Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-07-25


This year. the Real Estate of the city has been
officially valued at Two Hundred and Twenty
Seven Millions, Thirteen Thousand, Eight Hundred
and Fifty Six Dollars, and the Personal Estate al
Ninety Three Millions. Ninety -Four Thousand
Five Hundred and One Dollars, which gives us
7 otal OF Three Hundred and Twenty Millions One
Hundred and Eight Thousand, Three Humid ed and
Fifty Eight iDolars. You will see, that our city
has thus increased its wealth, in one year, by the
snug little sum Of Thirty -Four Millions. Twenty
Five Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty Two
Dollars.
| could have made the preceding paragraph IA
little shorter, by substituting figures for words but,
it docs me good occasionally, to make snowy
display, in a statistical paragraph on monetary
matters. So little OF the Substance comes TO my
share that may be pardoned Tor liking as imposing
a shddo,c as possible.
! There was good deaf OF satisfaction, on Saur-
day last, in the literary circles of this city on the re-
cepton from Coopcrstown, OF note from relative
| OF Mr. !. Fennimore Cooper, contradicing the re-
port OF his dangerous sickness. Mr.. Cooper has, as
an author, reflected good deal OF credit ON our
country, nnd, as man, good deal OF dscredlt on
himself Tor his insane and unsuccessful prosecution
some wears ago, of those editors who thought prof
er to critcise his productions in their own way,
without consulting his wishes on the subject, or sub
hitting their articles is too often the case, tie
approval of book publishers.
have been favored by Messrs Little & Brown
of Cambridge, Mass, publishers with an early copy
OF the first volume OF Daniel Nebser's Mlscea.
neous Speeches and Writings, which will become
of course, u standard work. 1t is edited by Edward
| Everett, and will extend to seven volumes; the
speeches are be contained in the first five volumes
and the remaining two TO be devoted to Mr.. Web.
ster's diplomatic, and other public correspondence -
Besides the editorial matter by Everett, the worf
will be enriched with notes by Mr.. Webster him
self.
Several merchants. in New York. are said to be
about to unite with others in Sardinia, in establish
ing line OF Steamships between this port and &c
non, under the sanction and patronage of the Sar
dinian Cove rnment. The advantages resulting Il
our citizens, from this project too obvious to neec
detail.
The Census Returns OF Great Britain and Ircanc
though still incomplete, present some points of in
terest for our consideration. During the past tel
years the population of Great Britain has increase,
2263,552 ;-amounting now in round numbers to .
Millions. To accommodate this closely prrsstl
multitude, requires 3,Sll o54 houses, showing an in
crease, since 1871, of 1884 tenements During
the same period, the population of unhappy IrelanC
has dwinded down from 8, 10000 to g. Million,
occasioned not only by the famine. and emigration
to this country, hut by the constant irrupton
swarms TO the more favored portions OF the Untet
Kingdom.
London now comprises 1868 l4O souls dwelling
in 1924 oil houses being an increase in ten years
OF 4t4,772 in population, and 5o,553 houses. Pro
digious as i, this increase in the metropolis TINT
Liverpool far surpasses it for there, the population
has increased, in ten years. so per cent, and tn
dock room, and other commercial facilities. hay
been doubled.
BY comparing the population OF the two urges
European cities with that OF New York and Pha
drlphia, find the number of Inmates. in each hous
to be,