this patent 10 that by an alleged agreement with
Messrs. Singer Co, Wheeler Il Wilson. and
Grover & Baker, Mr.. Howe cannot grant licenses
for the use Of his patent other than those parties
This would Of course effectually prevent other
Improvements from being introduced to the pub
lic, inasmuch as they could not be used except
upon Mr.. Howe's combination, and the public
thereby compelled to purchase the machines
offered by the assignees Of Mr.. Howe, or do with
out them.
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FUTURE DAYS.

p0SIrlVE SALE OF. VALUABLE AND
= pKsIRbBLE Bunprss LoL IN 6IoIsErowr.
fERN00N, zslh inst, a 81 o'clocf. IN from, Of
the premises, that valuable and most desirable
the northwest corner of Prospect and Potomac
ssereets, IN Gsorsetovn, D. G. and fronting fifty
Einety i've feet more or less on the latter
Title indisputsble. Terms cash and & nv de lars
the property will be immediately resold Poesee
sion gwen upon compliance With said terms.
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By WALL q BARNARD. Anosionssrs-
positive SALE OF TWO VALUABLE
TMEERHSsSs I'm; s.: s.
~ O'Clock, IN 'front.' OF the premises. We will cell.
two Lots frontIns twenty feet each on north Cap.
tol street.. between 4 and 2 streets, and running
oecn i,, one hundred and twenty feet
i. Terms, ne hslfcssh: balance IN sad months.
an sd WALL q BxRNARD, xsot.
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HC Sll WILL BUY FINE pRAB BEAVER
wA'OV or Cassimsrs Drsss Hst %
:, 4 Fashionable Hss Nd c.p store: b ave.
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EXCURSIONS, PIC MICS. &c.

ArrERNO2RSSc A ANR MOONLIGHT
rRY Ian &c, cHhPEL CHURCH will give an
Scoe ne Fit aad aass I..v
iosfd Il Da H fasss
Good mu.ic will D. had onfke occasion.
i .ssSiss"en'' tickets .s 60 oeats.
s SHIT: children ffs> .ua-a.
FIRST GRAND PRIZE PIC MIC OF THE
k,NST oSNN spR Il 3 II 4 ks @tA>
DAY, September an. #&f&Fs3
s. s,, .ssn . consisting of Watches
Ihe full Ma inc Band has been engaged for the
Itis the intention efthe Committee that mi.
snS, De sac PC Nc Of the season, AID that the
OmrIbuses will iesve the corner of nh st. and
,TiSeksts for gentlemen, 50 cents ladies'
TEE sSScKH9o tsI AT ia TO ST. DOM,
pteP;ss to tn. returning Of thef
on M xo9 sn9 September 5, at the admr.9
ss rpd .stfSys ground known
The Ladies' of 81 Domnick's wi unanimously
iay1r the occasion with their smiling Presence; and
primary education are kindly invited.
~. That unsurpassed musician and accomplished
fentieman John Esputa, supported by his well
ton,) will dispense the glories OF music. an z7-2f
GRAND COMPI.IMENTARY MOONLIGHT
~ EXCURSION. will be given to
the WHITE HOUSE on WE'D EeAlN
NESDAY EVENING, 18th instant
complimentary to, and benefit of, the Second Bap-
The PHEyIx will leave Sixth street wharf. Island.
at O'Clock, Bagden's wharf AZ O'Clock D. M
tonchlng a. AIe1 andila going and returni ag.
Omnibuses will be in attendance AT the chart nm
the return of the boat ~ "
Music, vocal and Instrumental, will lie in attend
ance Gests tickets, 50 cents; LADIES' IS cents. Re-
cents. INV -
Committee
VIM. Sanderson, Phillip Robrer
Isaac Entwsle, Sam EliIs
Charles Wright John Clemnonds
Fred. Limerick, George Ga,idis
Steaven EosteT, J. Spicer an a. ~
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METROPOLITAN
IH1 STEAM FIGURING MILLS.

