Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-13

Questions and Answers.
From Noahss TINS aas Kesszg1 Of this
week We compile the following questions
and answers
Qusstio7.-What IS 4 pontoon bEidgez
( How isit nader What IS 1t made of
AzBa.-POntoou Is the name given TO
: species Of hoat used for constructing
temporary bridges aud transporting bag
gage across rivers that are too deep 70 ford
The Q. s. War Department also employs
F.! pontoons for the transportation o: baggage
{ Wagons- These floats are made of india
rubber, aud come idea Of their capacity
may be formed from the fact that thirty
six of Them are suseieat to make bridge
six hundred fees in length aud thirteen
aad q half IN Sidth-a bridge that eau be
! placed IN readiness for the passage Of Eag-
Gus IN thirty-seTen minutes. One of these
poatoon bridges would be capable oftrans-
/ porting 5000 men, with their baggage, &c,
IN ten hours, over : river half mile
vide
+ QHeItioa;-What vacancies exist at West
Point2
1 .Ausrer;-There are at present the fol-
lowing vacancies in the eadeishiPs of West
Point, and members of Congress from the
district mentioned only have the power TO
( FILL (by nominating to the Presideutl these
vacancies, YiE:-New York, 18th, 18th, 22d,
] districts; Pennsylvania, 18th district;
[ Maryland, ID and 9th districts; Virginia,
lst, I'd, Sd, 9Th; 9Th, 9Th, 9Th, 9Th, 9Th, llth,
( 18th, 18th districts; North Carolina, lst,
ID, I'd, 4th, 9Th, 6:h, 18th, 9Th distrietsi
South Carolina, LIST, ID, Sd, 4th, 9Th, 9Th
distrietsi Georgia, ISL I'd, Sd, 4th, 9Th, 9Th,
I It'll, sth districts; Alabama, p, 3d. 4th
9Th 9Th, 7th districts; Mississippi, LIST, I'd,
Sd, 4th, 5tt4 q tFiets; Louisiana, lst, I'd,
Sd, 4th districts; Ohio, 4.h district; Ken
| lucky, Ist, ID, I'd, 4th, 18th, 9th districts;
Tennessee, lst, ID, 4th, 9Th, 9Th, It'll, 9Th,
I 9Th, 10Th districts; Illinois. Sth 9th dis
tricts; Missouri, Sd, 5th, 9TH districts; Ar
kansas, lst, and I'd districts; Michigan, lst
( district; Florida, lst district; Texas. lst and
I'd districts; California, I'd district; Oregon,
| LIST district; New Mexico, LIST district; Kan
sas. lst district.
/ Qrcstion ID bets H that note lent to
party without any consideration could
be collected Of the drawer. H bets it
could not. Your decision is final.
| -A1l5lses :-It cannot be collected by the
! party TO whom 1t was lent without cOnsid-
Grafton, but it can be collected by any third
party who, unaware of the 'taccommoda-
lion character of the note, may have Civ
en- for it a valuable consideration
Questi0n What were the number of
slaves held by the old thirteen States2
4ntprer:-The slaves in the thirteen
original States Of the Union we're divided
in lT76 as follows: In Massachusetts,.
| 3, 800; in Rhode Island, 1870; Connects
/ cnt, 5000; New Hampshire, 629; New
York, $4,000; New Jersey, 1900; Penn
sylTania, 10000; Delaware. 5000; Mary
land, $4,000; Virginia, 100000 North
Carolina, $4,000; South Carolina, no.
600 Georgia. l6, 0OO-TotaI, 500, IA.
Qussti0n-Wby is it that the left barrel
queutly than the right2
| AHseer.-The reason is obvious. The
sportsman, on going out, loads both bar
rels, and, on seeing a bird rise, fres nRtu-
rally the right onei he reIoads that barrel,
aud when he again sees a bird or two be
fires it again; and so he does perhaps again
twenty times in succession. But each FIR
ing gives a shock TO the charge in the left
hand barrel, and at the last the succession
Of shocks separates the Wadding from the
powder aud shot; the consequence is that
| a vacuum ensues between them, and when
the second barrel is fred it frequently
bursts. To prevent this danger, the RECON-
mendAtion Is made that whenever the
right hand barrel is loaded, the charge in
the left hand one should be also rammed
down
| Queshon.-nCan you inform me of the
estimated wealth of the Messrs. Roths-
childs in Paris My husband says it is a
trillion and half. Can it be so?"
AHgrer.-We have heard so many esti-
mates that are mauifestly exaggerations,
that we hardly know what TO credit on the
subject. We suspect that the great public
are marYellously deiuded in regard to the
wealth of the Rothschilds, and suppose
that the millions of money belonging to
other people Of which they are the custo-
dams only, or the agents for investing
should be counted as their own. An en-
inent banker in Paris assured us, some ten
OF eleven years ago, that he considered the
Rothschilds' wealth overrnted, and judged
them TO be worth, in all, about one bun
dred millions of dollars, no more.
Question.-tt.I have heard different opin-
ions regarding the definition of the word
Present. as used after the address on a
letter. Give me yours"
4HSrer.-It was originally employed to
signify that the letter was delivered in per
SON. e. that the writer of it was the
bearer and was present with it. 1t means
nothing whatever as used at this time. Ii
is an expletiye-
From Missouri.