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Year: 1866

A DARK AFFAIR-It will be recollected
that q few months since Trinity county
correspondent of the San Francisco Examiner
made grave charges against the State Con-
troller in regard to the disposal of Foreign
Miners licenses, alleging tina. the State
officer and the County Collectors sold the
licenses and divided the profits. The Con-
troller Indignantly denied the charge, and
the Legislature now in session appointed
Committee to investigate the matter. Now
for the latest financial sensation. Not long
since, as we are informed. an executive of.
ficer Of one of the interior counties sent
word to the capital that person who sign
ed his name Cornelius Brown, had written
to him and offered to furnish blank - For
| eign NJ ners' licenses" at most reasonable
rates" The question naturally arises,
Who Is Cornelius Brown" The answer
is, a colored young man, who for years has
acted as porter, etc, about the Legislature
and the State House. OF course the Com
mittee desired Browns attendance but the
necessary service could not be had. Brown
had done the thing up brown. and under the
plea of visiting his sick family in San Fran
cisco went there thence took passage on the
steamer which left Tuesday last. Brown,
as general sweeper and dispenser of Goals in
the State Offices, kept an eye on settlements.
A Sheriff would come in the Controllers
Office and settle by showing the Treasurer's
receipt for so much money and blank licen-
ses sufficient to effect a balance. These
blanks would be tied in package and laid
aside-for, it turned out, Brown. When
well armed with these documents Brown
would TASK for. leave of absence, and after
putting on . sub" start for the northern
counties. There he played his little game
of selling blank licenses ut reduced rates.
He always made it a point to return flush,
and in response to the inquiries of anxious
friends, would say that he had met with
mighty good luck at gambling. Thus mat
ters financial progressed with Brown He
| lived well and bestowed jewelry on his wife
he basked in official sunny smiles, and he
has gone on his way rejoicing Talet :
| Brown, Yale! You were equally dexterous
in finance with the broom and poker
How strange it would have seemed had you,
with so much coal at your command, allow
ed g freeze OUT to get the better of YOU
Bee.


Mr.. Brown has furnished in his person
some evidence of the aptness of his race, and
of their claims to the standard of equality
with the white man. Who will now say the
colored man has not brains enough to vote !?
Floyd's little job in stealing only beats
Brown in its magnitude in all other re.
spects the latter is the peer of the former.
p. S.-Since the above was put in type we
| learn that Brown has not been in the employ
of the Controller for two years, but left Sac
ramento only some two or three weeks since.
Mr.. Oul.on would have had him arrested on
the first discovery of his guilt, but was ad-
was obtained, for fear he might be discharg-
ed on writ of habeas corpus. There is no
doubt but Mr.. Brown had watchful friends.
Year: 1866

4 Proclamation by Jocob D. Cor, Gocer-
nor Of the State Of Ohio


The year which is nearing its close has
been filled with blessings from the hand of
God. Freedom, peace, prosperity and
health have been iyen us, and threatened
ills have been turned away, or have only
been suffered to touch us so lightly as to
quicken our sense OF the happiness of our
lot as people.


Therefore, in accordance with the good
custom Of our fathers, do appoint Thurs
day the Twenty ninth Day OF
November, inst, as the annual day of
Thanksgiving and Praise to God our
Heavenly Father fer all the manifold mnr-
cics and abundant goodness with which He
has crowned the year; and | recommend
that usual business be laid aside upou. that
day, and that it be kept throughout the
State with grateful worship as a holy feast.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, | have herrunto


set my hand and fixed the Great


Seal of the State Of Ohio, this


fifth day Of November. in the
GREAT year of our Lord one thousand
SEAL eight hundred ard sixty six, and


Of the Independence of the United


States of America the ninety. first.


j. ID. COX,


Governor of Ohio.
By the Governor:


