Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-09-05

here, Mr.. Chairman, our Democratic PRESIDENT
shines with the ovcrpowerng lustre OF one hun
bred and eighty lights Had you the eyes Of the
tabled argus, he would blind them all. 1t really
appears as If he had intended not only to bedi.
the vision OF his democratic friends, but 10
rival. by the effulgent beams Of his palace, the
glorious king of day. himself. Brilliant and
princely, however as the East Room had been
fitted up by the late President, it destined 10
have its colors frightened, and its powers OF at.
traction increased, by the exquisite taste OF its
present occupant-for, in an official report made
in December last, the following important and
gratifying information is communicated to Con-
gress:
"The East Room in the Presidents mansion
has been greatly improved, by being newly paint
ed and prepared with rich, chaste, beautiful pa
per-"
The former paper was a FINE LEMON COLOR
with "a rich cloth border, but Mr.. Van Buren, had
doubtless been apprzed, either by one Of his sons,
who at the time was on most familiar intercourse
with, if not resident at the Court Of St. James,
or, perhaps, by more formal communication
through the Lord High Chamberlain Of her Ma
jesty's household, that wall paper Of LEMON COLOR
had, during the progress Of the last year, become
questionable, and had not for several months
been generally admitted as suitable for the parlors
of the first grade OF Noblemen, much less for the
royal banqueting saloons. Hence Mr.. Van Blu
rem, as every person Of rank and fashion, and
NOSE especially as every GENTLEMEN BORN, was,
by the rigid laws OF fashionable life, bound to do,
issued his royal mandate on the first day Of July,
in the year Of our Lord one thousand Ell ght hun
dred and thirty nine, that the paper Of the LEMON
COLOR, with rich cloth border, should be forth
with taken off the broad walls OF the Eastern
room, and that rich, chaste and beautiful paper
should be substituted in its stead. That the first
clause OF this royal ordinance was faithfully exc
cuted, will distinctly appear from the following
voucher:
Presidents House, to Henry Snowden, DR..
"To taking off the paper Of the East Room, as
per agreement with c. F. Wood, sixteen
dollars. $1,000
July l, 1889. Received payment of William
holland, Esq.
Witness, J. B. Roober
Certified by Charles F. Wood.
Endorsed "Completing special repairs Of the
Presidents House, &c. SIC. Henry Snowden's
receipt for work on the East Room Of the Pres
dents House, July I, 1889. No. l."
An official voucher now in my hands will also
show that sixty pieces Of paper, at $5 each, ma,
king $500. were purchased fom S. P. franklin
on the 10Th August, 1889, for the East ROOM
and that the further sum Of $50 was paid TO that
gentleman for hanging the same. And thus sir
il is made manifest that not less than three hundred
and forty.six dollars Of the money Of your consi-
tuents have been expended during last summer
for the qualification Of womanish but costly
whim in substituting "a rich, chaste and beautiful
silver paper, with golden borders; for the unfash
ionable lemon color with rich cloth border,
But as suitable rccompense for this prohgatc
waste OF the public funds, the hard handed de-.
mocracy' of the country have been officially adj
vsed that the. East Room in the Presidents man.
sion has been greatly improved They must
therefore be content.
Here the speaker refers to the notable East
Room letter Of Col. Benton, and after, introduces
proof to show how perfectly plain, and even un.
furnished that room was, under the administration
of Mr.. Adams. proceeds as follows;
Having paid our respects to the East Room,
let us, Mr.. Chairman. take view OF what is. at
the present day. called the Blue ELLIrrreAL SA'
Looy, though in former times il was known as the
Green Circular Parlor.' This apartment is
nearly oval IL f3ro aud is forty feet long BY
thirty wide, In is beautiful shape, rich French