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 HAVEN HAVEKHILL 523 numbers and in resources, and became one the largest universities of the country. In L869 he became president of the Northwestern liversity at Evanston, 111. ; in 1872 he was lected first corresponding secretary of the tethodist Episcopal board of education ; and June, 1874, he was appointed chancellor of e Syracuse university, N. Y. He is the au- lor of "The Young Man Advised" (12mo, Tew York, 1855), "Pillars of Truth" (1860), and Rhetoric, a Text Book for Schools " (1869). HAVEN, Gilbert, an American clergyman, born Boston, Sept. 19, 1821. He graduated Wesleyan university in 1846, and for two rs taught Greek and Latin in Amenia semi- ry, of which in 1848 he became principal. In L851 he joined the New England conference the Methodist Episcopal church, and was tioned successively at Northampton, Wilbra- i, Westfield, Roxbury, and Cambridge, Mass. 1861 he was appointed chaplain of the 8th [assachusetts regiment, the first commissioned iplaincy after the breaking out of the civil . In 1862 he made a tour in Europe and East, and on his return was stationed as rtor for two years in Boston. His earnest Ivocacy of the cause of the colored popula- )n, both before and during the civil war, led his appointment in 1865 to the supervision the interests of the destitute freedmen and whites in the state of Mississippi. In 1867 he was appointed editor of "Zion's Herald," Bos- i, and continued in this office till 1872, when was elected bishop of the Methodist Epis- copal church. The general conference assign- his residence at Atlanta, Ga., and placed un- jr his special superintendence the interests of 3 Methodist Episcopal church in the extreme ithern states. He has been a persistent idvocate of Protestant missions in Italy and long the Spanish-speaking peoples, and in 1872 and 1873 visited Mexico in the interest this cause. He has published " The Pil- im's Wallet," a book of travels (1864), and National Sermons: Sermons, Speeches, and otters on Slavery and its War" (1869). HAVEN, Joseph, an American clergyman, >rn in Dennis, Mass., in 1816, died in Chi- ), May 23 V 1874. He graduated at Amherst lege in 1835, studied in the Union theologi- cal seminary in New York, and graduated at the theological seminary at Andover in 1839. He was pastor of Congregational churches in Ashland and Brookline, Mass., in 1850 became professor of mental and moral philosophy in Amherst college, and in 1858 of systematic theology in the Chicago theological seminary. In 1870 he resigned his professorship on ac- count of enfeebled health, and visited Germa- ny, Palestine, and Egypt. In 1874 he was ap- pointed professor of mental and moral philoso- phy in the university of Chicago. Dr. Haven has published "Mental Philosophy" (Boston, 1857), " Moral Philosophy " (1859), both exten- sively used as school text books, and " Studies in Philosophy and Theology " (Andover, 1869). HAVERFORD COLLEGE, an institution of learn- ing under the care of the society of Friends, founded by members of that body in Philadel- phia, New York, and New England, and opened in the autumn of 1833. It is situated in the township of Haverford, Delaware co., Pa., on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad, 8 m. N. W. of Philadelphia. The buildings stand on a lawn of 60 acres, laid out with great taste, and adorned with a fine collection of trees and shrubbery. The institution is richly endowed, and furnished with libraries, a chemical labo- ratory, philosophical apparatus, mineralogical and geological cabinets, and an astronomical ob- servatory. In 1873-'4 there were 5 professors, 50 students, and 8,932 volumes in the libra- ries. The total number of graduates was 232. HAVERFORDWEST (Welsh, Hwlfford), a par- liamentary borough, town, and county in itself, of S. Wales, locally in Pembrokeshire, of which it is the capital, on the Cleddy, about 200 m. W. by N. of London ; pop. in 1871, 11,390. The parish church of St. Thomas dates from 1225. Among the schools is one founded in 1684 for clothing and educating 24 boys and 12 girls. The river is navigable to this point at spring tides for vessels of 100 tons, but the port is de- pendent on that of Milford. It was once strongly fortified, but all traces of the walls and towers have disappeared. On a rock overhanging the river was a strong castle built in the 12th cen- tury by Gilbert de Clare, first earl of Pembroke. In the insurrection of Owen Glendower it was successfully defended against the French troops in the Welsh service. In the civil wars of the 17th century it was held by the royalists. The only remaining vestige of the castle is the keep, which has received large additions and been converted into the county jail. HAVERHILL, a city of Essex co., Massachu- setts, on the N. bank of the Merrimack river, at the head of navigation, 18 m. from the sea, and 27 m. N. of Boston ; pop. in 1850, 5,877 ; in 1860, 9,995; in 1870, 13,092, of whom 2,003 were foreigners. It is connected by two handsome bridges with Bradford on the opposite bank of the river. The Boston and Maine railroad crosses the Merrimack at this point, and con- nects at Bradford with the New bury port rail- road. A street railroad company has recently been organized. The city is divided into six wards, and is about 12 m. in length on the river and 3 m. in breadth, bordering on New Hampshire. Within its limits are several hills, commanding extensive and beautiful views, and four lakes, from two of which it draws its sup- ply of water. At the E. extremity is Rocks village, connected with West Newbury on the opposite bank of the Merrimack by a wooden bridge, and at the W. extremity Ayers village, containing several manufactories. The thickly settled portion is pleasantly built on a gentle ac- clivity, presenting with its neat shaded dwell- ings and background of hills a remarkably at- tractive appearance. There are a soldiers' monument of white marble, a fine city hall,