Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-21

QUESTIONS ASD AEswERs.-The most intrest-
;ing feature of the New York Sunday Times,
since our friend the "Disbanded Volunteer"
passed away, is The questions published in its
| first column.
| A piece of information not generally known
| is contained in this:
/ A. bets B. that person convicted oil a capt.
tai crime in the state of New York, and sentenc'
ed to be hanged all applications TO the Governor
/ for Communication being refused, his irlends may
appeal to the President Of tho United States
who has the power either to commute said sen
itence or even TO pardon. b. denies that the
President has any such power Who Is IlShtE
Both are right and both are wrong. a con-
yict in n state court must look only to the Gov
ernor of that state, and convict IN federal
| UNITED Statcs) court only to the President oil
the Union for executive clernency. Offences
against the nation (such as piracy on the high
seas, &c.,) are taken cognizance oil by the ad'
ninistratoTs OF justice under the general govern
rnent. Offences against local laws, the public
peace, the security of person and property, are
dealt with, on the contrary, by the tribunals be-
longing to the district in which the offence may
have been committed.
Somebody enquiries into the historical ro-
nance of Pocahontas and Captain Smith:
Pocahontas old not marry Captain smith
When Smith returned to England, she was de-
ceived into y belief in his death. She accepted,
therefore, the hand of Thomas Role. an Eng
| Iishman, who accompanied her to Great Britain
where she was baptized, and took the name of
Rebecca Here she encountered Captain Smith
again and the shock affected her health, 1t is
said, seriously. She died at the early age of
twenty-five, as she was about to re.embark at
Grayesend, with her husband, for her native
land She left n son, who was educated by his
uncle in London, and afterwards became u
JiSt Il, NiroriDin
A popular error is here corrected:
The "words in the Scriptures terminating
with ed as 'belov-ed," "learn-cd,n &c, are not
always pronounced with a silent e. The con-
trary is the more common practice, since by
giving the final syllable its full sound, the in
tonation acquires more solemnity. The truth is,
when such words are used as adjectives, the Ell
is usually given its complete sound; when used
as participles, it is not-as, for instance, "Be-
loU-ed brethren, | speak," &C., and 'He was
beloO'd by all his brethren" A sense ofeuphony
settles all such questions.
Some prying person sends in three delicate
questions:
/. Women are frequently arrested for promo
nadng our streets, and conducting themselves
in manner indicative of an indecent intent
II. The actress you mention has not separated
from her husband She returned to the stage
because she desires to acquire competence.
III. The lady is reported TO be unmarried.
An inquisitive, and doubtless romantic young
woman, called Rosaliud, sends questions relative
to the residence and private habits of actors,
ard receives the following cold comfort:
1t is indicate in you, Rosalind, to take such
a tender interest in these professional parties
The gentlemen of the stage are not accounted
rigid moralistS we know; but it is the practical
immodesty of such as you, ROsalind, who affect,
perhaps, to be even prudish in the worlds eyes,
that tempts such men to do wrong, and thus
subject to odium the profession.
"Brevity the soul of Wit in the philopena
presents:
pana present sse If Won mean to ask what should
! he the verbal contents of note accompanying
such present, we should say good taste suggests
nothing but the word 'phopoena" and your
signature.