Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-29
From Poul'on's american Daily .Advsrtisr.

CONGRESS.
The desc riDtion OF the Public Buildings, in
Washington, rr.publish-d in your Papers oi
the 4'h and ilth inst. from tive City Of Wash.
lngton Chronicle, seemed, in the reading, as
though it had been selected from the Persian, or
the Arabian Tiles; of he Palace of Aladdin,
produced in one nigh, through the agency OF
Genii Of he Lamp and me Ring To pre-.
serve The kee ping in tbs splendid picture o. O.
rental magnfcence, and executed at the cost.
in dollars, OF millions, run through the sieus for
can Representatives Of proiessed Democracy,
there should be introduced INFO it, by The aid
of imagina'i ion, those other a Static OBJECTS OF
corresponding characters and eff c, never to be
| realized in this country; such as the illuminate
ed'Gardens of delight, the II arrm the Baguia,
and he Cooling foun' aims Of Bagdad; ,ose her
! with the i'm posing figure Of some Caliph Ha.
! roun Airaschid, with ample beard, splendid
'rurban, and contracted brows, seated within
the Palace upon his throne Of Ivory; the Prin-
cess Badroulbadour decorated in silk and Jew.
els declining at his right hand the Prime vi
zIer, in profound cogitation, sIan1ing near his
l., fl; and he whole en-, ompassed by guards and
mutes, one Of them sanding with uplifted s,y-
mi,ar, ready to descendOt the given signal,
upon the barred neck Of Tie brauteons Farima,
10 be seen kneeling in the mds; she having
darrd 10 have been beloved ny The vagabond
Prince Hourhad, who bad been destined, at
some time or Other 10 ascend The Throne Of one
of the successors Of the Prophet.
Busy memory, ike the wand of the magician
or the mimic sword Of Harle quin in Pantomine,
suddenly changed this new and splendid scene.
ry, near Capitol Hill, and the Presidential Pa
lace, to an inside view Of the plain brick build
Nt n
Sixth. streets IN This limited Enclosure, the
Representatives of the People in former days,
viewed themselves as surrounded by uncom
m n elegance and decoration in their discus.
siuns, they being fresh from the ranks Of he
people, actually so, and unused 10 Legislative
sp'endor, Other than had been exhibited by the
Old Congress of l776, in he east wing of the
) a e House, on Gu. smut street PHO, to their
rrmov 81 SOUTH they passed unanimously, vote
Of thanks, 10 the au ho,iifs Of Penn,ylvanIa,
for having done The thing so very handsomely.
The House Of Representative, IN session,
occupied the whole OF The ground floor, upon
platform elevated :h'ee steps IN ascent, plain
ly carneed and covering nearly The whole oil
the area, with limited Logsa " or promenade
for the m mbcrs and privileged prisons; and
four narrow desks, between the. Sixthslrcel
windows for the Sreu"graphrrs, Lloyd, Gales,
Calleodrr, and Dune The Speakers chair,
withort cannpy, was OF plain leather, aud brass
nail- fac ing the east al or near the GENRE oil The
weat,rn wall The first Speaker OF the II use
in ibis city, was frederic August US Mullen
burg, who by his por'ly person, and handsome
ro,undity, LITERALLY fR5d he char. HIS rnbi-
cuud cnmpi, xion md oval face, hair full pow.
derrt; tam -uurrd sa,in vest, of ample dmcn-
SONS, da hue Goa with gil, buttons, AMI
sonuIuS voIcc, eXrrcis, by him wiihou Effort
in pu ting the question, al corresponding, IN
aopearance ami sound, wi h his magnIE ent
name, and accompanied % il WAS, bv that OF
George WASH gron, President, as signatures,
O he laws ui he Unipn- al! these had an i'm
posing feet upon the inexperenced auditory
in he gallery, to whom all was new aud very
strange.
H. was succeeded here by Jonathan Dayton,
of New Jersy, u very all, raw booed figure OF
a gentleman with terrific aspec' I, and, when ex-
cited, voice Of thunder. His slender bony
f,ure Fl led only the centre OF the chair; rest
ing on ne arms of il, with his hand, and not
,bc elbows. From the silence, which prevail,
I'd Of Course on coming 10 order; sfer prayers
by Bt,Dup White, an occ asionaI whisper, H.
crs a,ing to a buz, alter the manner OF boys l"
sc hool, in the seats, in the lobby, and around
he fires, SWELLING al last, TO louG converse ION
who'll, inraital In debate. Very frequently
al this stage Of confusion among the "b'bbline
politicians" Mr.. Speaker Dayton would star :,
suddenly, upon his fett. look hrrcely around
the hall, and utter the words Order orde'
without the Bar, IN such appalling tone Z"
voice, tina, as ihougn canno" had been tree
under the windows, in the street, The deeprs
silence, in one moment, prerailed-but Tor Il
very short time.
The Uni:ed States Senate convened in h
room, up stairs, looking in'o the Sthe HouN
Garden. |, has been ever since used by Judgr'
Washington AID Peer, as the Dis'ric' Cour'
In very plain chair, without canopy, aud O.
small mahogany abe be'orr him, frs1"oned a
the sides "a, d front with green Tx, Mr.. Ada'"s
the Vice President, presided as President OF
the Senate, facing the North The portrait /"
Peal, $ mus. um, is, IN he rp'rion OF he writer,
a perlec, fac siniie IF the elder Ad ms, /" lace,
person. aud apparei, as hey Appeared 10 him
T. 81. i,,f ,ka