The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-07-05

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Of the many church edifices in this
city, some of which vic with each other
in architectural design and workmanship
in their construction and adornings-
the great Roman Catholic Cathedral
now in process of erection, will doubt.
less rank as the first. Four years have
elapsed since it was commenced, and it
is not yet completed. The Catholics
are fond of display, and the multitude
are sorely taxed, to support spiritual
pride and ostentation. Wherein they
fail to convict by their teachings, they
aim to dazzle and allure by their pomp
and show. Vain hope This is a revo.
lutionary age. The omuipotence of ma
ture aud providence are engaged to
promote both civil and spiritual pro.
gress All things powerful and good
coalesce to diffuse the spirit of free
thought FREQ speech and free institutions,
and plead for the oppressed of every
class. The whole civilized world is
heaving like an ocean, and the great is
sues of freedom are working themselves
clearly out, amid the throcs of the storm
The great designs of Providence are un-
folding with tremendous import, before
which the arrogance of petty monarchy
is lost like the buzz OF an insect in the
wailings of the tempest. In the pro-
gress of truth, all its trumpery must be
swept away.
"Bulls, pardons, relics, cowls, black, white
and gray,
Up whired, and flying DER the ethereal
plain,
Fast bound for Limbo Lake"
The College cdidce erected by the
munifcent bequest of NJ. Girard, is a
noble structure 1t is built of marble,
and cost, it is supposed, (for tue trustees
would never tell,) two and a half mil.
lions of dollars Tho roof is supported
by 36 marble columns, each of which
cost $4,000. 1t took years labor of
of one man to execute the work upon
each of tho caps to these columns or, in
all, half an ordinary lifetime. The roof
is also of marble. The building and
grounds are walled in by a massive stone
wall, and have forbidding appearance.
1t should have been an elegant iron
fence, which would have contributed for
more to tho beauty of the spot, and been
more in keeping with republican Gus
toms. We were informed, that the in
pector of marble for the college rejected
enough, which lie obtained for trife,
to erect him beautiful residence. The
institution number at present about 400
students.
The United States Mint, located in
the heart of the city, next called our at
tention. 1t is an elegant stone structure
fronting four ways, and enclosing a hol-
low square in its centre The building
was greeted in 1882 The establishment
receives from so to 100 visitors daily.
whose names are all registered in book
kept for the purpose. Mr. James Bur
roughs is employed by government to
conduct visitors through the various de-
partments. Ho has a peculiar propcnsi.
ty for ease, and usually hurries his com
pany throughout the works with such
rapidity, that they leave very little wiser
than they entered We were fully ap-
priced of this, his weakness, before we en-
tered the mint, and resolved to admins.
ter temporary cure at least, for the
complaint,of which he was suffering. Be.
ing in company with q gentleman who
knew him-a resident Of the city-we
obtained an introduction to him, and we
bowed and shook hands warmly, at the
same time we were careful to leave in
his hand douceur, to secure for us more
than ordinary attentions. 1t acted like
a charm. We were not hurried in the
least, and received from him every dc.
sired information. The silver had
quieting influence on his nervous system,
and: no doubt, materially lessenod the
weariness which he sometimes complains
of.
The several steps, in the process of
money making, as given us by Mr.. b.,
are as follows
lst. When Coliforpians, or others.
bring gold to exchange for coin, it is re.
ceived and weighed, and then melted.
I'd. 1t is assayed, j, e., its purity and
value is determined
Sd. 1t is again melted with silver,
and precipitatsd in boiling state into
water, which breaks it into small parti.
clss, called grapulatipg.
4th. The gold is separated from tho
silver by nitric acid. The gold is pre-.
cipitated, and the silver is held in solu.
tion.
5th 1t is next restored to a metal
lilo state.
9th. The alloy is added and melted
into ingots- For gold, silver and copper
is the alley. For silver, copper alone