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M0TIC18 OF BBW PUBLICATIONS.
THi chit a Lira wixorr's ttww work.
We have received the proof sheets of the first
chapters of the Chevalier Wikoff 's new work on
European politics and diplomacy, which is about to
be published simultaneously in London and New
York. These important subjects are handled in the
Chevalier's usual off hand and lively style, and pre
sent the leading questions and politicians of the
day under quite a new aspect. They give us, in
fact, an inside view of much that we were only su
perficially acquainted with. The Chevalier has been
so intimately mixed up with the intrigues and move
ments of the Knropean governments for the last
dozen years, and ha* had such close relations with
the principal actors in them, that no man living is
better qualified to enlighten us as to the secret
springs and motives of the events which have re
cently agitated the world. JVe dan* It itrail il en
rannait It* detour*. He belongs to that class of
roving, prying amateur diplomatists, half coxcomb
and hslf literary, of which that astute statesman,
Prince Kaunit z, b. d at once so great a dread and
made such frequent use. It is related of this Mini#,
ter that he enjoinei the Austrian representatives in
London atd Pans to keep . i a religious distance
all the mer. who, like V.'ikoff, are continually flut
tering about the embassies in the expectation of
picking np information that trc be turned to useful
account. To the German legations just the reverse
instructions were issued. Tnere diplomacy, like a
mirror, was intended to reflect just as mnch or as
little as was raftered to transpire of the political
movements at the superior courts. The Austrian
statesman, though childish in the excessive egotism
of his character, was yet no mean judge of human
nature. He knew when nnd where to employ the
men whom he either distrusted or feared, so "as to
render their peculiarities harmless or profitable,
as the case might be.
The present Lmperor of the French is remarkable
for the possession of the samo intuitive perception
of the useful qualities of ihose whom chance throws
in h;s way. He met Wikoff when in exile, and sue
cceded in impressing him, not only w!*h the great'
ness of his talents, but with a conviction of the
splendid destiny that awaited Lim. He could not
have better chose" his man He knew that the
Chevalier, in desiring to profit to the utmost by the
honor of his acquaintance, would, in his turn, be
come the trumpeter of his views, or at least of so
much of them as he was then de-irons of confiding
to the world. Of the acenracy of his calculations
we have a proof in the account, published by the
Chevalier some years ago, of his conversations with
the prisoner of Ham. Wikoff acted the part of a
faithful Boswell, and swallowed implicitly all that
the Prince poured into his ear. Although duped
like the rest of the world, by the democratic fervor
of the Jdit* Napoleonienne*, it is but due to the
penetration of the Chevalier to say that he was one
of the first to recognise the ereat abilities of the
man who has since raised himself from the position
of an obscure adventurer to that of the virtuil ar
biter of the destinies of the world.
Lord Palmerston was not e ptally happy in his ap
preeiation of the serviceable qualities of ear author.
Unlike Kannitz and Louis Napoleon, he did not
possess the faculty of putting the right man in the
right place. The circumstances of the Chevalier's
connection with the English government show
that had he been properly managed, he might have
been tuade a most valuable instrument of, and per
haps have saved, the administration from the conse
quences of some of their own errors. Wikoff, as
our readers probably recollect, distinguished him- !
Belf dnrmg the debates on the constitution in the
Constituent Assembly of France, by the publica
tion of some articles in the Sitcle and the Presu
showing how the principles which had guided the
framers of the constitution of the United States
ought be usefully applied to the work then in hand.
The ability and extensive political information dis
played in there articles procured for their author
the notice of some of the leading politicians in the
French capital, and amongst others, the then Sec
retary to the British Legation. After sounding
Wikoff as to his views, and as to his dispoji
tion to accept employment under the Eng.
Ii6h govern rcent, ihis gentleman gave him a
letter of introduction to Lord Palmeriton,
armed with which our chevalier immediately start
ed for Broadlands, his lordship's country seat, near
South impton, and there concluded h s bargain with
the minister. 01 what occurred between them, aud
of the precise character of the mission entrusted to
him, respecting which there lias been some doubt,
we presnrne that we shall be fully informed in the
future pages of this book We shall not attempt to
anticipate WikoCTs own account of the matter, but
shall content ourselves with accepting the generally
received idea of his functions, which were thore of
manager general of the French and American
press, in the joint interest of England and the
I aited States. Of the chevalier's capacity for this
post we need not remind oar readers, after the dis
play which he made of his abilities in this line las
year, in his joint managemjnt of that most unman
ageable body, the Directors of the Academy of
Millie, and of the New York press in connection
with it. Whatever may have been his instructions,
he certainly rendered great service to the British
government in Paris, during a most important and
anxious crisis of its affairs, the advantages of
the tntinte cordiale not l>eing so well under
Wood by the red republicans as by the old
citizen king and his imperial successor. It
wan by Wikof that General Changarnier's project
of landing an army of invasion in England, and un
gailsntly knocking the wails of Buckingham Palace
about her Majesty's ears, was first communicated to
Lord Palmerston. The Chevalier had the honor of
doing that which no man ever did before him?of
giving the Duke of Wellington a twenty-four boon
colic from pure apprehension. From some cause or
other, with which we suppose we shall be made ac
quainted in the present work, Lord Palmerstoa
quarielkd with his agent; it may be from jealousy
of the superior diplomatic skill which he displayed
in bis mission, or it maybe from that lamentable
defect of ingratitude, which, since the time of Sir
Robert Walpole, seeirs inherent in British Ministers.
The vindictive part which his lordship acted in that
unfortunate and memorable affair, which consigned
oar author to a Genoese prison, did not of coarse
lend to soothe the feelings excited by our aa'hor's
dismissal from his post. Henco the desire of the
latter to illustrate Lord Palmerston as he illustrated
his qrendnm flame, Miss Gamble, and bis quondam
associate, Napoleon I!!. Hence the wigin or the
present work.
Apait from any special object of this kind,
the took possesses an interest which will recom
?lend it to all classes of readers. The Chevalier has
?eeu so much of the world and of its celebritie
pod from the peculiar constitution or h ' mind bar
Buob a tendency to ptriiflagt and go-sip, that he
never fails to nmuse, even when he d ies not excite
people's sympathies. Ho belongs essentially to that
class of writers who under the lirtftnce and the
reigns of Louis Quatorzc and I/in is Quinze, impart
ed to French literature sornc of its most piquant, if
not most instructive and moral features. At once
a politician, diplomat nul lop, with an audacity
equal to that of De Grammou*. a *?ng froid and in
sensibility equal to that of Talleyrand, and a confl
dence in his own powers of fascination eqnal to thai
Df Brummcl, lie 'ackabut one thing nece--<?ry io
attain the success of all three -an age to appre iatc
the combination of such dashing qualities.
As a specimen of the character of the work, w?
