Washington telegraph., 1852-01-21
correspondence of the Telegrsrs.
N.w Yorx. Lee. "a. 1851.

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Nav Yonx, Lee. %, 1851.
Just now, everybody in New York is preparna
for Christmas. The great feature Of that day
here, is the bes,owaI OF Christmas presents The
windows Of the jewelry and fancy stores are
ablaZe with gt,eriug trnkets suitable for souve,
Mrs and cages of love. The confectioneries and
| cakeres are decked for the sacratice; the book
sellers have marshal'ed whole regiments of da-
t,ascened ANIMALS OF their counters and shelves;
tie plate glass Iady-traps in Broadway are baiied
/ with profession OF rich and rddiaEt fabrics; toy
dom has opened its batteries of temptation upon
boydom; the theatres preparing Tor the holi-
| day week; balls and banqueis are in progress OF
! deveiopemeni; the country Is getting ready TO
come TO town, and the town is thiuking about
paying visit 10 its friends in The country; board
lag schools in state Of effrrveseuce; and, III
short, even the Kossuth fever is giving place TO
the jpviaI epidemic which sezos upon the animal
spirits at this season
might say great deal more about Christmas;
but shall! not, l must dash inro revolutions,
discoveries, inventions, and such like matter.of-
fact subjects.
observe. by articles in various newspapers,
That some good people becoming sIarmd ~
the prospects Of the spec dy consumption Of all
the wood in the world. "Whal," say ihess honest
isl'ows, "sha we do for fuel and furniture, and
building maleria,sl"
must Confess, that when frs, saw an article
on this subject, in enc of our city papers, was
greatly startled; and agreed with the writer, shat
nn'ess Providence opened up some way Of escape.
The time would come, when The inhabitants OF The
earta would be. In sy che .Sa-t sarely perp.cxed
to had materials out OF which to bua houses,
construct ships, aud make furninure, fences and
all other things now made, either whole, or in
part, Of wood" After thorough investigation
of the subject, however fiud that the question:
is readily answered-"Use iron" Iron is the
IA l,,,, h., 4
years more. We now have in New York plenty
of iron house. about which there is not speck
OF wood; and IN oar bay float many noble iron
vessels \ great drawback, hitherto, 10 the III
PRODUCTION Of oar nlanuiaciures. has ARISEN from
the fact that only castirou articles has been made:
and they are expensive, clumsy and liable to break.
II is only since the discovery that wrought-iron
fabrics can b. more readily worked, more highly
ornamented, more elegantly designed, furnished
at oue-hHi the expense, and warranted To endurs
fee times the violence cf cast iron, that this
branch of manufactures ba. assumed a position
and dignity commensurate with Us importance.
To the genius OF Mr.. John Il Wick-rsham Of
this city, is the world indebted FOR this grea, dis
covery;--a discovery which, in my opinion, wilt
yet place the name Of Wickershain alongside OF
these of Franklin, Watt, Daguerre Steers, Morsa,
and Of the other iuS;riuus men whose genuS
and practical skill have contributed SO much to
the worlds advancement.
W Nrought-jron can now &c woven n'G any de-
sirable shape. and adapted 10 an infinite variety
of purposes. Window guards, aud gratngs, for
steamships. stores, dwellings, aud all manner Of
public and private grounds, m-teries, &c; farm
fence, at one dollar a rod brdsteads, and almost
everything that is necessary ir building and fut-
u>hlng house, or in fencing aud stocking farm
with improvements, IS now made Of tins eudur-
ing material: The cheapLess and durability OF
these wrought-iron fabrics strong points ia
tl,AIr G.yr For .,ln
having five hundred of prairie land to fence:
can send 10 New York and have tits nperishabls
wrought-iron farm f"nce delivered ou has premises
for II less sum than il would cast him labor in
cluIed, for rails to fence an equal amount Of
linl; and he could snc 81 u hundred acres with
the iron fence, while he would be putting rail
fence around two acre lot. ra
Another point Of the utmost importance, is the
safety Of this kind of manufactures wherever
human life may be placed in jeopardy, as in the
of the school house, in this city, where over
forty children were lately killed by the giving
way of the bsnuiS;eTs. Had the staircase aud
bannisters been made Of wrought IRON, that de-
porable catastrophe would not have happened.
How much iron ore there IS in the bowels Of
the earth, L know not; but, | am inclined to
think that there IS enough ia furnish material for
all the houses, SLIPS, furniture and fence that viii
ever be required on this globe, aad yet leave a
heavy surplns for expectation to less favored
planets.
The last French revelation is no, much Of d
''card' here, us showmeu say. 1t don't draw.
II don't stir up the people, or excite enthusiasm,
or induce despair or rails 'muss' of any kind.
The Baltic briggs al IA" particulars but nobody
appears to care anythng about them. The news
boys are down on" Louis Napoleon, b.causs
their ''extras" don't sell. They say he is not half
the man that Kossuth is; for paper containing
one OF the lauer's speeches sch rs hundreds while
a full account of the formor's revolution don't
make a difference o. dime in their sales
'Wat," say the newsboys. "Gl Kossuth gets
back among en-, over there, aud thea wont there
b, high tiines7 Won't he stir up tho drspot.1
Wont we have news then, that will make the
extras SELF You may bet your lie we rH."
The ne~s-boys urc right. ko.suth is the nsa
TO make the sextras' eel; aud whru he oncs
more begins 20 "siir up the d-spotS," there will
be such commotion in Europe as has never yet
b.en Just now, he is being received al Pha-
delphia: and as the Inhabitants OF that hospitsbls
city have hod abundant lime 10 prepare for the
occasion, suppose his re. eption vii be mngnifi-
cent one.
lola Nlou;ez, it is said, will shorty commence
s,lt.,ory operations al the Broadway Theatre.
She has thus far maintained tire most inrxorsble
and cruel privacy as 10 her whereabouts. Some
of the knowing ones say she intends TO be bap-
rized IN Il few days, JOIN the church, aud COM
rn.nce irciurng ca the ''true sphere Of woman"
hardly credit this oa DIT, bo,s ever.
The Forrest ID vorce { as- has been trial in
the Super or Court, lg- Oakley presiding. 70,
nearly u week. Tie evidence already gwen
proves concirsv,ly that Mr.. aud Nrs Forrest
are as immoral and disgrareiul couple as were
ever bound together by the bonds of mairiIuony
Yours truly,
FREEDOM OF TuE Pass of the
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