commenced 1818, ended Dec. 1828; 10 vols. published.-The Christian Spectator, 8vo. monthly, begun January, 1819; ended in this form Dec. 1828. It has been continued since as a Quarterly.-The American Journal of Science and Arts, conducted by Benjamin Silliman; begun 1818. Quarterly. Volume 31 was published in Jan., 1837.-The Microscope, edited by a Fraternity of Gentlemen, begun March 21, 1820; ended September 8, 1820, 8vo, pp. 200. Semi-weekly.-The National Pilot, begun October, 1821; ended in 1824.-United States Law Journal and Civilian's Magazine, 8vo, quarterly, begun June, 1822; ended 1823.-American Eagle, begun 1826; ended New Haven Chroni

cle, begun February, 1827; ended about June, 1832.-New Haven Advertiser, begun May 1, 1829; ended October 30, 1832. Semi-weekly.-New Haven Palladium; weekly; begun Nov. 7, 1829.—The Sitting Room, edited by members of Yale College, 1830.-New Haven City Gazette, begun April 1, 1830; ended May 7, 1831. Weekly.-The Miscellany, semi-monthly, begun November 12, 1830; ended The Student's Com

Morning Palladium,

panion, by the Knights of the Round Table, 8vo; begun January, 1831; ended May, 1831. Monthly. The Little Gentleman, begun January 1, 1831; ended April 29, 1831. 18mo. -National Republican, begun July 26, 1831; ended March, 1832.-The Boy's Saturday Journal, begun December 3, 1831, ended February 18, 1832; in 12 numbers, 48mo.-The Literary Tablet, semi-monthly; begun March 3, 1832; ended March 29, 1834.-The Sabbath School Record, 12mo, monthly; begun January, 1832, ended December, 1833.The Child's Cabinet, monthly, begun April, 1832, ended Daily Herald, begun November 26, 1832.-Watchtower of Freedom, begun October 20, 1832; ended -Morning Register, (daily,) begun November, 1833, ended (daily and thrice a week,) begun Nov. 15, 1833, ended Jan. 1834. The Medley, conducted by an Association of the Students of Yale College; begun March, ended June, 1833, 8vo, pp. 166. Journal of Freedom, weekly; begun in May, 1834, ended about May, 1835.Jeffersonian Democrat, begun June 7, 1834, and continued about six weeks. Weekly.The Microcosm or the Little World of Home, 8vo, monthly; begun July, 1834.-The Perfectionist, monthly; begun August 20, 1834; ended March 15, 1836. The last four numbers bore the name of the New Covenant Record.-Literary Emporium, 4to. begun June 16, 1835.-Religious Intelligencer and New Haven Journal, begun January 2, 1836. -The American Historical Magazine and Literary Record, begun January, 1836; monthly, 8vo.-Yale Literary Magazine, conducted by the Students of Yale College; begun Feb. 1836, 8vo, 3 numbers per term.-Chronicle of the Church, 4to; begun Friday, Jan. 6, 1837.

Previous to about the year 1800, that part of the public square now denominated the Upper Green was used as a public burying ground. In 1796, the honorable James Hillhouse purchased, near the northwest corner of the original town plot, a field of ten acres; which, aided by several gentlemen, he levelled and inclosed. The field was then divided into parallelograms, railed and separated by alleys: the whole field, except four lots given to the several congregations and the College, and a lot destined for the reception of the poor, was distributed into family burying places; purchased at the expense actually incurred, and secured by law from civil process. Each family burying lot is 32 feet in length and 18 in breadth. In 1821, the monuments in the old burying ground were removed to the new. There are, however, some of the old monuments which still remain standing under the Centre church, that building being erected over part of the ancient burying place. The following inscription is on a marble slab affixed on the west end of the Centre church.

"From the settlement of New Haven, 1638, to 1796, the adjoining ground was occupied as a common place of burial. Then a new burying ground was opened and divided into family lots and city squares.-In 1813 this church was placed over the monuments of several whose names are engraved on tablets in the vestibule. In 1821 the remaining monuments were, by the consent of survivors, and under the direction of the city, removed to the new ground.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
At the last trump the dead shall be raised."

