among the Wesleyans of England touching the preva lent practice of "lining" the hymns in public worship. The matter, however, seems to have been set at rest by a quotation from the "Minutes of Conference" for 1844, in which year that body fully committed itself to the present custom, and expressed its "serious disapproval" of an innovation that had then been attempted, only to the limited extent of "reading and singing a whole verse of the hymn at once." According to the Minutes of the Wesleyan Conference of South Australia, just published, that Conference has 21,247 members under its care, with 2,585 persons on trial. There are eighty preachers in full standing, and forty on probation.. The Wesleyan Church is gaining ground in France. The Conference is to be held at Lausanne this year. There will be a large increase of Church members, and several new stations, among them Marseilles, will be recommended to conference. With one exception the places of worship have prefectorial authorization. . . The Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, formerly rector of Marylebone, London, and lately elected to the bishopric of Norwich, was publicly consecrated in Jufne last. He is a young man of much piety, zeal, and talent.... The Sunday evening preaching in Exeter Hall, London, by ministers of the Church of England, has proved eminently attractive and beneficial to the class of persons on whose behalf it was commenced. It is denounced by the High Church party, and is sustained by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops of London, Norwich, and Ripon... The annual session of the British Wesleyan Conference is held at Liverpool, the sittings commencing on the last Wednesday in July. The stationing and other committees, in accordance with custom, met a week earlier. The executive committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society have at length decided to open the annual and all other meetings of the society with prayer. The resolution, however, before it can be acted upon, must be concurred in by the society at its annual meeting in May. The Irish Wesleyan Conference was opened on the 25th of June, when Rev. Bishop Simpson and Rev. Dr. M'Clintock were introduced to the Conference by the Rev. Dr. Hannah. Bishop Simpson presented the address of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he and Dr. M'Clintock delivered addresses. They were very kindly and warmly received, and by acclamation the Conference requested the deputation to repeat their remarks at a public meeting on the following Monday morning.. The general secretaries of the English Wesleyan Missionary Society have found it necessary to publish an appeal to ministers to offer themselves for the mission work, so many mission stations being unsupplied. At the late Conference of the Methodist New Connection, held at Nottingham, England, there was reported an increase of 1,047 church members, with 2,004 on trial. At nearly the same time the Primitive Methodists held their Conference at Cambridge. They report 110,683 church members, and 598 traveling and 10,205 local proachers. POLITICAL AND GENERAL. On the second of July the Court of Appeals of the State of New York decided (Judges Comstock and Brown dissenting) that the Metropolitan Police Bill, passed by the last Legislature, is constitutional, and therefore valid. On the following day the Mayors of New York and Brooklyn withdrew their opposition to the bill, the former disbanding the municipal police, and the latter instructing the officers of the force to report in future to the Metropolitan Police Commissioners. . . . On the fourth and fifth of July disgraceful riots took place in the city of New York. They commenced on the Saturday morning and were renewed on the Sunday night. The parties to the fighting were two notorious rowdy associations, the "Dead Rabbits" or "Roche Guards," from the Five Points, and the "Bowery Boys" or "Atlantic Guards." The disturbance commenced by the former attacking a small detachment of the new or Metropolitan Police, and the latter taking part with the assailed. Bricks, stones, and fire arms were freely used, eight persons being killed and fifty or sixty seriously wounded. The riot was finally quelled by the appearance of the military in the streets.... Miss Gardiner, who was carried off by the Wa-pe-tu-kak Indians, and retained in captivity for some three months, was rescued by friendly Indians and brought to St. Paul, Minnesota, at the end of June. All her friends were massacred when Miss Gardiner was taken prisoner, and Mrs. Fletcher and Mrs. Nobles, carried off at the same time, sank under the brutal treatment to which all three were subjected.... A series of test experiments by so-called spiritual mediums, in competition for the sum of $500, at Boston in the latter part of June, proved a complete failure. Dr. Gardner undertook the exhibition, and the committee of award were Benjamin Pierce, Louis Agassiz, B. A. Gould, Jr., and E. N. Borsford. They unanimously report that no one condition of the challenge was performed. A recent report shows that upward of twelve millions of bushels of salt are annually manufactured in the United States. New York supplies 6,000,000: Virginia 3,500,000; Ohio 1,000,000, and eight other states the residue. The Onondaga Solar Works use 2,000,000 gallons of brine daily for six months in the year, and sometimes 8,000,000 per day. About fifteen million bushels of salt are annually imported. The foreign salt is used almost exclusively for culinary and dairy purposes. The annual consumption of salt for all purposes in the United States is on the scale of sixty pounds to each individual; in Great Britain twenty-five pounds, and in France twenty-one and a half pounds. Taking Onondaga rates as the standard, the price of salt has gradually advanced from seventy