MRS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

West Coast Times, Issue 704, 26 December 1867, Page 2

MRS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

The wife of ex- president Lincoln has been causing quite a sensation in the country, and a considerable nutter among leading Republican politicians by the publication of several cards and letters, which perhaps it would have been better if she had never allowed to see the light of day. She came to this city from Chicago, about four weeks ago, privately, to dispose of some of her personal .property, her present income, she says, being totally inadequate to her wants, she being possessed of but seventeen hundred do Jars, three hundred of which comes from the rent of her old house in Springfield, the remainder being the interest of the twenty-five thousand dollars which Congress appropriated for her benefit, in place of one hundred thousand which her friends made an effort to obtain, but which the friends of the dead President succeeded in defeating. After living in such splendid style at the White House, she felt embarrassed in endeavoring to

support herself and young ones on so small a pittance. Sho wont to live at a second class hotel in Chicago, whero ultimately sho found horselt scarcely ablo to pay her bills. The result was her detornnnation to part with somo of her personal offects, and it was for this purpose that, accompanied by her faithful nogro servant Lizzi, tho only one who left the luxuries of tho White House to follow tho fortunes of the President's widow, she visited our city, and very soon entored into negotiations with a brokor on Broadway to dispose of the following articles belonging to her wardrobe : — One black camel's hair shawl, valuod at 1500 dol. ; one white camel's hair shawl at 1200 dol. ; one white camel's hair shawl at 400 dol. ; ono black camel's hair shawl at 350 dol. ; one red camel's hair shawl at 100 dol. ; two small shawls at 50 dol. ; one white Paisley shawl at 75 dol. ; throe superior point black lace shawls at 2300 dols, ; two superior point black lace shawls at 90 dol. ; one white point lace shawl at 2000 dol. ; one white point lace dre-ss, unmade, 4000 dol. ; one white point lace flounce, 150 dol. ; one white point lace parasol cover, 250 dol. ; one white point lace handke chief, 80 dol. ; one Prussian sable cape, 1500 dol. ; one Prussian sable boa, 1200 dol. ; and many other articles, including diamonds, rings, breastpins, watches, and bracelets.

When Mrs Lincoln came here she registered her name at the hotel as " Mrs Clarke," but the reporters of the newspapers soon found her out, and that sho was about to dispose of her wearing apparel, so she caused the following to be published in the daily papers : "Through the ingratitude of the Eepnblicans toward tlie memory of the lamented President, the family of their chief have been left to suffer want and destitution. Therefore, it is natural to suppose that when it became imperatively necessary for Mrs Lincoln, the honored and beloved wife of the late President, to dispose of -I apparel and jewellery to enable her to meet the .common daily necessaries of life, it was certainly in better taste that Mrs Clarke rather than Mrs Lincoln should appear in the proceeding. Although in her overwhelming sorrow she was, by an ungrateful Re publican' party, deprived of her rightful maintenance they should appreciate her delicacy in desiring her true name and their own ignominy from being kno«n to the world."

She complains bitterly that men who besought her influence to secure their official positions, and professed themselves her best friends, should now ignore her altogether, and is particularly severe on parties, such as Weed, Raymond, Seward, and others, through whose influence, she says, tho plan to raise a voluntary subscription of the people was defeated. A uuinbor of other letters of Mrs Lincoln's aro also published, reflecting upon the leaders of the Republican party, and of the treatment she has received from them.

Thurlow Woed, in the columns of tho " Commercial Advortisor," and Mr Raymond, in the columns of '• The Times," have replied to Mrs Lincoln's attacks upon them, denouncing her in the most sovero and cutting language, and the former goes so far as to say that the late President, while in Washington, had often' plenty of cause to feel ashamed of tho conduct of his wife.

As a rejoinder to theso attacks, Mrs Lincoln threatens to publish a book, contaming letters which will be exceedingly damning to the characters of those who are denouncing her. The goods that she*has up for sale are appraised at 24,000d01., but she says so pressing and urgent ai*e her necessities that sho will sell them for 16,030d01.

Respecting the Makinui ru^li our R033 agent writes under date, the 21th, that only one shaft is bottomed, but several are very nearly : the one shaft is the prospector's, and they refuse to give any information as to their prospects, but from the fact that they have aunt thirty-three feet, and have since tunnelled into their ground, and the way they have set in to work their claim, the general belief is that their prospects are good, and are surmised as better than half an ounce to the load. Four other tunnels are commenced^ and several shafts ; a very large area of ground is pegged off, and if nothing occur to prevent it, a large nnmber will set in to work directly after the holidays. Many of the parties are at work either sinking or getting timber. »The site is a terrace which the river has cut into, forming a bay with cliffy sides about forty feet high. The terrace is apparently a continuation of that above the lagoon at Donoghue's, and is of great extent. The sinking is easy. The rush is similar to Jones' Plat, full of Btones tightly bound together. Whore "the prospectors have struck in, they were on the level of the river, and if the ground dips much, no doubt drainage will be costly. I like the look of tho ground, and believe a good field will be opened, but I cannot yet give facts to justify my opinion. The plaoe is easy of access, drays can be brought to the tunnel mouths, and no doubt an easy means of rising the terrace will soon bo found. Water is plentiful, and can be brought on to the terrace at moderate cost. I hope to give you some facts in a few daye.