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MACON, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1868.
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. Usnea on account of the pecuniary
lf Bullock has been beaten in
. ; '_a.benUl bc-we shall witness a
collate of a couple of organs of the
| stripe, only “ a little more so.”
iTFomev.inliisPrca-. tells the enor-
8 . an(l Ic suppose the Northern peo-
lie ’ TC iti ,i,at “in Texas fifteen hundred
I,' Union’ men have been murdered in
; /,ood aince the surrender of Lee, and
tone of their assassins has been brought
yj ind punishment”
v \ judical Senator told a Southern
fife* days ago, that if the Southern
I „ at up constitutions encumbered with
•v'easoKS, etc., the Senate would be
Inject them. We shall not proba
- .Me the Senate with a . constitution of
„n from Georgia, ns are have the old
I notion ('.own here of making such
-,, os ait ounekes, without asking whether
■:t agreeable to other people or not.
Th Michigan the majority against the
r-Jrage constitution exceeds 38,000.
t- irity against prohibition is 10,000.
—of
:a Elkctioneering Tacticb.—There
|: ::idc so dishonest and disgusting that
gn Morted to by the Radicals in the
closed. Thei^leadingpoint was
•••a the popular voice, for they knew
Ignat them, and that their men could
: iikt only by overwhelming the will
pxcplt The following notice, which
it] ia the negro organ at Augusta, is a
of their trickery :
til again call at-
the card of Hon. Foster Blodgett,
-a of the State Committee.
: »state, on the best authority, that
d Republicans laboring under politi-
i liities, who may have been nomina-
d-t Republican party and duly elected
i . and vrho have thereby given proof,
—: thwy have earnestly advocated re-
"ctii>n,and secondly, that they have the
• see of the loyal people, will be ro-
r Congress in time to allow them to
> their duties; and that, on the con-
b He who are opposing reconstruction
-t sew Constitntion will not be relieved,
■« chosen to office or not, cither now
-ttcr. We know what we say to be
[-'tfj vote, therefore, that may be cast
h persons who are opposing the new
: -tioa, and therebv endeavoring to de-
r«iSiraction, will be a vote thrown
“•t Rtleb and Uis Ku-Klux Warn-
|-Tte Philadelphia Age uses the occa-
the reported receipt of a Ku-Klux
hj that despicable wretch whom the
-bjcommon consent, ba9 characterized
title of ‘ BeasI”, to draw bis portrait
stands in the Impeachment Court.
Butler) now presents the m09t abhor-
r ll spectacle this world can show.—
laeic of insolent, triumphant villai-
: every resource of craft, falsehood,
pu lttiee to elTect the unjust convic-
'-® innocent man. Of this foul con-
1 J min without conscience, and with-
^ , is the fit instrnment. Ilo.has been,
servant of dirty work, in all par-
: ;* M the sycophant of Jefferson Davis;
paled, he turned to Mr. Lincoln.
• ntspiged him. It was Lincoln, in
1 Grant, who dismissed Butler from
"f the Potomac; Grant “bottled
*>th a scornful word, and finished
' herubug soldier. Now he stands up
; *ith infamy ; gorged with illgottcn
i great moral lcaper, the compec-
■s'Hi.liment of nil rascalities, falsely
’Alters, and brazening it out to the
•- him heed the warning, no matter
■J* 'j. even if his own falsehood invent-
« is not in the Diviner dispensation
government of the world that
• shall openly, and in the face of day,
"gainst the truth. Villainy, when
K is always nearest to its over-
I ? 'mey says that “there is something
| "the attitude of Edwin M. Stanton.’’
■here is a wonderful sublimity in his
•saddeportment! What can be more
amazingly, or awfully sublime
idea of his throwing his arm around
L' Ad Interim Thomas upon the oc-
“>• visit of the latter to the War
; j i®R his fingers lovingly through
dtrin’i hair, and dividing hiswhis-
1“'*, whilst all the time listing the
• handred times as much as he ever
devil, and almost a3 much as he
,r an d honesty and truth !
[Louisville Journal.
I- Bishops of the Methodist Epis-
4C ftb, South, will hold a conference
Tll ‘e on the 7ih of May.
M Stereos recently said: “I’ve
^.“afiered Cha9o a d—d political
^ ua Lear Chase’s opinion
J* 1 -Steven* The world will pro-
- ** with both of them.—Exchange.
Mr.
tor
F. C. Barbee.—This
^.«> r , many years a well-known
1 Clt y, died yesterday afternoon,
1^2 Protracted illness. He was a
P'*nd, and at the time of his de-
Jtara of age.—Aug. Con.,22d.
IyI pre eminently the ago of mon-
■" •- 1 a ieli Danders are about
' i? 1 ® honor of Captain Cook, as a
.^ttent for the conduct of their
Stating him.
Reaction Follows Innovation,
The New York World in the appended
paragraph asserts a truth as certain as that
the day succeeds the night:
There are periods in the history of particu
lar countries when one or the other tendency
so gets the upper hand ns to suffocate the
other. In Asia, conservatism lias reigned
predominant for centuries, and civilization
has been stationary. In the Middle Ages,
the intellect of Europe revolved around the
ideas of Aristotle and made no advance.—
The first half century after the Protestant re
formation was n periqd when the other ten
dcncy ran wild, and swarms of fanatics pro •
tested against Luther as lie had protested
against the Church. The first French revo
lution was another period of visionary, in
novating extravagance.