Shall quote the account given by the Chevalier of
Ida first visit to the Elys'e after the elevation of
Inais Napoleon to the Presidency, and which, by
the by, reminds one of the witty epigram, Ubiqw
vMwndut Ate j-rmut, applied to the Emperor Jo
seph II:?
a PIKNSB AT TH1 ItTflU.
in March, ls4P, the public eye was bent with sue
f icious scrutiny en the Vowtituent Assembly in per
manent aeseion at Paris. This body was the pro
duct of the universal suffrage of France, imaediato
lv after the revolutiw of 1848, and it was, therefore,
the reflex of the popular sentiment at that Moment.
The majority was republican, the minority monar
chical, and the former is, therefore, accountable for
what occurred during their tenure of power. From
the beginning the republican politicians committed
a fatal error, for instead of occupying themselves
with the interests of their constituents, the masses,
they directed their attention solely to the best
means of prolonging their political preponderance.
None of them were sagacious enough to see that the
only mode of preserving their popularity was to ef
fect those reforms that up to this time the people
had tailed to obtain from the monarchy. Boon after
they met in May it was so apparent that they meant
to touch as little as possible the organization of
France a9 the monarchy had left it, that a portion of
the Parisian populace, at the instigation of Louis
Blanc, made a demonstration against them, and only
a mouth later nearly the whole populace of Paris
rose in arms to overthrow them. A republican
chief, (ieueral Cavaignae. andertook successfully to
defend the Assembly, and was rewarded by being
made the temporary head of the State, with the
title of" Chief of the executive Power." The As
k mb'.y then commenced the business for which it
was especially elected, the structure of a new consti
tution, that was duly carried by the majority, but
'?hey avoided submitting it to the approval of the
French people. I will reserve my remarks on this
nstri ment for another plaoe. W hat the people of
France finally thought of the constitution and the
Assembly that voted it may be gathered from the
overwhelming rejection of the representative of both,
General Cavaignae, when he came torward a3 the
oppeuent of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte for the
Presidency of the republic. On that occasion the
upper, middle and lower classes united to mark
their condemnation of the republican politicians,
w ho had proved themselves either incapable or
false. The Absi mblv remained in session after the
election of the President, but for want of equal par
linnettary ability the republicans fell in a measure
under the sway of the monarchists. This body
was to dissolve, by the terms of the constitution,
on the election of a new Legislature in May, 1S4!?,
and at the time I am speaking of?the mouth of
March?the republican majority was sinking lower
Btill in public estimation, by unseemly brawls with
the monarchists on the subject of their party inte
rests, entirely forgetting the popular cause they
weie sent to promote. The President of the assem
bly was M Marrast, ex-editor of the National, al
ready spoken of, and the number of brilliant enter
tainments he gave had procured him the ?o'>riquet
of the "petit Marquis." From the profound dissatis
faction of the public, high and low, it was consider
ed certain at tue forthcoming election the monarch
ists would obtain the majority, and Messrs. Theirs,
Mol? and Berrytr were in high spirits at the pros
pect. At this delicate juncture the President was,
perhaps, the omy man in France that understood his
own position ami the state of the public mind. The
politicians of both parties, and of all shades, were
entirely engrossed w ith their party or personal inte
rests. The President saw their error, and wisely re
solved to avoid identifying himself with any of them,
but to remain in a perfectly neutral position. The
republicans could not accuse him of being against
them, whilst the monarchists believed he was secret
ly with them, whi-.h led M. Thiers to hope, with his
aid. to get back the Orleannts. whilst M. Berryer
calculated equally on him to restore Henry V. The
French people, meanwhile, had the r gaze fixed ou
President Bonaparte, and were con tern to wait, a*
they knew, by the constitution of M Marrast, he had
no power to serve them if he wished. This was the
complicated state of t' ings vyhen I received, one day
in March, an invitation from the President to dine
writb him at the palace of the Elyste, already men
tioned. I was sanitised and flattered at this prompt
mark 01 his friendly remembrance, but I did not al
low my self love to overrate it. I attributed it at
once to that good taste and kind feeling so charac
teri.-tic of the Prince Louis Napoleon, and not to nuy
desire to renew his former relations with me, which,
in his present exalted position, it would have been
presumptuous to exjiect. I felt very carious, indeed,
to know something of his state of mind on the amaz
ing revolution in his fo: tunes since I saw him Last,
in May, 1*47, an exile in London. 1 remembered
still his parting phrase, "J attends U* evtnemeui'' (I
am veiling events), which indicated that if his hopes
were inlitxihle, he Lit it useless to wrestle longer
w ith fate. I was still more eager to ascertain his po
litical views, ana to divine his future policy, but I did
not Lr a moment deceive my elf, nor underrate the
Prince. I felt sure bis tact was quite adequate to
the cccasiou, and that, whilst avoiding his old fami
liarity, which might embolden me too much, that
he could still show be was not unmindful of the fact
that I was the only one, not interested iu the resu t,
wbo cherished a profound belief In his fioal suc
(ess, w hen all else prenounced it a shallow delusion.
In the dreary sclitude of Ham, after five years of
imprisonment, and forgotten by the world, the visit
of even so humble a parson as myself was cheering
to him, as 1 afterwards learnt, not only as an act of
persoia! devotion, but as a proof his fortunes could
not he utterly desperate, since a foreigner, and
without a motive, -till persisted unshaken ia his
faith. I drove at a few minutes before the hour
lamed on the day ir. question to the Ely see, and on
entering the first saloon I found several members of
the President's household assembled I recognized
amongst them his faithful friend and physician. Dr.
Ccnntau, who throigh every vicissitude hail re
mained true to his trust. No one could have divined
in the mild countenance and the uuiet but genial
demeanor of Dr. Conneau, tbat his sagacity, firm
ness and courage had, in many trying emergencies,
rendered services far more precious than any his
professional skill had ever been called on to afford,
and it. is not to be wondered at that he held so nigh
a p'ace in the afleaionate esteem ot his august
patron. 1 fell into pleasant chat with my former ac
fuaintance, expecting every moment to see the
'resident enter the room, as I supposed the dinner
was only to be. in common parlance, a family party.
I was of a sudden snrpristd to hear the ushers an
nounce " Monsieur Thiers.'" who passed through
into an adj ining saloon < f grander dimensions. Im
mediately after M. Mole was annouiued, then M.
Pernor," M. Montalembert, General Changranier,
and others of little less celebrity. It turned out that
it was a grand dinner ol state that the President
was giving, and I found myself not a tittle elated at
coining so urcxpc< tedly into contact not only with
the most illustrious names of the day, but the very
men who aspired to shape the future destinies of
France. I strolled along into the principal saloon,
where I found the company was gathering to await
the coming of tbe President, and I ensconsced my
self in a quiet corner, talking the while with an aid
de-camp in waiting. On the opposite side of the
room small groups of two or three were collected
al?out tbe political aracles I have mentioned, who
were conversing in under tones, but with consider
able animation. As my glance fell in turn on the
distinguished persons before me, it was natural my
mind should revert rapidly to the singular features
of tlicir different careers. Tbeie was M. Thiers,
with the star of tbe Legloa ot Honor on his breast.
