The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-23

steadily AMI rapidly increasing prosperity. Ihe
| house which he thus established IL now the old
| est and one ~ the lirRgst IN .he business: Of
! 'tc wears great part " its business MS been
done ny direct consignment OF vessels cSrgOes
! to Arms IA New York.
About 1916 or 1919. Clnts. Henry and Jim
! Ward, ~ New Haven left the Chtna trade in
wbicn tney had previously been engaged, and
went TIT, that witn ne 81 plies. Ihey mad
the MurgiAnA flr them.
Among tho early West Indies traders in New
| Haven tho prominent ones were Johiel Torbes
| & Son, Elias Shpmin Son, Russell and Ezra
! Hutc il.isa. Sllnl Langdon J. n. x u ". 81 rl<,
| Hot'ht - 8 Harrison (who had an pther house
| T. New York under the nlme Of & rtwright Il
! fla rsnnl. Alsonp 4 Chauncey ~ Miidletown
were for long line leading drm after John
! and MEL Hin,uale faiied IN ls25. and had tho
credit II supplying the Connecticut valley clear
np To CMads win rum. sugar, iDoasses, and
sal. ms was a. somewhat later day. how
ever, say from 18lg to 1853, and they we're about
the lass " the heavy Middietown firms. several
c'use, conspired TO draw the trade away to
New Haven. The growth Of the West Inches
tr"ic 10y this time demanded | rger vessels
tnan had previously been employed. At nrst
voyages used to be made simply IN ANAL sloops
MT iuuch Il an, larg, than some Of the 1sning
smacks ~ tn presen dat, and hazardous
naphro lite prigs and large fun -rigged brigs camo
INTO use, and nnally hig barks CT about 3D tons
onch, ~ which the New Haven and Magnolia
were the hrst.
CHANGES IN rnK business.
For these large vessels the say brook bar was a
serious hindranre. Then acmn. the II rtfOrd
and NV Haven opened up a speedier and
l
nrodict NJ the Yves. Indies to the dcniLsns Of
the Cpnneciicu valley than the river nnd hith-
er. Afforded. IL was no longer a profitable
speculation TO. the firm Of Nsopp 4 Chlnncey
to run up the rivcr sloOp Load u rum, wines,
nrrtcs. and other liquors from all parts Of the
world, witt notices ahead for the people Of ths
interior towns o repair to their boat on stpu-
lat'd date and choose their beverages. The
iidde rom this time on centred IN New Haven.
TT IN lSD. wnen william II. Ellis was Collector
Of the T. 1T Of New Il wen under Jackson aud
Noah n. Phelps OF MiddletOwn, the revenue ac-
cruiug from the latter place from the West
lmdie, trade was tar above That Of Now ii Won.
That condition ~ affairs existed w to 1877. From
that tinc a decline came IN the glory II Middle
town, AMI In lsiS. when MIR. {. = A. ID Wis W =
Surveyor Of the Port " New Haven. the revenue
OF MidilctOwn from THIS source was absolutely
nil.
There used to be bold sailor, In IA lso DAYS in
bringing back tho profits Of their daring ard in
dusiry, tales Of strange adventure Ia foreign
couEtrlg aud Oft times straD fe news OF tbs do
ings OF tue world long IA advance OF the slow
and uncertain tran missions II the regular
channels Of news Nnen NAPOLEON escaped
from ElOa the news was list brought TO this
country by Adam Pond, a Milford man, who "
| sailing under a letter Of mtrque. htd been to
| bordeaux, and somehow 2 iineI tue INTEL gence.
| 1t was FIRST published In the Connecticut HerriLi.
weekly New Haven paper, whicn went TO press
| the DAY VI his a-iiNu. ihe New York publish
| ers srinned over the fun such important old
| world news Il, fuus out from New Haven. hut
! the next day Capt. Pond went down 20 Gotham
! with c)rroD1ratVe facts witch made them all
| DAYS mnre their In telngence cam, In the regular
way, fully sustaining the Yankee skipper. 1t IS
to be regretted that efer this display Of journal
istlc ,paoi.y'a cloud oyerShadn "ed the subse-
hoard Of him WIS n letter dated Liverpool. in
which he said That he was " just about bidding
adieu To the whlto cliffs OF AiOon.' Whether
he went down III a storm, Or. u some stili ay-r,
became bold sea rover ON the spanish n ain,
nobody knows.
THE NATURE or THE TRAFFIC,
In those days the great profit Of tho West
| Indies ssAdcr- was not ~ u tbs cargOeS they
brought back. bnt those watch tney sent out,
! chief items Of when were horses and mules.
esnecialN he latter. seventy live or hundred
mules would De put on for a deck load the deck
having been sh sathed over AID Gtied VITA a
| footing tor them, each OF which animals would
only cost at the outside so lr $50 in New Haven,
| AND woul readily hiring SIS T. $3.50 in tne West
mules a. their place Of shipment, would sell
EASILY at BarualOes, ST. inccnts, tnta Cruz.