For the last twenty years we, in this coun
try, have been passing through another. The
characteristic of such periods is restlessness
divorced from intellect. It is curious to ob
serve how every man of superior capacity has
been flung aside and discredited by the party
in this country which mounts on the whirl
wind and rides the storm. Clay and Webster
survived their popularity with former sup
porters, who transferred their confidence to
Seward and Chase. These idols of ten years
ago are now, in their turn, contemptuously
cast asido.to give place tp crotcbctty, ill-bal
anced minds like Sumner, and Stevens, and
Greeley. . .
This being a period in yfbich the innova
ting spirit has broken loose and run wild, the
minor squads of fanatics naturally hang
about the skirts of the main army, seeking its
countenance and protection, and foraging in
its neighborhood. They are all inspired by
one common spirit of unreasoning innova
tion. _
' They have all the same arrogant passion
for domineering over others, and forcing their
notions and practices upon society. They
have all the same uneasy craving for excite
ment, the same abhorrence of quiet, the same
vulgar lack of reverence for anything which
is 1 established, the same incapacity for cool
reflection. When innovation proceeds to
such ext.avagant lengths, it is the certain
forerunner of reaction. After the wild sects
which were spawned in the last days of
Luther, Protestantism made no further pro
gress. The cvtravagance of the Roundheads
reconciled the English nation to the restora -
tlcn of the Stuarts. France accepted a ref
uge from the madness of her revolutionists
behind the throne of Napoleon. And the
signs are neither few nor obscure that this
country .is becoming fatigued and disgusted
with the Radicalism which has proceeded to
such a pitch in our politics. God grant that
the reaction may not carry us to the other
extreme of irritational adherrence to a past
which the country lias in some respects out
grown 1 _■
Impeachment A Failure.—The following
Washington dispatch appears in the New
Orleans Picayune:
Watih 'xiglon, April 17.—There is a certainty
that twenty Senators will vote against the
conviction of the President. According to
thoruli igson certain questions of evidence
by the Senate, the past few days, the proba
bilities are that others will be added to the
number of non-contents, who were_ looked
upon Ly the managers and their triends as
safe for conviction. The prospect for the en
tire sucacss of the plot against the President
is not the most lovely, and, per consequence,
Butler and his brethren in inquiry are filled
with a godly wrath, which is highly edifying
and enjoyable to benighted Conservatives.
The friends of the President were never so
confident of his acquittal as they express
themselves to-day. They have ground for
tlicir confidence, for Forney himself scents
defeat to the impeacbers. Ho breathes out
tlircatcnings through the Chronicle^ this
morning, and gives his voice for war if the
President is acquitted.
Cottois-—Tiien and Now.—When is to be
the fulfillment of the Radical prophecy in
regard to free labor at the South ? Louisiana
makes one hogshead of sugar by labor where
she made ten in 18G0, and Mississippi one
bale of cottoiLAvlierc she raised four.- The
sugar and cotton fields remain at the South as
before the war, and there are tree Africans
there, with strong arms and hungry stomachs
by tens of thousands, bnt they contrive not to
labor and aro encouraged by the Radicals to
think more of the ballot than of bread.
The fear now is that only negro labor will
ever produce cotton cheaply and success
fully. Natives or immigrants cannot, be
cause, e7cn when hoed it must finally be
picked Ly hand, which costs months ot mo
notonous toil. White laborers can hoe and
p!ou"b,but the four months monotnons pick
ing which was the work of the negro, though
a light labor, they will not readily submit to,
nor will the negroes, who are naturally indo
lent. We say not this in the interest of slave
labor,for that is gone forever; but as proof
that negroes will not do in a state of freedom
for themselves and others.
[A r eto York Express.
Tub Write Fawn.—A country merchant
visiting New York goes to Niblo’s, secs the
White Fawn, and gives his opinion of it in
the columns of the Tribune, which closes as
follows:
One of my first impressions on beholding
so many young women capable of adorning
society, and being made happy, yet so lost
to shame, was that they felt it would be a
greater shame to earn an honest living, or
that they had sought in vain. Turning to
the audience, I could not help thinking that
each had a poor - opinion of each. The
lady coming in with n gentleman cither
had been cold to her husband, or bad left
him, or was in a fair way to leave him, or
she had never been married, but bad better
be; that gentleman, bringing a lady whose
train swept the aisle, had other claims far
away, or his domestic lifo was feverish and
unhappy; nn <l tlic y° un S men coming by
themselves, had come to lay the foundation
for domestic infidelity, and lor a waste of
opportunities and means. The saddest sight
was in the yoiiDg couples, with rosy checks
and hopeful eyes. How many sittings are re
quired to corrupt a young girl I do not know;
but I feel that no place can equal this for de
bauching the soul, and that when a girl, at
last, is delighted with these scenes, her day
of ruin cannot be far away. . ..
For before one comes to admire these
things, the finest sensibilities must besbocked
beyond expression, and modesty t -1
cial jewel of the human soul—must be de
graded to dust. To sit in that P la ° L V
after hour, calls into being such a feeling as
never arises in any intercourse between those
who love, and who hope to be united, or be
tween those who have been united Ion", m u
it is unknown in any other condition ot me.
