Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-20

| all visitors to New Haven, finds this city an
 uncommonly beautiful city. New Haveners
 who always remain at home do not realize
 that this city has such charms, being accus- l toned to them, but New Haveners who travel I extensively find by comparison with other 1 cities how attractive a place is this City ot
 Films. The Sun, after describing how New
 Haven is situated, the proximity of the East,
 the West and other bluffs, and after speaking
 of the natural beauty of New Haven's sur
 roundings, says:
 ! Through the exact center of the central
 square is laid out open street with per
 fectly arched vista formed by the interlacing
 of stately elm trees of giant size about one
 hundred years in age No one can behold
 this most magnificent arched structure with | out seeing at once whence derived by
 the artifex his conception, ideal and model
 of the Gothic style of architecture, the fea- | ture or characteristic of Gothic architecture ! being pointed arch.
 | It is said by worldwide travellers that such ! a scene or picture as that formed on Temple
 street, New Haven, by the arch of living
 green for about three-quarters of mile IS
 not eeualled by any city in Europe. The | streets generally are adorned and shaded by
 elms of magnificent stature and proportions, ! TOT Wllcl the present generator duu bHoSe \ that have preceded it are indebted to the ! taste for natural beauty of one man, James | Hillhouse who was Senator in Congress ! from Connecticut. By his hands were the \ earliest trees planted and guarded. He was often seen at work in his shlrtsleeves, deVel- ! oping this ornamentatiOn.
 l New Haven has varied industries and en- l terpriseR and great accumulation of wealth | derived from these sources. Its growth ln wealth may perhaps be best measured by contrast with the city of Hartford, which | was once center of capital and wealth be- yond any other of it's proportion in the | whole country. Hartford is now far sur ! passed in wealth aggregation by this city. | As the visitor walks or rides through the streets of this lovely city he beholds on l every side evidences of wealth, of extrava- \ gant expenditure in domciles, with general ! ly large court yards fronting the streets and every variety and style of architecture When observation is attracted by homes or houses of less stately and expensive propor- tions the beholder is impressed with the
 neatness, tidiness and real comfort which frugality and prudent saving have bestowed upon the homes of the occupants.
 Before the civil war a distinguished Vir- ginian on visit to New Haven was taken
 through it's streets by MT. James Brewster, the great carriage builder, and lineal de- scendant of Elder Brewster, of the May
 flower. After the excursion the Virginian said: "You have shown where your wealthy people reside; please show me where very proud of his calling, said: "You have seen the homes of our mechanics" Things here, even in this respect, have great ly improved since this incident. Before the war the principal product of manufactures in this city was carriages, it's ffty-seven car riage factories sending their products to all parts of the country.
 Tho Cr7r io olo with the appearance of the women of New Haven, and then goes on to speak of few of the many historical features pertaining to this city. He says: Quite large per cent. of the operatives of the city are young fe males, who, when seen on the street, are not distinguishable ir outward style and dress from the daughters of the more wealthy and aristocratic. In beauty and well developed form and figure they attract the eye and ob- servation of those who are captivated by fe male loyeliness. Among the Irish Americans he1e-these born in America of Irish parents male beauty. While the aristocratic ladies have fine intellectual faces, they lack the physical beauty which characterizes many of New Haven's female operatives. There is a very large percentage of Irish in the New Haven population. The vote is one-third Irish The principal ele- ment of it's New England population is En-
 
 able to the Mayfower. The old cemetery here, now about 100 years in age, is said to have been the first cemetery in the world that was laid out in separate family lots. It con tains the mortal remains of men of distinc- tion, not only in their own country, but of worldwide renown. Roger Sherman lies in this cemetery. He was signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, and originally shoemaker by trade. His residence is yet standing-a frame house, well preserved, on the princi- pal street of the city. This house will be visited and remarked as long as it stands as the sojourning place of George Washington during visit to New Haven. Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, which made the South wealthy and revolutionized the world in certain matters, also lies in this cemetery. This inventor, strange to say, was bankrupt ed by his great boon to the world. It load ed him with debt, which he paid to the last cent by betaking himself to the manufacture of firearms for the government. President fraud that had robbed MT. Whitney of the fruits of his invention, assisted him to start in the manufacture of arms for the gov ernment. MT. Jefferson foresaw the stupen- dous effects that were to accrue to the South's benefit in the widespread growth of staple whose cultivation at the time of MT. Whit ney's invention was about to be abandoned, through the advice of council of planters assembled in Georgia to discuss and settle the question as, to the practicability and profit of the further cultivation of cotton from it's seed, bearing the task of a slave for one day. This invention freed the staple from it's seed easily at the rate of 100 pounds per day. This great in ventor, who applied his marvellous genius to the manufacture of firearms, was sgnally befriended by President Jefferson. Upon MT. Whitney's application for a con tract for manufacturing arms for the govern | ment MT. Jefferson directed his Secretary of | War to make the contract and to pay MT. l Whitney one half of the amount of the con- | tract in advance in cash without security. l Without this accommodation Mr. Whitney l could have done nothing. MT. Whitney re- | turned to New Haven, his home, and imme- 1 dlately purchased site with water power | for his factory within two miles of the city. | In addition to the loan from the government | MT. Whitney had ten personal friends who | each loaned him $1 ,OO0 without security to | forward this enterprise. At the end of | year these friends dined with MT. Whit | ney~ and each one found $1 900 under his | plate in return for the loan. This factory I and property in the surrounding district is l still in the hands of Mir. Whitney's descend l ants By the favor of MT. Jefferson, between | whom and himself there WAS the most friend l ly relation, Mr. Whitney was thus enabled | to accumulate and leave at his death in | loS0, the largest fortune that had ever been inventoried in New Haven. The result was | achieved in twenty years. He married at | the age of 50 to lady of 30, of whom he had long been enamored, but unable to mar ry. The lady, of great beauty, was daughter of Pierrepont Edwards of New Ha- ven, lawyer of fame, who was appointed by President Jefferson United States judge. She was granddaughter of the famous Jonathan Edwards
 Benjamin Sillinan, the professor who gave great fame to Yale, lies in the cemetery, as also does Jedediah Morse, the great geogra- pher and father of Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. Nathaniel w. Taylor, D. D., is buried here. He was a professor of theology in Yale, and enjoyed the most intimate social relations with Daniel Webster. Admirals Andrew H. Foote and Francis H. Gregory are among the others here inferred.
 The completeness with which everything ls done in New Haven strikes visitors forci- ply. The young men, as we'll as the young