Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-05-25
VIFE LA BAGATEII,E,

As we have, at the request of three of the ma.
Jority Members OF the Bank Committee, copied an
ex-oihciai statement OF theirs from the Globe, we
cannot IN common courtesy to the other side of the
question, do less than comply with the similar re.
quest which is appended to the following article:
From the National Gazette of SATURDAY..
The following may be supposed to be among the
additional questions put by Mr.. CAMnnELENa to the
President of the Bank of the United States, with
Mr.. Bubbles answers.
Question do you know Mordccai Manassas
Noah, King of the Jews?
Answer.-l never saw his Majesty, and have not
the honor of his acquaintance.
z. 2-Supposing him to be middle sized man,
with Romanish nose, sandy hair, round aldo.
men, and rather arch look,-a handsome man in
the cnscmbe,-is it not your opinion that such a
person would be very apt ut bride?
1t might be so: but there are so many coun.
tcrfeits current that cannot say.
q. 3.-When James Watson Webb got the dis
count, did you notice that he is web footed club
listed, with bushy black hair, and blue beardi
Al believe so.
q. do YOU know how many buffaloes there
in the West?
A.-Not exactly:--tho only one ever saw is
that you recommended for a branch, with Mr. Ro-
chester for President.
q 5.-Did you ever circulate on the Schenccta.
dy railroad?
A.-No-I believe the foundation is bad. pitch
and tar having been substituted for granite at the
bottom, and the frost has already DESTROYED it be-
fore the locomotives have been put on.
o. u. In your answers to the 1862 questions
which propoundcd, did you try to render me rdi
cuous?
A.-By no means-I tried to prevent it; but 1
fear without success.
q. DID you ever road my report on the
A.-As many times as you estimate the coasting
vessels OF Great Britain, eight hundred thousand
times, always with renewed wonder.
u S.-Do you consider John Quincy Adams the
only man who can save this Union?
Al admire, very much, his description ofa par.
tisan politician hanging on the skirts of leader
e. 9.-Do you know why my three names begin
each one with G.?
Il understand that you were born to be
Chairman of the Committee of Commerce, where
fore, presume, your three initials.
u lO.-ls there not reason to apprehend that
the late Treaty with Great Britain will cause a
revulsion in the shinglo business of North Caro-.
lima?
O. 11.-What is the OBJECT of the Safety Fund
on the bucktails?
At hicks them.
O. l2-fiave you not heard that the French
Academy had Perpetual Secretary?
A.-Yos and that the post was filled by wits of
the first order and repute.
z l3.-Have you any objection to nv selfap-
pointment as perpetual Querist to Ceagress7
A.-None whatcver-you are a wonderful adept
in the Socratic method.
O. l4.-In case the world should revert to hie
roglyPhics, how do you think shall be designat
ed?
A.-Of course, by well-defncd note of inter
rogation.
l5.-t has been asserted in the New York
Courier that Isaac Hill lately "took Mr.. Webster
to pieces" in Secret Session of tho Senate: What
is your opinion to the time it would take said
Isaac to put him together again?
AnsDer.-"I will think of that"
u Editors of newspaper respectfully re-
quested TO copy the foregoing queries Such per-
sons as may be pleased to PROFOUND others, will
probably confer favor the President of the
Bank, as he must be much in want of occupation,
his office being, in fact, almost snocure, parti
cuarly at the present juncture.