The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-26

\Mss-Wdrven-I orns-- Increase of Population
--ASonish,ng Increase The Value Of Property
-D,aribstion of Propot g-AgricutUe- M1,s-
v}uetwres- Cotton. Wooiia and Paper Mills
"Qwsmcy Granite'-Mntsme Maaers-Fishing
kstevest-Ship Building : R,r0s-Ihs Charles-
Mistake of a Nams-IH Neponset-R ail,says
~ Norfolk County, &c sc.
The county Of Norfolk tas many claims to the
ssnaideeation Of those who would be familiar with
Ne history and character ii the commonwealth Of
Massachusetts, Partakng i the general character
II the community of which ! forms no uninportant
section, it has its distinctive peculiarties and its
points of difference. 1t is half the size Of Mid
dlesex, and though third ess in extent than Brs-
tol has q larger populatou han the latter county.
1t stretches from Boston i the State Of Rhode
Island. 1t is not an old county-its corporate
existence dating from l795 previous to which time
it was part OF Suffolk ny. No part of the
State. tA size considered, mas produced larger
number Of eminent men. This respect the town
H Brahtree deserves pirtcal,r mention. 1t was
founded In 1925, and was tGra known as Mount VOL.
lAsto0, and from it have si1cc been taken the fine
towns Of Randolph and QGihcy. 1t was at Mount
Wollnsto0 that Thomas Morton established the colo
ny Of Merry Mount, or, believe it should be
called, mare Mount "Brig lat were the DAYS at
Merry Mount" says the inst IF American authors
"whsa the May pole was ,he banner staff Of that gay
coleny. They who reared 1t, should their banner
be triumphant were to pour sunshine over New Eng
lands rugged hills and scatter dower seeds through
out the soil. Jolty and sioom were contending for
an empire. Midsummer had come, bringing
deep verdure to the forest d roses in her lap, of
moro vivid hue than the te der buds of spring. But
May, Or her mrthful spirit dYeit al the year round
at Merry Mount, sporting q the summer months,
and rovelling with autumn ard basking in the glow
q winters freside Throush world Of toll and
care dhe fitted with dream.'Ke smile, and came
hsme amsng the lightsome lesrts of Merry Mount
Bus the Puritans had no ijea Of people enjoying
themselves. They were happy only when they were
misEabae. and were bent every man having
bis faH share in the luxury ot The several Pu-
ritan settlements formed VIA. literally "holy
aAiaaoe" against community absurdly consti-
tuted ~ to believe that heaven pleased to see
msa enjoy themselves. At the head Of the allied
army. Niles Standish attacked Merry Mount and de-
sEeyed the colony, serving Thomas Morton as badly
- Jshn Davis served Marcus Of IN At name than
tWo Centuries later. This ia 1925 and the under
tng was the first step in that Union which has since
bssee 20 great The cost OF the expedition amounted
to 6l4 1a large sum for those days but which would
hardly make much Of figure il tine caisse ml,taire
d modern army. There we're no less than eight
parties to the alliance and the cost assessed on
6nn proportionatey. One party was the Isle OF
shea which has not done much in our history since
tAat time.
At Braintree was born Johu Hancock, the greatest
GIVE character OF our revOUon, from the North-the
hboCo merchant the FIRST ST. VI the Declaration
q Ln1ependence, the man VIII, was one Of the two
prooofibed by the British, the humane statesman and
m diagrace OF having her constitution baptized in
eivl blood. At Braintree live, the Quincy family,
descendants of the gentleman o. that name who fg
nes in the Roll of Battle ADDey, among the heroes
q HAstingIrobbeB, perhaps would be the better
term. more honorable .act in their ancestral his
~ u that Of Qulncys connection with Magma
1ArA. With the exception of the Prescotts the
Iuincys are the the most remarkable family in New
me4and They have mai ,taineI high position for
everal generations, and mutainedt by the exercise
talent that is as hereditary as the name. Not to
nention others. there was Colonel John Quincy,
rho WAS for forty years menber OF the Colonial
council; Josiah Quincy, Jr., OF revolutionary
memory, and who died week after the first
overt aot OF the contest had been perpetrated the
present Josiah Quincy, Sen, who, in his eighty
second year retains the full sgor OF that mind which
exhibited its first powers Tore than half cen
tury ago; Josiah Quincy, Jr whose business talents,
Of various character have lde him 20 conspicuous:
and Edmund Quincy, the aoest of the abolition
writer's. The Adamses who intermarred with the
honor Of giving one Vice President and two Presi-
dents TO the United States, To say nothing OF the
deegateshps, diplomatic s.atlons, Scholarships.
cabinet officers, and SO forth, held by the same men,
Joseph Warren was q Iatye OF Roxbury. Fisher
Ames was born at DedhJn, aud was the most re-
maxkable of the New England federasts. II would
rather astonish him be permitted to revisit the
glimpees Of the moon. aud see how the event has
lalsfjed all his fears. He elected q member OF
the nrst Congress under tue constitution, over the
celebratcd Samuel Adams Edward Everett was
born at Dorchester, in ia, 90 that, should he be
our next President, Norfolk county Will then have
Rven three Chief Magistrates IT, the nauon. Horace
Mann belongs here He was born at franklin, In
1895. Mr. Valley, representative elect Ia the thirty
third Congress- OF one OF the Boston districts lives at
Roxbury Colonel Wight now Navy Agent at Bos-
ton. and who formerly played so prominent part
in Massachusetts, politics, belonged to the same town,
and - did Mr.. Goodrich nov Consul at Paris.
There are twenty two towns In this county, not
counting West Roxbury, which votes with Roxbury.
Tho largest of these places is the city OF Roxbury,
with population not far from twenty thousand even
after tho loss OF more t1aD three thousand by the
creation Of West RoxbaTy; aud the smallest is Dover,
which had six hundred aid nne Inhabitants IN 1900
Dorchester one OF our oldest towns, has not much
below nine Thousand Inhabitants Weymouth,
Quincy, Randolph, and Dedhan, the next largest
places, the last named being toe shire town. Rox-
bury increased in population upwards OF ten thou
sand between 1910 and 1850 Efforts have been
ode to unite it with Boston bet Without success
iough many think that sue will ultimately be ita
he and that the great city will also swallow up
hariest0wn and Cambridge, and 20 bee )me greater
The population Of Norfolk county. in $40. was
O6O4 in 1850, it II ,A4l-inCresse, 26, 537, or
- rate something beyond fifty per cent. Something
this due to removals OF people from Boston to
the Norfolk towns. Ii is supposed that the popula-
lion Ii now not materially different from 10000.
Roxbuy was the oily town that more than doubled
it, population between ls40 ard 1850 except the
little town Of Brookline hard ~ Boston, with which
l. hyf la.A 10 i'm
1 I23 people TO 1858. Dorchester increased from
4,458 TO 1873. Quincy increased al the rate Of 80
per cent and Randolph aud Weymouth at almost as
high rate, and Stoughtnn at even higher figure.
gained something.
The increase OF the value Of property in Norfolk
county, between $40 aud 1850, OF the most re
markable character and affords n fact in the history
Of material progress sucn do not often hnd
mentioned on authentic data. Five OF our counties
lSuff0lk. Middesey Hsmnden, Bcstnl and Barnsta.