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Show AN INTERESTING RELIC rit American Flag lloUteilOyar. JVat. '" " ' """S'esnel. Washington, Dee. 9. Tho president and secretary of tho navy had an Interesting Inter-esting visitor yesterday in tho person of Mrs. Harriet R. V. Stafford of Cottage Cot-tage City, Mass.. a patrlotlo old lady who desired to present tho government govern-ment tho flag worn by tho good old frigate Ilonhomme lllchard during her mcraorablo victorious engagement with tho British frlgnto Sera,, -Sept. 23, 1770. Mrs. Stafford had,' ,J0 historical old ensign in her possession, and presented pre-sented satisfactory e'vlflonco that it was tho first flag bearing tho stars and stripes ovor hoisted over an American vessel of war and tho first that was ever saluted by a forolgn naval power, |