I would liken it to a mephitic vapor from
the sea of torment and death, which finds an
unguarded entrance to the soul and wanders
from cell to cell in the remote and profound
depths of our being, till, at last, it comesinto
time and tlm present, and grapples With all
the sweet charities of the heart.
v-sr a Boston manufacturer paid the Govern
ment last year $400,000 for ono cent stamps.
From Washington.
CARPET-BAG POLITICIANS FOR niPEACnATENT
—ELEVEN DOUBTFUL SENATORS—PARTY IN
FLUENCE TO SUSTAIN IMFBACnXIENT—TIIE
VERDICT—GENERALS SHERMAN AND HAN
COCK—ARRIVAL OF GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
peet'al DitpalcJi to the Baltimore Sun.}
Washington, April 20.—Gen. Grant re
turned from New York this morning.
A large number of “carpet-baggers” arrived
this morning, most ot them from the North,
for the purpose of lobbying the impeachment
through the Senate to a conviction and re
moval of the President.
They propose to regularly besiege the Sen
ators who are doubted, or, in other words,
who have very properly refused to commit
themselves to the removal of Mr. Johnson,
whether he bo legally proved guilty or not,
The carpet-bag lobbyists, amongst whom
are two Now York journalists, claim to have
accomplished much to-day and this evening
in the matter of bring over the doubtfal Sen
ators, and they assert that of the eleven whom
they feared were shaky three have given sat
isfactory assurance that they will be all right;
which means that these Senators have to-day
agreed to vote for the conviction of the Presi
dent
Such aie the givings out of these carpet
baggers, and such the character of slander
for"slander, as no doubt it is, that is promul
gated against some of the members of the
august Senate of the United States.
Your correspondent does not deem it pro
per to mention the names of the eleven Re
publican Senators whom the Radicals donbt;
suffice for tho present that they are of the
most judicious and able statesmen in the
Senate, of whom to suspect corruption would
be an outrage; but the carpet-baggers freely
bandy these names about the streets and in
tho hotel saloons, and unhesitatingly claim
that they will get the entire eleven yet,
whether by persuasion or threats of political
ostracism.
A noticeable feature in this matter is, that
the advocates of the removal of Mr. Johnson
do not hesitate to admit that there is neither
law nor fact proven upon the trial to make a
case for impeaching the President upon strict
legal proceedings, but they claim that their
party will be ruined if the Senate shall fail
to sustain the House in its impeachment.
This party policy proposition is contro -
verted, however, by a very considerable num
ber of Republicans, who see defeat of their
party as the results of a removal of tlie Presi
dent without a warrant of law or fa<?t, and
they earnestly deprecate the deposition oftho
Executive as a party measure, because of the
precedent it established.and its destruction
of the stability of our government.
Such are the arguments advanced pro and
con by the Republicans themselves to-night.
The Democrats are mere lookers-on, having
no influence to exert in any manner for the
accomplishment of good.
The general calculation is that the impeach- The taunt,
ment trial will be concluded and a verdict
rendered on Tuesday"-of next week.
Mr. Stanbery has improved in health con
siderably to-day.
As soon as convenient after the close of the
impeachment trial, Mr. Washburne, of Illi
nois, proposes to introduce his bill in the
House to establish, the telegraphic postal sys
tem heretofore referred to in this dispatch.
Generals Sherman and Hancock dined with
the President en familie, this evening.
General Sherman will probably leave for
the West to-morrow.
General Schofield arrived here to-day.—
The purpose of his visit is not made known.
Data.
[.For the Telegraph
DECORATIKO TILE GRAVES OF OURBEAD
ON THE TWENTY-SIXTH OF APRIL.
BY KPFIF. B. CASTLES’.
While bright clouds gather ’round tho rising sun,
Like Southern banners in their day of pride;
A labor sweet, ot love, is to bo done.
This day we thank Thee, Father, that upon
These precious heads, these hearts so "truo and
tried,”
No trouble falls.
Tho “trumpet’s stirring blast’’ wakes not their sleep 1
No war’s wild note, or wail of glories past
Can reach theso soldier hearts—and wo who weep
Need not a glitt’ring marblo shaft to keep
Their imago fresh—thoughts of their deeds will last
Till lifo is done. -i -:
We kneel and thank Thee that their tents are spread
On “Fame’s eternal camping ground,” no foo
Disturbs sweet dreams, nor calls to arms I—they’re led
Through pastures sweet and green, by Ono who fed
And nurtured Hagar’s son through all his woe
And journey lone.
But, Father, ’tis yet night with many a poor
Lone heart—a night of- storm! Though years havo
sown
Bright blooming flowers and herbLgo sweet thick o’er
Their lonely graves, far distant seems that shoro
Those loved feet press—and widowed hearts still
mourn
Their buried joys.
Fond Mother, (»S in prayer you kneel) o’en now
Your boy is resting neath sweet oliyo shades—
His lips aro laved in waters pure—his brow
Is cool and damp with Uermon’s dew. Ah how,
Bright spirit, could wo call thee from thoso glades
To sco our woe?
Dear Father! as we come this day to spread
Our humble tributes on each lowly grave.
Lock not Thy heart !-hut, as wo bow the head
In meek submission, let Thy grace bo shed
On all theso mourning ones. Wo comfort haro—
They reel with Thee l
Macon, April, 1868.
[From the Charleston Me-curv.
THEY CALL IT PEACE.
