"From Ur, Abraham's father had migrated to Haran, in the northern part of Mesopotamia, on the high road which led from Babylonia and Assyria into Syria and Palestine. Why he should have migrated to so distant a city has been a great puzzle, and has tempted scholars to place both Ur and Haran in wrong localities; but here, again, the cuneiform inscriptions have at last furnished us with the key. As far back as the Accadian epoch, the district in which Haran was built belonged to the rulers of Babylonia; Haran was, in fact, the frontier town of the empire, commanding at once the highway into the west and the fords of the Euphrates; the name itself was an Accadian one, signifying 'the road.'" _A. H. Sayce, Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments, chapter 2._ The site of Haran is generally identified with that of the later city of Carrhæ. HARD-SHELL DEMOCRATS. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1845-1846. HARDENBURG'S REFORM MEASURES IN PRUSSIA. See GERMANY: A. D. 1807-1808. HARDICANUTE, OR HARTHACNUT, King of Denmark, A. D. 1035-1042; King of England, A. D. 1040-1042. HARDINGE, Lord, The Indian administration of. See INDIA: A. D. 1845-1849. HARFLEUR. Capture by Henry V. See FRANCE: A. D. 1415. HARGREAVE'S SPINNING-JENNY, Invention of. See COTTON MANUFACTURE. HARII, OR ARII, The. See LYGIANS. HARLAW, Battle of (1411). A very memorable battle in Scottish history, fought July 24, 1411, between the Highlanders and Lowlanders of the country. Donald, Lord of the Isles, was then practically an independent sovereign of the western Highlands of Scotland, as well as the islands opposite their shore. He claimed still larger domains and invaded the lowland districts to make his claim good. The defeat inflicted upon him, at heavy cost to the victors, was felt, says Mr. Benton in his "History of Scotland," as a more memorable deliverance even than that of Bannockburn. The independence of the Lord of the Isle was not extinguished until sixty years later. "The battle of Harlaw and its consequences were of the highest importance, since they might be said to decide the superiority of the more civilized regions of Scotland over those inhabited by the Celtic tribes, who remained almost as savage as their forefathers the Dalriads." _Sir W. Scott, History of Scotland, chapter 17._ HARLEM. See HAARLEM. HARMAR'S EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDIANS. See NORTHWEST TERRITORY: A. D. 1790-1795. HARMOSTS. See SPARTA: B. C. 404-403. HAROLD (the Dane), King of England, A. D. 1037-1040. Harold (the Saxon), King of England, 1066. HAROUN AL RASCHID, Caliph, A. D. 786-809. ----------HARPER'S FERRY: Start-------- HARPER'S FERRY: A. D. 1859. John Brown's invasion. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1859.