The sun., 1897-02-14

sons 'sbort History OF the War OF Secession" -
being '-ooncise. exact. and suficiens."
Several friends tell us that Tho Dead Boxer" is
By WILLIAM Carleton. and 10 to be found in recent
collected edition OF his stories.
the lines "rhs Desolator dc ,oisss the Victor
thrown" &C.. s Byron's 'ode 70 Napoleon"
Can ron or any of Jour readers tell mo whore to
| poems In which he mentions the Hsig fam,y-a
the very Oldest in scotland All remember Of it
s i. prophecy By Thomas tho Rnymer'. unirteenth
or fourteenth century. think. quoted as ro'lows
Hsis shall be Hsis OF Bemersido."
would be % interesting to know whether this pre-.
In scotts contributions TO the Miustreisy OF the
Scottish Border" under Thomas the Rhymer."
part H.. ''sitcrod from ancient prophccies" Thus
he 10 said to have prophesicd or tue very ancient
| family OF Haig OF Bemersidei
| .Bettde, betide. whstc'er betde,
| Haig shall be Hag Of Bemsrside.
Tho grandfather of tho present proprietor OF
| Bcmcrsi 70 had twelve daughters before his lady
| brought him male heir. Tho common people trcm.
bled for the credis OF their favore sootnsaycr The
late Mr.. Hais M length born. and their belief in
| the prophecy confirmed ecyond a shadow NJ doubt "
The present" of this note WA about ninety -four
years ago There arc three families Of Haigs In
scotsnd-Hag OF Bislrhiii. the oldest, Haig OF hem
| ersyde. and Haig of Psp.ItLon. Peter dc Haga of
Bemersyde was witness to va ious official character
between ilo0 and 1900. De vas the founder OF the
| family. We dont know TO which branch Mr.
oeorss Hair. who marriei Mrs. Astor .Drsyton. he.
ionssd. II TO any.
La there International copyright law OF any kind
between the United States anu Great Britain
| Yes; such Q law went into effect In 1871, having
| been approved by the President on March .. Under
II foreign book article subject TO It's provisions
must be pubil.hed here not later than In the conn
py Of It's orain. aud must be manufactured (prlnt.
cd. &cJ wholly by the work OF iaborers residing
here Il may then be copyrighted as an American
| book IL copyrighted.
Prior to tho -unning OF Mason and Dixon's line,
the southwest par. OF the state of Pennsylvania was
claimed land land grants issu~,D by the Province of
other OF your wrN Pennsyivsria r-adcr. am surc.
a. weii-lf you would publish nrlrs history OF tho
| claims OF Old Vn.inia TO the southwest part Of
| Pennsylvania T. l.. l..
Tho third charter OF Virginia. dated March H.
| ieli.is, which was an extension of the nrst ana
| second charters. patented to the Virginia company
land for 800 miles to the north snd Ynn miles TO tho
| south vf Cape Comfort (oid Point ComforuG and
| tho charter Of Pennsylvania dated March 4. 1851.
| gave to Penn . tract extending as far south tho
fortieth degree of longitude. The two grants con.
nicted. as they covered much OF territory.
| Delaware formed originally the southern coun.
ties." or tho "tsrritories." OF Pcnusyi syivania and
| were under tho same Governor. though with q sep.
.,,,. I..,.,,,. ,,,,, ,suv % ,-,s r,. .,.,,., -,
! l-.-,-.. ',-s -. =, GO 80. , -
| =, ,n,. -. ,.,,,,.sx :, 80, .a,ra,o,,,.. ,,,.,
| procured the running OF Mason and orou's line In
| l7uSo7. Penn devoted himself to the interests OF
the eastern and southern part of mis- grant. while
Virginia. with largo population as early As 1887.
stretched to occupy its western territory. But
it did not claim the territory after the graat TO
Penn, % far as We md.
what 10 the meaning of the nas called tn. union
bow nAspoie OF American vessei'f J. N. b.
| ,,. ,.,,.,.r .,,nn., a, IN. now.,,,,...n W. can.
W. - 'a'pp'u s :. .ao ~ ,S ps
| What was the origin OF the York shilling and
when was the hsif penny used lAst' II. VS..
The York shilling was onc'eiSh'h OF dollar. or
| izS csnu: auAf~r-dohh ~ssatWo'shiiinG piece.
Aftsr the Enslish obtained possession OF New YORK
shiilfnss were money OF account, even though ~am'
pun and Dutch ana spanish coins we're current
h would seem that the value OF the shilling was
money, som. of 1t in bills of onesis"'h of dollar.
| -. a.. .,,. =, g -, ~, 80, -, -.
nu,. ,n ~. a.nom,n.,o,. =, go. On. .,,i,...
TWO. four and ,I.n, ,n,llins, Ts,r, would Gam n
o' sort OF mental connection between the dollar
| ~" ~-' -
esa conhec''on appears ho' 70 e1"'- Ihe nsi
eenI ".. su'no'oa o' &c. ., 'onsr's' Oh Ap'h g.
'"s' "H' oo'nea ni" IN is', anu - '''ooh''h
| uoa " s's oi 0oaSfos' o' f'o' 81 io'''
| Wa. I.ax Ian. a.s, ave, Oman of rn.I.na,
| W.
| She 10 Known ssntimsntsily a. "the nine days
queen" As matter Of fact her father and her
fathsr.inisw intruded her into the sovereignty on
June 7. 1893. AMI abe was arrested and Imprisoned
on Juue 70 the ninth dny After she had learned of
her "scces,ion." she never acted As queen. ana Is
nov 'ns'u''u 'n '"s "'' y. h"s"'" '''e''s"''
| On What DAT. va. war declared b,tr..n Franc,
sns.b,, A'o 'n "hA' "A' "A" '"e ni" oIt"e
On Jui, u. 1870. B.ron Won w.r,h.r thu pru..
aAn AmoassAaot 70 r'Ahee' anu count nohedo".
'oo fVhen A"oA'sA"o' 70 rru'"A' were 'eeAhe~
french Charge d'Anairsa. NJ Le sourd formally pre-
ssnted TO Bismarck the French declaration OF war.
Tbs nrst battle was skirmish really: on July rs.