The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1840-10-02

fin0 M window curtains lu tne MAJOR teDt.
ana Air. m. Van Buren's rooms; making and
lavino down carpetst making beil-puils, puF-
chasing diyane. cleaning and repairing cuAl-
deliers. pier table with French ngnfes, COZ.
nmu astral lamps, cornucopia bracket 0Ian-
cI,es. mantel branch lamps, candlestlcks ana
plafeaus. think, sir the farmers, mecnan-
ics. and laborers viii judge me foregoing
items 10 BE very strange kind q ''feRalssoA
he Presidents H0UsE" They VIII nave
no hesitation 10 pronouncIng mat .nsss g
scarcely asingle dollar included ln 'le i0lss
going bills which can with PpPretY az sag
Ia have been expended III fs l9s W..
Presidents House. heard genuemsh
remark, with most severity enile 49,
ling on the SUBJECTED Tepalis q me 100 80
dents House, that II was me GUY 2. VS.
Government who FIRST built the mouse ~ AssR
lif "a repair, and shelter iis occupant ON We
rains and winds ofheayen Don't yoo oe-
llieve. sir. that the President adopts 2 most
admirable mode @ shelter amsei1 !om
sihe ,ain and winds Of heaven oy expeno'eS
he appropriations made 6y Congress KIN
repairs Of The Presidents House, U Duylag
s;I9ar naper scarlet damssk, and green SIX
IN fixing sbell-palls.' clean OF reg lqips pa
teaus and cornucoPla bra. kst pIahcnes;
king down and putting Up WINDOW cuTla's's'
Having down and taking up caIpeis' pu ~
removing the furniture rom re AUpLAs .-s
poo,r 70 The Msior's room md Tom re i2s-
800. - ), he Audience room The honest
s,,fh abouf the whole mater -a's, So
Scarcely $500 hove been espsaoea ',y u
sha let twelve years Ill egt lgfa, rea pei
manent s'repaIrs Of ne F2suesl {. .s-s ~.
avceptinu on one occasion Fer pa ae
sns;ra bnildinc inside I'D outside, eor y 'lca
aneeials appropriat on S. - W2s Yote9
IL ~ ConOress. The Rep csc a'atiYes of me
- Peonle have been gulled-yes, Sir, acSually
8: m. with the idea that large annu1i ap-
nropriations have bee necesssy f'f
81 he Presidents House, thai It N, gili nor
t.f3li ID pecies md 90 70 rum Mlsn
,hose appropriations have been made Gof re-
MS 81 The Presidents House he aye n
o been expended ii the manner have iae.ca'
ted. c.r.,.ero,.
v rsss nassed "a March, 1887, as re e
Tnentiobed. embraces Che word ''ALI.ESA-
ryoNs,, ~ we'll e the word 'REPATRs Nsas'
So IS gon understand By The term 'ALTsaA
so,s9, can tell YOU what, that word 70
go go :, ne palace. 1.-THE broad walls 9
II .be Fast room have been hung with Pope
NJ j er,on eo7or. NTH q rich cloth border
Ind if tie lemon color should De
~ y, IS the palace dandles as Questionable, %
"a word salterationsn would in ibis suppose
90 case apply with remarkable cleaTness an
o. would enable the master Of the House
W substitute sd rich, chaste and beautiful
"a silver papeT, with golden borders, for the "
IS fashionable '.Iemon color, with rlch clo'
Of horder.v 1t sometimes happen that TIE a
sS terations' suggested 10 the President are
9 9o various il their character that he IS unaDl
az 10 decide on their respective meTlts.'
dif7cnlties Of this sort he has been know
~ 10 call ia the aid of professional arr s., I
- by whose plans and drawings the mlad q e
I6a President may be aided 10 arriving a. sa
conclusions. Hence, amongts the oL1ci
vouchers before me was not SURPRISED
% % End the following: %
" ", Or. lie United States 10 Robert Mills I
1887, july. for drawing Of plans,
sc. ofthe Presidents House ~
90 Received the above in full OF y, Ss Y, \.
90 ROBERT MILLS"
so Tbe var;ous suggestions, drawings, piaI
- 65c submitted rs The President, hnally
l6t ianltod Fl lie adoption and completion
0 so some verv material ssalteraiions" ~ me
ace. he specifications whereof have De
dnlv detailed ID several reports made Dy Z
commissioner 81 Public Buildings 70 70
ress The report Of that officer, dated
nscember. 1887, states, On me suplect
w The Presidents house, as tolloWs'
nrbe srcaded screen dividing the co
Ar from tl,e hall in this building has os
Formulated as also the screen AZ we ~
snfrsnce into The hall, both Of whtcn AZ
~ ~ 1s-ert;.l ~ he comfort Of The house.