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onary | ijnarch forward prosperous and renowned. Mount11 the rraost eaclof •spair. eld of ig the ke by jkenedNew York Letter.' )Nkw Yo»k, Jan. 17, 1866.The current gossip is respecting the alleged malversa ions of Mrs. Lincoln daring her occupancy and on leaving the White Honse.-— Thlt;* newspapers have been brow-beaten Into denying all responsibility for the report that Mrs. Lincoln carried off the furniture of the W hite House. It is matter of record, I believe, m the thftt ^r8 Lincoln’s millinery bills were paid out ■rarged nf pUb]jc funds, and the smounf charged to States accent for mature for the White House m the gr^onds I I will u dert.ake to buy for fifty SHvan- cents on the dollar bills of tradesmen in this homes city to the amount of several thousand dollars ive PD- for Bilks, velvets, diararndf, and the like. I gentle 1 know this fact, because a lawyer w th whom nld be • nm iotimate WR8 applied to to collect these distress b|,^s’ ^ut a8 c''ents w°ul4 not authorizein«ati ,’ra t0 *Dt0 conrl9» cou^ do n°th-ing. Letters were not answered. A numberof these bills were subsequently paid off by subscriptions among the shoddy patriots ; but large amounts remain unpaid.The knowledge of these things has doubtless influenced the action of the Rump Congress towards Mrs. Lincoln Public opinion would t -ire justified, if not called for, an appro priation of one hundred thousand dollars to Mrs. Lincoln. Bnt she got 1(89 than twenVi ah an fowever int the he land ralytic,a; shut r years’; e losses it main-4 miknown pert* M. Pruett, t John M. Br tbe store, killing himArtoraushas more si America ex Where did sqrnamed I enormous c mna. Perl oil er Soutt query.It is ve House Conaguio6ttheing an expThe Hoswas burne L- 89, $150 8U ranee, of employiA telegdated theca tion 8, 7 clause, hs several me ing acted fled : Men 68 ; ex-TJ
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Augusta Tri Weekly Constitutionalist
Augusta, Georgia, US
Fri, Jan 26, 1866
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