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LEFT SETHITES 352 SEVEN PINES the name, which was now no longer sig- nificant, was preserved. The sum of 1,000 sestertii was called sestertium, which, after Augustus, was equal to about $43, and was the "money of ac- count" (never a "coin") used in the reckoning of large sums of money. SETHITES, a Gnostic sect that ex- isted in Egypt in the 2d century and bore some resemblance to that of the Ophites. They worshiped Seth, the son of Adam, as the son of God, but not of the creator of Adam and Eve, and maintained that he had reappeared in the person of Jesus Christ. They pretended to have several books written by him. SETHOS I., or SETI, an Egyptian monarch, the second Pharaoh of the XIX. dynasty; which lasted from 1326 B. c. to 1203 B. c. He seems to have been one of the shepherd race in the E. part of Delta. He was distinguished as a builder and a warrior, erecting the temples of Osiris at Abydos, the "hall of columns" in his palace at Karnak, and establishing the power of Egypt over western Asia. He reigned about 30 years. SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON. See Thompson-Seton. SETON, ROBERT, an American Ro- man Catholic archbishop, born in Pisa, Italy, in 1839. He graduated from the Ecclesiastical Academy of Rome, in 1867, having been appointed the year previous private chamberlain to Pope Pius IX. From 1876 he was rector of St. Joseph's Church, Jersey City. In 1903 he was ap- pointed archbishop of Heliopolis. He was lecturer at the Catholic University of Washington, and at Seton Hall College. He wrote "Memoir, Letters and Journal of Elizabeth Seton" (1869) ; "Roman Es- says" (1882); and "An Old Family" (1899). SETON HALL COLLEGE, a Roman Catholic institution for higher education, at South Orange, N. J. It was founded at Madison, N. J., in 1856, and was re- moved to South Orange in 1860. There were, in 1919, 21 instructors and 321 students. President, J. F. Mooney. SETTER, a breed of dog employed in shooting, where he fills the same vocation as the pointer. The setter is divided into three varieties — the English setter, the Gordon setter, which is native to Scotland, and the Irish setter. There was also at one time a variety known as the Welsh setter, but it is now extinct. As early as the 16th century the then Duke of Northumberland owned a dog trained by himself to set game, an idea soon fol- lowed by others. For many years, how- ever, the spaniel or any other suitable dog was selected to train to the habit of setting game; and it is not till the beginning of the 19th century that any reliable record of a distinct breed of set- ting dogs can be found. The English setter is bred from the spaniel probably by crossing with the pointer. Though at one time setters were known of nearly all colors, at the present time the English setter is generally white with red mark- ings, or ticked with black spots known as a "blue Belton." The Gordon setter was founded by the Duke of Gordon about 1800, by crossing the existing setter with a collie bitch which had been trained to set. The Gordon was originally a black, tan, and white dog, though white has gradually disappeared from the breed. The Gordon setter should now be a rich and glossy black marked with tan on face, chest, and legs. The origin of the Irish setter is unknown. SETTLEMENT, in ecclesiology, a sum of money or other property granted to a clergyman on his ordination, exclusive of his salary ; or, a homestead of a pastor, as furnished sometimes by donation of land with or without buildings, sometimes by the pastor's applying funds granted for the purpose. In law, the act of set- tling property upon a person or persons: a deed by which property is settled; the general will or disposition by which a person regulates the disposal of his prop- erty, usually through the medium of trus- tees, and for the benefit of a wife, chil- dren, or other relatives; disposition of property at marriage in favor of a wife; jointure. SETTLEMENT, ACT OF, in English history, an act passed in 1702, by which the succession of the crown was settled on the death of Queen Anne on Sophia, granddaughter of James I., and wife of the Elector of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants. SETUBAL, or ST. UBES, a seaport of Portugal; on the N. side of the Bay of Setubal; 17 miles S. E. of Lisbon. The harbor is protected by five forts. The town owes its importance chiefly to its trade in wine, sea-salt, and oranges, though fishing is carried on with con- siderable activity. Setubal is the old Roman Cetobriga. In 1755 it suffered severely from the earthquake that devas- tated Lisbon. Pilgrimages are made to the monastery of Arrabida, with its neigh- boring stalactite cave. The poet Bocage was born in Setubal. Pop. about 30,000. SEVEN PINES, the name of a locality in Virginia, 6 miles from Richmond, where, May 31, 1862, the Confederates, commanded by Generals Longstreet and Stuart, defeated the Federals under Gen-