Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-08-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Attorney General Stansbury has given an
opinion that the nominations for public of.
fees rejected during the session of the Senate
can be legally'made by the President during
the recess,
money hunter being about to marry
fortune, friend asked him how long the
honeymoon would last, "Don't tell me of
the honeymoon, " he replied; "it is the har.
vest moon with me"
The editor of country exchange aays.--
"A correspondent writes that if we desire it
he will send us something to I'LL up with.
That's just what we want Suppose that
you commence now with a good roasting
piece of beef and barrel of -four"
Louis A. Colin, ,.chaTged with embezzling
securities to the amount of $40, 900 IRON his
employers, Messrs. Duncan, Sherman & Co.,
III New York, has been held TO bail in the
sum of 100000
An exchange paper says -" Never let
people work for you gratis Two years ago
Ii man carried bundle for uR, and we have
been lending him twenty-five cents a week
ever since"
The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch says the
Board OF Trade of that city has raised by
subscription the amount necessary to procure
"a comfortable chair for Jefferson Davis
The Dispatch says the chair will be bought
and forwarded to him Immediately.
Up to the first instant thrty.s hundred
dogs were drowned at the dog pound in New
York.
Gen. L. NJ. Smith, at the close of the war
Gen, Lees chief engineer died at Rome,
Ga,, recently.
John Hunter, the owner OF the race horse
Kentucky, won s5S, 900 on Wednesday last
ri Saratoga.
Henry Ward Beecher's church in Brook.
lyn, New York, has been teAdered to the
sanitary authorities of that city for cholera
hospital, in case 1t shall be required.
United States Senator Ross, of Kansas, il
only thirty-aeven years Of age. When boy
he was an apprentice in the office of the
sanduskY (Ohio) Mirror, a Democratic pa
per- published by his brother.
An afIray, growing out of political differ
ences, occurred in Madisonville, Rolla Co.
Missouri, on the 2sth ult., in which three
men were killed and nine severely wounded
The people in the vicinity of Portsmouth
N H., navy yard, have been agitated at the
expected arrival of the Kearsarge with {
cargo of yellow fever.
An ambassadress at Florence lately callet
upon Florentine lady of high rank TO con
gratulate her on the cesSion of Venetia I,
France. Madame" replied the Marches
l.-,''i would rather our army were de
slroyed to the last man than that Italy shoult
accept Venetia from France; and | hay
three sons in the ranks"
An old citizen of Waterbury, Connecticut
named Horace Porter, was brought up be
lore Judge Gillette on Monday on the charg
OF working on the Sabbath, and fined lou
dollars. 1t was proved that he went LAT
sunday week, to get in some hay In order I
save it from the rain.
Mrs. Calhoun, the widow of the late job
C. Calhoun, died at Pendleton, 8. O., o
The 25lh ultimo.
The fortunate spaniards who become Go,
ernors oi Cuba make large sums OF money
They receive salary OF $50 200, have a stat
carriage furnished them at the public el
pense, three palaces to live in. and their al
'horily is almost unlimited, OF Course thel
are enormous pickings under such system
and Governor Dulce, who has recently r
turned to Spain, is reported to have made
million of dollars. Concha, n former Go
'rnor, carried away $s,OOO,OOO whilst Sc
Nno, who was almost bankrupt, but a I
Voriie Of the Queen, was appointed CAPITA
"eneral of Cuba for the sole purpose of +
operating his fortune.