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 HUNTINGDONSHIRE HUNTINGTON 75 suppression or appropriation by the establish- ment. Hitherto, by her strong practical sense and moral power, ske had virtually controlled and directed the movements of Cal vinistic Meth- odism. After the " Lady Huntingdon Connec- tion " had taken their position among dissenters, the countess attempted to devise a plan for a closer and more organic union among the vari- ous societies. Its provisions were very similar to Wesley's model. In these attempts, however, she met with very little sympathy from her preachers, and after her death the chapels that she had founded became mostly Independent. At her decease she left 5,000 for charitable purposes, and the rest of her fortune for the support of 64 chapels which she had built. HlMOfGDOlVSHIRE, an inland county of England, bordering on Cambridgeshire, North- amptonshire, and Bedfordshire; area, 359 sq. m., being the smallest county of England except Rutland and Middlesex ; pop. in 1871, 63,072. The N. portion forms part of the fen district (see BEDFOBD LEVEL), and is devoted chiefly to grazing. In the W. and S. parts the surface is slightly varied by the swell of two low ridges of hills. In the S. E. is an extensive plain of fertile land, and along the banks of the Ouse and Nene are rich meadows overflowed at high tides. The general character of the soil is either gravelly or clayey loam. Although the greater part of the county was once a royal forest, it is now very bare of timber. Agri- culture is the only industry. The products are wheat, oats, and beans, with some barley, hops, hemp, turnips, and mustard seed. The chief rivers are the Ouse within the county, and the Nene along the border, with their tributaries. There were formerly several small meres or shallow lakes in the county, but these have all been drained and brought under cultivation. The principal towns are Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, and Ramsay. Huntingdon is on the Ouse, 59 m. N. of London ; pop. of the mu- nicipal borough in 1871, 4,243. It was the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell. HITVTINGT01V, a N. E. county of Indiana, drained by Wabash and Salamonie rivers ; area, 384 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 19,036. The surface is slightly uneven and the soil fertile. The Wabash and Erie canal, and the Toledo, Wa- bash, and Western railroad, pass through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 367,521 bushels of wheat, 288,840 of Indian corn, 81,425 of oats, 42,655 of potatoes, 66,257 Ibs. of wool, 320,098 of butter, and 12,079 tons of hay. There were 5,902 horses, 5,094 milch cows, 5,582 other cattle, 31,058 sheep, and 20,- 5f>5 swine ; 7 manufactories of carriages, 1 of baskets, 1 of boots and shoes, 4 of furniture, 8 of wagon material, 8 of lime, 5 of saddlery and harness, 2 of cigars, 3 of woollen goods, 3 tanneries, 3 currying establishments, 6 flour mills, and 25 saw mills. Capital, Huntington. mnrrnraTOI, I. Daniel, an American paint- er, born in New York, Oct. 14, 1816. While pursuing his studies at Hamilton college, he made the acquaintance of Charles L. Elliott, the portrait painter, from whom he received a decided bias for art. In 1835 he entered the studio of S. F. B. Morse, then president of the national academy of design, and soon after pro- duced " The Bar-Room Politician," " A Toper Asleep," &c., besides some landscapes and por- traits. In 1836 he spent several months in the vicinity of the Hudson highlands, and execu- ted views near Verplanck's, the Dunderberg mountain, and Rondout creek at twilight and sunset. In 1839 he went to Europe, and in Florence painted "The Sibyl" and "The Flor- entine Girl." Removing to Rome soon after, he painted "The Shepherd Boy of the Cam- pagna " and " Early Christian Prisoners." Upon his return to New York he was em- ployed for a time almost exclusively upon portraits, his only historical pieces of impor- tance being "Mercy's Dream" and "Chris- tiana and her Children," from " Pilgrim's Progress." For two years he was compelled by an inflammation of the eyes to relinquish his labors, and in 1844 went again to Rome, where he passed the succeeding winter, and whence he sent back to America " The Roman Penitents," "Italy," "The Sacred Lesson," " The Communion of the Sick," and some land- scapes. After his return to New York in 184(5 he again devoted himself chiefly to portraits. From 1862 to 1869 he was president of the national academy of design. Among his works are " Lady Jane Grey and Feckenham in the Tower," " Henry VIII. and Queen Catharine Parr," " The Marys at the Sepulchre," " Queen Mary signing the Death Warrant of Lady Jane Grey," and another picture of " Mercy's Dream," all of which have been made familiar by engravings. II. Jedldlah lucent, an Ameri- can clergyman, brother of the preceding, born in New York, Jan. 20, 1815, died in Pan, France, May 10, 1862. He studied medicine and practised for several years, but subsequent- ly took orders in the Episcopal church, officia- ting for a time as rector in Middlebury, Vt. He afterward went to Europe, where in 1849 he became a Roman Catholic. Returning to America, he edited the "Metropolitan Maga- zine " in Baltimore, and subsequently the " Leader " in St. Louis. He afterward re- sided in New York, and finally again went to Europe. He published a volume of " Poems " (1843), and the novels "Lady Alice, or the New Una" (1849), "Alban" (1850), "The Forest " (1852), " Blonde and Brunette " (1859), and " Rosemary " (1860). ( HEirnjfGTOJf, Frederick Dan, an American bishop, born in Hadley, Mass., May 28, 1819. He graduated at Amherst college in 1839, and spent the three following years in the Cam- bridge divinity school. In 1842 he was ordained pastor of the South Congregational church in Boston, and in September, 1855, became preacher to Harvard university and Plummer professor of Christian morals. Although edu- cated in the Unitarian belief, his views of