Of humble extraction, he came to Paris at 24. and
began life in aga.ret. Employed on a newspiper,
his literary tilent raised him* a . once Finding
public opinion running against the p/iest ridden
government of Charles X., he wrote a democratic
history of tbe first revolution, and so hasteued the
second, when he became a minister of Louis
Philippe. Finally discarded b\ th>-King, and fore
seeing his downfall, he began Honapartising France
by a dazzling histoiy of tue Consulate and Empire,
and Louis Napoleon came sooner than h- expected or
wished. Writer, orator, statesman; brilliant, pro
found and unscrupulous. M. Thiers i? an antagonist
any ruler might fear. Is the President a match for
this politi al Titan? The result will show. Count
Mole is listening to Liox. Tbe Count, though of an
< ient lineage, owed his title and everything to the
first Napoleon, whose fortunes be never abandoned.
He was more thau once prime minister to Louis
I hilippe. High tesj ectability m >re thin great
talent is the secret of his distinc ion. vj.Berryer
is near him. Tbe first advocate of France, and the
poli icgl champion of a hopeless cause, hplendid
talents, lofty character, chivalric nature. He de
fer ded the Prince Louis Napoleon in 1 40 before the
Chamber of Perns. The Count Montalemlert stands
apart, } round and cy nical in manner and disposi
lion. An oran.r, devoted to church influeme, he
would revive tbe miodle ages if he ecm.d. General
Cbangamier, cold and haughty, promenades about
as though imj atient for the tnim of the President.
1 bis soldier of fortune rose rapidly in the African
campaigns under Lo n? Philippe, and if as success
ful in politics as in atra'egy, be will play a promi
nant part hereafter. My mind was pleasantly en
gaged with these retrospects ior some little time
when the company having all arrived, the President
was duly announced,and a mom nt after entered
the saloon. His gacrtc bowed low and remained
silent. To my a-toni-hn ent, and still more to that
ot his distinguished emtivn, i.e advanced dnectly
towards me, and shaking my hand, with a friendlV
word ?r two, passed over t?? receive tbe MluUticna
ef his c< mpany. I wan at no loss to understand this
delicate attention ot the Prince, whose eye happened
to fall on tne, etundb g almost alone, on tbe side op
posite fo tbe remarkable penanis 1 have mentioned,
lie hree n;c to 1^> the humbled, ? f his guests, and
intended by an act of condescension, to put me at
my case, and to show his consideration for an old
partisan. 1 went on talking with the aid decamp
n<urine. Presently the President approached me
? iza in? "You don't know Count Hob'-, l think?" he
- id. "Come with me, I wish to piesent yen to
1 dm." Lowing, I followed across tie room, amid
the evident surprise of the comnany, who looked on
nat as some illustrious unknown, little dreaming that
I was a Yankee and a democrat. "Count Mole,"
aid the Prince, "I wish to make you acquainted
with an old friend of mine who has twice crossed
the At aniic to pay me a vML" Of course I was re
ceivf d by the Count with the greatest cordiality;
but if the Prince had stated I had twice come from
(be 0)999 hie puiled fue*? coalti tefdlfhw
been more perplexed to know really who and what
I wee. One of the latent traita of the President,
that I had ooomionaUy Been, was a sly love of hu
mor?and I half suspected that he wu playing on
the curiosity of the jealona politicians around,
by treating me with bo much partiality. Le diner
ut tervi, said the master of ceremonies, in a
loud voice, and the President led the wav alone to
the banquet room, his guests following In groups
Kttch person's place was designated as usual. The
Count Mold was put on the right of the President,
who sat in the centre of the table, according to
French custom. I found myBelf on the right or
Count Mold. M.Thiers was on the left of the Presi
dent, with M. Berryer for Ids neighbor. General
Ch&iifisroifr wslb vim d-vti to the President. Nothing
could exceed the ease, stability, and self possession
of the Trtnce. No affectation in his manner, no ettort
in his conversation, he maintained the superiority of
his position with natural but imposing dignity. The
situation of the 1'resident was a novel one?a stran
ger to France, and but newly acquainted with her
greatest statesmen, it demanded a rare combination
of qualities, mental and moral, to acquire the ascen
dancy he had clearly obtained. Conversation at ta
ble went on in an under tone. The President quietly
ate his dinner, occasionally dropping a comment
upon some remark he chose to overhear. 1 tell
into easy chat with Count Mole, who, fancying
that I was deep in the confidence of the President,
gave unreserved expression to his opinions on the
strange eveuts of the past and the prospects just
dawning. His astonishment was almost ludicrous
j when I proclaimed in reply the strong democratic ,
notions that possessed iue. 1 stated my belief that
| the time had come when something more than par- j
liamentary discussion was necessary to meet the ds
eire of France for material progress, and that unless
the Prince and bis advisers gave heed to the national
conviction, that, perhans, the gulf of revolution was
not finally closed. The ex-Minister of Louis Phi
lippe really seemed not to comprehend me, for so ab
?orbed was he in Parliamentary intrigues, and so
embedded in routine, that plain common sense
sounded liko the Jargon of an unknown land. He
stared at me for a moment, and then concluding
that I was only employing /incite .to conceal my
real opinions, went on with his repast, rne Presi
dent, 1 could see, was not unconscious of what was
going on, and, I fancied, was trying to conceal his
amurement at the unexpected collision of a staunch
monarchist of the old school, like the Count Mole,
with an American democrat, who looked at facts as
they were, and at things as they ought to be. About
the middle of the banquet M. Thiers raised his voice,
and gave utterauce to his indignation against the in
tolerable licentiousness of the press , which respected
neither place nor person. He called attention to
one of the morning papers that had outraged de
cency in its coarse vituperation of the 1 resident.
The note was caught up till every one at table had
joined in the chorus or anathema against peccant
"journalism. When the tide of sympathetic hor
ror bad fairly exhausted _ itself every eye
was turned upon the President, whose feel
ings, it was hoped, m'gbt be touched, and,
above all, whose opinion on this vital point it was
thus aitfully sought to extract. The silence was
profound. The President seemed to reflect, when
draining his glass of the few dropB it contained, he
remarked, "Every one,of course, has his own point oi
view. I can comprehend your dissatisfaction at the
licence of the press, and your anger at their violent
attacks upon mvselx'; but,Messieur , shad I own the
truth ?" Every head converged towards the Presi
dent. "I read these diatribes," he continued, "each
morning at breakfast, and I assure you they afford
me so much amusement, that I am kept in good hn
roour for the rest of the day." It was with an effort
that I suppressed mv mirth at the blank disappoint
ment I detected in every face around me. The din
ner ended without further incident, and the Presi
dent leading the way, as before, the company return
ed to the drawing rooms. I joined M. Berryer, whom
I had not met since mv arrival, and after chatting
awhile, playfully remarked on my satisfaction a;
seeing him in the palace of a republican President.
