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The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], A furious Onslaught on Mayor Opdyke, of New York, by Thurlow Weed. (search)
bought them of some office broker, like Mr. Weed. But it so happens that he has never asked for nor received an office of any kind, unless the barren commission of notary public may be regarded as such." Was Mr. Opdyke's notary's commission a "barren" one ? We shall see. Mr. Opdyke, senior, after filling the Custom House with relatives (one a Breckinridge rowdy) and followers, demanded the notarial business of that department for his son. Opdyke, junior, was therefore installed as Custom House notary. But the ordinary business of the department did not suffice. The officers and employees were required to go before the notary with a "barren commission" monthly and swear to their account — swear that. "Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February, which hath twenty-eight alone; concluding with a payment of a quarter of a dollar each to Notary Opdyke ! Some of the officers rebelled; but if five hundred out