Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-01-12

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the workingmen Of the country and they
have cause to regret Fat he is to be sup
crceded in the pext Congress, May they
find as staunch a friend in his successor.
NEW INTERNAL REGULATIONS.
BY regulations just Issued by the office
Of the Internal Revtnu, Assessors are di-
rected to ascertain the.quanity Of grain
used by distillers for I eir assessment, re-
ported Oh form 80, ~ dividing the num-
Der of gallons Of the nash by the actual
number Of gallrps 80, this officer may
find by the best evidence at his command
the distiller has made from bushel Of
grain, provided the number Of gallons be
within As. After finding the amount Of
meterial used in this way, the quanity of
spirits which should be accounted for will
be determined from the quality of the ma
terial, if no more definite means are po3s-
essed
THE ALASKA AFFAIR.
have already spoken repeatedly orthe
Alaska purchase. AS far as the result
of the investigation has come to light on
ly $4,000 paid to Robert j. Walker,
and $4,000 paid to John W, Fornoy of
Washington Chronicle, have yet been dis
covered.
Well, that is somethhg--enougb, per-
haps, to justify my Recommendation that
an examination should be made. But
this may not be all 4 gentleman from
Georgian unsuccessful candidate for
a Superyisorship--called on me several
days ago, and made lengthy statement
to the effect that he could prove that two
members Of Congress received severally
$3.50 600 and $l50,000; that another
high Government official and others, re-
ceived various large sums, and now he
says if the investigating Committee will
be impartial in the matter, and allow the
witnesses to testify that he can produce,
it will be shown that members Of Congress
and newspapers have been recipients OF
an aggregate immense sum. L vouch for
nothing. | tell it to you as it was told
to me. For the truth Of the story let US
wait and see.
A coMpAHlsol on TIE srsTEs' INVENTIVE
NESS.
For the week ending Tuesday, the 29th
inst. there were 231 patents issued from
the Patent Office, respectively to the fol-
lowing States aad foreign countries New
York, 52 +; Pennsylvania, 80: Ohio, q
Illinois, 90; Massachusetts, 10; Con-
necticut, g.; California, Z; Wisconsin, 6
Indiana, I New Jersey, 5; Rhode Is
and, s. Kentucky, 5; Vermont, 5; To-
wa, 4; Missouri, 3; Louisiana, 3; Vir.
ginia, 2; Maryland, 2; Georgia, 2;
Maine, 1 New Hampshire, /; Tenncs-
see, l Oregon, |; South Carolina,
Nebraska, !; District of Columbia, /
England, 8; Canada, ] !; France, 2; It.
ally, ! Switzerland, II This comparison
of States inventiveness; although modified
somewhat by the surrounding of those who
might be inventors, shows to great ex.
tent, where the inUeniire geniuSeS most
reside, and suggests comment worthy Of
consideration. Alabama, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi, and Texas arc not represented III
this issning of patents for to-day; yet,
each has a population, varying from q
to times that of Rhode Island, which
has patents granted her. Virginia,
with population ! as great as New York
has only 2 patents, while the latter has 81
patents-oEe of the results of the >insti itu.
tion of slavery, the legitimate cause oi
Southern Aristocrscy." Mechanical ia.
genuity is bound, sooner or later, to dc
away with the greater part of manual la
Dor, leaving the mind freer to perform it;
mission intended by tk6 Creatof.
A REMARKABLE CONTRAST.
The amount ofmoney received at the
Patent Office dnring the last six months,
ending to-day the 3lst, has been s302
. 09S. OF: The expenditure for the same
time has been 1862, 543.17. Thus leav
ing an excess Of $50, 49485 remarkably
contrasting with the year ending July 81
1868, when the expenditures exceeded
the receipts by $l7l. Needless cxpendi
ture and too much jobbing in the Patent
Office, has prevented its paying hereto
fore.
THE EIGiIT-H0UR LAW.
A telegram from Springfield, Mass
states that orders have been received al
the United States Armory in that plac'
from the War Department to pay thu