He smiled significantly, whilst lie added that, "in
tirue9 like these a luckless politician was hardly rc
sponsible for what he said or did." During our din
ner Mr. Brett, so well known for his telegraphs en
tcrpiise, had obtained the permission oi the Prince
to run a wire through the various saloons ot the pa
lace, in order to exhibit to him some striking im
provements, jointly invented by himself and an
American associate. As the preparations were go
ing on, I happened to be standing near the Presi
dent, when M. de Montalembert came up, and with
that cynicism so characteristic of the man, remark
ed, in a sneering tone, "Qu'esf que vaut tout ce.a.
- (What is all that worth?) pointing to the telegraph.
I shall never forget the genuine look of astonish
ment of the President. "What i3 all that worth,' he
if I cited mechanically, "Mail e'est la civilization
(Why, it is civilization), he ad led. " Ok,le beau ml.'
(Oh "the fine phrase,) returned M.de Montalembert,
in l eel disdain. The President said no more, but
turning, talked with Mr. Brett. When all was ready
the President was solicited to make the first experi
ment, and he wrote a single line to the effect "that
if. Berryer dined at the Elys^e'on ? day of March,
DAD," which was duly printed on slips, and passed
rennd amongst the guests. The simple U3e of M.
Pern or's nome. who was accidentally standing by
when the President was called on for a phrase,
thiew oil the politicians present, I could observe,
into deep rumination. What could it mean,
was a mvstery that likely cost them whole
days of perplexity. The wires were soon taken
down, and the company began rapidly to disperse.
On going, I advanced to thank the President for
the honor of his invitation, nnd the interest that
meeting so manv remarkable men had afforded me.
in return, the Prince was kind enough to express
bis satisfaction at some publications of mine,
during the summer of '48. wherein I expressed my
convictions of his being called to the head of France
fo positively that the French Minister at Washing
ton, M, Pom-sin, pronounced me quite mad. ' As
often happens," remarked the Prince, playfully," I
dare say you are not a little surprised to find all your
predictions at last so completely verified." "How
ever that may be," I replied. "I assure your Highn ss
thut ft is fortunate for me as well as for France that
vou were elected." " How so?" inquired the Presi
"dent. " Simply because I foretold your success with
such unqualified confidence, that I should have been
a lo't prophet if the event had turned out otherwise.
Bidoing tbe Prince good night, I wended my way
home, fully occupied with my reflections. I have
detailed the incidents of my first dinner at the Elys?-e
with some minuteness, with a view to convey a more
vivid impression of tbe actual state of thiDgs at this
interesting epoch.
}.
EfPmlitrt Tyler's Letter to a Block Man,
[Fecm tt? Buffs.li Advertiser, Jan* 4.]
We cheerfully give plae* to the following letter. It
ci'lefi stfBcif ct explanation of the ci'eumstancn under
wh.ch It was written on its face. Hope Butler U a well
behaved colored man, who hoe resided among us for
i even! jtir*, aod Is favorably known to man/ of oar
citizens
PrrjRWooD FoRtKr,
CnasTt? Cmr Oji-.ntt. Vs., Ma/21,1856
My Good Fbiknu?1 was highly gratified in the recipt
of jour letter of tte 4*h Ma/, and chad not fall to make
knoen /cur kiod rem-mbraucs* to m/brother, Doetir
Wat H Ty ier. when I see him Hi* poet office is ths
?' Old Caureb, Hanover county," and he woald be ear/
much pleased to receive a letter from yoa.
Mr Wil lam A'Un ia reeicirg at Claretnonf, having
msriied Ml>r Jts-:np. from Caoaea, and Mrs Orgain lives
a* Beikeiey, be birthplace of Gen Harrfsoo, whica ahe
puicatsed in ihe last two /care.
I)ootor Mir.ge, af'er haviag soil out here and emigrated
t: A'rhair a. tes resumed b> Virginia, and purchase! the
ft ixa tcnaerij occupied by Mr. Cocke, near t j F/owes de
hundred. Mr Francis Baffin etill lives at Cabin Point,
? dc General Baivev In Richmond. I reg e'to ear that
ru' excei ert Met as I'ara Crump and !>r. It ,beri Batler,
have pe'd the g'tat deal ot nature. Two more estimaiie
men rirely, If ever, lived.
Thi s fceve I given yon an aceount of all those you la
quired after, enl I doubt not but that ea:h o' them who
row live weu'd m-st cord Ally salute yon wherever they
m'o-ht meet you. whetner in your o'.d na lve Virginia, or
in y.ur edop'ed ."tale tl New Vork. They s?y <? yon
wb-t Is true in ieg?id to the penalties imposed on tree
pernor* of c dor re'nrnicg to tbfs State. Bat
it nraytrn y te ea<d that via? arlngencynf onr laws
'* Brunei* to be a ciibefi to the factions Interference
of e who ere ?Vttrmo-e engaged In :h* task o' <1 starb
ltg ' heir r,ei?hoo's, a'her than to the sairtt and feelings
oi i ur i wn pw pie. Yoa were always treated with attea
tun r-Dd ?*rp-c' by ih ? people, because yon were kniwn
to he correct in all 'our dee logs and faUbiul to all yoar
rpg*g> men's, and you can we 1 avouch that all eolated
rrsn who conduct ihsm's'ves bi-comUgly aiming u* ert
tiea'fd at all ume? wl'U mimlderati n and reep*ct
1h?if ars no types of " fncle T irr an I his Cabin'' *x i*i ?.
< nrli g he petiod of his auie. aod happy home with Mr.
h Clair.
I had the pleasure if msetlcg with Mr. Cook last year,
at "argtf ga. rur. through him mad* enquiries cincsrniag
you. I ani glad *ba lie trade known t.,e Uct j you ai
to ft T am 'nuib'er for your letter.
I > hall tela pieasire ia mentioning yur remembrmcvt
to 'be gen'len sn asdf*ir?d, aod am gratffiel t ileirn that
*t your aoverc* i age you continue to ?tjoy g od health.
S , ir.ay 1' ier* < r'tnue to be Bach is the slnnre wish
ot cr* who iesj'<t? mailt without clfttnc'tra of race.
Yen truiy yot r fif'td, JOHN TYuER.
Mr 11'i r Brum
CownrmhO ArrArii ik Boston?Considerable ex
nlt*n ?nt w.s ?*? ?'? in the vf:inity of stores numbered
90 r 1(0 on I ear' street, this foreno .r, by tbeappsarsnc*
of a gutlm ?n rrslrfrg in Cambridge, who was on the
lrok< ui for a clerk ia a ihoe store in the tamed ate vi
cfnl'y of the Jat'er number. T,e Cambridge gen tie nan
dlacrveicd the object of tie rearch to a store tarse or
four docra fn m that In which he Is etnil iytd, and lame
die <ly tirsa h str ut cowhide and eomwmced laying it
wsll i n add about the bead and shoulders of the olsrk,
who fled, aid <ook rsfugein his employer's store, bat was
onrrued. and antdry blows inflle:ed upon him tlisre.