They call it peace, whilo yet wo feci
The taunt, tho gibe, the iron heel,
Tho coward-bate, the dastard-swav.
Of thoso we foiled through years of fray,
'Though they should grind us into dust—
’Though liberty itself is crushed—
’Though Hope's fair star with fceblo ray,
But dimly lights our cloudy way—
’Though despots now usurp tho hour.
We shrink not from their vengeful power—
Wo crouch not to tho tyrant-will
Of thoso who hate, but daro not kill!
They cannot urge us to despair;
Moro than tho past we even dare.
We dare them—not as oft before.
To battle-fields of death and gore,
Fceblo a3 insects in their path.
We daro defy their wildest wrath,
Defenceless now—alas! nomore^^
Th’ embattled host they’ve 1
The British Confederate Cotton Loan.
The London Money Market Review, April 4,
contains a very interesting article on this
loan of £2,500,000 made to the Confederate
government during its existence, and an
nounce the facts that investments continue to
be made in the bonds, with the anticipation
that as the market for them is limited, a
further rise was not improbable. The article
is chiefly designed to show the legality of the
loan, as sustained by the decisions in Eng
land and America, the latter by the United
States Supreme Court, in the case of Mauran
vs. the New England Mnrine Insurance Com
pany, in which tho de facto character of the
Confederate government was admitted. This
decision, it is held, seems to have the effect
of finally settling the question as to the legal
ity of the issue, and may account for the re
cent purchases of the stock.
The successive governments of France and
Italy, and the moro recent assumption of the
debts of Hanover and of tho other petty
German States by the Prussian conqueror,
are cited as the general custom of recognizing
the debts of the government which has been
superseded. In conclusion, the writer says:
Honesty is always tlic best poficy, but in
the present instance it is unquestionably so,
for tbe repudiation of this paltry loan of
£2,500,000 is a stumbling block in the way of
the public investing in American securities,
while its repudiation positively annihilates
tho credit of the Southern States. So long
as it is not recognized, no new loan to the
Southern States can be negotiated either in
England, France or Holland, as the bonds
would not be quoted on their respective ex-
changes*
It may be hoped, however, that all matters
of difference arising out of the unhappy war,
such ns the loan in question and the Alabama
claims, will, before long, bo adjusted. Were
Americans to buy up this loan and then come
to an agreement in regard to it with their
own government, tbe matter would bo simpli
fied; and this will probably be the result;
indeed.it is suspected, that a number of the
purchases lately made arc on American ac
count, and it is rumored that there are
orders to buy up tbe stock whenever an op-
portunitv offers. In any case we see no
reason to niter the opinion we expressed be
fore the rise commenced, that tbe stock is a
cood “lottery ticket,” the purchase of>117-
10s. of stock for £0 10s. being attended with
but little risk. A stock never dies.
An old Dutch farmer, just arrived at
thediftnity of justice of the peace, bad his
first marriage case. He dished it up in this
wav Ho first said to the man:
“Veil you vants to be marnt.do you?
Veil, you loves dis voman so goot as any
voman you ever sec.”
“Yes,” answered the man.
Tlien to the woman.
“Veil, do you love dis man so better ns no
man you ever see?” .
Ladv hesitated, and he repeated.
“Veil, veil, do you like him so veil as to be
hi3 wife?” ,. ,
“Oh, certainly,” she answered with a kind
of titter.
“Veil, dat is all any reasonable man can
expect. So you aro marrit; I pronounco you
man and wife.”
The man asked tbe justice what was to
Pft “Ab, nothing at all—nothing at all—you
are welcome to it, if it will do you any
goot.”
pa- gen Rice, who absconded from Kcn-
.nrkv after squandering a large amount of
Ids client’s money, is one of tbe Senators elect
from Arkansas.
[For the Telegraph. | to an end ?” I saying tbat sbe should leave tbe city so as to
LINES,' “Distinctly. You now see tbat I was right. 1 reach New York on the night of the 17th,
With a moral, written underneath a well-executed ■ I a m Mrs. President but not Mrs. Douglas.” ! au ^ directing me to precede her to the Me-
pastehoard picture of a cat. ! “True, you have reached tho goal before tropolisand secure rooms for her at. the St.
but I do not despair. Mrs. Douglas-a D . c . nl3 Hotel in the name of Mrs Clarke, ashcr
| nobler woman does not Jive—if I am spared, J visit was to be tn cog,
I may possibly succeed you as Mrs. President.” j MRS. LINCOLN and “mrs. ketciiley" at TnE
HOW MRS. LINCOLN CONDUCTED THE CAMPAIGN ! ' ' ST - DENIS.
of 18G4. J Sirs. Lincoln, having gone to l{ew York,
'disguised as “Mrs. Clarke,” met her colored
Freo from tho vices of my race,
I git confessed, a perfect kitten. ,
I never scratched tho hahy’s face.
Nor interff red with Miss’s knitting;
I never crept, with velvet tread,.
To broach tho dairy’s mantlins treasure.
Nor nestled lawless in thb lied
Appropriate to others’ pleasure.
And, reader, lot my hmmblo lot
In wisdom render you my debtor;
If von mutt cheat, like we do not
Be teone than tchat you teem, ltd lett. r.
>'.liJlVFA.
In 1SG4, much doubt existed in regard to ’
the re-election of Mr. Lincoln, and the White
Hou^e was besieged by all grades of politi—
ticians. Mrs. Lincoln was often blamed for
having a certain class of men around her.
