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sers is no. stated, but we arc left to infer
That theJ met with disastrous fate.

sers is no. stated, but we src left to infer
That they met with disastrous fate.
PBrLApELPHIA, Dec. 81.
Arrived yesterday, brig Comet, Patter-
son, % days from Kingston, ia. left brig
Douglas, OF Halifax having experencea
bad weather. At p. ~. lat. 81, lon.s AZ,
-, saw number Of small boxes and diff
ferent articles around the vessel hove to,
expecting some vessel had foundered: in
half an hour discovered q vessel and one
mar on the wreck took him off; had been
on the wreck 50 hours; he informed that il
was the brig Helen. of N. York, from Glib
faltar, bound TO N. York, with fruit and
wine the crew were nine in number, and
one passenger, III. s. Newcomb, first Lieu
tenant of the Constitution. The man saw
cd was James Pollock, u native ofScotland.
*One account says longitude 57.29.
Ojiiuary.-The above melancholy intel
ligence which reached US this morning, an
nouncesthe premature death of another gal
liant and promising officer of our navy, to
whose private worth, yirtuous character,
social and endearing qualities, we. may be
permitted TO offer passing tribute, as we
had the pleasure Of his acquaintance, valu-
cd his friendship, and would mingle our re-
gret at his loss with his afflicted family and
the wide circle of his friends.
Lieut.. HENRY S. NEwcoMB was a son of
the late Hon. Daniel Newcomb, of Kcene,
n. III. He was educated ct Dartmouth
College; and having at nearly period mani
tested a predeliction for sea farng life,
and desire to mingle in the dangers of
battle and the glories of victory on the deep,
he entered as midshipman in the Navy of
the United States and by his good con-
duct, his intelligence, enterprise and ardor
in the service, he received the appreciation
of his superiors and gradually rose to the
honorable post of first lieutenant in the
Navy. We are not aware that he eyer had
the opportunity so much desired by the as
pirants of naval glory, of distinguishing him
self in any engagement upon the ocean.
But he was brave, and would have stood
firmly on the deck of battle.
During the war, he commanded, in the
most inclement season, one of the u. y.
schooners stationed near Cape Cod, and by
his active and effective efforts afforded
great security to the coasting trade. When
the British fleet bombarded Fort M'Henry,
OF the 10th of September 1914, Lieut.. New
comb had command of Fort Covington, and
immediately repaired with detachment of
men to aid in the defence of the former.
I'm the Official letter of Col. Armistead to
the Secretary of War, he says" njustce
10 Lieutenant Newcomb of the U. 8. Navy,
who commanded at Fort Covington, with a
detachment of sailors, and Lieut. Webster,
of the flotilla, who commanded the six gun
battery near that fort, ought to state, that,
during this time, they kept up an animated.
and lbelieve very destructive fire, to
which am persuaded, we are much indebt-
cd in repulsing the enemy"
Soon after the close ofthe war, the health
of Lieut.. Newcomb was seriously impaired,
and he may be said to have been since that
time, a lingering prey to consumption, buoy
ed up at times with the hope of recovery,
and then sinking away feeble and detected.
Once or twice before this last passage, he
has been compelled to leave active employ
ment in the service on foreign stations for
the reviying air Of his native valley and
those assiduous attentions to be enjoyed at
home. Such. we presume was his object
when he toe. passage in the Helen, from
Gibraltar +; but alas his wife, and children,
and his friends will see him no more-his
last breath was upon the stormy wave, and
Is lost in the winds of the ocean.
IN. Y. Statesman.