I t.p eowb dtog'sfi uls'inrrt marks on his fact and neck,
lbs cause of this at oek fa said to be the fact, that the
C"??k his on more than one ocssaivn in?ilted the wifo of
the assaulting parly, hi* Insul a behtg si gross that the
lady has retraiaed from leaving ber house f>r several
weeks past horn fiar ?f tb#4 repeUWqg,?Jw
nat, 9
Omr Im twrtwo Cfrtsp?<>wcc.
Saw Fsanoisoo, May 5, I860.
The City and County Consolidation Bill?Suite
and Claims?Public Offices and Public Pay
State of the City Wharves?Attempt at Official
Bribery?Weather and Trade?Chinese Idolatry
andChtnese Murders?Gambling and Lynching?
The Drama at a Low Ebb?Mist Oatman's Grant
and Other Appropriations?Escheated Estates
Bill?The United States Senatorship?Chances
of the Candidates?Knout Nothing Intolerance?
Reform of the Criminal Code? The Panama Mas
sacre Excitement?A New Catholic Church?
The Claims on Adams fy Co.
The first fruits of the bill consolidating oar city
and county and organizing their govnroment on a
better basis are rather unpromising. A few days
after its passage a number of suits were commenced
against the city for near a quarter million dollars and
all its funds and property attached. These proceed
ings are instituted by holders of scrip, who hare
long waited for Its payment. For each department
of the government a proportion of the taxes collected
are set apart, and no more than the Bum thus placed
asideican be paid. The cousequuence is, much of it
has been rejected and a large portion wa3 fraudu
lently . issued by Meiggs. The Supreme Court liber
ally construing the charter, holds that the city is
liable. Under these circumstances, it was pressed
on the Legislature to pass a law funding this debt and
thereby give security to claimants and save the
city the expense of defending suits brought against it
by creditors. The bill was introduced and passed one
branch of the Legislature, but on a subsequent day
it was recon&luercd and no further action takeu on
the subject. Some of the scrip taken to Sacramen
to was. on examination, found to be spurious, and
this is the way, Madame Rumor has it, the measure
was defeated. Had it become a law all the litiga
tion going on and to follow would be spared us.
It is another trouble added to the loug catalogue in
flicted on the city by dishonest functionaries and
hostile legislators. Our citizens are too ambitious
and too busy to pay the requisite attention to the
doings of their law makers. The necessity of a
funding bill was as apparent as reform in the gov
ernment of the city. An act was passed funding
the outstanding debt of the State up to January,
1657. Bonds are to be issued to run for twenty
years, at seven per cent, for $1,500,000. This will
make the entire liabilities of the State, bearing in
terest, $5,000,000. We can only regret a similar
provision was not made for San Francisco.
While the city is thus sunk in hopeless bankrupt
cy, it is a singular fact that $600,000 remains due
and unpaid for assessments. This sum is owiDg by
wealthy men, who refuse to pay. and, by compelling
legal proceedings to be brought against them, are
able, by appealing to the higher courts, to evade for
years their collection. The burthen of supporting
the city government is in this way thrown ou the
poolcr classes, who promptly pay when called on.
The merchants say they would only contribute the
means of enabling the treasury to be robbed, and
therefore refuse?a lame excuse to cover their real
motives. Their delinquency takes the bread from
school teachers, policemen, sc., most of whom have
to wait six or seven months before they can have
their salaries paid. The floating indebtedness of
the county is over $500,000; that of the city is one
million and a half, or over.
An ex-County Recorder, has succeeded in getting
from the county, already impoverished, the sum of
$3,000, for indices to the books of mortgages, con
veyances, Ac. He refused to deliver them up with
out being paid this sum, aud as they are iudispeusi
ble to the prosecution of searches, a committee of the
Supervisors were persuaded to let him have this ex
tra compensation. It is doubtful if he can get the
$3,000, as the new charter restricts the Supeivisors
in the appropriation of money.
Yet another effort is on foot to exact a larger sum,
namely $50,000, from the county for the lo3t archives
of the pueblo of San Francisco. These documents
are to settle the titles to ail lands in this viainity,
about there has been so much litigation. The gen
tleman who makes the demand says that he dug
them up out of the earth, where they were con
cealed, and he is determined to make the spot from
whence they were taken prove to him a rich mine.
Asa matter of right, these papers are the property
of the city as the successor of the nueblo, and his
duly in the premises is to deliver them up and re
ceive a liberal reward for his trouble, and any ad
ditional gift their value wool! justly entitle him to.
As it is now a committee have had a conference
with him. and his terni3 as stated were made
known.
Tlie commercial interests of the city hare long
required a safer and more substantial description of
whatves than what the harbor is at present pro
vided with. The building of a bulkhead would
give far greater security to the shipping arriving
here. A general acknowledgment of its necessity
is abroad as a preventive to any ulterior chan:o of
Benicia being selected as the great entrepot for our
Pacific markets. The outlay for its construction
would be considerable, and from tire present finan
cial condition of the city it is out of the question
that it could l;e performed at it3 expense. An offer
has been made by speculators to build a sea wall,
but on terms so manifestly unfair that the press
Insisted on refusing the proposal. The Board of
Aldermen had an exciting time when the subject
came up before them. Messrs. I.evi Parsons and
others agreed to construct a bulkhead on condition
that the city would relinquish to them the right to
collect wharfage for ail future time. The Board
is composed of eight members, and it was
found lour favored the grant and an equal number
was in opposition. One of the members explained
the ground of his antagonism. He had been ap
proached by individuals a few day3 previously,
soliciting his vote. They assured liim, in case he
promised,the ordinance would go through, as four of
the Aldermen had pledged themselves to support it.
They were ready to hand him $0,000 if he consented
to give his vote in favor of the measure. This dis
closure fell like a bombshell in the Board.and imme
diately brought to their feet all who were in favor of
the grant. Explanations were demanded, and one
member, more oeiigerent than the rest, made advan
ces of a non-pacific nature across the room, towards
the gentleman who had been tampered with. He
was restrained from committing any violence. The
proposition of Messrs. Parsons and others was
unanimously rejected. If the bulkhead can be
built on equitable terms the voice of our citizens
will be strong in its iavor. The field is now open for
other parties to make offers, and such are invited.
The btate will contribute nothing towards it, and
the city is unable to move, so if ever builtJ it must
be done by private enterprise
There is and has been for months past a general
complaint of the stagnation of business, and the
mercantile community nave reason to grumble at the
dullness of trade. W e are receiving large shipments
from the East, inundating the markets, which mikes
commercial matters listless enough. The long
drought had aiso a tendency to paralize business.
