St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-10-11

York. for sale, This property is ap
praised at -! 600, and among other ar
tirlc- contains the following :
black centre cinci's hair shawl, long $I,au
y itc ntrc Gamers hair shawl long La
white centre camel hair shawl, squire ~
III OK ntre camei's hair shawl, -quare 81
up tine POM lack lacc siawIs $500, So" go
-aprline point black lace shawl $50 II
white point lace -hawl, long 200
shit, poin lace drcs-, unnlade 40"
Ru gan cable cape 80
Rus ian sable hOa Ia
The invoice also comprises some valu
able iewclry. In her first letter to Mr.
Brady, Mrs. Lincoln said the article:
were gifts OF dear friends" which only
urgent necessity compelled her TO par
with. "The circumstances, she re
marked. care peculiar and painfully EN-
barra>>ing, and hope YOU will endcavo
20 realize as much as possible from
them"
Although these articles inventory al
S2i, 200. Mrs l.. writes her agent that
she Is willing to make Il reduction OF
-, 900, and relinquish them for Sl6,-
OOD i'll notwithstanding less In
the correspondence with Mr. Brady, Mrs.
Lincoln complains bitterly of the men
who besought her influence to secure
their official positions and the following
letter is rather bold attempt at black
mailing:
CHICAGO. Sept. II, 1SG7.-W. II.
Brady, Esq.-My dear sir :-Piea>e call
and see Hon. Abram Wakeman He
was largely indebted to me for obtaining
the lucrative Office which he has held for
several years. ami from which he has
amas>ed very lar.e fortune. lie will
assist me III my painful and Illuminating
situation. scarcely removed from want.
He would scarcely hesitate TO return in a
small manner the many iavors my huS-
band and myself always showered upon
him. Mr.. Wakeman many times excit-
ed my sympathy by his urgent appeals
for office, as well for himself as others.
Therefore he will only be too happy to
relieve me by purchasing one or more of
the articles you will place before him.
Very truly, Mis-. a. LINCOLN.
Mrs. Lincoln has also mentioned Mr..
Thurlow Weeds name in connection
with this matter, and lie retorts AS fol-
lows:
The president gave the Prince Napo-
leon a dinner. for which Mrs Lincoln
sen, to the secretary ot the interior for
payment a bill Of some nine hundred dol
lars. This demand, though wholly ille-
al, coming from the presidents wife,
embarrassed the secretary, who called
upon the secretary of state for advice,
where he learned that Mr.. Seward had
also dined the prince, having the same
number Of guests, and giving them du-
piicatc OF the dinner al the White house.
In fact, MIR. Seward ordered both din
nerS from the same restaurant, and by his
own bill, knew the cost of each. For
what Mr. Seward paid three hundred
dollars, Mrs. Lincoln demanded nine
hundred dollars. But whether three or
nine hundred, the claim was alike illegal
and could not be paid. For this, how
ever, Mrs. Lincoln quarreled with Secre-
talies Smith and Seward. This amount,
however. was subsequently covered up
III L gardeners account, but occasioned
scandal, which respect for Mr.. Lincoln
measurably suppressed.
This unfortunate freak of Mrs. Lin
coin has brought out the fact that Mr..
Lincoln left an estate of $4,000, which
Congress augmented by voting him S25,-
600 additional. Truly Mrs L. should
be able to keep herself and one minor
child Oft the town on that amount The
Springfield Republican, in abiding to
this affair, well says:
"Accorllng to all accounts, Mr.. Lin
coin must have left an estate of one hun
dred thousand dollars There are Ger
talnly so 600 invested in the name of
the estate in government bonds. 1t is
natural enough that Mrs Lincoln would
like to exchange her dead and decayinn
capital in feminine tinery for an add
tional $3.50 of gold-bearing securi-
ties: but it is very unteminine, very dis
gushing, in fact, the way she has under
taken to do it. There is but one feeling
about this exhibition of herself,-a feel
ing OF modification and contempt and
Indignation. There are many rich pat
['o'S who would have gladly hired Mrs.
Lincoln 10 keep silence had they known
her purposes but now it may be doubt
ed II her auction, with all its notorietv.
will bring as much as quiet, unadver,
tlsed sale would have done. Between
Indignation at her and her conduct and
fear that by going to the sale and buy
inc any OF her goods, man would be
compromised by a suspicion Of his mo-
tives, the articles are not likely to bring
even their actual cost value The New
York Herald has made the sharpest COM
mentary on Mrs. Lincoln in advertising
her poverty, and calling on the public,