cents per barrel in 1849 to $1 40 in 1856. . . . In the years 1856-57 the United States Assistant Treasurer at Boston paid $358,746 for fishing bounties, of which Massachusetts received $192,931, and Maine $161,977.... On the 4th of July navigation was formally opened between Lake Erie and Niagara Falls by the Great Hydraulic Canal. Three steamers, the Signet, Swallow, and Alliance, freighted with passengers, descended the river amid triumphal rejoicings.. The late George Hays, Esq., of Philadelphia, left a large portion of his wealth for founding of a Home for disabled, aged, and infirm American mechanics. Mr. Russell, the well-known Crimean correspondent of the London Times, Samuel Lover, and S. C. Hall, will, it is said, visit the United States during the fall or winter. . . . The Hon. William Larned Marcy, Secretary of State during President Pierce's administration, and for three successive terms Governor of the State of New York, was found dead in his room at Ballston, on the forenoon of the 4th of July. He had entered it in apparently his usual health about half an hour before. Disease of the heart was supposed to be the cause of his death. His funeral took place at Albany on the 8th of July. Mr. Marcy was in his seventy-sixth year. . . . Much of the immigration to our Western States from Europe now comes by way of Canada. A recent return made by the emigration agent at Hamilton, Canada West, shows that of 9,414 immigrants who arrived there in June of the present year, only 2,193 remained in the province, the remaining passing into the United States. Of 12,568 who arrived from January 1 to May 31, only 257 remained in Canada. ... On the 14th of July, the central building of the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica was totally destroyed by fire. The institution contained four hundred and seventy patients at the time, who all escaped, and were mustered under guards in a neighboring grove. None escaped, nor were any hurt. Dr. L. F. Rose of Utica, who was very active in rendering aid, was so much burned that he died from his injuries. The wings of the building were saved, where the patients were afterward reassembled. The fire commenced at eight o'clock in the morning. . . . At the state election in California, to be held in September, a direct popular vote will be taken on the question of paying or repudiating the state debt. The California papers generally express the belief that the debt will be endorsed by the people. The New Granadian minister at Washington has received instructions from his government to settle, on the best terms he can, the difficulty with the United States government, respecting the Panama riots. GENERAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. A fearful calamity occurred on the 26th of June, off Cape Rouge, near Quebec. The steamer Montreal, with from four hundred to five hundred passengers, mainly newly arrived immigrants from Scotland, took fire and was totally destroyed. From two hundred and fifty to two hundred and seventy persons perished in the flames or were drowned. The Hon. Stephen C. Philips, of Salem, Mass., a much respected citizen, was among the lost. . . . The Emperor of Austria has published a decree conceding that at least two thirds of the public functionaries of Hungary shall be natives of the province, and that the national language of Hungary may be used in documents addressed to the government of Vienna. An amnesty for all political At The prisoners is also promised. . Pope Pius IX has abolish the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was IN THE VALLEY OF the olden time, as we are wont to call any period extending back to the earlier memories of that noted personage, the "oldest inhabitant," there stood upon the northern side of West Main-street, in Waterbury, a short distance from Center Square, a house known as "the old Judd House," which was for a long period of years the only inn of the village. The house was red, and a capacious stoop extended across its front; at one corner was a venerable weeping elm. In immediate VOL. XI.-22 THE NAUGATUCK. proximity to the house, extending along the line of the street, was an ample horse shed, in accordance with the fashion of those days. Altogether the establishment was a good representation of the New England inn of the olden time. This particular locality is not without a certain degree of interest in the early history of Waterbury. It was upon this spot that the first English child was born in this place, and, indeed, I may say in this portion of the state. This English child was Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Mary Richardson, and was born April 27th, 1679. Captain Judd, the proprietor of this house for many years, was an officer in the French and Indian war. The captain was a decided character, and many anecdotes of him were in circulation a few years since, for the most part unknown to the present residents of Waterbury who are not "to the manor born." The old Judd House was kept as a tavern from 1773 up to the time of the captain's death in 1825. Captain Judd was a complacent landlord when" the cap was on the right ear," and his unwavering reply to all suggestions was, "That's well, sir." Late in life, after he had become quite deaf, the son of an old friend at a distance called to pass the night. After the usual compliments the captain inquired for his old friend. "My father is dead, sir," was the reply. "That's well, sir," with unmoved composure. Raising his voice, the man again remarked, "My father is dead, sir." "That's well," was again the response. A third and last time the man shouted at his highest pitch, "My father is dead, sir." With stolid face the old man looked calmly on, and again reiterated, "That's well, sir," to the entire discomfiture of his guest. Whether this may be entirely attributed to