To Richard C. Holmes and Jonathan J. Springer, of Cape May C. H., N. J., for improvement in Machinery for Steering Vessels. Patented 20th July, 1846. To Daniel Hoats, of Mifflingburgh, Pa., for improvement in Threshing Machines. Patented 20th July, 1846. To Tappan Townsend, of Albany, N. Y., for improvement in Warming Railroad Cars.--Patented 24th July, 1846. To Elizur L. Booth, of Canandaigua, N. Y., for improvement in Threshing Machines. Patented 24th July, 1846. To Allen Eldred, of Oppenheim, N. Y., for improvement in Potatoe Ploughs. Patented 24th July, 1846. To Amos L. Reed, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for improvement in Feeding Nail Plates. Patented 24th July, 1846. To Joseph Greenleaf, of North Yarmouth, Me., for improvement in Washing Machines. Patented 24th July, 1846. To James Atwater, of New Haven, Ct., for improvement in Door Locks. Patented 24th July, 1846. To Richard Flint, of Meriden, Ct., for improvement in Rat-Tail Files. Patented 24th July, 1846. To Addison Smith, of Perrysburgh, Ohio, for improvement in Magnetic Fire Alarms.--Patented 24th July, 1846. To Charles F. Johnson, of Oswego, N. Y., for improvement in Turret Clocks. Patented 28th July, 1846. To H, D. Reynolds, of Mill-Hall, Pa., for improvement in Smut Machines. Patented 28th July, 1846. To Charles Edward Jacot, of New York City, for improvement in Lever Escapements. Patented 28th July, 1846. To Ross Winans, of Baltimore, Md., for improvement in Locomotive Carriages. Patented 28th July, 1846. To Jonathan Knowles, of Lowell, Mass., for improvement in Children's Chairs and Wagons. Patented 28th July, 1846. To Moses Miller, of Fort Ann, N. Y., for improvement in Sleighs. Patented 28th July, 1846. To William Hatch, of Medford, Mass., for improvement in Spike and Nail Machines.--Patented 28th July, 1846. [Illustration: Variety] =Old Bachelors.= They are wanderers and ramblers--never at home, Making sure of a welcome wherever they roam. And ev'ry one knows that the bachelor's den Is a room set apart for these singular men-- A nook in the clouds, of some five feet by four, Though sometimes, perchance, it may be rather more, With skylight, or no light, ghosts, goblins and gloom, And ev'ry where termed, 'The Bachelor's Room.' These creatures, they say, are not valued at all, Except when the herd give a Bachelor's ball. Then drest in their best, In their gold broidered vest, It is known as a fact, That they act with much tact, And they lisp out 'How do?' And they coo and they woo, And they smile, for a while, Their fair guests to beguile; Condescending and bending, For fear of offending, Though inert, And they spy, They exert, With their eye, To be pert, And they sigh And to flirt, As they fly.