WIN. HrNpv SMITH. Secretary Of State
Year: 1866

The following anrcdote will show with
what nice precision the accounts are requir.
ed to be kept in the great private banking
houses Of the English metropolis After
closing the doors to customers, every clerk
makes up his accounts, and a general bal
ance is struck, which must tally to the var
lest farthing before the clerks separate. 1t
hapt tened upon the occasion in question,
that in one of these great establishments,
there was two shillings and ten pence minus
in the balance. Every clerk was ordered
to revise his account, the silver and copper
money in the vast vaults was re-couDted-
but still there was no solution of the cause
of the deficit this was repeated over again,
hut still there was wanted two shillings and
ten pence. The e,ident partner would not
suffer the clerks to depart without correct
balance; gladly would each clerk have paid
the difference ten times out of his own
pocket. The affair remained unchanged
until the next morning, when, on the arri.
val of one of the nonresident partners, he
recolected of taking that amount out of
the till, tor the payment OF the postage on
foreign letter, but without making the
usual memorandum Of the same.
Year: 1866

Better be well hanged than i'll wed.

 Commend a welded life, but keep myself a bachelor. 8A9

 He that marries widow will often have a dead mans head thrown on his dish.

 Take heed girl, of the promise of man, for it will run like a crab

 The rich widow cries with one eye, and laughs with the other.

 The cunning wife makes her husband her apron.

 Three daughters and q mother are four dew ills to the father.

 He that loses his wife and farthing, hath great loss for his farthing.

 Honest men marry soon--wise men not at all.

 Three women and goose make market. Who takes an eel by the tail and woman by her word, may say he holds nothing.

 You need not marry; you have troubles enough without it. va @6
Year: 1866



 TIE IDLER,-The idle man is an annoyance "a nuisance. He is of no benefit to anybody. He is an intruder in the busy thoroughfare of every day life, He stands in our path, and we push him contemptuously aside. He is of no advantage to anybody. He annoys busy pher in society. He may have an income to support him in idleness, or he may ''sponge" on his good natured friends. But in either case he is despised. Young man, do some thing in this busy, bustling, wide-awake world. Move about for the benefit of man. kind, if not for yourself Do not be idle. Gods law is, that by the sweat of our brow we shall earn our bread. That law is good one, and the bread we earn is sweet. Do not be idle. Minutes are too precious to be squan- dered thoughtlessly. Every man and every woman, however exalted or however humble, can do good in this short life, if so inclined ; therefore, do not be idle.
Year: 1866

JoKING--It is not everybody who knows where to joke, or when, or how; and whoever is ignorant Of these conditions, had better not joke at all. A gentleman never attempts to be humorous at the expense of people with whom he is but slightly acquainted. In fact, it is neither good manners nor wise policy to joke at anybody's expense; that is to say, to make anybody uncomfortable merely to raise laugh. Old Hlsop. who was doubtless the subject of many . gibc on account of his bumped back, tells the whole story in his fable of ''The Boys and the Frogs What was fun to the young sters was death to the croakers. A jest may cut deeper than a curse. Some men are so constituted that they cannottake even a friend ly joke in good part, and instead of repaying it in the same light coin, will requite it with contumely and insult Never banter one of this class. for he will brood over your badin- age long after you have forgotten it; and it is mot prudent to incur any one's enmity for the sake of uttering a smart double entcndre or a tart repartee. Ridicule, at best, is . perilous weapon. Satire, however, when leyeled at social follies and political evils, is not only legitimate but commendabe. It has shamed down more abuses than were ever abolished by force of logic.
Year: 1866

To RENDER WooD UNINFLAMMABLE Make saturated solution of potash, and thicken it with paste as for distemper paint ing, then add sufficient clay to give it the conscience of thick cream, adding yellow or red ocher or other mineral coloring matter, if desired, for the sake of appearance. Wood painted with this composition is said to be proof against rain, and to be incapable of being infiamed, although it may be carbOuized by a fierce heat.
Year: 1866




There certainly is some truth in the
following TALK ON change of the New
Orleans Times;


s''Who cares for the man who pays his
debts! The famous are those who make
q noise IN the world, and the man who
meets his obligations has small chance
to be widely known, because he owes no
man anything, and it is well known that
the notoriety in the world is given by
elamorous creditors. Creditors visit the
pay nobody two or three times week
and their creditors soon learn to discuss
his prospects since they are told that
everything depends upon the pay nobody
settling that little bill. In short time
every one has heard of him; the history
OF himself is written on every record OF
the courts, and his family connections
soon become known by the pleadings OF
nembers Of the bar. But he who pays
! hisdebts there's an end of him. His
prospects are never discussed, his resi-
Gence is n0tadown on the collectors book
: or engrossed with black mark on the
fax-collector's Professional insignia. The
I mark O. X. renders. him unknown, and
ne is forgotten in the greedy memory OF
eo1lstables, and in the Immortality OF le-
gal fights he owns no stock. In short the
readiest way to become knOWnis to pay
no debts and fail for a hundred thousand
or SOL
Year: 1866

