Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-06

ever, for the Sergeantship-bpt for tho Wharf
Mastery very good office, we believe, and
one worthy the attention of at least aiihalf dozen
candidates Who, theq, Qqmfpe Psxt2
MEMBERS or CbtUSScnh4-As the time is near at
hand when nominations will be made for the
respectiyes wards for members Of. Council, we
beg leave to put in word. We hope that every
good member of the last CouncilsWtll be return
ed again, land we are happy to state that a ma
jority of them are such men,, irrespective of
party or creed. The city needs good and
thoughtful mennow If she ever did, and likes
and dislikes ought not to have their wonted
weight in the elections. We have observed,
with pleasure, in the frequent meetings which
the Council have lately held, that there was an
almost universal desire to act with the greatest
caution and prudence in every step effecting the
monied interests of our people. We are per-
suaded no4set of men could do better than the
present Council have done, in nine-tenths of
their legislation. When. such is the case-whcn
characteran ability. can be united with expert
ence, as few changes as possible ought-to be the
order of our nominations. We should like to
see even more than two thirds of the present
Council returned, and rather than go into a
promiscuous changing, we would be willing to
take them nsmass
Gov. BANKS, of Massachusetts, under the new
compensation law got $4,000 for about three.
weeks servicessat Washington.
We have seen. this paragraph aloati in our ex-
changes for some days, and if it is not true it is
high time that the friends of Gov. Banks were
coming to his rescue. Because the law might,
by strict technical construction, be made to give
Gov. Banks that amount of money, tits no JUST
~fcation. He ought to have stoodsup like a man
like those men who once refuscdthe constructive
mileage at a called session, when so many mean
spirited and ayariciogs patriots stopped to take
it. For Gov. Banks as a talented and selfnade
man, VIC have always bad a high prospect, but no
quality of mind can cover over or mitigate such
a selfish act Coy. Banks successor will be en-
titled toeSOme two or threethousand more when
he-is elected, and surely no one will say that
the law ever anticipated paying two prices to
onedistrict-at least not in. n case like this, where
there was no particular occasion for Gov. Banks
taking his seat, knowing that he must vacate it
in two or three weeks, to assume the Governor!
ship to which he had before been elected.
EVERYDAY MArrEes.-In the correspondence
column of NoaA,s Times and Messenger for this
week, We find the following queries and an,
sYers; 5s 81 uaya
LIST. Querg:-"I came to this country under
twelve years of age, and am now over nineteen.
IL apply for my naturalization papers now,
can 1 vote on becoming of nge2 Also, would |
need any Witnesses to prove the length of time,
] have been here, my age &c Pr aIt i
4nssoer:-The law applying to your case is
that, being n minor, you must have resided in
the United States three years next before attain
ing your majority, on proving by two witnesses
that you shall have resided five years in the
United States, namely: three years as a minor,
and two after you have become of age, making
your declaration of Intentions ut the time of
Your admission, and declaring on oath and
proving to the satisfaction of the court that
for three years next preceding it had been
you bona tide intention to become a citizen.
End. Query:-"Please give me an account of
the first passage of a steamship across the At
lantic? s.,ss~a
Ansoer.-The frst stenm-propelled vessel
that crossed the Atlantic was American built,
and called "rhe Savannah" She was $40 tons
burthen, and sailed first to Savannah, in 1919,
from New YOrk-thence directly to Liverpool,
where she arrived after a passage o fSeighteen
days, sevensofI which.She used steam. From
Liverpool she. proceeded to Copenhagen, and
thence 10 st. Petersburgh. On her return TO
Savannahshc was Invested of her Steam appa-
ratus, and used as n packet between Savannah
and Now York. Subsequently twoocean steam
ers left, the one from Cork April 4th 1928, the
other from Bristol on the sth of the same month
for New York. These were tho Sirius and the
Great Western, and both arrived at this port on
the 29rd..
Srd Qusrg.-now can l become a good
~draughtsmanP tst 5f.Ea @,I
4nseer.-You may, ifyou1 have particular
genius for it become a very good draughtsman,
without the aid of an instructor, as drawing is
perhaps that one of the arts in which individual
skill can do more than in any other to achieve
perfection. A good master can, however, great.
ly shorten the road for you. Meanwhile, pro
cure two or three good elementary drawing
booRs, visit the public galleries, and especially
study form, aud outline in statuary. Continue
these with tho reading of standard authorities
on art, that you may cultivate the ideal element;
among these Especially Sir john Reynolds dis.
courses; nnds wittfalsih addition take a weekly
lesson from a capable and intelligent instructor.
Quer54Ishavc a giant of land In Texas,
bearing date 1927, from one of the governors OF
Mexico; is itof any value at the present time
If so, what coursegw would you advise me to pur-
sue to reclaim it? IL it has been sold to pay
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