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NEW HAVEN.
Ets Hist0ry--Ets People, and lis
Beauties. T9 5
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InNTfEE HOUSE.
NEW HAVEN Conn, oct. ., 1858
On Saturday last we took up the in
evitable csrpet-bsg, boarded the good
steamer Continental, sailed through the
beautiful strait which connects the kar-
Dor Of the metropolis with the iDland
sea lying to the East, and were thus
borne to the renowned Elm City. One
never tires Of the varied beauty Of these
shores-the close eommingling Of art
and refinement with the primitive sim
pliclty and beauty Of natnre. To our
mind the first twenty miles Of this route
exceed In beauty aud interest anything
found within the same distance, in any
other direction from the great city. No
small part Of ones qualification proceeds
from the comfort and security experien-
ced in being borne alongin such staunch
and well regulated vessels. These sound
steamers are built with specisl regard to
the rough weather often experienced in
the passage, especially during the winter
season. The officers have been trained
up to the route, and know every part Of
the riyer rand sound thoroughly A pilot
On one Of the steamers Of this line, few
days since, declared thatin the darkest
night he could determine the position Of
the vessel BY the soundings. They are
thoroughly acquainted with every portion
Of the route and are temperate and trust
worthy men. These are qualities which
travellers can appreciate. Five hours
sailing brought US to this city, and We
we're soon at home with mine host,
Bradley, who keeps quiet and comfort
able hotel in the choicest part Of the
town. The stranger falls in love with
New Haven at FIRST sight. There is an
air of dignity, elegance and comfortable
ease about it, which interests and charms,
while it creates a home feeling. You
insensibly say to yourself, This is the
place | would ike to live IN.
New Haven was settled by colony of
Well-to-do people from England, under
the care of Theophilus Eaton, Ezekiel
Hopkins and John Davenport. These
gathered a company and much property,
and sailed from England in two vessels,
reaching Boston IN June, 1851. They
resisted fattering offers of settlement at
Boston, Plymouth and Hartford and,
after surveying the coast, they landed at
Quinnipiac, March 80, 1888. Their 6rst
Sabbath worship was held under an cak
near the present square. Like the other
Puritan colonies, their first business was
to establish a government, and in doing
this they showed their independent char
acter by making no sllusion TO any
exterior authority. Their Plantation
Covenant declared that, in all church and
public matters they would be governed
by the rules which the Scriptures held
forth. They purchased their lands from
the Indians, and treated them with kind
ness. No war was ever Baged with the
Indians, originating ia the New Haven
colony. While treating the mild sayages
around them Justly and kindly, they
provided for their own protection against
the fekleness of the savage nature, By
surrounding the town with palisades
entered through strong gates, carefully
guarded at night. The government they
formed was an ecclesiastical oligarchy,
and was undeniably severe in many of It's
regulations. Yet while eondemning
these, we may find some palliating cir
cumstances in the spirit Of the age, the
common public opinion Of all the Puri-
tan colonies and their fear Of being again
reduced under the civil and ecclesiastical
tyranny of the mother country.
They acted upon the principle Of self
preservation, and counted this paramount
to any inconvenience and even injustice
that others might suffer IN consequence.
1t was an ecclesiastical colony, and its
leaders founded and long maintained an
ecclesiastical government; and the in
press. of the laws and public opinion then
established is still manifest. Yet with
all that may be properly said as to the
error of their principles and their Prae-
tice, there were many comPensating cir
eumstanees.
Their 1.-THE system was much more
lenient than they had experienced in
England They made provision for
and extended its benefits to
all children and apprentices. In common
with all the men of their time, they
dealt too much in compulsion and gov
erned too much. The leaders aimed to
a colony for purposes Of trade
in preference to agriculture; and ciIeum-
stances seemed to promise success. Yet
attended their efforts, aud IN
a few wears the leaders found they had
lost all their property. Some OF the
returned to England, and Crom-
we'll advised the rest to 60 to Jamaica or
to settle in Ireland. But though called
to suffer great hardships, they were either
indisposed to follow his advice. or too
poor to remove, and were thus driven to
cultivate the earth-the foundation of all
social prosperity. Yet they established
3 considerable trade to the West Indies,
which has been maintained to the present
day. In 1880 the colony possessed
twenty fourvessels. Thesehad increased
in 1774 to one hundred and eight, hsv-
ing tonnage of7170 tons, while 756 men
of her population followed the sea Not
that our larger seaPor's
have absorbed most Of the commercial
growth of the country, yet the adyanta-
Zeous position of the tom has enabled it
to preserve and increase this branch OF
her prosperity. The growth Of the town
previous to ths'Revolution' will compare
Savorably with that of any other. The
militia Of the county, comprehending
about one-fourth of the population, num-
Dered in 1850 six hundred and twenty
ihree. In 1874 there were one hundred
md sixty-three dwellings in the town.
inhabited By about one thousand people
The first census, taken in 1887, showed /
/ population of three thousand i've hun
ired and forty, including one hundred
md seventy-six students of the college,
md there were four hundred and sixty
tx dwellings, She, in common with
,thers, suffered greatly during the Revo-
ution. But after the adoption of the
Constitution she recovered her prosperity
md gradually increased. OF late years
Ter increase has been rapid. In lS40 !
he contained but little over twelve thou-
and people. Now her population is
to be nearly sixty thousand,