Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-28
QUEsrtoSs AND ASswERs.-.Tn this weeks
Noah's Iimesand 4fessenaer, we find the follow

tNoGhs ISnaesG and Messenger, we find the follow
ing queries aud answers:
Query:-Ought not the writings Of Charles
Lamb to be. more popular than they are2 Are |
not his works superior to many writers who are
more famouss 1t appears to me that the simple
story OF skosamond Gray is equalto Goldsmith's
Vicar of Wakefeld,' or Mackenzie's Man of
Feeling. There IS scarcely a person who can
read that has not read the Vicar of Wakefield
and how few have read sRosamond Grny, or
the quaint essays of Charles Lamb. Whv is
thlss Are his writings too refined 70 suit the
puollc taste, or am l mistaken in mysopinioh of
him2 t.'1ifet'
nst0er:-Honest, hearty admiration Of . yr;.
ter, genial, scholar.like, and conscientious in
the elaboration of his essays as Charles Lamb.
IS entitled to cordial recognition. Wetherefore
cheertully reciprocate your lambert fervor:
put we cannot agree with you that NRosamond
Gray" IS to be ranked with the tVicar of
" aKeneld 1t depends too exclusively on a
delicate and peculiar vein Of sentiment TO be
appreciated by the public at large: while Gold.
snith masterpiece presents strong pictures
ana contrasts. with characters sufficiently obvi-
Gus and yet at the same time Disseminated to
secure the sympathy of all readers You are
not IN error IN your general opinion of Lamb
He IS worthy of all your respect and honor, for
ne IS at the head of his class, or rather he con-
stltntes class by himsel-quaint, anciful, with
a deep, still, but living vein Of hnmor and pa.
thos. He IS not, however, within the range of
the ordinary comprehension. The language is
oooklsh and requires scholarship to grasp it,
the illusions are often remote and the fnncies
SO involved and subtle that none but man Of
culture can discern their scope and fitness
luety:-Is the word "present, when put on
a letter, accented on the FIRST OF last syllable,
and why?
Anst0er:-On the first syllable, present, which
conforms to its supposed origin and corresponds
with the law expression, "Know all men by
these presents'-that Is, by the writing itself
then offered.
Query:-What is the cause Of the present
difficulty between the United States and Par
aguay.
Anss0er:-Our government makes reclamation
upon Paraguay for First the spoliation of the
United States and Paraguay Navigation Com
Pany, which actually expended, principal and
interest, in getting to work in Paraguay, about
half million of dollars ;second, the unjustifia.
bic attack upon the Water Witch, by which
Quartermaster Samuel Clancy was killed, and
the exploration of the Parana stopped; third,
the refusal to ratify Pendleton's treaty, because
the United States Senate insisted on the inser.
ton OF the legal title Of 'The United States of
America"
Query:- Please inform me who was the au-
thor of the lines commencing with the following
stanza, and where they can be found?
81 clouds at morning tinged with the rising SUM-
Towards the dawn they foated and mingled into one.'
Anssoer:-John g. o. Brainard, native of
Connecticut, is the author. They occur as an
"Hpithalanium," or marriage verses, which you
will find in his collected poems
egueTy:--From what arose the term John Bull?
4ns.0er:-Ihe term "John Bull" as applied
to the English, is derived from the satire entitled
N'The History of John Bull" by Dr. Arbuthnot
friend and literary associate of Pope and
swift The object of the satire was to throw
ridicnle the politics of the Spanish succession
in Queen Anne's time; and John Bull is the
Englishman, the frog is the Dutchman, and
Charles II. of Spain and Louis XIV. of France
are called Lord Strut and Louis Baboon. Il
Que1y:-From what arose the French song of
Partant pour Ia Syrie?
4nsWer:-The popular French song, ..Partant
pour Ia Syrie, was composed and set TO music
BY Queen Hortense, the mother Oft present
Emperor of France.
TnE "CnURcHi COMMENTARY QUESTION. THE
Presbyterian Synod, of Philadelphia, is discus
sing the question of a Church Commentary. In
the Pres6yteria,a Eaposttor for the present
month, Rev. DR.. N. L. Rice has lan article urg.
ing seven objections against the proposition to
make one. He says:
We cannot help feeling strongly averse to
the propositions to prepare a Commentary on
Iue Dlole Gl1 tH6S sense oil the w Westminster Con.
tession. We hayeadopted, examine, that excel
lent formulary, because we believe it to Contain
the system.of doctrine taught in the Scriptures;
but we are not willing to do anything which
might look like trying the Bible by the Comics.
sion, or making the confession rule for the in
depreciation of the Sacred volume; OF which
could be plausibly so represented" Secondly,
1t IS doubtful whether the very best men could
be selected. Thirdly, there would be great,
If not insuperable difficulty in securing atnity
and consistency in such Commentary.N-z
Fourthly, the Assembly, although responsible
for it, could not examine it before publication.
Filthy, after all, the commentary would only be
the opinions of those who got up. Sfxthly,
1t would create controversy wilhelm progress |
and Seventh, after FALL, it is extremely doubt.
tal whether the Commentary, as a whole,
would be better Of as good) than that Of
Scott OF Henry. What reason have we to |
expect thatit would be the thing which is sup
posed to be needed?"
BrslsEss PRosrncrs, The Philadelphia. m
qairer, of Monday, says that the season for trade
in that city Seems TO be at its topmost height.
Within the last two weeks businessin every
department of trade has beensvery active, and
even during election week more goods were sold
than in any corresponding week in tho history
Of the city. We noticed on Friday and satur-
day last that hundreds of caseS ofgoods i