The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-10
Mrs. Lincoln.

LINCOLN reported his estate to be worth
$4,000. When she left the White House
she was reported 10 have carried off vast
number Of things belonging to the Govern
mcnt, and Congress had to replace them
before Mr.. JOHNSON could begin house
keeping. THAD. STEVENS, being patron OF
the bill to reInstato the broken furniture
of the Presidential mansion, in fit Of rage
vas one day about to unfold the startling
stories he had heard Of the removal of pro-
pcrty from the White House, but checked
himself with wonderful sclf-possession,. by
tie remark "Wcll, it is no matter what
! have heard "-leavinG G World of in
ference, which tits probable, from accounts,
was not overdrawn by anybody.
Mrs. LINCOLN subsidized for some time.
! Che sold out her effects in Chicago and
retired to more quiet part Of the West,
where she could live more economically
This was thought prudent and exemplary
but the movement sCrnchow generated a
report that tho widow Of the "lato la
mcnted" was not so easy in the world as
public gratitude should desire or should
! have made her The newt we hear OF her
| she is selling her wardrobe and her pre-
sents to acquire the means of living
First, there were covert hints in the news
papers that she was constrained " to this
measure; and finally, there was recently
published a correspondence which she had
with her agent, Mr.. BRADY, in New York,
which pretty plainly disclosed the fact
that she herself had procured these
notices, and all the delicacy of their
manner was merely affected. We pub
lishcd on Monday morning the sharp re-
, view of her conduct written by Mr.. WEED,
editor of the Now York Commercial ddUer-
tiscr, whom she had personally assailed in
one of her letters to BRADY. This exposure
was painful one; for no one can look
with satisfaction up on such record Of the
conduct Of woman.
But the World has published yet another
letter from Mrs. L. to the same Mr.. BRADY
which is multum IN paruO. 1t cmbodies al
the art and trickery Of the others, and
presents the unfortunate lady in her whole
charactcr-so tartly described by Mr.
WEED-including her receipt of presents
TO an extent unprecedented, for her lniiu-
cnce with Mr.. LINCOLN in the procure.
ment Of office.
This remarkable letter is as follows:
CHICAGO, September H.
:" II: II. Bru6y, Esq:
INV Dear Sir,-please call and see Hon
Abram Wikcman. He was largely lndtbt
cd To me for obtaining the lucrative olilc'
| which he has held for several years, and from
! which he has amasscd Il very large fortune
| He VIII assist ne III my painful ana hnmllil
ling situation, scarcely removed from want
He would scarcely hesitate tO return, III
small manner the many. iayors my hnsban1
and myself always shoWered upon him. MT
| Waiclnan many Times excited my sylnpathIc
in hlS urgent appeals FOR oi!lcc, rs Wen lo
himself rs Others. Therefore ne VIII only "
TOO happy TO relieve me by purchasing one o
moro q: the articles you Wall please place be
fore him.
every trulv, Mrs. \. LISCOLS.'
Mr.. WAKEMAN's thrift and prosperity al
| ~ 10 NV otiiSSo Va p'@N
master and surveyor of the port of New
York. which he has held vely-on'
Of them at this time, but which we canno
say. He certainly ought to have torke(
over, and saved this much of the scandal
The affair is scandalous to the nation 70
that part Of it which has ruled the country
and ought some way to have been hushe'
up. The Radical party ought at once L
quiet Mrs. LINCOLN, in justice to tn
memory of the "late lancntcd,' = which can
not escape injury from the cxtraordinar
conduct of his devoted spouse.
The mail of yesterday brings us the fol
lowing, which is not at all surprising:
"a dispatch from Chicago says: Ih
stories concerning Mrs. Llucoln's povert
which appear in the New York papers occ;'
. sion much surprise here, rs they are nntTu'
They are looked upon rs an advertising dooS
of the parties engaged in dIsposlnS Oh pIopei'
which She does not wish 10 retain
Such things were unknown in the day
/ when the South had participation in tn
Government.