“I have an object in view, Lizabetb,” she
said to me in reference to this matter.. “In
a political canvass it is policy to cultivate
every element of strength. These men have
influence, and we require influence to re-elect
Mr. Lincoln. I will be clever to them until
after the election, and then, if we remain at
the White House, I will drop every one of
tliim and let them know very plainly that I
only made tools of them. They are an un
principled set, and I don’t mind a little
doible-dealing with them.”
‘Does Mr. Lincoln know what your pur-
pos; is ?” I asked.
‘God! no; he would uever sanction such
a proceeding, so I keep him in the dark, and
will tell him of it when all is over.”
Mrs. Lincoln was extremely anxious that
her husband should be re-elected President of
the United States. In endeavoring to make
a diiplay becoming her exalted position, she
had to incur many expenses. Mr. Lincoln’s
salary was inadequate to meet them, and she
was breed to run in debt, Loping that good
fortune would favor her, and enable her to
extriette herself from an embarrassing situa
tion. She bought the most expensive goods
on credit, and in the Summer of 18C4 enor
mous unpaid bills stared her in the face.
jibs Lincoln’s debts and her plans for
’ore!
No servile look is there to trace.
Or mark U3 as an abject race. -
Nor do we bond a cringing knee:
In thought, at least, we still aro free I
’Though they may dooming with a breath,
Whilo honor lives thcro is no death.
Onrhomcs are waste; their blackened walls,
15ut picturo forth a ghastly scene.
Tho desolation of our nails.
Tells whero the spoiler s hand has been.
Tho torch, tho flame, tho vandal host.
Did well their work, and all was lost;
But manhood, and the quenchless soul.
Which treasures till another day.
Remembrance of our fearful dole.
When righteousness shall all repay,
Tho sighs, the groans, and weeping sore.
Of thoso we loved, who aro no moro!
Their graves aro greon—wo do not wcop
This dcath-liko stillness is but sloep.
Thoir fato is chronicled on high—
lio heard their moans, and saw them die,
’Tis His to smite, and His the power, _
And red the wrath, which waits His hour!
Charletton, S. (X, April, 1863.
J. V. M.
AFRICAN LITERATURE.
IIrlilml the Sceues”~A Book of the 'White
House, hy a Woman Thirty Tears a Slave.
ALL ABOUT MRS. LINCOLN—IIER LOVES—HER
HATES—HER DISAPPOINTMENTS—H E R
WARDROBE.
“Behind tho Scenes” is the title of a book
just published by Carleton, and purporting
to havo been written by “Mrs. Elizabeth
Ketchley,” an American citizen of African
descent, “for thirty years a slave, subsequent
ly modiste for Mrs. Jefferson Davis, and for
four years au inmate of the White House,
and Mrs. Lincoln’s ‘next friend.’ ” Wo have
not seen the book, but find liberal extracts
from it in the New York papers, some of
which we give below.
A DREAM OF CHILDHOOD.
“Mrs. Eetcbley” relates that Mrs. Lincoln,
from her earliest childhood, was convinced
that she would be the wife of a President.—
When a young lady she was, says the book,
courted by Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas.—
The latter offered himself to her and was
discarded. He pressed his suit more bold-
“Mary, you do not know what you are re
fusing. You have always ’bad an ambition
to become the wife of a President of the Uni
ted States. Pardon the egotism, but I fear
that in refusing my hand to-night you have
thrown away your best chance to c\ er rule in
the White House.” „
“I do not understand you, Mr. Douglas.
“Then I will speak more plainly, lou
know, Mary, that I am ambitious like your
self, and something seems to whisper in toy
ear, ‘You will be President somo day.’ De
pend upon it, I shall make a stubborn fight
to win the proud position.”
“You have my best wishes, 3Ir. Douglas;
still I cannot consent to be your wile. _ I shall
become Mrs. President, or lam the victim of
false prophets, but it will not be as Mrs. Doug
las.” .
I have this little chapter in a romantic his
tory from the lips ot Sirs. Lincoln herself.
At one of the receptions at the White Houe,
shortly after the first inauguration, Mrs. Lin
coln joined in the promenade with senator
Douglas. He was holding a bouquet that
had been presented to her, and as they moved
along he said: ,, . .
“Mary, it reminds me of old times to have
you lean upon my arm.”
“You refer-to the days ot our youth. I
must do you the credit, Mr. Douglas, to say,
that you were a gallant beau.”
“Not only a beau, but a lover. Do you re
member the' night our flirtation was brought
PAYING TOEM.
Mrs. Lincoln on one occasion thus dis
cussed her debts to “Mrs. Kitchley”
I owe altogether about $27,000; the prin
cipal portion at Mr. Stewart’s, in New
York. You understand, Lizabeth, that Mr.
Lincoln Las but little idea of the expense of
a woman’s wardrobe. Ho glances at my
rich dresses, and is happy in the belief that
the few hundred dollars that I obtain from
him supply all my wants. I must dress in
costly materials. The people scrutinize
every article that I wear with critical curiosi
ty. The very fact of having grown up in the
We3t subjects me to more searching obser
vation. To keep up appearances I most
have money—more than Mr. Lincoln can
spare for me. He is too honest to make a
penny outside of hiS salary; consequently I
had, and still havo, no alternative but to run
in debt”
“And Mr. Lincoln does not even suspect
hqw much you owe ?”