The following is engraved on the monument of Gov. Eaton, which has been removed to the new ground.

Theophilus Eaton, Esqr. Govr. dec'd. Jan'y 7, 1657, Ætat. 67.

Eaton so fam'd, so wise, so just,

The Phoenix of our world, here hides his dust,

This name forget, N. England never must.

Wm. Jones, Esq. D. Govr. dec'd. Oct. 17, 1706, Etat. 82. Hannah Jones, daughter of Govr. Eaton, died May 4, 1707, Ætat. 74. . . . .

The last part of the above, from the poetic lines, is a modern addition; the following lines being taken out in order to give place for it. T'attend you, sir, under these framed stones,

Are come your honored Son, and daughter Jones,
On each hand to repose their weary bones.

"Here lyeth interred the body of the reverend and learned Mr. Thomas Clap, the late President of Yale College, in New Haven; a truly great man, a gentleman of superior natural genius, most assiduous application, and indefatigable industry. In the various branches of learning he greatly excelled; an accomplished instructor; a patron of the College; a great divine, bold for the truth; a zealous promoter and defender of the doctrines of grace; of unaffected piety, and a pattern of every virtue; the tenderest of fathers and the best of friends; the glory of learning, and the ornament of religion; for thirteen years the faithful and much respected pastor of the church in Windham; and near twentyseven years, the laborious and principal President of the College, and served his own generation by the will of God, with serenity and calmness, he fell on sleep, the 7th day of January, 1767, in his sixty-fourth year.

"Death, great proprietor of all,
'Tis thine to tread out empires,
And to quench the stars."

The two following inscriptions are on monuments erected by the corporation of Yale College.

Hic jacet sepultus EZRA STILES, S. T. D. LL. D. Qui Alta Mente præditus, Eruditione omnigena imbutus, Urbanitate suavissima, Moribus probis Charitate, Fide, Pietate evangelica; Officiis Patris, Amici, Præceptoris, Ecclesia ministri, hominis, Enitens; suis percarus, In Ecclesia magno cultu dignatus, Per terras honore habitus, Vixit. Lacrymis Omnium Obiit; Maii ximo MDCCXCvto. Etat. LXVIIIVO. Ecclesiæ idæ, Nov. Port. Rhod. Ins. Pastor annos XXII; Collegii Yalensis Tutor vi, Præses XVIII. Senatus Academicus Coll. Yal. hoc saxum posuit.

Hic sepultus jacet Vir ille admodùm reverendus TIMOTHEUS DWIGHT, 8. T. D. LL. D. Collegii Yalensis Præses, et ejusdem Sacrosanctæ Theologiæ Professor; Qui De Litteris, de Religione, de Patria optime meritus; Maximo suorum et bonorum omnium desiderio, mortem obiit, Die x1. Januar. Anno Domini MDCCCXVII. Etatis suæ LXV. Ecclesiæ Greenfieldiensis Pastor Annos XII. Collegii Yalensis Tutor vi. Senatus Collegii Yalensis Hoc Saxum Ponendum Curavit.

Præses xxII.

Sacred to the memory of Joseph, eldest son of Hezekiah and Mehitabel Frith of the Island of Bermuda, a member of the Senior class in Yale College. . . . . He survived his wound but 24 hours, and left this world for a better, on the Lord's day, October 5th, 1806, aged 16 years, 9 months and 11 days.-His virtues had gained the love of all who knew him, and his remembrance to his bereaved friends, who have experienced a loss which Time will never repair.

Cropp'd like a rose, before 'tis fully blown,
Or half its worth disclosed.

This young man was killed, it is said, in a hunting excursion, by an ill-directed discharge of a gun by one of his companions, who was hunting partridges in the bushes. It appears that the friends of young Frith had the impression that he was shot by design, and in accordance with this belief inserted something on his monument which gave this impression. His companions, feeling that this was an unjust and inju

rious reflection, demolished the slab on which the offensive words were inserted, and placed another in its room, without any inscription. This accounts for the apparently disconnected mention of a wound.

