New-York tribune., 1867-04-25
A word or two on the army and navy shows that
Lhe writer keeps his eve open to passing events.

ideas and the solid earth talks OF the gaytaSn
that keeps il true TO center and swings IL round the
sun in It's loyal orbit; and Farragut, who takes ms "a
c sTs Of deaS TO- Victory with as much simplicity and
directness he were paying common debt or gong
laws OF the land would bring million Of into the
field and hundreds of wellmanned Ships out upon the
necessity of putting forth their prerogve and keeps
nation at peace with the once Rebel States ana the
cheerful view is taken of the future, and pre-
diction ventured with regard to the effects of disap-
pontment on the Southern character.
One thing however, very clear and must be stated
poWer and fascinated alike by its possession and its pos
1t thought that the of the future was with
itself and its institutions; and the more thoroughly ts
idea rooted out much the better Tor the souh ana
the whole Nation IL is well them that the country mas
Government; and the Military bill viii in It's principal
feature prove attractive 10 the conyalescet Rebel
point urged is that the nation is the sove
reign power ana tnat power W. h WI soon t%n a a. has
been Tepusve When the Southern people come Loyalty
of the country its wealth and peace at home and for
its honor abroad, the old fellowship viii return ana an
disabling and exclusive legislation Will cease Americans
are a generous people, and such waged
with little vengeance on the part OF the conqueios
crlelty; and NAV be assured that by the time cele
brate the jubilee Of national life in 1870 the sovereign
power OF the Union viii be the liberty and prosperity ol
| all the States.
The present number completes the thirty-fomth
volume of the Magazine. which furnishes the editor
with an occasion for presenting some statistics with
regard TO its highly prosperous career. IL appears
that tho circulation of Harper is three times that OF
the Corah ten times that of either Bdch1cood 1en-
pie Bar, Macmillan, and exceeds that of frdsT,
Co{bnr1. Bentcu or the Dabhn University, in much
greater ratio In fact it is larger than the combined
circulation of the leading British magazines. Not
less than ten thousand illustrations have appeared
in the Magazine at a cost of $30000O sum greater
than has been paid during the time for literary
and artistic matter by any other similar periodical
The AHantic:Moahly opens with fresh installment
of the Guardian Ange" by DR., O. w Holmes, illus
trating certain amiabe traits in the character of the
Rev. Joseph Belamy Stoker, and showing phase OF
New-England ecclesiastical life which is not often
touched on by the eulogts of the Pilgrims and their
| descendants. Mr. Parton's History OF the Sewing
Machine" is in his peculiar vein, presenting lively
narrative of the obstacles encountered by MIR. Elias
Howe in perfeetng his invention, and its progress
10 the important industrial and commercial position
which il now holds. Some of Mr.. PartOns statistics
are not little curious. For instance. he describes
THE NUMBER OF SEWING MACHINES.
Gentlemen best acquainted with the business compute
that the whole nuneer Of ,sd made IN tn tne
United states mp 10 t9s & SPe U n y nprS @ M quarter
ending December 1865 the number Of machines made
was S999l This ia above the rate Of two hundred thou
sand per Mr. Howe s Of opinion that about hall
Guiding the Yankees who driven from the United states
by the combination, have set up their factories on the
producing the astounding and almost lncrcd
| ibe number OF one thousand sewing machines every
working average cost 10 the purchaser OF sixty
dollars each. The world however, very large place
and america stu supplies IL WIN most ol iss ~ seWS @
England which employ five hundred machines, when we
running more than three thousand Of item and when
consider that there In the United staos six millions
of families of whom 10 have sewing machine
when they afford t. believe that even many
thousand day may he absorbed. About oneffh 81
10 foreign countries. Wheeler Wilson, Grover &
Baker. Singer aud Company, Wilcox Gleb1 the for-
Paris, London. Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, melbourne.
Island and wherever else in the world many stitches are
taken Foreigners can no more make YANKEE sewing
not the machnery-as curous as the machine self-by
which each part Of the apparatus s made at the minimum nm
found sewing machine mannfaetory In Europe which
expenditure OF two millions dollars and tho expatria
ton OF several Of our American foremen IL only upon
profitably.
And also
THEIR UNIVERSAL APPLICATION.
BY OF the various improvements and attach.
mets the sewing machine now performs nearly OIL MAT
quilts gathers fes brads embrolders and makes but
tonhoes. 1t is used the manufacture Of every gar
engine which hrenen soleleather trunhs har
ness carriage curtains ana nhpgs sa
awnings, whips saddles, cOrsets, hats, caps, Valses,
pOcketDOOKS tftSSes busptnutlh
made by ITS assistance; but it is employed. quite as
usefuy, In making Kid gloves parasols, and the most
perhaps witnessed the show the other day in NewYork
"a the shoes gaters and ladies' boots made for the Paris
Exhibition They were OF all degrees of delcacy from
the stout Banorsl boot Of kid satin velvet
ana every Kind OF eh had been employed in IN tIS Sn man man
could not be distinctly without magnyIng glass
boots TSs pee ia wonder OF bs display WSs that e
stitch In every one OF those beautiful shoes was executed
contribution to the Exhibition, assured ana Will
the universe In general at Paris, that all this
the Howe Sewing Machine" Upon ordinary boots and
shoes, the machine has long been cmployed but II Is
the manufacture of those dainty things which ladies
wear upon their feet Taen SS ny go b o9 % q
branches Of manufacture As operators have increased
In SKILL and as he special capabilities OF the different
machines have been better understood, finer kinds OF
work have been done upon them than used 10 be thought
genius the sewing The apparatus
mated them; they execute maryels upon it, as Colts
cations Of the machine TO the sewing OF straw hats and
ments by which the finest brads sOwn into bOnets Of
any form
"The Genius of Dickens" is well treated in a crit
zeal papef r. Mr., Whipple, who claims prominence
for that author among cdern novelists for his in
stinctive sympathy with whatever IL human and hu-
mane which is the fundamental condition Qf geG;S!
and varied Characterization Still, he does not
allow him place among the greatest masters of
Characterization because he creates 10 great tpatureS
his Personagos may be original, strange, wnid, crim
6a humorous. loveable, pathetic, or good. but they
are never great; they are always composed of the
common stuff Of humanity, even when it is worked
pp into uncommon forms and are comparatively
lacking in the element of thought. Germany in
NewYork" is a sketch of German life in this city,
which contains about 10000 of the middle and
poorer class of Germans One of the writer's studies
from nature iu shes picture of