The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-07

from $500 to $400 each. Seven heavy
/ double point lace shHwls included in tht
Il list are worth "a, 500, and a parasol
II covered with the richest of thread lace
is valued at 5000. Conspicuous among
the articles is Russian sable cape o
the finest and soitest fur. 1t is very
large, and cost 81 500 in gold, and Is ac
lcompanfed by sable bon valued nc
cordingly. Thrown upon the turs is !
/ point lace handkerchief of the mos
delicate texture, worth 500, and lying
in u pile upon long table are t.Senty
three dresses, whose estimated value Is
$4,000, Two el8borately wrought
bracelets, of the finest gold and un
4 iquely made, are valued al $500, and il
\ the show case are displayed some o
the richest gems in the world. An ex'
quislte set of diamonds, comprising
pin and earrings, the stones of rart
brillinncy and large size, are exposed
4 for Tsale. They are valued at $1,000. a
Il single solitaire diamond ring, OF great
\ brilliancy, is valued at 81 500, and two
| similar ones cost $3.50 and $500 respec
| lively. A setofs solitaire diamond ear
rings is valued at $500, and alongside
are a watch and chain worth 81 ,0OO.! Ii
would be too difficult to describe the
4 various trinkets aud other articles oil
| fered for sale, the value of the, whole oi
which il estimated at close on 10000 IN
gold. t4l.Es- -. Ie't.. -lIEF-Il
| Is Lnt PUASShui
| paraphernalia of one who but lately
occupied SO important u position in So
ciety-the wife of n man whose name
I was known throughout the civilized
/ world and whose untinely death called
| for the sympathy OF almost all man
kind. uI.. I0tat..rr rH. .r-
COMMENTS BY THuRLow WEED.
,(Thurlow Weed, one of the parties
complained OF by Mrs. Lincoln in the
above correspondence, comments az
follows upon her behavior in this mat
ter): '..a +" ra.t ..i.'
We have never approached question
with half the sorrow that this one ava
kens. To yindicate, shield and protect
| I"Heavens best gin to man" is a CRATE
full duty, while to even reprove, and
much more TO assail II woman, is pain
ful, aud II without II perfect justitica-
| ton, unInauly. ~
| II the American Congress, or the
American people, have failed to meet
the pecuuiary expectations OF MIR. Lin
| coins widow, II Is because that persOu'
age f lied, during his life and since his
death, to inspire either with respect or
confidence. They should not, therefore,
be subjected to the reproach, or rest un.
der the imputation, of fingratitude. Had
Mrs. Lincoln, while in power, borne
herself becomingly. the suggestion of a
Lincoln fund, by voluntary contribu-
tions, would have been promptly re-
sponded to. The national heart was
warm. 1t gushed out in liberal endow-
ments for Grant and Farragut. 1t
would as cheerfully have met the ap-
peal in favor of Mrs. Lincoln if it had
not intuitiyely closed and chilled.
In her conversations Mrs. Lincoln Is
reported Rs bitterly denouncing Secre-
tary Seward, for which, of course, there
i | to ant. nv for Iln
no Man, and much less is he capable oil
injustice, wrong, or even unkiHdness,
to woman. .4.Ha
But we happen to know-the late Ca
leb B. Smith, then Secretary OF the In
terror, being our informRnt-a fact
which incensed Mrs. Lincoln against
| Mr.. Seward. The President gave The
Prince Napoleon dinner, for which
Mrs. Lincoln sent to the Secretary oi
the Interior for payment bill of some
5000, This demand, though wholly He
gal, 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 a
duplicate of the dinner at the White
House. In fact, Mr.. Seward ordered
both dinners from the same restaurant
and by his own bill, he knew the cost
of each. For what Mr. Seward pnld
$500, Mrs. Lincoln demanded $500. Bui
whether THREE or NINE hundred the
4 claim WAS alike Illegal and could not
be paid. For this, however, Mrs. Lin
coin quurreled with Secretaries Smith
and Seward. This amount, however
| WAS subsequently covered up in Gard
ner's account, hut occasioped scandal,
which respect for Mr., Lincoln measur'
ably suppressed.
I mi - I,Ft NoI 10
which enabled his family to live quite
! as comfortably as they had ever lived,
Congress and the people would have
| promptlyand cheeriully provided mu-
| nificently for them if Mrs. Lincoln her
self, with every advantage that high
position gave her, had made friends or
inspired respect. And this last exhi-
bition proves how instinctively right
the popular estimate of her character
was. rt
The fact for which Mrs. Lincoln seeks
large publicity; nnmely, that she re-
ceiVed presents valued at 81, 900, Is a
pregnant and suggestive one-suggest-
i've, at least, of offices and contracts,
unless the more charitable construc-
tion is reached through the assumption
that they were expressions of regard
and friendship. But IL is not known
that the wife OF any other President,
however estimable, was SO loaded with
shawls, laues, diamonds, rings, &c.
Mrs. Lincoln's propensity to sell
things was manifested early, and be-
fore any necessity was foreseen. II
our information is reliable, eleven OF
Mr.. LinCbln's new Linen Shirts were
sold almost before the Remains, which
\ were shrOuded in the twelfth, had
started for that "bOurne from whence
no traveller returns"
Individually, we are obliged to Mrs.
Lincoln for an expression of her ill
will. II is pleasant to remember that
we were always ont of favor in that
quarter. And 1t is equally pleasant 10
remember that we.pOssessed the friend
ship aud confidence of Mr.. Lincoln TO
the last hour of his life, without paying
court, az others did, to Mrs. Lincoln,
and in spite of her constant efforts TO
disturb our relations.
This morti:ying revelation will 20
abroad, and as Is natural, the press oI
Europe will make the most of it, in
deprecatiug the ingratitude OF our
Government, and the want of liberality
i'll The Ar ericAn people. This consid-
Grafton alone constrains us to discharge
the unpleasant duty of showing that
neither the Government nor the people
are justly obnoxious TO these accusa-
lions.
The Virginia EIectiou-.-The Trial oI
Jefferson Davis, DC. F.
RICHMoND, Oct. 4.--Geueral Schofield
has issued an order prescribing the
mode OF conducting the election. The
civil police are TO keep order at the
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