The monument of Col. Humphreys stands near the southwestern part of the yard. It is composed of granite, and is about twelve feet in height. The following inscription is upon two tablets of copper, which are inserted into the sides of the pedestal.

David Humphreys, LL. D. Acad. Scient. Philad. Mass. et Connect. et in Anglia Aqua Solis, et Regia Societat. socius. Patriæ et libertatis amore accensus, juvenis vitam reipub. integram consecravit. Patriam armis tuebatur, consiliis auxit, literis exornavit, apud exteras gentes concordia stabilivit. In bello gerendo maximi ducis Washington administer et adjutor; in exercitu patrio Chiliarchus; in republica Connecticutensi, militum evocatorum imperator; ad aulam Lusitan. et Hispan. legatus. Iberia reversus natale solum vellere verè aureo ditavit. In Historia et Poesi scriptor eximius; in artibus et scientiis excolendis, quæ vel decori vel usui inserviunt, optimus ipse et patronus et exemplar. Omnibus demum officiis expletis, cursuq; vitæ feliciter peracto, fato cessit, Die xxI Februar. Anno Domini MDCCCXVIII, cum annos vixisset LXV.

The above may be rendered into English in the following manner :

DAVID HUMPHREYS, Doctor of Laws, Member of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; of the Bath [Agricultural] Society, and of the Royal Society of London.-Fired with the love of country and of liberty, he consecrated his youth wholly to the service of the Republic, which he defended by his arms, aided by his counsels, adorned by his learning, and preserved in harmony with foreign nations. In the field, he was the companion and aid of the great Washington, a Colonel in the army of his country, and commander of the Veteran Volunteers of Connecticut. He went Ambassador to the courts of Portugal and Spain, and returning, enriched his native land with the true golden fleece. He was a distinguished Historian and Poet;-a model and Patron of Science, and of the ornamental and useful arts. After a full discharge of every duty, and a life well spent, he died on the 21st day of February, 1818, aged 65 years.

Humphreys' Monument.

The above is a representation of the monument erected to the memory of Jehudi Ashmun, Esq., the first Colonial Agent at Monrovia, Africa; it is formed after the model of the tomb of Scipio, at Rome.

The monuments of Mr. Whitney, (the inventor of the Cotton Gin,) and the late Dr. Nathan Smith, are of the same form. The following is the inscription on Mr. Ashmun's monument.

ASHMUN. First Colonial Agent at LIBERIA, AFRICA. Born at Champlain, N. Y. Ap. 21st, 1794. Landed in Africa, Aug. 8, 1822. Died at New Haven, Aug. 25, 1828. Erected by the Am. Colon. Soc. 1829.

Mr. Ashmun arrived in New Haven about a fortnight before his death, laboring under severe bodily infirmities, brought on by his labors and exposures, in a tropical climate, for the benefit of the African colony. His constitution was so broken down by the hardships which he had endured, that the best medical skill could not save him from an early grave.

His funeral was attended by a large concourse of citizens, the faculty and members of Yale College, a number of the neighboring clergy, and the governor of the State. His remains were carried to the Centre church, where an appropriate and eloquent sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Bacon. Just as the services commenced, an affecting scene took place, the mother of Mr. Ashmun, in her travelling dress, came into the congregation, supported by two persons, who conducted her to a seat. She had just arrived from the shores of Lake Champlain, to visit her son in his last illness, whom she had not seen for twelve years. But she was too late; she could only reach forth her aged hand and touch his coffin.

Eli Whitney, the inventor of the Cotton Gin. Of useful Science and Arts, the efficient patron and improver. Born Dec'r 8th, 1765. Died Jan. 8th, 1825. In the social relations of life, a model of excellence. While private affection weeps at his tomb, his country honors

his memory.

