Show 01 os 51 TES r LAG FIAO A friend sends us some data about the history ol of tho the flag contained jai in these co columns alumns yesterday morning that aro are quite Inter estinia first Is the antiqua inc r traced from tile tho tomb of ono one of 0 f the ancestors of WASHING vos tov in bring ghou church Fil england gland that roads reads as follows fare lie he Inter rodye hod Is of n Wid done lollo chapped this life for Immortal lale yc allt ol 01 march WS ai lio 0 llody of ilott lant hur let lato sewood save of ht rt it hinchion hin cion of seagrove SoI crAr 1 lu in 0 o cownty of norio ealar who departed this bif lie vo via loth ol of ut after they lived Lor Lovi luly bilY together la in this ihli parish there Is also on tho the same tomb a fee ao kimiyo ne of tho the washington oston coat of arms showing in fit the opinion of our correspond pendent tho the origin of the stars and stripes the foo fac simile shows in black and white while not io in colors a broad horizontal stripe at too top lop of tile tho shield and in this stripe three five filc stars below a white or light stripe also horizontal Izo iz across the shield below that a black stripe then thea another light stripe and fit at bottom a double and acry cry obtuse anglad triangle trl ancle inverted lt it suggests the abo stars aud and str Ipos very true and the iho tact fact that thai was associated with the congressional committee em cm powered to forni forn ulato a national Nat loDal standard gives added force to the iho suggestion but in that CASS case WASU washington INGTON was wag instrumental in having baying ills his own family coat of arms adapted to mako make tho the national flag a piece of ciollaro hardly consonant with our ideas of 0 TOSS toes to es character moreover as far as tho the stripes in the flag tro are concerned con cornea the iho first flag adopted by and who tho the year previous mado made the flag thirteen stripes with tho the kings colors as a union instead of tho the stars and tho the con congressional gres committee with NOTON associated socia SoC ted afterwards retained tho the stripes as adopted is a year before merely toting thirteen stars for the union in place of the iho kings colors on the whole therefore thore toro we w incline to think that tho the stars and stripes on the WASU family rout of arms Is rather a that a pattern tor for our national nag flag but it Is an interesting coincidence all tho the same |