Another cause of this depression is that the trade is
over done. There are two persons in each branch,
where one would be sufficient. The plentiful fall of i
rain has had the effect of brightening the prospects
of bountiful crops, while to the miners it affords the
means of conducting their operations. In maoy dis
tricts they had to suspend for want of this neccs
saiy element. Cheering accounts are to hand
from the agricultural counties, promising Mi re
turns to reward the labors of the husbandmen.
The mineral resources of the State are yielding pro
fitable lesults to the persevering and industrious.
There is no appearance of the diggings giving out;
and from the fresh discoveries every day, there is
every reason to believe California was never richer
in this respect than at present. The country papers
report unusual success among the miners, ami in
stances are given of good lutk that would seern ficti
tious, if they were not well authenticated. The
miners will not tiade nor pay debts when idle, and
as tl.ey have now plenty of water, we may expect
an improvement in business. The market is well
fapplied with every article in demand, and in con
sequence goods arc frequently disposed of at motion
at iOw rates. The port charges are high, and freight
having to Ic paid, it necessitates the converting of
tfce c argoes speedily into c ash.
The Chinese have opened their Asylum again, to
carry on the barbarons worship introduced by them
into America. On this occasion none but Celestials
were permitted to enter. They communicated the
tact to the newspapers so tuat the public might
know they were engaged in the adoration of Chiug
Tai. Perhaps they intend to supplicate this wooden
idol to protect them in their precarious position,
and to look out for himself that he is not pulled
down frmi his exalted situation But certainly, hU
hrosd visage will show indifference to all appeals.
The ship Maty Whitridge left here'on the 2fit.fi nit.,
for Hong Kong, with fifty Chinamen returning to
their native country. Two days subsequently the
(Stephen Baldwin arrived from the same port,
with near 300 passengers. This importation will
add about $13,000 to the state treasury, if the head
tax of $50 on eath is collectc d. The late Commissioner
of Emigrants was removed a month since for re
fusing to enfore this law. He consrdercd it uncon
stitutional. Most of these Chi tie-e go direct to the
mines, the Legislature having reduced the foreign
miners' tax to a uniform rate of four doLars per
month.
A horrible state of affairs among the abandoned
?Uin*e women has cope to tight, on * cwooff'q
vestigatiou into the cause of the death of one of
these unfortunate creatures, who it appeared poi
soned herself to escape the cruelties practioed by an
old harridan who ruled in the den they inhabit with
despotic sway. In these brothels it is usual to ap
point some aged hag to take charge of the younger
Inmates. A blind obedience must be yielded, and to
inforce her behests she uses a large stick. The coro
ner suspecting foul play to be going on, from the
fact of seeing pieces of paper burning in front of the
house, (done to propitiate the gods,) searched and
found the dead body of a girl in the cellar. The old
ogre was arrested. On an examination before the
Mayor it was proved that two other girls had died
from the effects of poison, and their remains were
concealed. Vermillion and opium were used in
each case, and from the misery of the females it is a
matter of speculation how many more may have rid
themselves of the burthen of rfuch a life as they
lead.
Borne of the grand juries in the interior counties
havv prosecuted the keepers of gambling houses
that infest their localities. In this good work they
are sustained by the people. A vigorous and deter
mined enforcement of the laws against similar
places in this city would be productive of great be
nefit. It would remove from among us one of the
greatest evils that affliot the community. In these
places every inducement is spread out to lead the
weak minded to destruction. Piles of gold, liquors
to be had for the askiug aud pictures, all combine to
lure victims to want aud recklessness. The Consoli
dation bill confers on the Supervisors power to sup
press places of this character. To a new and honest
set of rulers it will be an excellent opportunity to
commence their labors by clearing the city of these
plague spots.
A suit has been commenced in the Superior
Court, by a man named Comstock, against twenty
two individuals, for an attempt to lynch him in the
month of December last. He claims $100,000 da
mages, and in his complaint alleges that at that time
being a resident of Contra Costa county, he was
seized, and violent threats used by the defendants
to compel him to bring charges against certain
parties in the neighborhood. On refusing to do t ?,
tic was hung up by the neck, and would certainly
have remained in that position till life was extinct
were it not for the kind offices of some friends, who
rescued him from his perilous situation. The his
tory of jurisprudence will scarcely furnish a parallel
case, and in no other couutry could the courts be
called on to redress such a wrong. The state of af
fairs at one time compelled the people to take the
law into their own hands; and its administration by
tliem, though divested of all formalities, had a
wholesome effect. The period is past when it was
necessary to adopt extreme measures. The regu
larly organized tribunals are all sufficient to punish
offenders and protect life and property. Our citi
zens are emulous ot establishing an unblemished
reputation for good government and obedience to
the laws, and in consequence quiet and order reign
over the entire State. In this respect we are not
behind any of our Atlantic sisters.
Mrs. Catherine N. Sinclair left here on the 26th
nit., on the Hamburg ship Horizont, for Sydney,
New South Wales. She was accompanied by the
principal performers of the Metropolitan theatre.
The narty consisted of Mile. Duret, John Dean and
family, John Dunn and daughter, aud Messrs. Sed
ley, Le Roy and Loder?all well known in this city.
Mrs. Sinclair's professional and managerial career m
our State has secured many warm and attached
fricndB, though it has not realized the golden returns
her energetic efforts to cater for public amusement
deserved. Her enterprises for the past eighteen
months were not productive of any advantages,
but, on the contrary, have embarrassed her affairs
considerably. It is said she has abandoned the di
vorce suit, and has taken the trip to Australia for
the purpose of improving her financial attairs. She
intends to remain ten months in Australia from this
date, and her expectations of success are heartily se
conded by a large number of well wishers in every
part of the State. Mrs. Sinclair's departure was
quite unexpected, and was not generally known un
til after the vessel sailed.
The drama was never reduced to so low a point in
California as at present since 1849. The theatres
have been literally deserted, and the performers,
such as they are, had to play to empty benches. The
material of stock companies has gradually deterio
rated until now; there is not one that would receive
suppoit in an eastern city. The people of Sau Fran
cisco arc fastidious, and will patronize only artists
of merit. We will not sit contented, during an even
ing, to have our sight and hearing offended by actors
who fall into all the errors Hamlet so strenously
inveighed against. We are satisfied to forego en
tirely dramatic performances, unless better than
fourth or fifth rate companies sustain characters in
the pieces pr csented. The Metropolitan, the finest
theatre on the Pacific, is undergoing an entire
change in its internal arrangements, with the view
of conveitiug it into a circus.
