Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-12

Couhuy more anu more, 10 Ike occasion TO step
down-to-morrow friday morning at II O'Clock
a. INTO the planning mills Twelfth street.
Immediately adjoining the canal, and witness the
operation Of little iron grist mill, new inven-
ton, that grinds to a purpose-producing results
bidding fair to benefit all, more wonderful than
any thing Of the kind We ever before saw Its
total weight is about 800 pounds, and it occupies
space about four feet square, and driven by the
power Of two horses, it turns out at least barre
Of beautiful wheat -four, or two barrels Of fine
corn meal four barrels OF crushed corn and cob
meal. per hour. The meal comes from It az COO
apparently as the corn or wheat when put in the
hopper. Ii Is so arranged to obtain surprising
amount OF crushing surface when the size of the
mill is considered, and to work without any per-
ceptibe friction except that Immediately upon
the grain being ground in it, 1t i, the only iron
mill we ever saw that turns out good wheat flour
and that coming from it is equal in hneness and
other desirable attributes to the -four of any mer-
chant mill. Burr stone mills are next to useless
to the farmer, because to sharpen (pick) them
properly, requires mechanical skill of the highest
order.
Now, this mill is sbarPened by simply running
through it from peck to half bushel # sand
which can be done twice or thrice while its work
ing parts last, which they are guaranteed to do
by them. And when they are worn out they are
renewable at cost not exceeding S5-not greater
than the cost of properly picking the stones of a
burrstOne mil, when the services OF skilled me-
chanic can be obtained to do that work Besides,
so long as this mill lasts such is its construction
as that it must necessarily make finer and finer
-four the more it is used lts boiling and deliver
ing contrvances, while exceedingly simple. are
mechanical achievements Of the first order. Its
cost, without the boiling apparatus is but $50
and with that addition, S7J.
On seeing ii work, we were astonisted to con-
ceive how any one carrying on a considerable
farm has 30 far done without it-so cheap rs it is
and so com lete filling The farmers constant and
perhaps greatest want No one but a farmer who
has dozen head of horses, forty or fifty head of
hCrEtd cattle one or two hundred sheep. and from
twenty 10 ferry human beings to feed constantly
realizes tie pother and loss of time in sending to
mill'' to be entirely obviated by this little con-
trivance, saving him his otfal feeding stuff while
his pair of horses and driver grind up his srist in
less time than they would require to go to mill
and back to say nothing Of saving the never-fai-
ing delay at the mill, to gossip.
There are various points connected with the
working parts of this mill-their arrangement
8c.,-which we should have liked to have de:
scribed, but having already given much space to
1t, must decline doing to-day. There is no
gentleman now in Washington personally inter-
ested In the economy Of the farm, who can spend
| quarter of an hour more advantageously than BY
stepping down to Twelfth street next to the canal
and Judging for himself Of the success Of this ma
chine. We omitted to mention above that it was
patented by Messrs. J. w. TAYLOR and Sam,I b.
Shinn in May last, and is manufactured by Messrs
Harris. Windle & Co, northwest corner of Twelfth
street and w ashington avenue, Philadelphia; and
further, that at the last New York Virginia and
Missouri State fairs it carried off the first prizes
against hosts Of competitors as well as at the va
| rious other fairs at which it has far been ex-
hibted.
How TO TERMINATE THE DEAD LoCK-The
members Of the HouSe-nine tenths Of then-are
as dependent for the wherewithal to pay their
personal and family expenses, OH their individual
eceiPts from the national treasury the clerks or
any other class of employees of tue Government
Without what the Government pays them, they
would, as class, as soon come to want, as other
Government employees in our midst The law
provides that they shall be paid nothing from The
treasury on account Of their services as members
of the House, until after they shall have Organized
Nevertheless, individuals among them lave al
| ready been paid, or had advanced to them by the
Sergean-at Arms Of the last Congress an aggregate
probably of hundreds Of thousands of dollars Dor
rowed by that functonary, it is said from the
York county (Pa.) bank. We have heard Of a
draft of Mr.. Sickles (whose seat is contested it
will be remembered upon him, for some S2.WU
Asa matter OF course when they may organize in
paying such members Us have placed themsel ses
under such obligations to him, he Will deduct bis
advances so made. 1t is to be presumed tina, the
fork Co. bank charges him interest for the money
advanced for this purpose, and that lie charges
II" Interest 70 the members. Therefore what he
rays Is interest is neither more nor less than so
much money paid by him cash in hand TO secure
LIS reelection to he the Sergeant Arms of the
body, which, since the fashion of raising numcr-
Gus investigating committees and securing the
country far and wide for witnesses came in voyue
is understood to have become one Of tn. mos;
lucrative offices under the Government So Io,
as there may be biennial dead loo Ks i'm tie con-
summation Of their organizations rpsultip-r in
many members placing themselves under Decu-
MARY obligations ~ tie last incumbent Of IN.
otiice, the position may he regarded as sort or
HE place, ordinary competition Tor it beiu,, ont
Of the question.
The practice OF taking such advances is quite ~
rePteEehsipie az that of making them. Nothing
can br more conducive to corruption IN public
beSiu'S' III present S'ate OF the conn
try-oP"rating as 1t does to protract the consume,
ton Of an organization, II is inficting grieyous
lrJlrleS upon the public MISUNDERSTANDING tie
breach between North and South hourly. ard in
JnFlng the manufacturing. mechanical and other
business OF northern constituencies to an extent
little dreamed Of yet by tn. country at LARGE lr
the members who have obtained such p.rsop,l
Pecunary favors from the Sergean.-at-Arms had
10 seek the means OF protractins the current sruy
gle elsewhere, 1t would long since have been
ended; for they will squabble as of late on tie
floor, not day longer than they fl nd it reouir,.
some individual sacrifice on their part to do so
instead Of organizing and proceeding TO the ,ran5
action Of legitimate business.
TEE THEATRE The company now supporting
Murdock at the Washington Theatre is by long
odds the best that hes graced the Washington
boards at any time within the last twenty wears ::
reminding us strongly Of the palmy days of W God
and Warren, 60 well remembered by our eldest
fellow-citizcns. Murdoch, host within himself.
Is therefore capitally supported That the fact
taat The entertainment set before them mig htly by
Manager fsd ,,l,