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Rh ecumenical council. In 1885 he delivered a dis- course at the funeral of Gen. Grant, and in 1887 one at that of Gen. John A. Logan. Dr. Newman was among the most eloquent pulpit orators of his church and a popular lecturer. He received the degree of D. D. from the University of Roches- ter, N. Y., in 1803. and that of LL. D. from the Grant memorial university and Otterbein univer- sity in 1881. In 1888 he was elected bishop. He is the author of " From Dan to Beersheba " (New York, 18G4); "Babylon and Nineveh" (1875); " Christianity Triumphant " (1884) ; and " Evenings with the Prophets on the Lost Empires" and "America for Americans" (Washington, 1887).

NEWMAN, Samuel, clergyman, b. in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, in l(j02 ; d. in Rehoboth, Bristol CO.. Mass., 5 July, 1663. He was graduated at Oxford in 1620, took orders in the Church of England, and emigrated to Massachusetts in 1G36. After preaching nearly two years at Dorchester, he became pastor of the church at Weymouth, where he remained until 1643. The following year he removed with part of his church to Seconet, where they founded the town of Rehoboth, which then embraced Seekonk and Pawtucket, R. I. He published " A Concordance for the Bible " (London, 1643; Cambridge, 1683; 5th ed., London, 1720). It was known as the " Cambridge Concordance," and was at one time supposed to be the first work of the kind printed in the English language.

NEWMAN, Samuel Phillips, educator, b. in Andover, Mass., in 1796; d. in Barre, Worcester CO., Mass., 10 Feb., 1842. He was the son of Mark H. Newman, a book-publisher. He was graduated at Harvard in 1816, was professor of the Latin and Greek languages and literature in Bowdoin from 1820 till 1824, and from 1824 till 1839 occupied the chair of rhetoric and oratory in the same in- stitution. In the latter year he resigned to become principal of the Massachusetts state normal school, which had been just founded at Lexington, and he held this office until his death. Prof. Newman was the author of " A Practical System of Rhetoric, or the Principles and Practice of Style, with Ex- amples," of which 50 or 60 editions were published in the United States (Portland, 1829 ; 6th ed., Lon- don. Eng., 1846); "Elements of Political Econo- my " (Andover, 1835) ; and " The Southern Eclectic Reader. Parts I.. II., and III."

NEWMAN, William Henry, surgeon, b. in Spencer county, Ky., 23 Feb., 1820 ; d. in Pueblo, Col., 17 March, 1883. He was graduated at Jeffer- son medical college in 1855, and practised in Bards- town, Ky., till 1863, when he removed to Louisville. Entering the National army in 1862, he served as surgeon of the 3d and 10th divisions of the Army of the Cumberland, and was in charge of hospitals in his native town until the end of 1863. He also held the rank of major and served on the staff of Gen. James Jackson. In 1864 he was elected pro- fessor of obstetrics in the University of Louisville, but immediately resigned. In the autumn of 1865 he delivered a series of nine lectures on the surgi- cal diseases of women, which, it is believed, were the first that were ever given on that subject. In performing ovariotomy in 1870 it is claimed that he first demonstrated the efficacy of carbolic acid as a local anissthetic. For three sessions, 1869-'70, he gave clinical lectures on the diseases of women at Louisville city hospital. In 1872 he went to Denver, Col., on account of his health. He prac- tised there and in Leadville for ten years, when he removed to Pueblo. He was an officer of several professional societies, contributed to medical periodical literature, and invented an obstetrical forceps.

NEWNAN, Daniel, soldier, b. in North Carolina about 1780; d. in Walker county, Ga., 16 Jan., 1851. He was commissioned ensign and 2d lieu- tenant in the 4th U. S. infantry, 3 March, 1799, promoted 1st lieutenant the following November, and resigned, 1 Jan., 1802. He commanded the Georgia volunteers as colonel of militia in two actions with the East Florida Indians in Septem- ber and October, 1812, was conspicuous in an attack on the Autossee towns of the Creek Indians under Gen. John Floyd, 29 Nov., 1813, was pro- moted lieutenant-colonel the following month, and severely wounded in an engagement with the Creeks at Camp Defiance under the same com- manding officer, 27 Jan., 1814. After the cessation of hostilities he resided on a plantation in McDon- ough, Henry co., 6a., and became adjutant and inspector-general of state militia. He was elected to congress as a state-rights Democrat, and served from 5 Dec, 1831, till 2 March, 1833.

NEWPORT, Christopher, English navigator, b. in England about 1565 ; d. in 1618. He was a founder of the colony at Jamestown, Va., setting sail in command of three vessels from Blackwall, London, 19 Dec, 1606. He had previously ac- quired reputation in expeditions against the Span- iards in the West Indies. On 26 April, 1607, he sighted Cape Henry and Cape Charles, and named them in honor of the sons of King James. On landing, on 30 April, he called the spot Point Comfort, from his having recently passed through a heavy storm. On 13 May the expedition arrived at Jamestown. The following month he returned to England, and in 1608 came out again with additional settlers and supplies. Of the 120 emi- grants, the majority were goldsmiths and gentle- men, " packed hither by their friends," says Capt. John Smith, "to escape ill destinies." He soon afterward visited the Indian chiefs Powhatan at Werowocomoco, and Opeeancanough at Pamimkey. As the object of the new arrivals was to obtain gold, " there was no talk, no hope, no work," says Smith, " but dig gold, wash gojd, refine gold, load gold," and, some yellow mica having been discov- ered near the present site of Richmond, Newport filled his vessels with it under the impression that it was gold, and carried it to England. Late in the same year he again arrived in the colony, bring- ing a further supply of provisions, and presents for Powhatan, the " emperor of the country." He made his fourth voyage to Virginia in 1610, in the fleet that convoyed Lord Delaware, who brought the colony a new charter. The expedition was wrecked on the Bermudas, but finally reached its destination. Before going back to England, Capt. Newport endeavored to depose Smith from the presidency, but failed, and afterward acknowledged himself to be in the wrong. The m.an whom he assailed has described Newport as " empty, idle, timid, and ostentatious." He was the author of " Discoveries in America," first published in " Ar- chfeologia Americana," edited by Rev. Edward Everett Hale (Boston, 1860).

NEWSAM, Albert, artist, b. in Steubenville, Ohio, 20 May, 1809; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 20 Nov., 1864. He was born deaf and dumb, and his father, a boatman on the Ohio river, was drowned soon after his birth. The boy manifested a taste for drawing in his early childhood, and when about ten years old was taken to Philadelphia by a travelling mute who became interested in him. He reached that city in the spring of 1820, and while making a street sketch in chalk attracted the attention of Bishop White, who was president of the newly founded institution for the deaf and dumb.