The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-09

~ personal Interest only will not be an
VIII he given Questions as 10 the value.
etc. OF old coins and stamps win not be
answered All correspondence should he
ton Post Owing to Inc large number of
questions received, answers can not always
be given promptly ,
j. G. w-Q Please inform mo through
yorf columns what Is the weight Of the
largest gold nugget on record and where
IL was found and whenY
\. The largest piece Of gold free from
quartz yet found Of which there Is an
authentic record, was discovered at a
point 30 feet below the surface In the
Dyer and Haltman mine Hin End, New
South Wales. May 10, 1872. 1t was i'm
bedee in blue slate. measured nfty.seven
Inches in length, thIrty.eight inches in
width and averaged four inches In thick
ness weighing $40 pounds and valued at
Sl4s, 500,
]. 4. Mcrntosh.--Q. what was the given
name Of the chief Mcintosh Of the Cherokee
Indians. and what was the given name OF
General Mcintosh Of the Cnnfedcracy?
\. The name of the former was D. "
Mclntosn. with rank Of colonel commanding
regiment OF Creck Indians The name
Of the latter was James NJ. Mcintosh.
hrigadier general Of Florida. and killed at
battle of Pear Ridge March l. 1862
~
]. H. Dixon.Q % Has the Republic
of Mexico any navy. If SO, what size?
90 Did General Pickett. who led the
famous charge nj Gettysburg, return home
after the war? A neighbor says President
/ GrlT' appointed him TO represent this
| courtrs at some foreign court. We doubt
this Please give us a short sketch of his
| career after thewar.
A. ~ Mexlco's navy consists of one
| cruscr, -four gunboats i've torpedo boats,
! second and third class two transports,
| fourteen heavy guns and forty-one vessels
! of inferior rank. C2l Major General Geo. z.
! Pickett made the charge at Gettysburg
which Is renowned the world over. He en-
/ gasrl In business at Rlchmond. Va. after
/ the surrender at Appomattox and died at
| Norfolk. Va. July 3. 1879. He did not ac-
cept any appointment from President Grant
after the close of the war.
~
Mexican War vptemn.-Q. ~ what
regiment was Albert Sidney Johnston colo
! nc %: Was his regiment mustered in at
Galveston. If so. what date, month and
year: When did they sail for Mexico, and
they mustered outy % What company was
| Bennett captain OF?
\. ~ Albert Sidney Johnston was a
nctiye of Kentucky and graduated at West
POINT I'm 1926 He resigned from the
United States army and moved to Texas
In 1916 and in 1877 was placed Mt the
head of the army of the Republic Of Texas,
and was afterwards adiutant general under
ItCsident Lamar In 1916 he was made a
colonel in the Mexican war regiment not
dcc grated by number, and again served
In the United states army until the bc-
eiunirg Of the civil war, being stationed
at California. At the outbreak of tho
lptt,r he reported at Richmond, Va was
appointed Confederate ccn"'1l. He was
killed at the battle or Shiloh in April 1862.
The army that invaded Mexico marched
ovcrlauo across the Rio Grande river and
did not sail from Galveston 90 any other
port ~ The Bennett referred to should he
more clearly specified.
4 F. 70 Why does not frost XIII
cotn. cotton and other Vegetables Of nights
wlcn the moon shines all night. like 81
docs ot dark nights or when the moon does
not shine.
A. The question implies truth whIcl
bclt Elected Nv the moon ought to b
D measured or apprcciable. which 1t Is not
NJ least WITH ordinary Thermometer; or tn
Hight reflected by the moon ought to afrec
the assimilation In the plants for which /
is very much foo low; or the moonligh
ought to affect the nature Of the moistur
In the atmosphere of which we have SO ia
no records We know of no statistics
either in plant physiology or in mctcorology
which will suhstantate the statcmen; il
, this question.
j. X. 10. Kindly inform me in whicl
play act and scene of Shakespeare each o
the following quotations appear: % 'Empt!
thy purse into THY head (2l Come an,
, take choice Of MI my library aud so hegui
; thy sorrow"
A. ~ The words are not found exactl.
as given though similar ones are. t2l Tn
quotation is from Titus Androncus, act "
scene II.
old Subscriber o. Please state In you
next issue the length OF the longest rive
in the world and the second and third.
t A. Mississippi, with Missouri. 1900 miles
Nile 400, Amazon 1850.
S. \. 70. Please give the date of ArDo
, Day for Texas.
A. February -
~
4 s. s. no. VIII you kindly give in tn
4 next issue Of The Post the population, ant
, also the total vote cast Mt the last election
e In the following states: Massachusetts
! Ohio and Iowa?
. \. Population Of Massachusetts, 2S05,3iG
3 last vote for president 4li,2Sd; population
I Of Ohio 4,1575l5, last vote for presiden
, 1o4oo73; population Of Iowa 1921, sSS, las
e vote Tor president 53o,Oos.
! ~
. NJ. ]. Ne. Kindly give me your opinion
I. as 10 which is right on the following:
Y insists that motion 10 lay on the tahl
i Tor the purpose Of suppresslng question
+ before the house should require two
thirds vote, and thar the chair has IA
privilege Of demanding Same. declare
that a bare majority Is Sufficient TO carry
A. b Is right.
q SuhScrihcr.-Q. VIII YOU please answer /