DEATH OF COM NICHOLSON.
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The Washington papers announce tlle death in that city, ai s. 4. M. on Monday, oi Commodore John B. Nicholson, of the U. , Navy, in the 93d year ol his age rhe Ma lional in,eligencer says: 4 af,.e- ,4

 Commodore Nicholson was a aatisc 5lf Richmond, Virginia, and entered the navy as a midsaipman in 1895, sA bnafd lhe hrig Hornet, then un,ier the ec,amaud ol tae gair Commodore Chauncey. He shared, in eaga- mon with the senior officers o( the navy, ID its infant struggles, and lased to ps Etic spate m its renown, to which he contributed in no small degree. Ai the capture of the Maeede- man lrgate, the late Commodore segsed as fourth lieutenant of the United States, and was he first lieutenant of the Peacock, aud, after her brilliant fight with the Eperyier, the commander of the prlze ship, which. he brought safely into port.

 Alter a life ofg great professional usefulness, and d career in which his private worth was conspicu Dus and acknowledged, he goes down to the grave followed by the unaflec- ted sorrow fhis brother officers and moaFl,- e,I by numerous friends, whom forty wears oi aaiable sociabill!y and unwearied kindness gathered around him.

 E The Washington Union has ,he following annunciatioD:

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 We have tn arnounce. with ;roiouud re- gret, the sudden death of Commodore John Nicholson. of the l. S. Navy, who died las, night al Mrs. Ulrich's in this city, under an attack of the sppoplexy. We hssc known Com. Nicholson for more ,hah forty wears He lta4 .printrr hyprafcssiu.l, n Fs.1s'ntnni, in iso4-our near and respected neighbor but his ge.lins led him into different yies- ,instion and his merits, gallan,sy anu skill, raised him so a high rank in the servire, and made him many friends and numerous admir- CTS. In several actions he was .lissiuguisiikd for his extraordinary coolness aad bravery. ws deeply lament the loss ol such A mat. so his country, his family, and his iricaslssss az

 