In memory of Lucretia Pickering, wife of Samuel F. B. Morse, who died Feb. 7th, A. D. 1825, aged 25 years. She combined in her character and person a rare assemblage of excellence. Beautiful in form, features, and expression, peculiarly bland in her manners, highly cultivated in her mind, she irresistibly drew attention, love, and respect. Dignified without haughtiness, amiable without tameness, firm without severity, and cheerful without levity, her uniform sweetness of temper spread a perpetual sunshine around every circle in which she moved. "When the ear heard her it blessed her; when the eye saw her it gave witness to her." In sufferings the most keen, her serenity of mind never failed her; death to her had no terror, the grave no gloom. Though suddenly called from earth, eternity was no stranger to her thoughts, but a welcome theme of contemplation. Religion was the sun that illumined every varied virtue, and united all in one bow of beauty. Her's was the religion of the gospel, Jesus Christ her foundation, the author and finisher of her faith. In Him she rests in sure expectation of a glorious resurrection.

Col. William Lyon, born March 6, 1748. Died Oct. 12, 1830. He was the first Cashier of the first Bank established in this city. Scrupulously exact in his intercourse with others, he was rigidly faithful in the discharge of every trust committed to him. Ardent in the pursuit of literature, his acquaintance with the biography, manners, and customs of his native State was minute and extensive; and history, ancient and modern, especially that relating to the land of his forefathers, was to him peculiarly familiar. Unshaken in the principles of civil liberty, he abhorred tyranny in every form. He loved mercy, and walked humbly

with his God."

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In the year 1667, the Rev. Mr. Davenport of New Haven, having been invited to take charge of the first church in Boston, accepted the invitation, and next year removed to that capital. He had been about

thirty years minister at New Haven, and was greatly esteemed and beloved by his congregation. His church was very unwilling that he should leave them, and never formally gave their consent. Owing to his removal, the church and congregation at New Haven were for many years unable to unite in the choice of a person to take the pastoral charge of them. Mr. Davenport died at Boston, of an apoplexy, March 15th, 1670, in the 73d year of his age.

In Sir Fernando Gorges' "Wonder-working Providence," &c, a relation of the planting of the New Haven colony is given. Speaking of Mr. Davenport, it mentions the judicious and godly Mr. John Davenport, of whom the author is bold to say as followeth :

When men and Devils 'gainst Christ's flock conspire,
For them prepar'd a deadly trapping net :
Then Christ, to make all men his work admire,
Davenport, he doth thee from thy country fet

To sit in Synod, and his folk assist :

The filthy vomit of Hels Dragon, deepe

In Earth's womb drawn, blest they this poison mist,
And blest the meanes doth us from error keep.
Thy grave advice and arguments of strength
Did much prevail, the errorist confound.

Well hast thou warr'd, Christ draws thy dayes in length,
That thou in learn'd experience may'st abound:
What though thou leave a city stor'd with pleasure,
Spend thy prime days in heathen desert land,
Thy joy's in Christ, and not in earthly treasure,
Davenport rejoice, Christ's kingdome is at hand;
Didst ever deem to see such glorious dayes?

Though thou decrease with age and earth's content,
Thou liv'st in Christ, needs then must thy joy raise;
His kingdome's thine, and that ne'er be spent.

BETHANY.

BETHANY was incorporated as a town in 1832. It was previously a parish in the town of Woodbridge, by the name of Bethany. It is upwards of five miles in length and four in breadth, bounded N. by Prospect and Waterbury, w. by Oxford, s. by Woodbridge, and E. by Hamden. The central part of the town is ten miles from New Haven. The inhabitants are principally farmers, and the population of the town has not perhaps varied much during the last twenty or thirty years. The township is hilly and in some parts mountainous, and some portions of the town are not calculated for cultivation, and have been suffered to remain for wood and timber, which is of an excellent quality.

About 14 miles from New Haven, the main road to Waterbury passes by Beacon mountain, a rude ridge of almost naked rock, stretching southwest; at this place is "Collins' tavern," long known as an excellent public house, and the "Straitsville post office." About half a mile south of Mr. Collins', the road passes through a narrow defile, formed by a gap in the mountain, and is barely sufficient in width for a road and a small but sprightly brook, which winds through the narrow pas