Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-16

Mrs. LlnoOIn-Tho Recent Discussion Oi

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Mrs. Lineoln-The Recent Discussion o
her AHairs-Inventory Of her Effects, etc.
The recent discussion Of the domestic
affairs of the widow of Abraham Lincoln
by the press Of the country, has ELECTED
the following from the Springfield Oils,
Journal, which is published at the hom,
Of the late President, and whose state
ments, though colored by its Radica
proclivities, can probably be relied on
as in the main correct The Journa
says:
The article which we published yester
day from the New York World in refer
enee to the pecuniary affairs of the late
President Lincoln, as might have been
supposed, has been eagerly caught up
by oil the newspapers in the country,
and is being made the basis Of oil man
ner of comments, some Of them rejecting
very severely upon what they character.
ize the bad taste of such publication.
The Democratic organs particularly gloat
over the revelations made by the World
While taking particular pains to refer to
it with sense of humiliation and NOR
tification 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
the Republican party for the meanness
and ingratitude Of allowing Mrs. l..
thus to parade herself as public mem
dicant" Indeed, Mrs. Lincolns letters
to the New York auctioneer to whom she
consigned her clothing are also full of
severe ordinations of the Republicans
or Withholding from her a suitable
maintenance, and consigning her to a
pitiless condition." to "want" and to
destitution," exhibiting special resent.
ment towards Messrs. Raymond, Weed,
Seward and others, men who besought
her influence TO secure their positions,
and we're profuse with promises if she
would crafty their wishes, and now give
her the cold shoulder"
We we're not at Grst disposed ourselves
to make any comments upon this strange
and mortifying publication, though we
feel sure, from what we knew Of the
pecuniary circumstances of Mr.. Lincoln
at the time of his death, that the state
ments put forth in the World we're not
true, and that they should be received by
the public with very considerable allow
ance. A Republican cotemporary, how.
ever, insists, now that the subject has
been brought thus prominently before
the public, that "it should not be per-
mitted to sleep without statement of
facts from some authentic source, or q
thorough investigation" urging that
this is demanded not only by the honor
of the Republican party, which is
assailed in the article Of the World, but
of the whole nation" In this view, we
have deemed that the publication of the
inventory of the estate of Mr.. Lincoln,
as filed by Judge Davis, the administers.
tor, in the office Of the clerk of the
county court of Sangamon county,
would not only not be out Of place but
would be the easiest and the surest way
of placing the facts before the public. We
therefore give it below. 1t was filed on
the 29th of November 1866, by IN. w.
Matheny, clerk, and recorded in book 4
OF inventories, page 70:
Inventory of the estate of Abraham
Lincoln, late President of the United
States, so far as the same has come to
my knowledge. DAVID DAVIS.
Administrator