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Southland Times, Issue 917, 16 March 1868, Page 3

Mbs Lxscojjs.— The American correspondent of the Times thus refers to the scandal respecting Mrs Lincoln's alleged poverty : — '• A subscription has been opened in New York for the benefit of Mrs Lincoln, and her clothing and jewellery have been -withdrawn from sale, although a few articles were disposed of before this new movement was determined upon. The great scandal created by this matter continues, and most disgraceful disclosures of peculation and misconduct at the White House during the war fill the American papers. Mrs Lincoln finds but few apologists ; ani while it is proved that her husband left her an ample estate, the revennes of which were bwollen by many gifts from Congress and friends, the Chicago Republican explains her incomprehensible conduct by stating that she is insane, and that ' there is not, nor has there been for a long time, any doubt in the minds of those most intimate that, on thio subject of income particularly, Mrs Lincoln is a monomaniac.' It considers thr.t the shock she suffered in the sudden death of her husband shattered her not very strong mind." '