The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-08

He dropped out OF soldiers talk after the change of
base TO Harrlsons Landing. How many Confederate
Officers be may have murdered on the Peninsula was
dencc OF corpus dsitofL He had his own california
f,ne. IL nearly certain that he was expelled from
What was the est. Adams raid7" J.F.H.
The Sc. Albsns raid was the attack made in 1894
on st. Albans, W.. by . number OF Confederates. For
about n week the robeis, some OF whom were sol.
dlers, eli of whom were we'll drilled and well armed,
had been ~ssembling in the Canadian villages along
the border. On Oct 10, about twenty in number,
they crossed the border under command OF Lieut.. D.
II. Young. C. s. A.. and about $3.50 P. N. entered st.
Albans. It was tho day after the weekly market dav.
and the town was practically deserted. They robbed
tho three banks uhe st. AlbanA, the Franklin County,
and the First NationaD Of e9il,150, then they seized
all the horses in the town, fred upon a number OF
persons In the streets, killing one and wounding sew
erai. tried to set nro to some Of the houses.
and then rode back to Canada. The raid lasted about
thirty minutes. Thirteen OF the raiders were arrested
al 81. Johns. q few miles from Montreal. within q
day. Mr.. Couraol, q Police Justice. discharged tho
raidera on q technically. and directed that the money
found on them be returned TO them; but they were re-
arrested the same day. Dec. IL. Mr.. Coursol WA sus.
pended from ONCE shortly afterward for q time.
Justice Smith decided that they had committed an
acto war. and therefore could not he extradited; and
again they wcro discharged. They wore arrested .
third time. accused OF q breach Of the neutrality
laws. and were taken to Toronto. where all except
Mr.. Young were discharged for lack Of evidence. Mr..
Young was admitted to bail, but his trial seems never
to have been moved. The Canadian authorities re-
funded some $50. 900. which may have been ali that
the thirteen prisoners. out OF the twenty odd raidor.
had when arrested.
/. who was the "lost 'oader' TO whom Robert
Browning refers in hi. poem with that titis9 =.
In whHt poem will md a St,nsa the nst line of
prowptpg rnfd he p,eopt worNr-orfh 49,, -
wrote the poem. g. Miss Belle Smith wrote tho poem
"f I should die tonight" which we suppose you
mean. You'll md II in Rider Haggard's :. Jess,' and
In some collections Of poems.
In the following sentence the word will" was
the matter" A gentleman claimed that the use Of
ths, the word shall" should ssve b ,aSo'r nsed a IN.
stead. As considerable controversy has been ocoa-
stoned over tho incident. q decision by your paper
would be very much appreciated. Will S. HALL
The critic was right. In the nrst person. tciu i'm.
plies . Willingness or . threat. This quatrain ex.
plains the matter:
In the nrst person simply shall ~foretells;
In scfli q threat or else . promise dwells.
Shall in the second and the third doth threat;
WtlI simply then foret.lls the future feat.
Remember the story OF the Fronohman in tho water
who exclaimed in English: "I will drown, for nobody
shall como to help me ~
Is there such q word a. Irish. AK.
There ia According to both the Century and the
Standard dictionaries the word means q person OF
Irish birth living in America, or n native American OF
Irish parentage.
one state to refus. to honor the demand upon him by
person rharsed with a Crime TO the State making sucn
demand Article ". section 2. Of the United States
With rsason. felony. or Of or c naa's's who shall dee
from Justice and be found in another state. shall. on
de.,and ~ the erectfiya authnrtty ~ tho Et,fa frop m,
which he ned. be delivered up to be removed to tho
State having Jurisdiction OF the crime" TT. F.
The demand must be legal. The Governor who is
called upon to honor = requ!sition examines tho
paper, and II he finds that they do not set forth legal
grounds he holds that the demand has not been made
properly. and refuses to allow the accused person to
be extradited. The Constitution does not mean that
every requisition must. ipso facto. be honored.
Can the United States acquire territory by con.
quest? For example. is there any law on our statute
States to take forcibIe pS.ses,io o. an hold Tor our
own benefit for all time the island or Cuba Why did
We no. appropriate Mexico. or rather why did we not
annex her NJ the tim OF our war with her? F. D.
There is nothing In the Constitution or tho statute
books on the subject OF conquest. because nothing 10
needed. The right Of conquest Is inner Mt in everv
'sn country; 1t requires only physical force. not
legal backing. The United States did not annex Mex
leo. after they had conquered her. because they didn't
want to; they took Texas and part OF the northern
territory OF Mexico. but left the conquered country
practically whole. There is nothing in the way OF law
TO prevent US from conQuNring Cuba. either.
Are not American naval Officers from midshipman
rank? s. S. EDWARDS.
AZ a whole they are. The rates of pay Ara as fol.
lows: Naval Cadet. $500; Midshipman. $50. about
$3.50: Ensign. l 200; sub-Lieutenant, sol. about
o+55. with extras a. navigator. f45. about 1925;
Lieutenant. junior grade. 81 1900; Lieutenant, sis2 to
E25s, about 500 to 81 ESQ, with extras up to Els.
about eas5; Lieutenant, 81, 400; Lieutena7ts in COM
mand. E2ol to E27t. about 81 .oO5 to ol.3TO. with
extras from ga to sl4l. about e+2o TO sos; Lieut.n-
Ant-CommAnder. $500; Commander. IS. 500; Com
mander. 1855. about &l.se5. with extras to sl41.
about 07O5; Captain. s4.5oo; Captain. s4lO to eGo2.
about $4,000 to p3.0lo. with extr "a from e9l to c32s.
about 04b5 to ol,G40. Thus only the senior Captain
in the British navy. with full allowance OF eKtras.
receives moro than our Junior Captain. But
after one gets to be Captain, things change. In tho
nrst place. every British Captain becomes . Rear
Admiral in . few years, rs tho rank OF Commodore 10
simply temporary; and q Rear Admiral starts with
GI.8i2 about %. elO) AMI may wind up with 60. 1877
(about 9i3.Ss5). Our Rear Admirals get only $4,000
At most. while their comrades OF "qnal rank In the
army. the MajorGrnera,a, get $500. Then tho
British sailor has two. and sometimes three. steps
after he gets his nag; he may become vice.Admiral.
with pay ranging from 0l2. 77o TO I $50. and even
Admiral. with pay and allow ances OF from Sl7. 100
to eis.ss5. II the British orncer pulls along until
he's . Captain. he's all right; It is Just the other way
with our officers. Our lower ranks arc paid better
than the upper ranks, proportionately.
Gan you tell me II Nicholas Mantz was one OF the
900 revolutionary soldiers whom the British incAr~
osrAted In the old Dutch Church In New York city2
J, n. d.
We cannot, wo know Of no list of these prisoners.
Who was reigning monarch Of Holland in 1892
DuTCHhAN.
There was none. Jan do witt was Grand Pension.
airy from 1898 to 1912. when he was murdered.
I noticed your reply to an inquiry about Hog
Latin. Doubtless your reply IA correct as regards
Dog Latin. hut II occurs TO me that your correspon.
deut may refer to q "l,nguage" known to all High
School girls-ani to many mothers with inqu sltive
children-as ono In which they can discuss their mo-
mentous secrets without being understood by tie
youngstes that are always ~taVgins.'' The forma.
ton or this language IL simple, consisting OF adding
the syllable "gry" TO every word. For instance. the
sentence care you going to the party ?" would lie
rendered, "Aregry yougry goinggry togry thcsry