A PATENT PULPIT.-Some years
ago, according to the London Punch,
a benevolent and ingenious English
man coutrived an excellent article in
this line. 1t is to be introduced in
this country


1t was proposed that the patent
pulpit be built in the usual style, but
suspended over the preachers head
was to be an apparatus something in
the shape of a candle extinguisher.
This was to descend so as, in ex-
actly fifteen minutes, to completely
extinguish the clergyman, and of
course his sermon could never exceed
that period in duration. Eight min
utes after the sermon had commenced
a loud premature snap or click was
to announce the commencement OF
the extinguisher's decent; and it is
stated that upon several private tri-
ais no clergyman could be found who
had the nerve to continue his sermon,
after hearing this snap or click, over
three minutes longer, such was the
fear in his mind that his light would
be hidden under the suspended
bushel.
Year: 1866

SINGULAR CAsE.-A white man who. has
served in the United States army took up
quarters few days ago on board an old
pontoon boat lying in the river nearly OPP
posite the foot Of Eighteenth street, and
while.there was supposed by the boys who
saw him to he laboring under an attack Of
chills and fever. The boat was partially
filed with stagnant water, and the man
Law on a bare wooden bunk in little cuddy
built in one end of the boat. 1t Is not
strange. therefore, that when DR.. Taylor
visited him Yesterday he found him in an
advanced stage of the cholera. The Doc.
tor procureda o wagon and had him removed
to more comfortable quarters, though !.
was apparent that his lease on lie would
soon expire.
Year: 1866

THE LATEST FREEDMENs BUREAU CASE.
We published on yesterday report fur
nished the Freedmen's Bureau by that
faithful servant of that most useful institu-
tion, Captain Benjamin G. Cook, concern
ing the case of John ii. Brown, "intelligent
and reliable freedman" who was arraigned
before his Honor On the 2lst instant for
stealing cap. Yesterday morning his
Honor told Captain Benjamin G. Cook
that he would have to continue the
case until Monday, when he would
certainly examine the case if all the
witnesses were present. He repeated his
assertion that he had never yet refused
justice to any man, or refused to examine
any witness called for by the defence.
Captain Benjamin c. Cook said that this was
his main point 1--WE confess eve couldn't
see it ") upon which he made his report.
His Honor said that his main point was to
prove that his report was false. Upon this,
Captain Benjamin G. Cook waxed wroth,
looked mad, and taking up his hat, put 1t
upon his head not liking the things that
had been said, and taking anger unto him
self, he departed. So much for Captain
Benjamin c. Cook. .
Year: 1866

BEATING A WOMAN.-A white man named
William Daniels was arrested yesterday
and lodged in the first station-housc on the
charge of making all assault upon Martha
Sydnor, oI;us Martha Daniels. The story
of the woman is that she has been living
with Daniels some sixteen years, but has
never been married to- him that he has
been in the habit of getting drunk and in
dulging in the pleasant recreation of whip
ping her, and that all the time she has
worked like dog to support him. She
further states that on yesterday he took
up a chair, and striking her on the head,
knocked her out of doors, the result of
which she exhibited in the shape of large
confusion on the left temple. From her
account Daniels must he something Of
brute, and ought to be Gagged like other
wild animals.
Year: 1866

PosT-orFrcE HoURs.-As nearly every
reader of the Dispatch is interested in
knowing the hours at which they can get
their letters by the different post routes
centering in our city, we have been at some
pains to get the information for them.
Every facility for speedy distribution of the
letters is used by the accommodating &C clerks
in the post-oflicc, and if any one is de-
tanned beyond the time at which the office
is usually opened, he may be assured that
the fault is caused by the detention Of the
train, an unusually heavy mail las was
the case yesterday afternoon), or some
thing beyond the control of DR.. Sharp.


