Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-01-27

he withdrew his amendment OF yesterday,
and substituted another, leaving the amount
10 be annually appropriately to the purchase
OF suitable library, blank. The subs itute
was largely discussed. and: some amend
Eaan,s were offered to it, and before the
question was taken. ! was under the neces-
si,y o! taking my leave.
The widow Of the late Gen. Alexander
Hamilton, attended the Presidents Ievee on
Tuesday evening last, and was much the
conserved"
Last evening, Mr. F. p. Blair, editor of
the Globe. gave large party. Of ladies' and
gentlemen, at his house, on Presidents
Square. The democrats were IN great re-
QUESTION, and from all can learn, made
famous turnout. Festivities in the city
will now commence and continue until the
the inauguration, which is to be followed
by a magnificent ball, as the grand climax
of the winters junkeiting.
The Presidents house, you must know,
has run pretty low as to furniture and fix
lures, and barring the "gold spoons" is
rather in a shabby condition for the occu-
patton Of Uncle Sans new chief Butler.
The carpet in the famous east room-the
gorgeous rooms patched! and the carpets
in several of the upper halls and rooms, 'o
my certain knowledge, if they are not al
ready patched, they ought to be; for in ma
king ones clumsy congee to the President
or his lady, there is very serious danger Of
a trip up, and graceful lying out on the
! floor
! ais | know TO my great discontinue
and sorrow. Besides. the carpets in some
Of the rooms have not been renewed since
the time Of Mrs. Monros's administration,
twenty years ago. Mos, of the chairs were
contemporaries Of Mr.. Madison, some of
Mr.. Jefferson, and few even of General
Washington. The long table in the dining
room, called the Congress dining table"
which is made Of Republican pine, was put
there by Mr.. Jefferson, and is now so rick
ETY. and warped, that if Congressman are
to dine at it they must Of necessity be
"pledged to its support" The servants
hall, too, would be fit place for penance
even TO trcglodyte.
And the kitchen, alas what shall say
Of it Strange suspicious and conclusions
come across one, in undertaking to speak
Of the kitchen! one Of two things is very
certain, either the celebrated Kitchen
Cabinet" are much to be commiserated for
the hardships and dscomforls they were
compelled to endure, or else they have s,o
len all The chairs and benches, which Of
yore-many years back-bclongcd to that
important department Of tho Presidents
mansion. The servants Of poor Mr.. Tv
ler, for no one seems to have cared for his
comfort, as well as his culinary cabinet,
have either been compelled to turkey, hang
themselves on pegs in the wall, or else
have had long four years stand Of it; for
there is literally, not a whole chair, nor Il
substantial bench to be found in the apart
menis assigned for the kitchen. Further
more, some of the rooms of mach higher
Pretensions than those Of tho kitchen, are
not furnished at all; and, on the Ogls plan.
might be rented out, TO some OF the house,
less horde, which sometimes infests this
city. provided the conclusion is persisted
in. that they are entirely supernuous for
the President.
Such being the state OF the facts. the
chairman of the committee on public build
logs, (Mr. Patty who, have before in
formed you, is thoroughly and energe,icaly
practical man, came to tho very sensible
conclusion that Congress should either fur
nish the House creditably. as i! eugh, to be.
or else they should pull i, down, and hire
two rooms and a bed room, with privilege
ia the kitchen, Of course, for the use Of the
President Seriously, the whole concern
is becoming discredi,abe 10 the country,
and Mr.. Pratt has been to the Presidents
house with view of asccrlaining wh,; fur
niture Is required, and is preparing bill
providing Tor the house being relurnished.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10Th.
The house being ready for business, Mr..
Hale, of New Hampshire, moved suspen-
sion OF the rules 10 enable him to present
to The House series Of resolutions in rela-
ton to the annexation Of Texas, dividing i,
into equal parts, one half Of which was to
be prohibited from having slaves.
The House then resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole on the State of
the Union. Mr.. Hopkins, Of Virginia, in the
chair, and took up for discussion the propo-
sition for the annexation of Texas to the
United States
Mr.. Semple, Of Indiana, being entitled
to the floor. occupied the hour assigned him
in dull and prosy speech agains, the mea
sure. He left the question about as he
found il, only an hour older.
Mr.. Dean, Of Ohio, next addressed the
committee in favor Of the project. But the
argumen ts on each side Of :he question
have apparently long since beer exhausted
and all that is now said is little more than
repetition If what preceding speakers
have advanced, and the inieres, in the dis
cussloa very perceptibly begins to flag, and
think vote must soon 10 taken on the
subject. After Mr.. Dean had spoken his
hour,
Mr., J. P. Kennedy, Of Maryland, sue
ceeded in obtaining the floor, and motion
that the COMMITTEES rise and report, pre-
vailed, and the committee accordingly rose.
The House then ordered the reading of
message from the President, in answer to
resolution of the House, calling for copies
OF the instructions given TO Mr.. Erving,
our former minister to Spain. On motion
Of MIR. Adams, The message and accompa-
nying documents We're ordered 10 be printed.