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.