METROPOLITAN
AVA STEAM FIGURING MILLS
W. CT COLTMxN, Pfop srieso ana o@"af'
TRs sSs T h9T on hand superior lot Of our EX-
qualify white Wheat Al. Q, new lot of our old
siaaa~ "a. r AaRA sOPtRFlNE, which always
Ma NEAL, i RYE CHOP and ali < nd. Of Mill.
HHe Z ior saie chez FIR cash. The attentioa OF
ehs.i,g lsevhere. Tn. highest cash pr,ees p had
for Wheat, Rye and Corn. an 27e' s pa'u
486 SEVENTH STREET. hoc
beautiful assortment of GOLD PAPEHS
gitn valid stock of medium and low priced
gnDgS, X r. a % a X DIS, P.INTS pic.
TUREs. CORDS and TAsSEis, 30, Remnant.
o. ~ pria,d "a tEkS, with some stock of
1 1n,s1 ,eft ior PAPkRHANGIN6S and WIN
"a - aDES .ansisct0rIy executed with al i'll
ena onbdton In city or country. =. ease rive me :
call. Don't forget the number. '0"
M .ss mo MARKRIrER,
70. $50 seventh st.. 8 doors above
- 60 odd Felows' Hall.
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By BARNARD a BUcKEY. Auononeers.
Gkorfero1rn. m n

Gsrsetoscs, ID. C.
STOCK OF A RETAIL GROCERY, PAINT,
0ol. SnIP SToRxs, AND FNH You've MARI
IowN.-on rHURsDA. MORNING, the StA
Inst a. 10 o,eock We shal eel st the Store OF ],
ooeries: LiqSors Paiats. Ola, vsrnish, Pitoh,
III, And Turpentne. beng has ent re stock. Also,
Also, fne Young MSre and Bssiness wseon.
esms: under So. cash; over thai amount, q
IN sd BARNkRD 4 BUCKLEY, Xus.s.
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By !. c. MCGUIRE CO.. Auouoneers.

by q y. Mc0OIhE G Gu. Auodoneera-
hEslkABLE DWELLING HOUSH ON
~ NORTH u STREET BETwRxN l4TH sTErFT
WET. AMI yEnNoEI AVENUE, foI rALI.-Un
tktDAf AFTEkNOON, August 18th. at slI
oc,ook. on the premises we shall sell part OF LOT
b, IN abdIvsion OF square No 2is fronting 81 feet
on north l. sire between l+th street and Vermont
Is feet on Vermont avenue, together with the in
provements, consisting OF story bact build
the building Inc about 20 feet and adorned on zach
noe oy g. handsome three story brick dwelling
mouse. Inc focation 10 unexoeptloneble for a
private resIdence. and the property very dssIIsbe
as residence for small family.
Is months, with interest, SECURED BY deed OF trust
on the premises Title perfect.
su 2o-d j. G. MCGUIRE q CO., Auots
UTHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED,
AFTEkNOON, avg. 18th, ssme hour and sce.
an Is j. G. MCGUIRE q CO., Auots.
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W. W 6e-i f.oi.. issued from the clers Once Of
the County OF Washington, and 10 me direoted'
nst e1Rass 70 public ale for cash. in front the
DAY, the zssh day Of AuEut next 1850 al u o'eooi
"A al !, oefsndsnts right title, clam and lnterest
Warrington. ID. c together eth eli and sinsslsr
.ae ~, hhmProveIerts thereon seized and levied upon
satisfy ladioials No. 90. 20 October term is6n in
isvor OF Margaret M Dyer, vile q p: Corse.
US. Marshal for the District Of c oI9mS,..
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PEsssYLvANIA.-The last ten days have wit
messed a manifest change In the Presidential
chances in Pennsylvania. We are now decidedly
of opinion that In the end there win be but one
electoral ticket in the field In thss State against
Lincoln. The arrangement of the Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee IL fair and honorable
to all parties Ii IL no fusion or compromise, but
test Of strength. The candidate who receives
the largest vote, whether Breckinridge or Doug
las 10 to have the electoral vote in the College,
the ticket succeeds. II Is simply reference Of
the whole matter to the popular will /; both sides
agreeing to abide the decision Of the majority
within the Democratic party. All shades of the
party, with the Bell and Everett vote will be
united on Foster for Governor. II he should be
elected, AZ we now believe he will be, Lincoln
will never get the vote Of the State The result in
1856 forms the basis of this belief of ours In that
contest Mr.. Buchanan received go 900 votes, Free
mont III SEQ, and Fillmore 81 ,000; SO Ii will be
perceived that the distinctive Republican-party
ticket was I'm minority of over 15O, 900 votes In
the State. The Bell men say they can command
Fillmores vote Of q 900. IL they can east one
half Of 1t, the Democrats are safe In all subse-
quent elections, save that Of 1857, when Wilmot
was a candidate, the Americans and Republicans
have united, as the Peoples party, and have car
ried the State Now, they separate; and the
Democrats can scarcely fail Of success. There IL
no danger az to the sincerity Of the Bell men ;
they have no other resting place save with the
Democrats and they dare not permit Lincoln to
carry Pennsylvania for II they do, they will for
ever after be themselves politically "under
water"
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By A. GREEN, Auouoneer.
AND KITCHEN

HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN PURNI
- IuRH, PIANO FoRTE, &C., AT AucTIoN-O
MEaDNESpAY,t the 18th inst, ,hal eel, az u
rego-nce OF Mrs Massie, on north N. between III
End 18th Streets 1.-THE flag vail dese nate the house
at 10 O'Clock o. M, an excellent assortment Of fur
nIture, viz:
Mahofsat Sofas. Rocking and other Chairs,
DO MarbleNtop and Center Tables.
Do Bureaus aud Washstands,
Do Card, Side, Dining, and other Tables,
PIANO Forte, Jenny Lind and other Bedsteads
Ore Handsome Cottage Set,
Lounge, w hatnot, and Iron Haf-tree
Feather Beds, Bolstere and PIllOWs
Hair and Shuck Mattresses,
Fine Tapestry and other Carpets,
n all and Stair Oilcioth,
China. Glsss, aud CrooEery Ware,
Go, king and other Stovrs.
With good lot Of Kitchen ReQuIfitss
Terms: All Gums under S2s cash: over that ann
creot Of so and 81 days for IOtss satisfaotorII,
endorsed, beerIng interest.
au Esd cprrN A..
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l. HOOP SKIRTSm
New supply inst received of All the new stvles
iTf Ladies and Children, from Is cents to S. :
n. tGAN, ,
au - sc 521 7th st. and 32I pa avenue
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-15
SAINT PAUL, FRIDAY, JUNE Is, 1860
Business I'm the U. 8. Supreme Court.

Business In the U. 8. Supreme Court.
a The Washington Constitution, speaking
of the despatch of business in this Court,
says: 1 12 T..- % "''.- 20 ---.
A single system of State laws is usually
considered as much as ordinary minds can
grapple with and master. But no State
system can compare with the duties de-
volved upon the Judges of the Supreme
Court. But notwithstanding this extent
and diversity of duties, the Supreme Conrt,
by dint of unremitting labor by its judges,
keeps its business substantially within con.
troll. It commenced its last term with 2l3
cases on its docket, of which number 1874
were finally disposed of before the adjourn
ment. Of the l54 added during the term,
some were dismissed for irregular removal,
or for want of jurisdiction. There were
124 causes decided in which written opin-
ions were delivered. The cases decided are
known to involve the rights of parties to an
amount exceeding $l00,0O0,0O0. One of
them involved a disputed boundary between
two sovereign States of the Union. M.
merous motions were heard on each side; in
ten of which written opinions were delivered.
Among these motions were applications
for writs Of nandamus. There was one to
decide decree made at former term, and
to revoke the procedendo issued, which was
elaborately discussed by counsel. Six cases
were dismissed upon argument, for want Of
jurisdiction. The last cause reached and
disposed was docketed within the year
1850.
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Theodore Parker ON Old Age.