“God, no F*—this was a favorite expres
sion of hers—“and I would not have him
suspect. If he knew that his wife was in
volved to the extent that she is, the knowl
edge would drive him mad. He is so sincere
and straightforward himself, that he is
shocked by tho duplicity of others. He does
not know a thing about any debts, and I val
ue his happiness, not to speak of my own,
too much to allow him to know anything.
This is what troubles me so much. It he is
re-elected, lean keep him in ignorance ofirty
affairs; but if he is defeated, then the bills
will be sent in, and he will know all;” and
something like a hysterical sob escaped her.
Mrs. Lincoln sometimes feared that the
politicians would get hold of the particulars
of her debts, and use them in the Presiden
tial campaign against her husband; and
when this thought occurred to her she was.
almost crazy with anxiety and fear.
When in onp of these excited moods she
would fiercely exclaim:
“The Republican politicians must pay my
debts. Hundreds of them are getting im
mensely rich off the patronage of my husband,
and it is but fair that they should help me out
of my embarrassment. I will make a demand
of them, and when I tell them tbe facts they
cannot reluse to advance whatever I re
quire.”
LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE.
At last everything was packed, and the day
for departure for the West came. I can never
forget that day; it was so unlike the day
when the body of the President was borne
from the hall in grand and solemn state.—
Ten thousands gathered to bow the head in
reverence as tho plumed hearse drove down
tho line. There was all the pomp of military
display—droopings flags, battalions with re
versed arms, and bands playing dirge-like
airs. Now, the wife of the President was
leaving the White House, and there was
scarcely a friend to tell her good-by. She
passed down the public stairway, entered her
carriage, and quietly drove to the depot,
where we took tho cars. The silence was al
most painful.
MRS. PATTERSON AND MRS. STOVER.
I finished the dress for Mrs. Patterson, and
it gave satisfaction. I afterwards learned
that both Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Stover
were kind-hearted, plain, unassuming
women, making no pretensions to elegance.
One day when I called at the White House,
in relation to some work that I was doing for
them, I found Mrs. Patterson busily at work
frith a sewing machine. The sight was a
novel one to me for the White House, for as
long as I remained with Mrs. Lincoln, I do
not° recollect ever having seen her with a
needle in her hand. The last work done for
the Johnsons by me were two dresses, one for
each of the sisters. Mrs. Patterson subse
quently wrote mo a note, requesting me to
cut and fit a dress for her; to which I re
plied that I never cut and fitted work to be
made up outside of my work-room. This
brought our business relations to an abrupt
end.
SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN’S WARD
ROBE.
In March, 1807, Mrs. Lincoln wrote to “Mrs.
Kechlcy” from Chicago. Among other
things, she said:
I cannot live on $1700 a year, and as I have
many costly things which I shall never wear,
I might os well turn them into money, and
thus°add to my income, and make my cir
cumstances easier. It is humiliating to be
placed in such a position; but, as I am in the
position, I must extricate myself as best I can.
Now, Lizzie, I want to ask a favor of
you. It is imperative that I should do some
thing for myself, and I want you to meet me
in New York between the 30th of August and
the 5tli of September next, to assist mo in
disposing of a portion of my wardrobe. *
* * * * * It was finally ar
ranged tbat I should meet her in New York
about the middle of September. hue
thinking over this question, I remembered an
incident of the White House. When we
were packing up to leave W ashington for
Chicago, she said to me, one morning:
“Lizzie, I may see the day when I shall be
obliged to sell a portion of my wardrobe. If
Congress does not do something for me then
my dresses some day may have to go to bring
food into my mouth and the mouths of my
children,”- . , , ,
On the 15th September I received a letter
from Mrs. Lincoln, post-marked Chicago,
friend at tho St. Denis Hotel. Here is how
they were treated there :* #
The clerk, like all modern hotel clerks, was
exquisitely arrayed and highly perfumed, and
too self-important to be obliging, or even
courteous.
“This is the woman I told you about. I
want a good room for her,” Mrs. Lincoln said
to the clerk.
“We have no room for her, madame,” was
tho pointed rejoinder.
“But she must have a room. She is a friend
of mine, and I want a room for her adjoin
ing mine.”
“We have no room for heron your floor.”
“That is strange, sir. I tell you that she is
a friend of mine, and I am sure you could not
give a room to a more worthy person.”
Friend oi yours, or not, I tell you we have
no room for her on your floor. I can find a
place for her on the'fifth floor.”
That, sir, I presume, will be a vast improve
ment on my room. Well, if she.goes to the
fifth floor, I shall go too, sir. Wiiat is good
enough for her is good enough for me.”
The result was that Mrs. Lincoln was stowed
away in a little three-cornered, meanly fur
nished room, on the fifth floor. At dinner
time “Mrs. Ketchley” was shown into the
dining hall, and seated at a table in one cor
ner of the room. Bho was giving her order
when the steward came forward and “gruffly”
said:
“You aro in the wrong room.”
“I.was brought here by the waiter,” I rej
plied.
“It makes no difference, I will find you an
other place where you can get your dinner.”
I got up from the table and followed him,
and when outside of the door, said to him:
“It is very strange that you should permit"
me*to be seated at the table iu the dining
room only for the sake of ordering me to leave
it the next moment.” r -
“Are you not Mrs. Clarke’s servant?” was
his abrupt question.