The office is opened at half-past ] in tho
morning, and remains open until about a
quarter-past 2 p. NJ, when, on the arrival
of the northern mail, the delivery boxes
are closed for three quarters of an hour
while it is being distributed. About half
past the Central and Danville mails ar
rive, and the office is again closed for about
an hour, until the letters are all put in the
boxes. The office then remains open until
quartcr-past o'clock, when, on the arri-
val of the southern mail, ria Petersburg,
it is again closed for short time, when the
lids are raised, and are shut down no more
until o'clock, when it closes for the night.
Year: 1866

EXCITING STEAMTUG RACE.-A few days
ago two steamtugs belonging to rival lines,
the managers Of which had heard of a
large number of schOoners awaiting towage
at City Point, started down the river under
a full head Of steam, each determined to
outsail the other and secure the greatest
number of the newly ly-arrived craft to tow
to Richmond. " Heavy y-draught some
how got ahead mt the start, but the cap
tain of "Lght -draught," confident i'll the
superior swittness of his boat gave himself
no concern about the result, though he
crowded OH all steam, and the two went
flying down the river at terrific rate. On
arriving at Dutch Gap canal, the captain
Of "Hcavy-draught," observing that the
tide was favorable, determined to risk q
passage even if he ran aground. So he
dashed through, and emerged safely from
the opposite extremity, thus saving six
miles in distance, and arriving ut City
Point long in advance of his competitor,
who came steaming up after Heavy
draught {" had secured the greater portion
of the tow, and started on the return to
Richmond. There is lively opposition
among the lines Of stcamtugs, which not
unfrcqucntly leads to trials of speed SINH
lar to that we have mentioned, though the
passage of Dutch Gap canal is somewhat
of a new feature.
Year: 1866

TIE OPERA.-Thc opera of Lucretia
Borgia last night was one of the most sue
ccssful Of the season. The caste was
very fine one, and the artistcs were in
good time. Madam Strakosch and Ghioni
acted and sang well together, and received
the hearty applause OF refined and IN.
tollisont audience. Susini-Lc Grand-did
as we'll as ever, and we do not know that
We could say more for him. Erranl ap-
pcared for the first time this season in 4
considerable role, and was warmly well
coined. His voice, though not so clear as
some we have heard, is highly trained and
full of expression Tenors Of higher
school than his arc seldom heard in this
country. We are sorry that the late hour
at which the performance generally closes
has rendered it necessary each evening to
limit ourselves to.a general mention OF the
manner in which each actor acquitted
himself.


Last night several very beautiful pas
sagcs were rendered in 4 manner worthy
of the highest praise. The only faults we
have vet found-and these are doubtless
due to taste different from that Of the
present agc-arc the unnecessary length
of time most of the performers dwell on
their highest notes, and the adoption Of the
svmpathctic or trcmolO tones through
nearly all passages. The first is ruinous to
the voice, and doubtless many prima
donnas and tenors break themselves down
in half their time by it. A well-modulated
tremolo passage is beautiful to hear, but to
listen to it continually is to MS like living
on honey. Madam Strakosch is more after
our liking than any Of the performers,
chiefly on this account.


Tonight the season closes with Rossini's
comic opera of the "Barber of Seville"
which was so admirably given last season.
In giving our farewell to Strakosch and his
artistes we assure them that they leave
with the Richmond people the best impress
sions, and they bear with them their best
wishes, and an admiration which will al
WAYS insure them warm reception here.
Strakosch has paid our people compli-
ment, and in return they will be glad to
welcome, annually at least, the Ghioni and
Susini troupe.
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, June 26.