AS specimen of the Theodore Parker g
literary style, we select some passages from
his sermon on "Old Age:"
The very old man, he said, loves the SUM-
shine and the fire, the arm chair and the
shady nook A rude wind would justle the
full>grown apple from its bough, full ripe,
full colered, too. The internal character
istics correspond. General activity is less.
Salient love of new things and of new per-
sons, which bit the young mans heart, fades
away. He thinks the old is better. He is
not venturesome he keeps at home. Pas
sion once stung him into quickened life ;
now that gadfy is no more buzzing in his
ears. Madame de Stael finds compensation
in science for the decay of the passion that
once fired her blood; heathen Socrates, sew
enty years old, thanks the gods that he is
now free from that "ravenous beast" which
had disturbed his philosophic meditations
for many years. Romance is the child OF
passion and imagination; the sudden father
that, the long protracting mother this. Old
age has little romance. Only some rare
man, like William Won Humboldt, keep it
still fresh in his bosom. Intellectual mat
tiers, the old man loves to recall the old
times, to revive his favorite old men-no
new ones half so fair. So in Homer, Mes.
tor, who is the oldest of the Greeks, is al
ways talking of the old times, before the
grandfather of the men then living had come
into being; "not such as live in these de-
generare days"
Verse.loving John Quincy Adams turns
off from Byron and Shelley, and Wieland
and Goethe, and returns to Pope. \ 4 \
Elder Brewster expects to hear st. Martins s
and Old Hundred " chanted in heaven.
To him heaven comes in the long-used
musical tradition. The middle aged man
looks around at the present; he has found
out that it is a hard world he hopes less
and works more The old man looks back
on the field be has trod this is the tree l
planted this is my footsteps" and he loves
his old home, his old carriage, cat, dog, statf
and friend. In lands where the vine grows
| have seen an old man sit all day long, a
sunny autumn day, before his cottage door
in great arm chair, his old dog couched at
his feet, in the genial sun. The autumn
wind played in the old mans venerable
hairs above him on the wall, purplng in
the sunlight, hung the full clusters of grape
rpening ard maturing yet more. The two
were just alike; the wind stirred the vine
leaves and they fell stirred the Old mans
hair, and it whitened yet more. Both were
waiting for the spirit in them to be fully
ripe. The young man looks forward-th'
old man looks back. How long the shad
ows lie in the setting sun !; the steeple a mill
long reaching across the plain, as the SUI
stretches out the hills in grotesque dimen'
sions. So are the events of life in the ole
mans consciousness.
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AT SEA.
BY REV. sAblL. LoNGFELLow, OF BROOKLYN.

BY REV. SAML. LOEGFELLOw, OF BROOKLYN.
The night was made for cooling shade,
For silence, and for sleep;
And when was child, laid
My hands upon my breast, and prayed,
And sank to slumbers deep.
Child.ike, as then, lie to. night.
And watch my lonely cabin-light.
Each movement of the swaying lamp
Shows how the vessel reels,
And DER her deck the billows tramp,
And all her timbers strain and cramp
With every shock she feels;
1t starts and shudders, while it burns,
And in it's hinged socket turns.
Now swinging slow, and slanting low,
1t almost level lies;
Aid yet know, while to and fro
watch the seeming pendule 60
With restless fall and rise,
The steady shaft is still upright,
POising the little globe of light.
o hand of God! o lamp of peace!
o promise of my soul!
Thou weak and tossed, and i'll at ease
Amid the roar of shifting seas
The ships conclusive roll
own, with love and tender awe,
Your perfect type of faith and law.
A heavenly trust my spirit calms-
My soul is filled with light;
The ocean sings his solemn psalms;
The wild winds chant; l cross my palms;
Happy, as if to night,
Under the cottage roof again,
heard the soothing summer rain.
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General Jackson's Wife.