In a oommcndable spirit the Legislature passed an
act granting the sum of $1,500 to Miss Olive Oat
man, the young girl recovered from the Apaches in
the southern part of the State. Much surprise was
occasioned when it was known that Gov. Johnson
thought proper to refuse his assent to the bill, and at
the same time to veto the appropriation of $7,500
(or the benefit of the two orphan asylums. For
really benevolent purposes this was but a small sum,
and the Governor stepping in to defeat these acts of
charity towards poor and helpless objects will
hardly be excused on the ground of constitutional
scruples. It is one of the acts of commission l or which
the Legislature are deserving of applause, and peo
ple will hesitate before approving of the over anxiety
of the Executive to prevent the funds in the treasury
being applied for such meritorious uses. The aji
proprietioES for other objects did not meet any oh
jection on the part oi his Excellency. For the pay,
milage, and other expenses of the session, $257,090
was voted; to the State printer, $100,000; advertis
ing various notices, $59,000; and lastly, the Governor
found authority to confiim the contract granting to
Gen. Estall $1,000 monthly, for five years, for sup
porting the State prison. Fifteen thousand dollars
was also voted for calling into service a mounted
company for the suppression of Indian hostilities in
Klamath county.
The legislature passed one act tefore its adjourn
ment, that entitled it to some share of praise. It
has placed on the statute bock a law relative to es
cheated estates which Is certain to draw the atten
tion of legislators in other States to this important
subject. It is extremely liberal towards foreigners,
who can now invest their capital in real and person
al picperty with entire safety. It provides that
aliens hereafter may inherit, and hold by inheritance,
real and personal property the same as native born
citizens. But no non-resident foreigners can hold
property within the State five years after they shall
shall inherit the same. If at the end of that time no
claimants pre-ent themselves, the value of the pro
prrty is to be used for the benefit of the State. This
act is an advance in the direction of progress, and,
moreover, wiil be of great benefit to California. It
will check the movement to withdraw foreigu capital
now going on, and induce capitalists of ether coun
tries, by the perfect security guaranteed, to invest
their money in the working of the mines. They
only need tnfn willing to labor, and capital, to
make them render up their rich and inexhaustible
wealth.
The political cliques are at work again scheming
for candidates for the United States Senatorship.
The strong! st of these rally around Mr. BrodericK.
He will be found a difficult rival to overcome by all
who enter the arena against him. His chances for
the Senatorship are best, for with the certain elec
tion of a democratic Legislature lu November, it
will be compulsory cn both houses to give him their
suffrages, so as uot to permit a favorable opportu
nity to pass of scDOing a representative of their
party to the United States Senate. It is the fate of
every public man to have enemies, and Broderlck is
no exception to the- rile. In the Legislature he was
very popular, and every one liked him for his
straightforward and unostentatious demeanor.
The other candidates named have great difficul
ties to ovc ome. Dr. Owin has a strong body of
friends among Lis party, but numerically far behind
Broderick's supporters. His connection with the
administration does not add to his chances, and aid
from that quarer tends to depreciate his prospects
of success. The Know Nothing aspirants at the
commencement of H-56, with the exception of Mr.
Foofe, arc out of the State, and the last named gen
tleman, making a virtue of necessity, retired from
the contest. The republicans, though making a
great show at their Convention, it is well under
-tocd are satisfied their party has no chance inthe
Senatorial campaign. Their great hopes and bold
designs are certain to l>e crushed to atoms. For
deep laid ar.d unfathomable scheming our politici ans
aic not hf hind baud, and we have an assurance no
effort wi 1 lie neglected by the friends of known and
unknown candidates to forward the end-< of their
favorite. The democracy of California will secure
the veto of the State for the nominee of the Cincin
nati Convention. whether the man selected be Bu
chanan, Cas ?, Douglas, or any other sound national
statesman. Their partiality tor Buchanan will not
cause them to be dissatisfied with another candidato
coming i.i) to ttie right standard. Mr. Fillmore has
few friends in this State.
Mr. W. H. Rhodes, late private secretary to the
Governor, owes his dismissal from that position in
assuming to disparage the wisdom of the Rolons
of the Legislature lately dispersed. As a political
mattjr. and wielding a bold and pointed pen, he is
determined to let the people comprehend his situa
tion. In the canvass last year he did yeoman's ser
vice in tlie Know Nothing cause, and was rewarded
with the office he has just lost, and for which his
acquirements well fitted him. Under the signature of
"(,'axton" he has advanced some extreme opinions,
always supported with marked ability. Members
of the legislature, taking umbrage at a letter pub
fished by him, demand his removal: and on refusing
to resign, he was turned adrift by the Governor, In a
communication containing just two lines. He regrets
that his removal should Ik> oaused by what he calls
"defunct partisans," and says his offence was "the
honest vxpreH?ioa opioid liw Kaotr HvtyuPgi
teem to oppoM oil independence of thought, and
proscribe even members of their own organisation:
who are bold enough to point out their errors. Ia
beooming a member of the Order, I did not dream
that I must cease to be a patriot. I find that I wae
mistaken. I am unworthy of them, and I beg thus
publicly to tender my resignation."
The criminal code has been modified in some re
spects by the Legislature during its late session.
The most important alteration is the changing the
punishment for robbery from death, at the discre
tion of the jury, to imprisonment in the State pri
son. This severe penalty was necessary a few year*
ago. bat each harsh laws are not needed now. Wei
may have occasional instances in the interior where
systematic violence on the part of certain classes
makes it a duty incambent on citizens for (heir ows
defence to inflict nummary chastisement as the
only means of bringing these people to know the
consequences that are certain to follow the perpetrfc
tion of crime. But they are rare.
Since the arrival or the John L. Stephens front
Panama, bringing news of the massacre of passen
gers on the Isthmus, the city has been in a state of
great excitement. The papers speak of the riot ia
the most indignant tones, and nrge immediate hos
tilities- Rumors of every kind are afloat. It ia
stated an expedition is organized to proceed to
Panama, take the town, and visit on the inhabitants
i he retribution their treacherous and blood thirsty
deeds merit. There has been an active demand for
firearms, particularly revolvers, for the last two
day and at least seven hundred and fifty must havo
leen sold to persons leaving in the steamer to-day.
If the Panama people renew their attack on the
passengers that go from here they will lament it,
tor every one is fully prepared to defend himself
on the least sympton or an aggressive spirit. Gov.
Foote attended a meeting on Saturday to perfect ar
rangements for securing a safe transit across the
Isthmus, and it is said a resolution was arrived at to
despatch a body of men to see that no interruption
will take place. There is little doubt a party leaves
to-day with this object. A notice was extensively
circulated through the city offering a free passage to
two hundred men to proceed to Panama to protect
American citizens and aveug the late outrage. There
will be no lack of volunteers; ao it is more than prob
able the government will be anticipated in exacting
reparation for the attrocities committed by the New
Granadians. There is much distress among the pas
sengers, wbo were robbed of all their property. They
had to part with it as the price of their lives from
the fcrociouR cupidity of their assailants.
