Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-15
The Lincoln sho.v--An OHrr Tor
the HprcSer0.

| tho HDrcsscs.
! From the n. Y. Express, sth.
The attraction of t.lc ladies aud the Guy
| ious and speculative Of the other sex IN TINS
,,,v inSt now. il the grand exposition 81 The
Lincoln dresses Mt the oiIlcs Of Mr.. Brady,
on broadway, few doors south Of Hous-
| ton s,rect. The publicity given to the ar
tieles on exhibition and for sale, has excited
the public curiosity, and hundreds ofpeople
pr ncir ally women with considerable leis-
ure moments at disposal, daily throng the
rooms Of Mr.. Brady. and give himself and
his shopwoman more TO do than either barr
gained for, when lady, with face conceal>
cd with veil. called and arranged for the
sale Of the superabundant clsthing Of a ds>
hnguIshed and titled, but nameless lady
Twenty five dresses, folded or tossed about
by frequent examinations, lie exposed upon
. closed piano, and upon a lounge; slawls
rich aud rare are displayed upon the backs
Of chairs, but the more exac,ing obtsin .
better view and closer inspection by the la
dy attendant throwing them occa1,onally
upon her shoulders just TO obligc, SO that
their appearance on promenade misht be
seen AID admired. furs, aces and lewelry
arc in glass case; bit the -four thousand
dollars IN gold' point outfit is kept in
pastebsard box, and only shown on special
request.
The feeling Of the majority Of the visitors
is adverse to the course Mrs. Lincoln has
thought proper to pursue, and the criticisms
are as eevere NJ the cayilings are persistent
ut the quality ofsomc Of the dresses. These
latter are labelled at Mrs. Lincoln's own
estimate, ard prices range from go to 40
about fifty per cent less than cost some
Of them. il not worn long. have been
worn much they are tagged IN
der the arms and at the bottom OF
the SKIRT stains are on the lining
and other objections present them.
solves 20 those who oscillate between the
dresses and dollars, Notwithstanding they
have been worn BY Madame Lincoln" as
lady who looked from behind pair Of gold
spectacles remarked. Other dresses, how>
ever, have scarcely been wofn-one, pcr>
haps, while Mrs. Lincoln sat for her pic
tuso; and from one the bast:ng threads
have not yet been removed. The general
| testimony 10 that the wearing apparel 10
high priced, and some Of the examiners say
TINT the cost figures must have been put on
by the drcss,nakcrs, or, If such was not the
case, that gold was = 80 when they were
purchased, and is now but 40, 30 that q
dress for which 800 was paid At the time
of high figures can not be called cheap a.
half that sum. after it has been worn con
| siderably and perhaps passed out Of fssh>
| ion. Tho peculiarly Of tho dresses is that
tho most Of them are cut low neckcd-a
| taste which some ladies' attribute TO Mrs.
Lincoln's appreciation of hcr own bust
On Saturday last an offer Was made for
| all the dresses The figure named was less
tnsn the aggregate estimate p laced on them.
| Mr.. Brady, however, has no discretionary
| power, and he declined to close the bar gain.
but notified Mrs. Lincoln by mail. OF
| course, Is yet, no reply has been received.
Mrs. Lincoln desires that the auction should
he deferred I'LL the st the present month,
and ciI)rts made 20 dispose Of the articles ut
private sale up I'll that time
\ Mrs. q - called on MIR. Brady this
morning. and examined infinitely each
shawl Before leaving, the lady said that
at the tine when there was u hesitancy
ABOUT the President issuing the cmancipa,
Ton proclamation, she sent to MIS- Lincoln
an ashes Of rose shawl which was manu-.
iactured III China, foT ssrdcd 10 France, and
! ,hence to Mr.. ~, IN New York. The
! -hawl. the .ady remarked, WAS a very hand
some one. sud should i: como into the hands
If Mr.. Brady to lie sold, would hike to be
ma Il aware Of the fact ~ ns 10 obtain pos
ssion again. Mr Brady promised to ac.
! quaint the ashes of roses donor If The priced
article should b. among the two trunks Of
goods now on tn wav from Chicago
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Our Z. nun ims Eng land.
| On the 18th of last month tho merits Of
tie Kodman gun were tested at Shocbury-
ness, England. The Puu Nal Ga,eite
says:
only three American cast-iron shot
have yet bctn fired in this country aga,ns,
| armor but they have shown themsc YES
To he vastly superior 60 the ordinary cast>
IRON shot made in this country, and two Of
them accomplished on Wednesday what no
| cas,,iron shot ever accomplished before
the penetration OF eight inches OF IRON, Of
| eighteen inches Of teak, aud n three quarter
| inch IRON skin The shot appear to com.
| binc much oi the toughness OF wrought
| iron wlth the hardness of our own Palllscr
procctile~ and tins quality 81 toughncsy
| remdeIs tltu ini,pontent in n measure OF
the assistance Of IA pointed bead. by which
| Che hrittene~s of the palIiSer projectiles is
necessarily nruiralzed, but which cannot,
Of course, be applied 10 spherical prcjec
| tile
a Iineteen>,on gun WAS used the charge
OF rowder wa one hundred pounds, and
the distance from The target seventy yards.
The caste whc maintaining the super
iari'y .; the English gun, admits that tho
Roiman Is capsh.e ot inhichng enormous
| dnmage uron any iron-olad aioat.n
81 TnouGnr THty Han SrorPEp YouB
UR'a. The following story is told BY
MARK Twain Il gallant naval officer:
Twenty or thirty years ago, when mis- ~