The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-10-23

posed of by "Wednesday, October 80, on
that day please sch them at auction, after
advertising gerry largely that they are my
goods. II 3.p
Very respectfully, Mrs. A. LINCOLN.
September 25th.
w. II. Brady, ESD have reflected
upon yonr remarks, and have concluded to
leave everything to your good Judgment
and excellent sense. My great, sorrow
and loss have made ME painfully sensitive;
but as my feelings and pecuniary con'lor'
were never regarded or even recognized in
the midst ofmy overwhelming bereavement,
mon that am pressed in most startling
manner for means Of common Subsistence,
| do not know Why s:.enld shrink from
an opportunity Of improving my trying po-
sition. Being assured that all you do will
be appropriately executed, and in a manner
| that will not staitle me yely greatly, and
excite as little comment as possible, again
I shall leave all in your hands. lam pass
/ ing through very painful ordeal. which
| the country, in remembrance OF my noble
and elevated husband. should have spared
line. remain, with great respect, very
truly, : MRS. LINCOLN.
/ P. S.-As you mention that my goods
'Ihave been valued at $4,000. / will be will
ling to make reduction of So 900, and re-
Ilinouish them for $4,000, IN fve-lwpnties
l-aoihiag less. IfMis is not accomplish
ed, | will continue to advertise largely un-
It'll every article is sold. / must have
means to live, at least in medium COM
portable state 't Mrs. Il.
The widow Lincoln has also written
some other epistles, which we have not
seen, in which she pitches rough shod into
some of her husbands influential supper
tiers. Chief among these is oil Thurluw
Weed, which has caused the old fellow to
endite leader in his paper in reply to the
widow. We make the following extract
from it. Verify this auction has created a
sensation and made change in the a;mos-
phere: r,Ysis.a
Though Mr.. Lincoln left an estate which
| enabled his family to live quite as COMFORT.
ably as they had ever lived. Congress and
the people would have promptly and cheer
! fully provided munfeentIy for them if Mrs
Lincoln herself, with every advantage that
high position gave her, had made friends OF
INSPIRED respect And this last exhibition
proves how instipctiyely right the popular
/ estimate of her character was. ~
The fact for which Mrs. LINCOLN seeks
large publicity, namely, that she received
presents valued at $24, 600, is pregnant
and suggestive one sdggestive, at least, o
Offices and contracts. unless the more char
Eitable construction is reached through th'
assumption that they were expressions .
regret and friendship. But it is not know.
that the wife ofany President, however
| estimable. was 50 loaded with shawls, lace
furs, diamonds, rings, &C. st.@ ~
Mrs. Lncoln's propensity to sell thing
Was manifested early, aud before any ne
cessity was foreseen. Ifunr information !
reliable, eleven Of Mr. Lincoln's new linel
shirts were sold almost. before the remains
which we're shreuded in the twelfth, ha'
started for that bourne from whence n
travellerreturns. - s.cf. y, ar
Individually, we are obliged to Mrs
Lincoln for an expression Of her ill-wil
| it is pleasant to remember that we were u
! ways out of favor in that quarter And
is equally pleasant to, remember that W
possessed the fri ndship aud confidence
Mr.. Lincoln to the last hour OF bis lite
without paying court, as Others did,to Mr.,
/ Lincoln, and in spite Of her constant eel
forts to disturb oar. relations. asog 81
This neutrality-suspicious. will 60 abroat
and, as is natural. the press Of Europe y vi y
make the. most of it, in deprecating the Il
gratitude of our government and the wan
lot liberality 10 the American people. fh
consideration alone copstralns us to gu
charge the unpleasant duty vfsbowing, ths
neither the government nor the people al
Justly obnoxious to these accusations Z
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RADioAL REspoNsiBnIrY.- The Cliieas
Times, in accounting the ills tothe count
for which 1t charges the responsibility {
Radicals, reasons out the death Of militia
men at the South from yellow fever
necessarily included in the category. !
these men, says the Times, were sent the
Fssolely and purely to resister negroes for 9
e coming Presidential election. Over Z
i graves Of such men should DO inscribe
d faFeii avictim to the desire OF Radio;
10 elect President in 1861