Yesterday (Sunday,) a new church, under the pat
ronage of Notre Dame des Victoires, to be used by
a congregation of French Catholics, was dedicated
by Archbishop Allemany, assisted by a large num
ber of clergymen. This church, built by the Bap
tists, was occupied by them to the time it was pur
chased by its present occupants. It was crowded to
its utmost limits, and the ceremonies, as nsnal on
such occasions, were grand and imposing. The
choir was composed of French vocalists and per
formers, and the music was superior to any yet
heard on this side of the continent. An innovation
in the custom of collecting was introduced. Two
young ladies, one a daughter of Consul Dillon's,
carried the plates around the church, escorted by
several gentlemen, and of course, as might be ex
pected, the plan was highly successful.
The French frigate Alcerte is lying in onr harbor
for the past two months. She fired three salutes,
and was dressed up in the gayest colors on receipt
of the news of the birth of an heir to the throne
of France.
The report of the referee, Mr. Gilbert A. Grant,
in the matter of dividing the assets of Adams & Co.
among the creditors, was this morning filed in the
Fourth District Court, and an order made that the
receiver pay to Mr. Grant $2,903, his expenses in
the receiving and classification of claims.
New Patents Issued.
List of patents issued from the United States
Patent Office for the week ending June 3,18a6?
each bearing that date:?
William Alley, of Columbus, Ga., for improve
ment in uterine supporters. .
Solomon Andrews, of Perth Amboy, N. J., for im
provement in gas burning lamps.
JoBiah Ashenfelder, or Philadelphia, Pa., for ua
??nAVfiSKSKwa? ??
tsssrsyss^, ?? r, ^ im
proved method of regulating windmills.
Jos. Becker, of New York, N. Y?, for unproved pi
anoforte action. ,
William Burdon, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for improve
ment in relieving slide valves from the pressure or
fitPftlP
John Casey, of New I'ork, N. 1'., for improvement
in window frames. , .
Richard H. Cole, of St. Louis, Mo., for improve
ment in nut machines. .
Thomas Eatlock, of Philadelphia, Pa.? for im
proved device and walls of building, for preventing
damage to goods by water in case or fires.
Richard H. Cole, of St. Louis, Mo., for improve
ment in making nuts.
Richard H. and John C Cole, of St. Louis, Mo., for
improved machine for polishing metallic nuts.
George Crangle, of Philadelphia,Pa.,for improve
ment in rotary brick machines.
Rufus Ellis, of Boston, Mass, for improvement in
needles for knitting machines.
Benjamin Gilpatrick, of Lowell, Mass., for im
proved saw set. ' .
Sylvester H. Gray, of Bridgeport, Conn., for un
pmemcnt in machines for felting bat bodies
Jacob Green, of Philadelphia, Pa-, for improve
ment in gas consuming fuinace.s.
John G. Hock, of Newark, N. J., for improvement
in tbe arrangement of a gas retort bench.
Christian Knauer, of Pittsburg, Pa., for copying
P! Wm. D. Leavitt, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for improved
sawing machine. .......
Henry F. Mann, of Westville, Ind., for improve
ment in harvester frames.
Wm. N. Manning, of Rockport, Mass., for im
provement in melodeons. A
Robeit Myers, of Factory Pcmt, Vt., for improved
marble sawing machine.
Foster Nowell, of I/)well, Mass., for improvement
in wool carding machines.
R. II. Pcverly, of Chelsea, Mass , for improvement
in sell-regulating ships' compasses.
Samuel Richards, of Philadelphia, Pa., for im
provement in glass furnaces.
JoBiah A. Rollins, of Buflalo, N. Y., for improve
ment in melodecns. .
Isaac M. Singer, of New York, N. Y , for im
provement in sewing machines for binding hats.
L\Boeder Spooner, of Boston, Mass., for improve
ment in elastic bottoms for chairs and other ar
tlCWm. Samuels and Geo. L. Stansbary, of Jackson
Township, Ind., for improved boring machine.
Wm. B. TreadweU, of Albany, N. Y., tor improve
ment in cooking Btovea. .
John A. Tell, of Sugar Bridge, 0., for improved
marb'e sawing machine. ,
Otis Tnfts, of Boston, Mass., for improvement in
orerritiDg valves of steam engines.
Henry S. Vrooman, of Lagansport, Ind., for im
proved sawing machine.
Chapman Warner, of Green Point, N. Y., for im
proved filter. ? ? ,
Moishal Wheeler, of Honesdale, Pa., for improve
ment in gas regulators.
Alien B. Wilson, of Waterbnry, Conn., for im
provement in grain and grass harve-tera.
Henry R. Woitbington, of Brooklyn, N.Y., tor
improved method of attaching steam to a conical
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Linus Yale, Jr., of New:ort, N. Y., for improved
^Frederick B. E. Beaumont, of Upper Woodball,
Ere., for improvement in firearms.
Bolcn Bishop, of Horner, N. Y., for improvement
in washing machines.
John T. Beyer, of Haynesville, Mo., for improve
ment in washing machines.
Samuel L. Denney, of Lancaster, Pa., for improve
ment in hand corn planters.
David L.Davis,or Dedham. Mass., for improve
ment in elastic bearings for railroad chairs.
Jaa.es W.Evans, of New York, N. Y., for improv
'^Maldon sfprwt, of Detroit, Mich., for improve
ment in railroad car brakes.
Cyms Garrett and Thomas Cottmnn.oi Cincin
nati, O.. for improvement in subsoil ploughs.
Hoiuce L. Hcrvey, of Quin-y, In., for improve
ment in parallactic instruments for measuring du
tnnccp
George Kcsling, of Lebanon, 0., for improvement
s Longley, of Cincinnati, 0., for improved
apparatus for rolling and handling barrels, Ac.
John McGhesncy. of Louisville, ky., tor improve
ment in washing machines. ... .
Jacob J. A H. F. Mann, ot Westville, Ind., for im
provement in reaping machines.
Jcsiah Muroford. of Clarksburg, 0., for improve
ment in levolving last holders.
Joseph Smith, of Condit, 0., for improvement m
machines for railing and loading hay.
Oien Stoddard, ol Busti, N. Y., for improvement
in machines for husking eorn.
Lucius K. Trend well, ot Warren, Mass., for im
provement in lattice bridges.
George W.N Yost, of Pittsburg, Pa., for improved
driving wheels for s'?am drags or propellers.
Gecigc W. N. Yost, of Pittsburg, Pa., for im
proved steam land propeller.
Samuel Fahrney, of Boonslioro, Md., assignor to
Abraham Buffer and Benjamin Fahrney, or wua
innton county, Md., for improved vice. ,
Cnllcn Whipple, of Providence, R. L, assignor U>
the New England Screw Company, of same piaoo,
for improvement in making screws. ,
Wm. I\ Wood, of Washington, DjC., assignor to
F.amv.el De Vaughn and Wm. P. Wood, o samn
place, for improved mitre box.
Daniel Dodge, of Hreseville, !?? ^ lg?provft
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