“I am with Mrs. Clarke.”
“It is all the same; servants are not allowed
to eat in the large dining-room. Here, this
you must take your dinner in the ser
vants’ hall.”
Hungry and humiliated as I was, I was will
ing to follow to any place to get my dinner,
for I had been riding all day, and had not
tasted a mouthful since early morning.
On reaching the servants’hall we found tho
door of the room locked. The waiter left me
standing in the passage while he went to in
form the clerk ot the fact.
In a few minutes the obsequious clerk came
blustering down the hall;
“Did you come out of the street, or from
Mrs. Clarke’s room ?”
“From Mrs. Clarke’s room,” I rHeekly an
swered. My gentle words seem to quiet him,
and then he explained:
“It is after tbe regular hour for dinner.—
The room is locked up, and Annie lias gone
out with the key."
My pride would not let me stand longer
in the hall.
“Very well,” I remarked, as I began climb
ing the stairs, “I will tell Mrs. Clarke that I
cannot get any dinner."
He looked after me, with a scowl on his
“You need not put on airs! I understand
the whole thing.”
I said nothing, but continued to climb the
stairs, thinking to myself; “Well, if you un
derstand the whole thing, it is strange that
you should put the widow of ex-President
Abraham Lincoln in a three-cornered room in
the attic of this miserable hotel.”
When I reached Mrs. Lincoln’s room tears
of humiliation and vexation were in my
eyes.
MRS. LINCOLN IN THE WARDROBE MARKET.
Mrs. Lincoln looked over a morning paper,
and finally decided to select the firm of W.
H. Brady & Co., 609 Broadway, to dispose
of the articles she wished to sell. She went
to their establishment, and tried to sell them
a lot of jewelry, giving her name as Mrs.
Clarke. She met Mr. Judd, and they were
unable to agree about the price. Mr. Keyes
a member of the firm, came in, and in looking
over the jewelry, discovered Mrs. Lincoln’s
name inside of one of the rings. Mrs. Lincoln
says:!'
I had forgotten the ring, and when I saw
him looking at the name so earnestly, I
snatched the bauble from bim and put it
into my pocket. I hastily gathered up my
jewelry and started out. They asked for my
address, and I left my card, Mrs. Clarke, at
the St. Denis Hotel.
Mr. Keyes called to see Mrs. Clarke, and
was elated to find that she was Mrs. Lincoln.
He was an earnest Republican, was much
affected by her story, and denounced the in
gratitude of the government in the severest
Terms. She complained to him of the treat
ment she had received at the St. Denis, and
he advised her to move to another hotel
forthwith.
The party went to Earle’s Hotel in Canal
street, but it was full, so they drove to Union
Place Hotel. Messrs. Keyes and Brady called
often to see Mrs. Lincoln, and were sure that
it she would place her affairs in their hands
they could raise for her $100,000 in a few
weeks. The following narrative will be of
interest: »
We remained quietly in the Union Place
Hotel for a few days. On Sunday Mrs. Lin
coln accepted the use of a private carnage,
and, accompanied by me, she drove out to
Central Park. We did not enjoy the ride
much, as the carriage was a close one, and we
could not open the window for fear of being
recognized by some of the many thousands in
the Park. Mrs. Lincoln wore a heavy veil so
as to more effectually conceal her face.
We came near being run into, and we had a
spasm of alarm, for an accident would havo
exposed us to public gaze, and of course tbe
masquerade would have been at an end. On
Tuesday I hunted up a number of dealers in
second-hand clothing, and had them call at
the hotel by appointment. Mrs. Lincoln soon
discovered that they were hard people to
drive a bargain with, so on ^Thursday we got
into a close carriage, taking a bundle ot
dresses and shawls with us, and drove to a
number of stores on Seventh Avenue, where
an attempt was made to dispose ot a portion
of her wardrobo. The dealers wanted the
goods for little or nothing, and wo loundit a
hard matter to drive a bargain with them.-
Mrs. Lincoln met the dealers squarely, but all
of her tact and shrewdness failed to accom
plish much. I do not care to dwell upon this
portion ®f my story. Let it answer to say,
that we returned to tbe hotel more disgusted
than ever with the business in which we were
encased. There was much curiosity at tne
hotef in relation to us, as our movements
were watched, and we were regarded with
suspicion.
Our trunks in the main hall below were
examined daily, and curiosity was more keen
ly excited when the argus-eyed reporters for
the press traced Mrs. Lincoln's name on the
cover of one of her trunks. The letters had
been rubbed out, hut the faint outlines re
mained, and these outlines only served to
stimulate curiosity. Messrs. Keys and Brady
called often, and they made Mrs. Lincoln be
lieve that, if she consented, they would devise *
a scheme which promised te place a good
bank account to her credit. At different
times in her room at the Union Place Hotel
she wrote the well-known letters which were
published in the papers as coming froni Chic
ago. Mr.Bradyproposed to show the letters
to certain politicians on a threat to publish
them if his demands, as Mrs.‘Lincoln’s agent,
•were not complied with.
The book informs us that Mx. Brady exhib
ited the letters quite freely, but the parties to
whom they were shown refused to make any
advances.