Many OF our pubic men nave Deen Dlessed
with wives and mothers who were the orna-
ments of their sex, and their quiet and en-.
nobling influence contributed largely to the
subsequent greatness Of their children and
husbands. Mr.. PARTON tells the following
story of General JAcKsoN's wife:
When General Jackson was candidate for
the Presidency in 1928, not only did the
party opposed to him abuse him for his pub
lie acts, which if unconstitutional or violent,
were legitimate subject Of reprobation,
but they detained the character of his wife.
On one occasion newspaper published in
Nashville was laid upon the Generals table.
He glanced over it, and his eye fell upon an
article in which the character of Mrs. jack
son was violently assailed. So soon as he
read it, he sent for his trusty old servant
Dunwoodie e.u..!.5 Il. ..... t...a.
"Saddle my horse" said he to him in q
whisper. "and put my holsters on him"
Mrs. jackson watched him, and though
she heard not word, she thought she saw
mischiefin his eyes. The General went out
after few moments, when she took up the
paper and understood everything. She ran
out to the south gate of the yard of the Her.
mitage, by which the General would have to
pass. She had not been there more than
few seconds before the General rode up with
the countenance of a madman. She placed
herself before the horse and cried out 'o'-
"Oh, General! don't go to Nashville.
Let that poor editor live-let that poor edi-
tor live" He replied "How came you
to know what am going for?" She am
swered, II saw it all in this paper after you
went out !; put up your horse and 60 back"
He replied furiously "But will go-get
out of my way" Instead of doing this she
grasped the bride with both hands. He
cried to her, II say, let go my horse I'll
have his hearts blood; the villain that re-
viles nay wife shall not live"
She grasped the reins but the tighter, and
began to expostulate with him, saying that
she was the one who ought to be angry, but
that she forgave her prosecutors from the
bottom of her heart, and prayed for them -
that be should forgive, if be had hope to be
forgiven. At last, by her reasoning, her
entreaties and tears, she so worked upon her
husband that he seemed modified to certain
extent. She wound up by saying, mo,
General, you shall not take the life of even
my reviler you dare not do it, for it is
written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay,
saith the Lord" -s...g ~.a.
The iron-nerved hero gave way before the
earnest pleading of his beloved wife, and re-
piled: 81 yield to you; but had it not
been for you and the words of the Almighty,
the wretch should not have lived an hour"
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A PERvERsE and ill-bred woman at Wash.
ton has made several efforts to present
pocket Bible to one of the Japanese princes.
Not to be thwarted, she joined the family
of member of Congress when they were
received. and watching her opportunity, she
thrust her cherished volume into the hand
of the astonished envoy, who could not un.
derstand what she meant !; but Capt. DU>
POINT Immediately took the book, and thus
ended the scene. - s.9 'j
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The CRoPs.-Maj. Van Worries, says the
Saltwater Messenger, who has just returned
from general prospecting tour through the
counties Of Anoka, Sherburne. Stearns,
Wright, Meeker, Ripley, Monongalia, and
Kandiyohi, reports that the prospect for
abundant crops OF every description is more
fattering at this time than at any former
period since his residence in Minnesota
and that 10 the valley If Sauk and Crow
river, vegetation is week or ten days ear
ier than on the st. CrOix. ~
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THE CHAMPIoNsHIP.-A correspondent

THE CHAMPIoNsH1P.-A correspondent
of tie London Morning Post says: {:
If Sayers were equal to maintaining the
position of champion be ought to have up
held it. as he has led the public to expect
he would. If, however, be finds that his
arm is permanently injured, or that from
any other cause it is desirable that he
should give up the belt, he should have
done so at once and openly--stating bis
reasons--and be might have retired with
honor to himself and satisfaction to his
countrymen. As it is at this moment,
Heenan is Champion of England. Savers
has retired, and Heenan defends the belt
against all comers. This is tantamount to
an acknowledgment of defeat by Sayers. If
be had made it little earlier, the people Of
England--lords and ladies, thinkers and
tailors-would not have subscribed 95 900
for the petted hero Of the prize ring"
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From Momus.
Willie. We Have Missed You.'

:" Willie, We have mASseO 1OuS
Supposed to be addressed to wm. Il. Seward, b
low citizen of Auburn.l
O Willie, is it you, dear,
Safe, safe at home? . ..
And did you hear the news, dear,
Away at Washington?
We heard that you'd be here,
And it made our hearts rejoice,
For we thought you'd be the nominee,
The party's only choice,
But it seems we all were out:
Your name they did refuse;
o Willie, you have missed it!
Alas, the doleful news!
We've longed to see you running
For President this fall;
We thought no earthly cunning
Could drive you to the wall.
We waited for each ballot
The telegraph did send,
Till we feared the worst was coming
That your chance was at an end,
But, until the game was up,
Still our hopes we did amuse.
o Willie, you have missed it
Alas, the doleful news!
Our hopes were never. failing,
Our faith was bright and clear;
Now all is changed to wailing, I
For thee, my Willie dear!
Last night sat and wept
Till the coming of the day;
For no patronage is left
That you now can give away,
For Lincoln Gf elected)
Will give as he may choose.
o Willie, you have missed it.
Alas, the doleful news!