Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-03-02
Correspondence of the Free Press
LITTER FROM NEW YORK.


New York, February q, 1851.
Messr,. Editors:
On Saturday 1 stepped into the
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company :
Rooms, at No. sos Broadway, whence are des-
patched, all over the world, 'ose eminently labor
saving, care-dispelling, neutrality-suspicious.
eedle-puncture-keeping, observation-disclosures
Iauded devices for making home happy, the Wheel-
er Il Wilson SEWING MACHINES. | sat there a fe"
minutes, removed but by two thicknesses OF glass
frem the hustle and noise of Broadway, disturbed
by no sound save the patter of ladies feet over the
carpeted floor, and the pleasant rustic of the ma
chimes in the room, a sound like, (only a little me-
tallic,) to the flying of dry leaves before a Novem-
Der wind. But the sound did not suggest winter
frost, the fading of life, and all the melancholy
thoughts that follow the leaves in their dreary
dance; but home, comfort, wives freed from the
harrassing labor of that terrible little tyrant-the
needle-and with bright cheeks and strengthening
forms rejoicing in their freedom, bright faces OF
children watching mother sew" health and hap
pines to many a fre-side. A pleasant sound
very kitten-purr of comfortable notes.
The day was not a pleasant one; it was a mix
ture of all weathers-bright in the morning, over
clouded soon, a few drops of rain falling, again
clear, then showing, a furious squall Of an half an
hour-an unreliable day. Yet there was a con-
slant stream of ladies passing in and out Of the
Company's beautiful room, while [ was there,
some to buy, some to learn. I asked the gentle
&c - rros mol q husv time inst now
he replied: ono, quite dull; we are selling about
a hundred a week., In the really busy season,
four or I've time. that number are despatched. 1t
is a great business; and deservedly so.
The Company are not content with anything
but the best. As new inventions appear, those
really worthy are Incorporated with then business
and form part Of their machines. In this way
constant improvement is made, so that a Wheeler
and Wilson mot one of the firm, but a mgchH-
they are rarely called any thing else but NheetT
and WILSON, Of to-day, though the same IN prln-
ciple, differs in many details from one Of five Yeas
ago. The latest improvement they have introduced
is the adii. on of a guags for making tHebs Te,-
a very neat and effective instrument, entirely su-
perseding the card and pencil. 1t is readily at
tachcd to any machine, and will save its cost (oZ)
in time, for any one who has much of that work to
do, in a very little while
But why 10 tell you all these things? it Is
"coals to Newcastle" and in your own building
you can sh ic any Of your readers "all about it,
much quicker and better than l can write it.
No defD .e news comes yet from the unfortunate
Hunqariq1 contra ictory about the
number of Ass myers on board, are published,
some putt < the number at 800, and some at 20.
The Herald published Saturday a list of names
purporting to be those of the persons on board
but this morning says that the list, which was sent
on by telegraph, is that Of the passengers from
Portland to Liverpool, on the trip preceding 1t
is almost certain that no life was saved Of all on
board, whether they were few or many. Is it not
strange that not nothing can be learned? for the
the wreck was seen on the morning Of the disaster.
How the Inflated vessel anne on shore, is Of course
unknown; but it is probable that an indirect
cause, at least, is the mania for quick passages. To
save a few miles distance, shipmasters will scrape
along dan .erous reefs, where a fog, or the slight
est mistake in reckoning Will almost inevitably
run them ashore. Think of the number OF IN stan
ces where, running at speed through a fog, the
vessels fearful strike upon the shore has been the
the first intimation 10 the crew that they we're not
as they thought, at a safe distance from the hun
cry breakers.
The subscription lists for a new Plymouth
Church, Grew. H. W. Beecher's) are opened. The
sum required is-only $3.50, 600 ; 4 few gentlemen
met on Saturday and subscribed among themselves
over $50, 900; the present property is estimated at
$4,000, and it is proposed to leave $4,000 in
mortgage upon the new building, leaving $4,000
to be raised by the actual work Of subscription.
1t seems a great Undertaking. but it Is so evident
ly necessary, every ouu,-y, --.ovna1sio Of som
kind must bt made, that the project will hardly
fail of complete success. The new building when
completed will be one of the largest church edifces
on the continent.