Meanwhile our stay at the Union Place
Hotel excited so much curiosity that a sud
den movement wa3 rendered expedient to
avoid discovery. We sent the large trunks
to C09 Broadway, packed the smaller ones,
paid our bills at tho hotel, and one morning
hastily departed for the couutry, where we
remained three .days. The movement was
successful. The keen-eyed reporters for the
daily papers were thrown oil the scent, and
when we returned to the city we took rooms
at the Brandreth House, where Mrs. Lincoln
registered as “Mrs. Morris.”
A few days afterward Mrs. Lincoln left this
city for Chicago.
MRS. LINCOLN TO “MRS KETCHLEY.”
Soon after reaching Chicago Mrs. Lincoln
wrote thus to her “dear Lizzie”: *
Chicago, Sunday Morning, Oct. 6.
My Dear Lizzie.—I am writing this morn
ing with a broken heart, after a sleepless
night of great mental suffering. R. (Robert),
came up last evening like a maniac, and al
most threatening his life, looking like death,
because the letters of the World were publish
ed in yesterday’s paper. I could not refrain
from weeping when I saw him so miserable;
but yet, my dear, good Lizzie, were it not to
protect myself and help others—and was
not my motive and action of tbe purest kind?-
Pray for me, that this cup of affliction may
pass from me, or be sanctified to me. I weep
whilst I am writing. I pray for death this
morning, only my darling Thaddie prevents
my taking my life. I shall endure a round
of newspaper abuse from tho Republicans,,
because I dared to venture to relieve a few of
my wants. Tell Mr. Brady and Keyes .not to
have a line of mine once more in print. I
am nearly losing my reason.
Yours, truly, M. L.
SIRS. LINCOLN ON GENERAL M’CLELLAN.
We conclude these extracts with the fol
lowing :
“General McClellan is a humbug,” re
marked Mrs. Lincoln one day in my pres-
ence.
“What makes you think so, mother s
good-naturedly inquired the President.
° “Because he talks so much and does so litj
tie. If I had the power I would very soon
take off his head and put some energetic man
in his place.”
The Foot.—It may be doubted whether
there exists throughout the whole civilized
world a well-formed foot. Many exquisites
of both sexes claim admiration for their pedal
extremities,but it is the boots and shoes which
cover them which we are called on to admire.
Their feet,if bared,would present a very great
divergence from the classicial ideal of beauty.
The firmly-planted foot, neither too large nor
too small, but justly proportioned to the
height and weight it sustains, the smooth sur
face and regular curved lines, the distinctness
of the divisions and the perfect formation of
each toe, with its well-marked separateness,
and its gradation of size and regularity of
detail, to the very tip of the nail, are now to
be seen only in art. In Greek nature they
were found, for the encient sandal, which left
the foot unfettered, gave freedom to the de
velopment of its natural grace and propor
tions. The modern boot or shoe, with the
prevalent notion that everything must be
sacrificed to smallness, has squeezed the foot
into a lump as knotty and irregular as a bit
of pudding stone, where the distorted toes
are so imbedded in the mass, and mutilated by
tbe pressure, that it is impossible to pick them
out in the individuality and completeness of
their original forms.
As rnr coarse climate forbids the sandal
and renders the shoe necessary, care should
be-taken to adapt it as perfectly as possible
to tbe natural conformation of the foot.. It
should be long and wide enough to admit of
a free play of .the toes; the space between the
heel and sole of the shoe should be firm
and of a curve, tbe samebeight as tbe natural
arch of the foot, while no part of the artifi- ,
cial covering should be so binding as to pre
vent the free action of the muscles and the
circulation of the blood.
League “Busted Up.”—The Leaguershad
a meeting Monday night to rally their shat
tered lorces. Drums and fifes were employed
to no purpose. The good work inaugurated
by A. R. Lamar, Esq., on Saturday, was re
sumed. White men were invited to address
the meeting. A motion was made to adjourn
and carried, but not before Dr. Colzey had
proposed that the audieuce reassemble at
Temperance Hall. About one hundred and
fifty freedihen did so.
Dr. Colzey and several negroes addressed
the meeting. One or two negroes, among
them Peter Devotie, or Casey, or something
else, non-committal. He would reflect about
voting. As a result of the speeches, the large
majority of the negroes resolved to vote with
the Democrats, and did so yesterday.
[Col Sun.
A Ghastly Spectacle.—St. Louis, April
19.—A ghastly spectacle was presented ia the
river below this city yesterday. Burin" the
prevalence of tho cholera last summer a large
number of the bodies of victims of tlie epi
demic were buried by the city on Arsenal
Island a sh6rt distance below tlie city. The
river lias been for sometime gradually wear-
in" the island away, and yesterday the water
reached the trenches in which_ the bodies
were buried, and washed .some fifty or more
coffins out, which floated down the stream.—
Twenty-four corpses have been recovered,
and measures have been taken to secure the
remainder. Those still on the island will also
be protected or removed to a place of safety.
More Frauds.—We are informed that C.
W. Chapman was giving negroes whose
names do not appear on the registration lists,
certificates upon which they were permitted
to vote on yesterday. _ , ,
Complaints were also made, that the coun
ty registration books have been taken by
young Asbburn and Tom Grier, of nights,
and that the names of negro voters have
been entered thereon, These are but sruaU
specimens of the outrageous frauds practiced
at this place by the infamous tools ot a most
desperate and infamous faction.
[Columbus bun, 23<1.
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Complaint and Dyspepsia.