Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-01-02


Sll,3O. The entire value of the products is
s | ,579.lGl No. Of yards Of cloth manuiac r
tured, 2,S30,400.
In Manufactures in Iron Castings the capital =
invested is S290,720. No. tons pig iron used, =
2 2.279-of old metal 274. Tons Of mineral coal !;
used 1,066-bushels Of coke and charcoal :
l9S,400. Value of the raw material, fuel Sc.
Sl60,603. No. Of hands employed 3sl.l
Average wages per month S29,27. Tons Of
castings made 5000. Entire value Of the pro-
ducts S460,S3l. {
In Manufactures Of Pig Iron, the amount Of
capital invested is $4,000. Tons of ore used,
7G66-tons Of mineral coal used, $50 bushels
of coke and charcoal, 326,437. Value of the
raw material $40,l75. No. of hands employed
10. Average wages per month, 800, so. Tons
of pig iron made 3.2O0-value SG800O.
In Manufactures of Wrought Iron, the cspi-
tai invested is $62,7CO. Tons Of pig metal used
750-tons of blooms used 525 --tons of ore
used 2,625. No. Of bushels of coke and char.
coal used 327, 900. Value of the raw material
used S66,l04. No of hands employed 81.
Avarage woges per month S3l,05. No. tons
Of iron made 2,049. Entire value Of the pro-
ducts $l63,986. Total number Of productive
establishments in Vermont Cotton, 9W ool-
en- 72,-Castings 2G,--PIg Iron 3,-Wrought
Iron 3.
NEwsPArERs.-From the same source we
learn that there were last year "a Newspapers
published in Vermont viz IA Whr,--9
Democrat-2 Free Soil,-3 Literary and Mis-
ceuaneous,3 Religious, and 3 not specified.
Their aggregate circulation amounted to 43,-
266. The classification fthe papers into De
mocratic and Free Soil we presume was made
In Vermont.
o. A correspondent has sent US the follow
ing notice of LoNGrELLow's new Poem, "Tho
Golden Legend" for a copy of which we are
indebted to Messrs. Z. SMITH G. Co. We
hardly agree with Our good-natured criti as to
the passages quoted, but ''de gpst;tua' 3 pro-
verbally "rnatter of taste" ED, F. P.
For tie Free Press
TIE Golden Legend, is poem Of ;kree hundred
pages, recently published by Henry W Longieiow,
one oi the most tdsssryed.y popular Of American
poets.
Nj LonPie.ow3 poems, though net al golden e-
gcnds, are written in characters and figures Of the
purest Of gold The scenes of the Golden Le
gend" located in the beautiful and poetic valley
o The Rhine. and it possesses much OF the German
reyere in style blended with the purcst and noJ.est
Mr. Longfellow, ike Mr. Emerson, has s'y'e OF
his own therefore his works cannot be criticised by
: comparisons, excepting Of their own component
parts, which is most Justly done by quotations. M
+. p Whpple the greatest Of A;Aerican chtics said
TO me-" The Golden Legend is picture OF the
present age, OF many beautiful co!ors." The follow
ing quotations. may not only be regarded "beaU-
tiia. cuOJs' but as beautiful figures.
Prince Henry to Elsie.
8" Thy words fall ison tAy lips
, Like roses from the bps OF Angelo: and &usc.s
Might stocp 10 pick the!a up
A figure OF intensity of regret king Heroi &
the slaughter OF the innocent, on l,ats.nE hat hr
own son had been slain.
"Wha tormrnts rack my heart and heni
! WoG.i were acad "uJ,G were DEAF,
Auc tlr!ed IN the ground
+ Luc,ier, who proceeds from fash ofl.gh;lag in
y the garb Of physician, pays the following cougn
d nenI to the great school OF Salem"
5 "Le. US see what the learned wag malnisas
NlIA such prOd.gal waste o Ull.U:."
n (Rsaas)
= Whether angels IN moving from p.lce to pac
IL Pas. lhIcIgh the intermediate space
i Here is beautiful and grand ptc.dse oi IAe Hero
y ine, and Hero ol the Legend
"l aaw her stanling on the deck.
beneath an awN.N cool ana shady
-, Her cap OF velvet could not hod
u The tI,sses oi her hair ot gold,
S That flowed ana h3a,ed ike The stream.
And ltl in mlsses down her eek.
. A air and lovely d'd she seem
- AS in story or dream
Some beautiful ant otei-n LADY.
ST And The Prince looked So grand and proud,
- And woycd his hand thus l. i.lr crowd
That gazed and shouted from th- shore,
AL Gown the river long and loud
= The following stan,ls have no sayrrors and ID
n few equals in the language. !or beauty oi H45n,
No. deiicncy Of sentiment aul expression.
- " God sent his messenger the ram,
And sald uH the Iauuutln brOu6,
= " Rise up, aud from Thy c"vcrn7 !OOk,
), And leap with naked, SNOW nlle ieet.
n From lhe COO. hills mo the Ae.t
q! the b road, md piiln.'
God sent his messenger OF faith,
!" And whispered in lur maiicn- Heart.
9 RISE up, and look from where inou art,
,e And scatter with unSriti-h hands
Thy freshness ON the barren sands
And solitude OF Death X.