The Governments of Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick have agreed that the possession of
a license issued by Canada to fish. shall entitle
the holder during the season OF 1886 to fish in
the waters Of New Brunswick and Nova Sco-
tia, as well as those of Canada.
Year: 1866

We are indebted to a legal friend Z at It


clarksbprg for the following resume OF
very Important decision recently
made there by Judge Bunker. Of the
Hampshire Circuit, who had exchanged
circnits with Judge Thomas w. Har-
Year: 1866

TREAT.-We acknowledge, with many
thanks, the receipt of the good things sent ms
by the ladies of the st. James Fair. The edi-
bles were so delicate and so refreshing rs to
appeal to our sweetest tastes and they were
especially appreciated, coming rs they did
from fair woman engaged in her noblest
work-that OF piety and charity. Could any
thing or anybody on the face of this earth call
upon the admiration of man, or deserve his
encouragement, more than these charming
creatures We feel sure that the ladies OF 81.
James will meet with great success III their
efforts. In the mean time, our oenisons and
best wishes are with them, and we advise our
friends to give them n call. They can be found
on the corner of Eighth and Main street
Year: 1866

WHISKY IN ALBANY. The redoubtable CoCH.
RANE. who told us here before the war that
the streets of New York would run with
blood before Northern armies would be allow
ed TO invade the South, have discovered that
those streets are swimming in bad liquor. He
is the patron Of 4 pill in the Albany Legisla-
ture to restrict the liquor business. In an
elaborate speech he made on the subject, he
said there were one hundred and eleven thou
sand young men in New York :" liable to be
enticed in TO the dens of death and desolation ~
He charged that the treasury of New York
was cheated out of 500, 900 annually BY liquor
sellers. He gave it, furthermore, rs his OPT
Mon, that 4 great deal Of bad liquor had been
sold and drank in Albany during the session of
the Legislature. Very likely.
Year: 1866

THE CONFEDERATE DEAD At OAKwooD.-
The ladies of Church Hill, Union Hill, and
the eastern part of the city generally, will
meet this afternoon nj / o clock in the lecture
room of the Third Presbyterian Church,
Church Hill, to arrange plan for the preser-
yatiou of the graves and names of those sol
diprs who lie buried at OaiWOod The scheme
proposed embraces visit of the ladies to the
cemetery on the 10th of May, the anniversary
of General Jackson death, and the organlm-
ton of a permanent association, which shall
annually attend TO this interesting matter. IL
meets with general favor. The movement is
characterized by such energy and hearty CO.
operation rs augur we'll for its success. "A
public meeting and IN address from dlstn-
guished and patriotic ora tor are in contempla-
ton. as Il means of enlistnS the interest OF all
who are disposed to give their assistance-and
who will MOTTO IN enterprise which SO
deeply engages the affections of our people.


No word of ours is necessary 10 insure a full
attendance at this meeting. The hearts OF
the Southern people are still warm, theil
generosity and sympathy have not been de-
stroyed by war, and our honored dead will not
he forgotten while purity i'll life and valor In
death is venerated and remembered.
Year: 1866

From the st. Louis Republican,


| A first-rate cook is a rare benefactor of


the human species. Healthy digestion is


indispensable, alike to health bodily and
| health mental. But healthy digestion is
impossible for a stomach deranged and op-
pressed by ill-coOked viands. An axle coat
! ed with sand and gravel cannot be expected
| to turn as easy as one fabricated with oil.


We have said nothing about the pleasures
| Of the palate, which are of some Importance,
and all the more so for the probability that
the most nourishing food is such as we eat
with the most relish.


We Americans enjoy the reputation of
possessing the best material for gratifying the
palate and building up the human frame
while we have the unenyiable distinction Of
making the worst use of them. We believe
however, that domestic experience shows
that we have some very good cooking in
this country. But for the preparation of
food in a manner which combines the des-
iderata of excellence and economy, French
cooks who are deservedly styled artists in
their professions, are doubtless unrivalled.
They have given the fame to France of very
satisfactorily supplying the defect Of having
only one religion by the invention of fifty
different soups. They can teach our house
wives much which they ought to know of
the culinary art. And it is, therefore, with
satisfaction that we find distinguished Pre-
fessor of this art, Mons. BLOT is, by a course
of experimental lectures, giving such of our
cOuntrywomen as desire to be instructed in
matter of such utility the opportunities of
profting by his ample experience, know
ledge and skill. He has visited New York
and Boston; and his visits are as much
needed, and would be as welcome, in the
Western as in the Eastern cities. With
such manipulations and processes as Prof
BLOT teaches, and the use of a petroleum
vapor stove, cooking may be almost ranked
among the fine arts.