s and the Pelican, the command of the former devolved for a
time upon him. W. H. Watson, the First Lieutenant of the Argus,
a brave and worthy officer, speaks of his conduct in high and
merited terms. He was also in the Congress Frigate during her
cruise in the Chinese Seas.

"He was attached to his profession, courted glory, and feared
no danger. In the last war he saw much service; and whether in
war or peace, never failed to do his duty.

"We shall conclude our brief observations with the following
remarks, which have been kindly furnished us at the particular
request of a number of the friends of Lieutenant Allen, and
which were the conclusion of a discourse delivered from the
pulpit, by the Reverend B. F. Stanton, on the Sunday succeeding
the day on which the afflictive news of the death alluded to
arrived here.

"After a reference had been made to the frequent instances in
which, for a few years past, the inhabitants of Hudson have
been suddenly and unexpectedly deprived of some of their most
respected and valued fellow citizens, it was observed, that, in
addition to all the previous calamities of the nature which we
had experienced, we have recently been called upon by the
righteous Providence of Him whose 'path is in the great deep,
and whose footsteps are not known,' to contemplate another,
which, in some of its features, perhaps, is the heaviest of
all. I shall undoubtedly be readily understood, by most of my
hearers, to refer to the tidings which have lately reached us
of the lamented death of Lieutenant William H. Allen, a native
of this town, and an officer in the United States Navy.

"It is not any design on this occasion to attempt to do justice
to his memory by pronouncing his eulogy. This will probably be
done by abler pens and more eloquent tongues. My aim at present
is merely to advert to a few of the leading traits in his
character, and to call on those who hear me to listen to the
monitory voice of Heaven which addresses us in this afflictive
dispensation. As a son he was filial, as a brother he was kind
and affectionate, as a gentleman he was amiable and
accomplished in his manners, as a friend he was trusty and
sincere, as a man he was humane and generous: he had a soul
that was indignant at meanness and v