Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-12-31
THE VIRGINIAN.
IyNCHRURG, DEC. 81, 1929.

East RoOm-Odeidl Report While Mr..
Adam, VAS President, the east room OF the ma.
,,,oal mansion at Washington was made very
.o,snicuous by poeticnL description of the,
,.f,,,,;d manner IN which if was furnished,
..,,,,e, by the honorable Senator Benton. and
sr,t published in that mnst yeracious and dig
flied ofaIl journals, the Richmond Enquirer.
Til, wa. one Of the items IN the long account of
Mr. Adsms's reputed erirdeagance, designed
- orove that he was al imiiator of European
Courts. and that he was endeayoring TO break
down the plaiu simplicity of manners so congo
NAL TO Republican institutions ant TO the teei.
,nos of The American people. The fact. how
,,.r. turned out 10 be otherwise. The false
hood of the narrative was proved, aud reluc-
,ao,. but lame apology was wrung from its
pubsher (housh lis writer has preserved
mysterious sIence) some months after it had
nroduced It's intended effect. N0to, however,
the tables are turned. Andrew Jackson is
president. The unostentatious> " Republican
Farmer of Tennessee has succeeded "tIIe arts.
,oeratical aud monarchiCal branch of the House
If Braintree" And what do we hear Is the
q gorgeous and magnificent furniture of the
Eas, Room displaced 10 make room for mahog
any tables, Windsor chairs, aud plain Turkey
carpets Has economy been substituted for
waste fla, monarehical ,pendor given way 10
REPUBLICAN, simplicity So far from thi. being
The case one OF the papers highest in the conf
dence of the "powerS that be, exclams, that
tbi, very East Room was furnished by Mr.. AID
Ans in so plain manner, as 10 reflect disgrace
on our national character aud another fur.
n.hes us, in a tone OF exultation, with an Of.
fetal description of its present elegance, as
compared with its former destitute & unseemly
condition Win not the American people now
omen their eye, 10 the man9uyres Of that cun-
ming game of eleci.oneertRg, in which they were
40 fouly cheated by their pretended friends !?
This affair Of the East Room, abs,ractedly
considered, is we admit but Il small matter
a very small one. But, when it is connected
with other circumstances OF a similar charac
Ter, it cannot fail TO excite suspicion as 10 the
truth of other charges against MIR Adams
which, were poured intp the public ear, aud
TOO readily believed, and at the same time, in
dnce a fear that all their hopes of reform were
as illu,ory and deceptive as meteor fash OF
as an April sun-uniess, indeed, their idea
of reform was confined to the principle upon
which the President has acted, of rewarding
erends and Furnishing enemies"
Some wseks since, we ootced the arrival
from France, of Two splendid mantle glasses
$50 cubic leet each in size, designed to orna
ceiyed The subject merited. The U. S. Tele
graph takes umbrage at our remarks. and
.ndeavors to create the impression that we had
made the matter appear worse than it really il,
II then furnishes the following description OF
the East Il pOm, which we cheerfuIly re pub
iish. In doing 50, however, we most empha,
.cslly call to il The attention OF the reader Let
.Aim remember that il is from the organ of the
administration thai This splendd description oil
the gorgeous manner in which the East Room
Is furnished, so shocking 10 sur republican
feelings" is copied and then ask himself if this
COMFORTS with the character of plain Reuub
lican Farmer Why, such host of fine thing,
would soon place our weaIthest men, of what
ever profession, in the debtors prison, or com
pei them to seek refuge froui il in the nsol
vents oath:
From Duff Green's U. S. Telegraph
"The East Room has been fitted up IN a
very neat manner. The paper is oil fine le-
mon color, with rich cloth border four new
man,els have also been placed in the room of
black marble with Italian black and gold fronts;
each fireplace has a handsome crate fixed
there were, however, in the house before, new
bronzed and steel blenders, and sets ofbrass fire
irons, aud chimney hooks have been added
zach mantle i. furnished with a mirror, the
plates o. which measures 100 by So, frame /
In very beautiful yle, and pair of rich n
light lamps. hronzed and gilt, with row of
drops around the fountain, and pair OF
french hlna vases, richly guilt aud painted
with glass shades and flowers. There are
lhrse very splendid gilt chandeliers, each for
eighteen candles, the style OF VI ich is entirely
new the color of the glass and cutting per-
maps exceed any thing Of the kind ever seen.
small, bronzed AID gilt work. corresponding
the man'el lamps, the inches and rece SEES
. N'eh are supplied with eigh, french bron.
zeo anu gut bracket lights, each for five cau-
N'es Inc carpet, which contains near 500
yaros' Is OF fine Brussels, Of fawn, blue and
ye'''"' WIN red border Under each chan
del'er is placed round table of beautiful
Workmanship, with Italian black and gold
oaoS on the centre table is place ed beautiful
yum "ghi lamp, supported by female figures
=" 'ne snd tables are gilt astral lamps.
Aacn per Is hlIed with a beautiful peel tables
, ."y ofon1ed and gilt, corresponding with
'e round tables-each table having lamp
anu par OF French. China vases with flow
y" ""u shades agreeing with those on the
nantes he curtains are of blue and yellow
haIn e"' WIN gided Eagle, represented as
"ho'''ns up me drapery, which expands over
Nv p'ets' on the corBice is n line OF gilded
stHrs and over III. sa,,,:o;.oI. f H. ioo.