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lotHid1 of the[lit-;ct-Ihe»Yl-lt; 11-ighlot-pa-ich’cling, T.ourite-:hisla!,putdiewholly from public life, and devote uimself to the practice of law.TAD LINCOLN.Most of those* who road the dispatch fin-nnouncing the lt;h ath of Thomas Todd Lin coin will never think of the well-grown young1 gentU■man who died on Saturday at Chicago. The name of44 Tad *—a pot name given by himself withhis first stammering utterances, ami adopted by his fond parents and the world—recalls the tricky little sprite who gave to that sad and solemn White House of the war the only comic relief it knew. The years that have followed, spent in study a id travel, produced an utterly different person. The Tad Lincoln of our history ceased to exist Ion# ago. I lie modest and cordial young fellow who passed through New Vork a few days ago with his mother will never Im* known outside the circle of his mourning friends. Hut “ httle Tad will be remembered as Ion# as any live who bore a personal share in the great movements w lmse center for four years was at Washington.He was so full of life and vigor—so bubbling over with health and high spirits, that he kept the house alive with his pranks and his fantastic enterprises. He was ah\ ay s a “chartered libertine, and after tfie death of bis brother Willie, a prematurely serious and studious child, and the departure of Robert for college, he installed himself as the absolute tvrantof the Kxecutive Mansion. He was idolized by both his father and mother, petted and indulged bv his teachers, and fawned upon and caressed by that noisome horde of olllce-seekers which infested the ante.rooms of the White House** He had a very had opinion of books, and no opinion of discipline, and thought very little of any tutor v\ ho would not assist him in yoking hisa watI t»* • i
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