The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
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Editor The Times. i have IN my possess
sion u coin which was found IN the sdhd
on the beach at this place 1 cannot
ind any date as it is much defaced.
would ike YOU TO tell me in your query
Column" what II is, and whether IL mas
any real value. On one side Is the bust
of some military character, with the
words THE choice of the people" and
Second thoughts" on the opposite SID,
is IL coat-of-arms nearly defaced, but
which 1 think TO be English, with the
words THE choice Of the people and
"Sub-treasury." with some words that
I cannot make out. The coin is OK copper
and has been punched. l also have a
silver half-dollar Of the issue OF 1872, also
punched. Has il any value? Please an
swer the above, as am
A CONSTANT READER.
Tappahennock, Va.
Address tho editor OF the Numlsmatio
Magazine, which is published in Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Insult TO Injury.
please publish the words OF sweet
Alice Ben Bolt" in your interesting
Query Column, and oblige. MUSICAL.
With an Difference TO the amability and
numerous charms Of Miss Alice. we must
be excused from quoting here. Your
communication IS postmarked Richmond;
go 20 any OF our leading music stores ana
YOU can procure the words for very little
money
Gen. Winfield Scott and Others.
Could you or some Of your readers give
me. through your columns: I. The names
and places OF birth and death or the
father and grandfather OF Gen. Winfield
Scott? g. Who was Major John r. ROD
ertson, Major OF the Twenty-third Bat
TALON Virginia Cavalry, and later Major
Chief Commissary to General McLaws?
9. Where was Colonel Danlce Duval, OF
the Revolution, born. and where and when
did he die? Cannot some OF his descend
ants give something OF his life and OF his
family. Yours very truly,
JOHN NJ. FRENCH.
1. IL IS a singular fact that not one or
the biographies Of General Scott 10 which
We have access contains more than
passing allusion TO the grandfather, as
a Scottish refugee from the feld or
Culloden." who fed 20 Virginia, establish
cd a good law practice, and died young
No mention Is made either, Of the date OF
tho birth OF his father, william Scott.
he died. however. IN 1871. If you Will
address a letter 10 Mrs. u. G.. Robert,
qqlS washington avenue. st. Louis. Il IS
highly probable you can secure the In
formation desired. that lady being a
klnswoman OF the great General, and now
engaged in researches regarding his an
cestry.
2. Address Mr.. r. A. Brock. secretary
OF the Southern Historical Society. 40
west Clay street, Richmond.
g. Communicate with Miss Duval, Lex
lngton Va, who IS. we are Informed,
now engaged in investigating the Duval
genealogy.
Even We We're Wrong.
Like other great people, including the
immortal Mr.. Samuel Weller, we some
times make mistakes. One OF those times
was last Sunday-the instance, the an
swer TO the query regarding the watch as
a compass We forgot that the dial bears
only twelve marks instead OF twenty
four Pardon Us and note the follOwing
To find the South point. We assume
that the watch is running on solar time.
Hold IL horizontally before you, the tg-
ure u directly IN front OF you, 9 70 the |
left. and 3 10 the right The watch being |
I'm this position. turn with IL 10 face the /
sun squarely. Observe the time indicated |
by the watch. Suppose il is s O'Clock IN /
the mornlng-four hours before u. Take |
half OF that time uwo hours) and add II