deafness, or a large part to the old man's well-known obstinacy, is a question. During the war of the Revolution Captain Judd's inn was repeatedly occupied by detachments of the American forces. On one occasion the French troops passed through here eight thousand in number, accompanied by Lafayette and other distinguished officers. General Washington was also here, on one or more occasions. In those days there lived in a house but a few rods west of Captain Judd's upon the ground now occupied by the residence of S. M. Buckingham, Esq., a certain Judge Hopkins, who was one of the leading men of the place, a person of considerable dignity of manner, and doubtless not wanting among other qualities in self-esteem. The judge was very hospitable, and on the occasions of Washington's and Lafayette's visits here he extended the hospitalities of his house to these distinguished guests. He took a great interest in public affairs, had a keen relish for the cares 66 of state," and liked, I believe, himself (as who does not?) to be of some importance in the commonwealth. On the occasion of Washington's visit he was free in his communicative suggestions, as well as interrogatories in regard to public matters. The general was not disposed to be talkative, listened well, but said little. The judge was rather annoyed; at last the general, with an air of mysterious import, said, "Judge Hopkins, can you keep a secret?" The judge was on tip-toe; deliberating for a moment to give weight to his assertion, and to show that he did not solicit confidence, "I think," said he, "I think, general, that I can.” "So can I," said General Washington; and here the conversation ended. It is a singular fact that all the buildings which belonged to the "Old Judd place" were destroyed by fire. In the first place, the barn and sheds were struck by lightning and burned. On one of the most fearful and boisterous nights of the winter of 1833, the inhabitants of the village were aroused from their slumbers by the startling cry of "fire.” The wind howled pitilessly through the streets, driving the falling snow before its blast. So severe was the storm that many neighbors living in the immediate vicinity of the catastrophe were not awakened from their slumbers. The feeble voice of man seemed lost in the raging of the ele ments. At the moment of the first alarm the "Old Judd House" was discovered a mass of flame. With great difficulty a portion of the inmates made their escape, but two beautiful children of Mr. Holmes, the occupant at that time and descendant of the original proprietor, perished in the flames. A young man named John N. Tuttle made an effort to rescue the sleeping children, and lost his life in the attempt. The citizens of Waterbury erected a monument upon the spot where the three victims were interred in the old burial ground. The monument is inscribed on one side to John N. Tuttle, with the following lines from the pen of Mrs. Sigourney: "Thou who yon sleeping babes to save A deed like this, undimm'd and bright, The opposite side of the monument is inscribed to the lost children, with the following lines from the same gifted writer : "The midnight fire was fierce and red, The "Old Judd House" thus disappeared, and a more modern edifice was erected in its place, still occupied by the descendants of the original proprietor. An old elm which stood nearly in front of the house, and which had extended its shadow over the heroes of the Revolution, struggled manfully for life after the fire, notwithstanding its seared condition. the one side it presented only a charred trunk, but still it continued to send forth its fresh branches and verdure, but within the last two or three years the old tree has disappeared, and with it the last vestige of "the Old Judd place." On "Samuel Hopkins, D.D., an eminent divine, was born in this town September 17, 1721. He lived with his parents, employed in the labors of agriculture, until he entered his fifteenth year; and such was the purity of manners among the youth of this place that he had never heard from them a profane expression.* He entered Yale College in 1737, and was graduated in 1741." Doctor Samuel Hopkins, a distinguished physician and poet, was also a native of Waterbury, where he was born June 19, 1750. It is said that Doctor Hopkins was led to the study of medicine from observing symptoms of pulmonary complaint in some of his young companions, being aware, at the same time, that there was a hereditary predisposition to the same disease in his own family. It is singular that he should at last have fallen a victim to the experiment of a new remedy in his own case for the same disease. "Doctor Hopkins was a physician of great skill and reputation. His memory was so retentive that he could quote every writer he had read, whether medical or literary, with the same readiness that a clergyman quotes the Bible. In his labors for scientific purposes he was indefatigable. A friend of the writer, who flourished at a later period, has suggested to him that Mr. Hopkins's acquaintance must have been limited, or that he could rarely have been out evenings. The medical society of Connecticut is indebted to him as one of its founders." ་ Doctor Hopkins enjoyed a considerable literary reputation; in fact, was eminent among the writers at that day. Among his associates were Trumbull, Barlow, Humphreys, Dwight, and others. The "Anarchiad" is said to have been written by Hopkins, Trumbull, and Barlow. "He also had a hand in the Echo,' the 'Political Green-House,' and many satirical poems of that description, in which he had for his associates Richard Alsop, Theodore Dwight, and a number of others." The following quaint epitaph upon a patient killed by a cancer quack, is from the pen of Doctor Hopkins: "Here lies a fool flat on his back, Whose fame had raised him as broad a fog, |