PATENTS. 



across the street where he had his Henry rifle, 

 Colt's revolver, etc., and though his clothing 

 was riddled by their shot, gained it without a 

 wound, and seizing his Henry's rifle, killed five 



Muzzle of the gun, with sleeve turned aside and magazine 

 opened to receive the cartridge. 



of his assailants with five shots ; the other two 

 sprung for their horses, one of these he disabled 

 with his sixth shot, and killed with the seventh ; 

 the other he killed with the eighth. The State 

 of Kentucky, in consequence of this feat, armed 

 his company with this rifle. 



The "\VnixwoRxn rifle, which is manufactured 

 either as a breech or muzzle-loader, is the only 

 English rifle which fairly competes with our 

 American breech-loaders. As a breech-loading 

 rifle it has been manufactured only by Westley 

 Richards. It has a hexagonal bore and fires a 

 hexagonal bolt an inch and a half in length, 

 though only ^ of an inch in diameter. This 

 bolt weighs 517 grains. The bore is construct- 

 ed with a complete turn in 20 inches, or one 

 and a half turns in the length of the barrel, 

 which is 30 inches. The charge of powder is 

 76 grains. It is a very efficient weapon of great 

 range, though lacking somewhat in precision, 

 is not liable to foul, but its cartridge, which is 

 made of paper, is so long and narrow as to be 

 liable to burst on the march. 



OREGON. The area of this extreme north- 

 western State is estimated at 95,248 square 

 miles, and its population in 1860 was 52,465. 

 It was estimated in 1864 to be 70,000. The 

 Governor of the State is Addison C. Gibbs; 

 Secretary of State, Samuel E. May ; Treasurer, 

 Edwin X. Cooke. Their terms of office expire 

 on the second Monday of September, 1866. 

 Their full term of office is four years. The 

 election for State and county officers is held on 

 the first Monday of June, biennially, except for 

 the officers above mentioned. The last State 

 election was held on June 6, 1864. The Legis- 

 lature assembles biennially at Salem, on the 

 second Monday in September. The Senate is 

 composed of eighteen members elected for four 

 years, and the House of thirty-eight members 

 elected for two years. There are twenty 

 counties in the State, containing about 14.718 

 voters in 1864, the taxable property of which 

 was estimated in 1862 at 823,886.95. At the 

 election in June, 1864, for member of Congress, 

 J. H. D. Henderson received 8,728 votes, and 

 J. K. Kelly 6,093 ; majority for Henderson, 

 2,635. Each house of the Legislature chosen 

 at this election contains a Republican majority. 



At the Presidential election the vote of the 

 State was as follows : Lincoln, 9,888 ; McClellan, 

 8,457; majority for Mr. Lincoln, 1,431. 



There are eleven newspapers published in the 

 State, two of which are daily, one daily and 

 weekly, and the others are weeklies. 



PATENTS. During the years 1863-'4 the 

 business of the Patent Office nearly recovered 

 from the injurious effects which the breaking 

 out of the rebellion in this country had upon 

 all branches of arts and sciences. 



During the year 1861 there were three 

 thousand less applications than in 1860, and 

 the expenses of the Department were $84,000 

 more than its receipts. 



During the years 1862-' 3 and '4 there was 