Of St Thomas for s2s5 to 500 hs,d. In tits
way vessel would often clear for her owner as
much a. $500 on ON round trp. Cap
tiins- 700. used ~ make handsome profits
out 81 the share in the business which
custom hid allowed To them. either by tax
INK Out animals on their ?wh account, or sell
/ being always allowed 10 AXE one horse. or 10
! AXE what be could out 4 permission To do.
ihe usual pri q Tor thus taking some other per-
/ sons horse or male - the west InGtes was SO
/ 10 so. aud the cost Of keeping The animal while
! on board. The mules shipped ~ Connecticut
owners wero gathered W IN diu irent Jar Of
the country, but manly IN Can 4dA. and used to
! come into New Haven In queer PROFESSIONS.
! First " aid marc1 sedateiy a sturdy Cd horse.
/ drawins by "sinsetree' arppe iully two hun
q ed feet long 10 THIS rope. at distances of ten
! feet apart, Dairs o. mules would be attached.
AID is rear extremity would be fastened to an
other old horse between Tie shafts Of "a antique
! buggy. II the mules took notion to hold oacA
! itwas the business Of the horse IN tho lead TO
! haul them on, whi's the morse al the rear w.ls
| - pected to br GO his feet aud puil nAck when
| the mules Gait exceeded moderate trot.
| Against such an elaborate arrangement a. this
not even the deviltry OF mule could contend,
| aud tho auimlls used - bite aud bray and kick
| AM ~ zeal in Indignation over their enfo. ced
| harmes ness.
no me ans easy. a mul' ~ very quick At com
! pro lending wnen u Is desired that he shall do
an hing. but stlll more ready-witted in making
/ Use To take from Ave To niue vigorous men to
! hustle each mule on DO ard. II the animal
small and no. peculiarly vicious, the oper tton
/ oi required one man to pull on tue h alter
| two to tug on line thrown around the animals
hauncAes IKE bieeehini strap ana one on
/ earh side to divert th mules mtnd from oppo-
siu1u o5 chewing IS ears. A had mule necessi-
/ ttcd the dOuoliug ~ thi- force AL ar1nni. A.
fast hs the, reached tho deck they were made
FAST t. m n-rG by very snort halter running
| stand together. VIII frame awning support
! ing the hhv for their consumption Just over
MULES on suirDoAn".
In these contracted surroundings It might be
/ supposed that the muie would succumD 70 the
pre- ssuro OF circumstances aud scarcely oven
! care - splace himscf 10y barking a sailors
dodG,ns form with bis ro1dy heels. Iii. natural
! fund Of diahUllsm wa ilcNhaustiDle. Nj only
did 10 KICK me UNIV. seatMng man VI IN
! eve Dppnrtunity but 20 dii something inf.
| uitttS worse. Whenever a vessel had her deck
/ load II mules. the d tnZer beg IN, tn, A. any
/ mo nent, wnen there was a calm, cifro- ~ sea
/ Or when Wing at her dock, tine animal, NDald
! Commence rolling her, by concerted artiol,
those one sile tnroHing their weight
| forward h-iinst the mangcr tAose on tbs
! other side leaning backward. then reversing
! IN sir movement, tue mOmSntum becoming each
/ Instant greater and tho motion more rapid.
! When they began that performance, the sailors
| used to Drliolr them with ma'Un,pikes and
| behaving pms 10 change the current Of their
/ Thoughts and fIr a fcw minutes the air would
be timex with nticks, and epithets, and nv
/ ns heels, and son IrOus briNs. But IN ten
mtnutt- more, II TIE calm continued, tho heasts
would bs hgain At tne same fun, tneir enjoy
nient VI winch never -ccm@d To diminish. Some
| times At tho docks II would be found neccss Try
! w run stouL rOpe from the masthead TO the
shore TO steady a vessel agaipst this dan srOus
| rolling movement. Tue nav, as has been sail
was stored AD0v0 the mules oats were pind IN
bulk 100 the cloin aul ine oil 'era slept on them;
water Was Uut on board TO the amount OF no
| gallons for each aniinal. Tho only real com
Tort The -allufs ever mad about those mules was
| Tue pleasure OF b4ayng then OyernOard when
lhey arrived Al their destination. No one ever
! IN .ught Of walking males ashore. Tue Practice
| was 10 ret thsll, one UY on, ~ trout OF a low
! place In tho gunwale, nlndfoi1ing each In turn
before placing hin t.ero; throw the end ~ a
long towing halter TO a nAn In n boat; have two
! men ready with handspiAes under the mules
| belly, aud, ~ the word hetys.' 20 pr.uinitate
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