Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-10-07
ALEX
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER I.

AAN DlOlA.
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7.
GL1MPsEs OF Court LIFE IN WASHINGTON.
recent newspaper publications concern
ing the proposed sale Of Mrs. Lincoln jewelry,
&c, has elected some curious revelations. 1t
is, indeed, most unfortunate that the matter
should shave ever been ventilated-for since
the complaints of the lady against Thur
low Weed, he has thought proper to ~retallatc,
by accusations of extravaganza, rccklcssncss,
&c. It is stated that Mrs,L. has lett New York
after having made her appeals to friends in
vain, though she received from Mr.. Brady,
with whom she placed her gifts" for sale,
$500 on account. The World says large mum
bers fockcd in to see the goods, but only $3.50
worth had been bought. 1t appears that in
one of the letters written to Mr.. B., Mrs. L..
asked bin to call on a Mr.. WakemaD, and
inform him (Wakcman) that he lis largely
indebted to her ior obtaining tor him a lucra-
tive Office" and that she expected aid from
him in return. 1t is also said, on the authori.
ty OF the late Caleb 3. Smith, that "Mr.
Lincoln gave the Prince Napoleon dinner,
for which Mrs. L.. sent TO the Secretary of the
Interior for payment a bill of some 5000
Ills demand, though wholly illegal, coming
from the Presidents wife, embarrassed the
Secretary, who called upon the Secretary of
State for advice, where he learned that Mr..
Seward lad also dined the Prince, having the
same number of guests, and giving them q
duplicate of the dinner at the White House.
In tact, Mr.. Seward ordered both dinners from
the same restaurant, and, by his own bill,
knew the cost of each. For what Mr.. Seward
paid $500, Mrs. l.. demanded 5000. But
whether three or nine hundred, the claim was
alike illegal, and could not be paid. For this,
however, Mrs. L. quarreled with Secretaries
Smith and Seward. This amount, however,
was subsequently covered up in a gardeners
account, but occasioned scandal, which respect
for Mr.. Lincoln measurably suppressed. =
These are curious glimpses of Court life in
W ashlngton. We repeat, we are sorry that
such an exhibition is made.
The STATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A photographed error in an article in Salur-
days Gazette, under the head of the state
Convention entirely perverted the meaning
intended. The article rcierLed to says WE
Ike many OF our fellow ~citizeus in Virginia are
opposed to holding y Convention, and shall
vote against it." &c. 1t should have read
".JPhi2st many of our fellow-citizens are oppos-
ed to a Convention, and will vote against it,
&c. We have heretofore expressed our opinton
on the subject, which We repeat in substance:
The first impulse of most of our citizens, en-
tertaining the political views that We DO, With
regard TO the constitutional powers Of Congress
and rejecting on the purposes and designs in
tended by the Radical leaders, would be
to vote against the Convention; and there are
several reasons 10 favor of that course. But
on the other hand, the call for a Convention
will certainly be carried by a large majority !;
opposition to it will not avail to prevent it
occasion might be tax en- under the circum-
stances for i~nficting further expressions and
doing something worse many Of the best Con-
servatives 10 the State urges acquiescence and
voting for the measure-a desire to relieve the
State of military rule-and the fact that an issue
can be made, constitutionally and under the
law, upon the vote for the adopting or rejec-
IlOu VI GuC OOuSllGOtlUu MulCu udy Ut III tuCt
by the Conyention-these, with other consid-
%erations, should be weighed calmly in the OPP
posite scale. We therefore, c,nnot aariSe
voting against the Convention. Every citizen
should be fully persuaded in his own mind
how to act. But we repeat, for or against, do
not fail to vote for the soundest, and trucst,
and most Conservative candidates for the Con
v%ention.
Gen. Grant having been invited to attend the
dinner in New York given to Senior Romero,
the Mexican Minister, addressed Il letter to the
chairman Of the committee, rcgretting his ina
bility to be present, and saying he had always
felt for the cause which Senior r. so ably and
zealously represented. His cause was our
cause, to a greater extent, probably, than viii
ever be appreciated, now that success has at
tended it. Failure would have demonstrated
how much We were interested in the success of
the Liberals of our sister Republic
The Richmond Wing says: 1T is yet pos
sible, we hope, tor the white people OF Virgin
ia, acting individually, to succeed, by proper
representations and appeals to the more intel
ligent and respectable colored voters, in win
ming the cooperation of enough Of them to
enable us to vote down the ignorant and misled
masses of blacks and the white renegades who
are trying to ride into power on their backs
In two weeks the election occurs. 1t is the
most important election that was ever he'd in
the State"
A Word FOR NEWSPAPERS. We COPY the
following article from an exchange:
Nothing is more common than to hear
people talk OF what 'hey pay newspapers for
Newspapers, by enhancing the value of pro