Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-09
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largest Circulation in City and state.
DISTRESS in HIGH LIFE.
A white House Wardrobe Under the
Hammer Republican Ingratitude.
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~ TTcoeNTro ARRIyAL AT A HorFL.

Union Square Hotel in this city. Her bag
gage consisted Of two trunks, on the large
est of which the name "Mrs. Lincoln
Springfield, ILL.,, " was visible, though al
effort had evidently been made to erase il
the letters lincoln being quite plain, a
was also the address. A white visiting card
tackled on, bore the name " Mrs. Clark, ,
written in pencil. The other trunk had ths
name "McCay" indistinctly lettered thereon
Those gentlemen at the hotel who has
known Mrs. Lincoln when she was the first
lady in Washington, thought that this Mrs
Clark was not she, although others ex'
pressed the opinion that the two were one
and the same person. She went out but very
little during her stay Of exactly a week
and left on the 26th of September, promis.
| ing to give directions by letter subsequently
as to the disposal of her trunks. Although
some in the hotel were certain Of the iden-
tity of Mrs. Clark with Mrs. Lincoln, others
were not, but from divers little incidents
| which occurred, they surmis0d that Mrs
Clark was directly connected with the Lin.
coin family. 1t very soon became known
that the lady was none other than Mrs
Lincoln, who, after leaving the Union Ho
| tel, absented herself from the city, but fol
a very short time, and on her return took
rooms at the St. Denis Hotel, under the
same name as when at the Union. Her
reasons for assuming the fictitious names
are given in the following extracts of a
LETTER FROM MRS. LINCOLN.
Through the ingratitude of the Repub-
licans toward the memory Of the lamented
| President, the family of their chief have
been left TO suffer want and destitution
Therefore it is natural to suppose that when
it became imperatiVely necessary for Mrs
Lincoln, the honored and beloved wife oi
the late President, to dispose of apparel
and jewelry TO enable her tU meet the COM
mon daily necessities of life, ii was GER
tainly in better taste. that Mrs. Clarke,
rather than Mrs. Lincoln, should appear in
the proceeding. Although in her over
whelming sorrow she was by an ungrateful
Republican party deprived of her rightful
maintenance, they should appreciate her
delicacy in desiring her true name and
their own ignominy from being known tC
the world.
| MRS. LINOOLN's PECUNIARY DIFFICULTIES
Mrs. Lincoln's visit. SO privately, it was
ascertained, was made for the purpose oi
disposing of some of her personal property,
as her present income is inadequate to her
wants, che being possessed of in all but
| SI700 a year, $500 of which comes from the
rent of her old house in Springfield, the re-
mainder being the interest of the S25000
which Congress appropriated for her bene.
Git, in place of 100000 which her friends
made an effort to obtain, but which the
/ friends Of the dead President succeeded in
defeating. The lady, Immediately after
living in such splendid style, felt embar.
rassed in endeavoring to support hersel
and young ones on so small a pittance
She went to live at a second class hotel in
| Chicago, where ultimately she found her.
self scarcely able to pay her bills. The re.
suit was her determination to part with
some Of her personal effects, and it was foI
| this purpose that, accompanied by her faith
fuI negro servant Lizzie, the only one who
left the luxuries of the White House tC
follow the fortuneso Of the Presidents widow
she visited our city, and very coon entered
into negotiations with well-known broker
on Broadway, to whom she had previously
addressed the following letters:
MRS. LECoLN's CORRESPONDENCE
| CHICAGO, Sept l, 1S67.-MR. BRApY-
A notice in New York paper having at
tracted my attention, that you sold article
Of value on commission, prompts me Il
write to you. The articles | am sedinC
You 10 dispose of were gifts of dear friends
which only urgent necessity compels me tC
part with, and | am especially anxiou
that they shall not be sacrificed. The cir
| ,Naotslfar an1 rosnf,,I1, &,
embarrassing ;; therefore, ] hope you will
endeayor TO realize as much as pessiblt
from them. Hoping soon to hear from
you, / remain, very respectfully, yours,
Mrs A. LINCOLN.
| CHICAGO, Sept l, lS67.-MR. BRADY
COMMISSION BROKER, No. 609, BROAD
WAY, NEW YoRK-I have this day sen
YOU personal property which ! am com
PEELED to part with, and which you viii
find of considerable value. The article
consist of four camels hair shawls, lac,
dress and shawls, q parasol cover, a dia
mond ring, two dress patterns, some furs
etc. Please have them appraised and con
fer by letter with me. Very respectfully,
Mrs. A. LINCOLN.
CHICAGO, Sept. IL, 1S67.-W. II. BRADY
/ IsSQ.- i OH NIlNE llAhb 1iN dltt
you concerning my goods deposited witt
vou-which, in consideration of my urgent
wants. assure YOU | am compelled to re-
linouish-and also that there is fear tina
these newsmen will seize upon the painful
circumstances of you having these article
placed in your hands 10 ininre the Repub
iican party politically. In the cause O
this party and for universal freedom ny
beloved husbands precious life was sacri
feed. nor for the world would | do any
thing 10 iniure the cause. My heart If eve
anxious for its success, Notwithstanding tn
very men for whom my noble husband di
80 much unhesitatingly deprived me of a
means of support and left me in pitiles
condition. The necessities of life are upo
me. urgent and imperative, and | at
scarcely removed from want-so difereT
from the lot my loving and devoted hu'
hand would have assigned me-and ! fin
myself left to struggle for myself al
compelled to pursue the only course lie
me-immediately within the next week
sell these goods, and ifnot wholly dispose
Of hv Wednesday, October 80, on that da
please sell them at auction, after adve
, Using ,e-u ldrqelu that they are my good
Very respectfully,
MRs. A. LINCOLN
SEPTEMBER 25.-W. II. BRADY, ESQ.
have reflected upon your remarks, an
: have concluded TO leave everything to yot
good Judgment and excellent sense. nj
great great sorrow and loss have made m
painfully sensitive; but as my feelings an
: pecupiarv comfort were never regarded {
even recognized in the midst of my owe
vhelming bereavement, R0u that L al
pressed in a most startling manner for meal
of common subsistence, l do not know VII
, | should shrink from an opportunity OF in
, proving my trying position. Beng 4
i, sured that ali YOU do will be appropriated
\ executed, and in a manner that will n
o startle me very greatly and excite as lit
IS comment az possible, again | shall lea'
s. all in vour hands. am passing throug
l. a very painful ordeal which the countr
l. in remembrance Of my noble and elevate
A. husband, should have spared me. r
. main, with great respect, very truly,
Mrs. LINCOLN.
p. S.-As You mention that my goo,
have been valued at $4,000, 1 will
willing 20 make a reduction of $1,000, al
reinquish them for Sic, 600, in fve-twe
ties-nothing less: II this is not accor
~ plished | will continue to advertise large
n until every article is sold. must la
means to live, at least in medium comic
table state MRS IL.
WI. BRADY, ESQ, 6O9 Broadway, n,
y y-ork-Srp. The goods ere consigned