Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-10-18

coin, in a letter to her agent, MI
Brady, at New York, pertinently call
it peculiar aud painfully embarras
sing subject, nevertheless, IL has calle,
forth from tire press, criticisms of cen
sure, on her injudicious course. Tt i
much to be regretted that the goo,
name of the late President should b
sullied by the facts which have beer
brought to light.
j The Springfield (Ill.) Journal, pub
fishes statement of the estate of tn,
President, and thus editorially re
marks:
The article which we published yes
terday from the New York World, ii
reference to the pecuniary affairs of til,
widow of the late President Lincoln, a.
might have been supposed, has beer
eagerly caught up by all the newspa
pers of the country, and is being made
the basis of all manner of comments
some of them rejecting very severely
upon what they characterize the bad
taste of such publication. The Dem
ocratic organs particularly gloat over
the revelations made by the World.
While taking particular pains to refer
| to 1t with a sense of humiliation and
modification for Mrs. Lincoln, and
with feelings of shame for the public
they at the same time endeavor to turn
the matter to the discredit and disgrace
of tho Republican party for the 'mean-
ness and ingratitude" of allowing Mrs.
l.. thus to parade herself as a "public
mendicant.n Indeed, Mrs. Lincoln's
letters to the New York auctioneer to
whom she consigned her clothing are
also full of severe examinations Of the
Republicans for withholding from her a
suitable support, and consigning her to
"destitution,p exhibiting special re-.
sentiment towards Messrs. Raymond,
Weed, Seward and Others "men who
besought her influence to secure their
positions, and were profuse with prom
Uses If she would crafty their wishes
and now they give her the cold should
err
; We were not at first disposed our
selves to make any commentsupon this
strange and mortifying publication,
though we felt sure, from what we
knew OF the the pecuniary circumstan-
ces of Mr.. Lincoln at the time of his
death, that the statements put forth i'm
the World were not true, and that
they should be received by the public
with very considerable allowance. A
Republican contemporary, however, I'M
sists, now that the subjert shhsssbeep
broughtViEuB .prominefftly before the
public, that "it should not be permit
ted to sleep without statement of facts
from some authentic source, or thor
ough investigation, urging that this
Is demanded lrots11i5 seg the honor of
the Republican party, which Is assailed
In the article of the World, but of the
whole nation.
The following is transcript of the
oatirtiled by Ipde& Davis, upon taking
out letters OF administration:
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Sangamon County, !
David Davis, being duly sworn, de-
poses and says that Abraham Lincoln,
late of THE seQnn tESo fSangatpon and
Died 5a s. ss5St tRs fltS day 81 hpr H.
A. ID. 1865, intestate, as 1t il said, and
that his estate will probably amount to
the sumnf SS5, 600; and said Abraham
Lined 4tthe time'of fAis. decease,
Mary Lincoln, hrs widow, and Robert
TsLincoln and Thomas Lincoln, his
children.
NSigned) -..DkyID DAVIS.
Il Subscribedand sw6ffffo before me
this l4th df{Y Of June. I'D. 1866.
4.ssss - Clerk.
The above figures sspeak for them
selves. To be asklask to them, however,
is tl4eE a twas apnxQRgiated
by the fasS Congress on 6ccoGnt Of Mr.
Lincoln's salary, making altogether
the value of the personal estate to be
about one hundred aud ten thousand
dollars, to,say, nothing of the real es-
tate deseriked iaStheg schedule above.
So THAI The stateua1>at made in the
World that Mr.. LfRet1n eaYed nathing
and left nothing from his salary. and
tllatxl4 rs. jIlneeln has no resources but
what REMAINS from the appropriation
of Congress, So, 900 aud the rents of the
homestead, returning altogether but
81 700 per year, cannot possibly be true.
|sT4ME lmee R09lns did not leave his
family wealthy 1Arys evident, butno
one in view of til0 6bove inventory will
|9ay that they are1h<the deplorable con-
III Salfpf, want b tsdestitntion, !" in
reg a{o36which tn publi14lAs with SO
much astcAishnaee just 6eeh inform
ed.
We say this much, not for the pur-
pose of preventing personal contribu-
Etionsn from being made to Mrs. Lin
eAesif hem naucb less to
a aeproeriasion faF n, ,ssS
we should be glad to have 1t do; but
simply In order that the people of the
nation may not suppose that Mrs. Lin
coin is in anything like destitute cir
cumstances. Her Income may not be
sufficient to meet all her wants and
necessities, but it is certainly large
TO maintain her at least as COM
fortaHy as she lived before going to
washington. n
The Bankers Maddsise of New York
publishes comprehensive exhibit OF
the crops of 1866, being a summary fol-
each State, showing the amount, the
number of acres, and the value of each
particular crop, the whole compiled
from correct official data. We give be.
low the table exhibiting the figures for
Iowa.
Wheat. !. .Is.s53.s2s as4,5s2 22,ses,7Is
Indian Corn 80 5ss,Isi lo5set2 2Sos,sel
Rye j 5 Jig e.s & 5000 se,sss
Potatoes 80. 2,755726 ss.275 2.i52,53s
Tobacco, lbs. 39S. 4A 1855 78,0S5
Hay, TONS. 18l ,039 Gil 073 1854
Total value OF cropss r. ,.,.s s5seu,l7s /.
The ENcURsIoNIsTs.- The end OF
the Union Pacific Railroad was reached
by the editorial excursionists on the
18Th inst. The party were joined on
their way West by Lord Merely and
Mr.. Cowper, son of Lord Russs1ia~T he