Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-09
MORE ABOUT MFRS. LINCOLN
AND HEIR WARDROBE.

"A curious NnrRtiVe-En6 hnS
OF Kepublics and HepuDilcans
The following, from the Neao York Her.
aid of the 4th inst, furnishes facts not in
!cluded in what we published on Saturday
from the World on the subject OF Mrs. Lin
coins wardrobe
A short time since no man was more
popular in the 'United States than Abra-
ham Lincoln, to whom all were willing to
pay their homage ana express their friend
ship-to himself in protestations, to his.
-familyin costly and magnificent presents.
This was in the day-of power, when the
keen scent of the place-hunteFy told him
when. to fawn and crawl, to slide himself
by any ymeans into office, SO that the coun-
try might repay him for the losses sus-
tanned in obtaining it. Times, however,
Patronage is no longer in the hands OF his
family, and the vultures have flown away.
Now for one curious sequel. ~ 81
AN INCoGNITo ARRIVAL AT A HOTEL. =
On the 18th of September last lady,
calling herself Mrs.. Clarke, accompanied
by a. colored female servant, arrived at the
Union Square Hotel, in this city. Her bag
gage consisted of two trunks, on the larg-
est of which the name Is Mrs. Lincoln,
Springfield, Illinois," was visible, though
an effort had evidently been made to erase
it, the letters " incoln 'Iibeing quite plain,
as was also the address. "A; white visiting
card, tackled on, bore the name of = Mrs.
Clarke" written in penciE The other
trunk had the nameit' McCay indistinctly
lettered thereon. Those gentlemen at the
hotel who had known Mrs. Lincoln when
she was the, first lady in Washington,
thought this Mrs. Clarke was not she, al
though others expressed the opinion that
she was one and the same person. itIa1
~ She went out bat very little during her
stay of exactly alweek, and left on the 26th
of September, promising to give directions
her trunks. Although some in the hotel
were certain of the identity of Mrs. Clarke
with Mrs. Lincoln others were not, but
from divers little incidents which occurred
/ they surmised that Mrs. Clarke was direct
/ ly connected with the Lincoln family. 1t
very soon became known that the lady
was none other than Mrs. Lincoln, who, af-
ter leaving the Union Hotel, absented her
self from the city but for short time, and
on her return took rooms st the St. Denis
Hotel, under the same name as when at the
Union. J,l f7.iisL r.sf i,rf .hrra.;.a.>
MRS. LINcoLN's PEcUN1ARY DIFFICULTIES
Mrs. Lincoln's visit, so privately, it was
ascertained, was made for the purpose of
disposing of some of her personal property,
as her present Income is inadequate to her
wants, she being possessed of in all but
seVeHIeen uuuureu uollars year, Gnree
hundred dollars of which comes from the
rent of her old house in Springfield, the
remainder being the interest of the twenty
five thousand dollars which, Congress ap-
propriated for her benefit, in place OF one
hundred thousand dollars 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 underwriting to support herseli
and young ones on so small pittance.
She went to live at a second-class hotel
in Chicago, where ultimately she found
herself scarcely able to pay her bills. The
result was her determination to part with
some of her rpersonal effects, and it was for
this purpose that, accompanied by her
faithful negro servant, Lizzie, the only one
who left the luxuries of the White House
to follow the fortunes of the Presidents
widow, she visited New York city, and
soon entered into negotiations with we'll
known broker on Broadway, to whom she
had previously addressed the letters we
published yesterday.
THE, BROKER ADVANCES MRS. LINCOLN
I .-,,,.,-r ~. - =, MONEY ,c,,-- . c7s,.s,
f. About four days ago Mrs. Lincoln, he1
son Tad, and the negro attendant, arrived
in this city and put up at the Brandreth
House, the lady entering her name on the
books as Mrs. Morris. She remained with
in doors, going to no place of amusement
or public resort excepting once, when a
gentleman having lent her his private car-
riage, she and her son and servant took a
drive in the park. At this time, her wants
becoming very pressing, she was Obliged
to send the following note to her broker;
Sept. 80, 1S67.-Mrs. Lincoln will trouble
MIR. Brady to advance her six hundred
dollars, which she hopes soon to return. ri .
Mr.. Brady complied with the request and
received the following: t.l ~. 81 -su.i 4
! NEw YORK, Oct. l, 1S67.-Received of
William II. Brsdy six hundred dollars. fl,g
/ Mrs. A. LINCOLN.
SURVEYOR wAKEMAN AND MRS. LINCOLN. Z
Gentlemen interested in the widow of the
late President called at, various times on
some of the Republican officeholders, who
were partly indebted to that lady for their
positions, but, all to no purpose. Among
Others, in compliance with the following
letter, Surveyor Wakeman was waited on,
and promised two or three times to accede
to Mrs. LincOln's request. Up to the pres
ent, it is said, he has not been heard from !:
CHICAGO, Sept. IA, 1S67.-W. H. Brady !:
My Dear Sir-Please call and see Hon.
Abram Wakeman. He was largely indebt-
ed to me for obtaininingJ the lucrative Of
flee which he has held for several years.
and from which he has amassed a very
large fortune. He will assist me in my
painful and humiliating situation, scarcely
removed from want. He would scarcely
hesitate to return in small manner the
many favors my husband and myself al
ways showered upon him. Mr.. Wakeman
many times excited my sympathies in his
urgent appeals for Office, as well for him.
self as others; therefore he will only be too
happy to relieve me by purchasing one or
more OF the articles you will please place
before him. t..E Mrs. A. LINCOLN.
DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK UNAIDED.
Mrs. Lincoln's appeals to her so-called
friends have been made in vain. The men
who gave her valuable presents in.her hour
of success, merely for the estimation in
which they held her husband, now, in her
hour of trial, refuse to relieve her from
comparative want. The poor lady by this
time has discovered the amount of honor.
honesty or disinterestednesS to be found in
the place-hunter's heart, and it must have
been with disappointment and disgust that
she took her departure yesterday morning
from a city in which reside men of wealth
who have derived their riches from her
husbands hands and through the instru-
mentality and influence OF herself. -
DESCRIPTION OF THE ARTICLES FOR SALE.
AS one enters the room where these arti-
cles are exhibited, the first that attracts
The eye are five elegant camel's hair shawls,
hanging carelessly on the back of chair.
They are Of the finest texture, and were
considered the finest in the market at the
time of their purchase, the largest costing
one thousand dollars in gold, and the 9TH
ers from three hundred and twenty-five to
five hundred dollars each. Two white
Paisley shawls lie on the lounge. They are
of remarkable fineness and delicate finish,
and are valued at three hundred dollars
each. On the show case lies an exquisite
and magnificent white point lace shawl
which cost one thousand dollars, and near
by are five of the same, averaging from