The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-01-22
. From the Boston Courier
1ho Frssasies.t's household Expenses.

$50 f. = H ---
nAsh1NGT"s, Dec. ls.-To a large MAORI
y vi an tils strangers to The federal metropolis
VINO visit Washington, there is ITO object Which
eAcHes so much curiosity as the Executive
mansion Hew often do we hear the inouirv
lioW inHeh does II cost the President a year
To I'VE Aiore especially is Tie question asked
by us of New England and the North. where
a harsh climate and reluctant soil cons,rains
U.S. early III Ms to watch every item of ex-
pena'lufe' ihefe Is always a desire IL inspect
Inc apartments Of The Presidents House, 10
see n domestic lille 10 ii eau be, i'll fact, differ
Gnu rom domestic life elsewhere. There is no
uouoe ihai pnplleatiolS by the Democrats Of
statements IN relation to Mir. Adams billiard
.ao'e III The cast room aud by the Wings Of
tne gorgeous furniture, including gold Spoons.
OF the White Honse during Mr.. Van Burens
occupancy, has inspired and sustained most Of
TINS uureasolins desire to visit every portion
OF the Executive mansion.
We have heard it said that the billiard table
story ABOUT Mf. Adams lost Kentucky to the
"h'ga' and these can be no doubt that the
golden spoon speech Of Mr.. Ogie, in relation
TO MIR. Van BRftn, damaged the Democrats
very seriously.
me truth is, that up to the time of MIR,
iolk The White House was not necentiy far
nlsl'ed. Congress Then made APPROPRIATION
Wh'eh' oeitlg Jatlieiousiy espendtu, %inprov d
tll'igs somewhat. Alter that nu considerable
appropriation was n!ade tit the wear lsaa
When some nifty thousand dollars we're apnro
pfialed ior heating, ventilating, painting On.
larslng and reiurtishing the horse.-Tbe
responsibility ct applying this appropriation
lor Inc purposes Intended by Congress was de-
VOWED on Captain Lee, then N the I'opo-
praghical Corps OF the army, aud we think The
money was expended to the satisfaction of
everybody. For the first time the honse WAS
made comfortable to live in. The aspliances
for warming The house 10y HOT water, AID which
were furnished oy NJ alworlA 4 Mason, oi vour
city, cost, 1t is said, more than ten thousand
dollars, including expense of putting up. The
furniture q the house is substantially the same
carpets aud all, as we'll purchased by Captain
Lee in 1853.
The SILVER N the house, / am told. is mostly
that bought IN Paris during the administrator
OF Air. Monroe. There are but two or three
pictures in the house. One in the bed room
a portrait OF W aslington. which was cut from
the frame and secured by Mrs. Madison when
Washington was occupied by the British,
during the war of 1872. Another, in the
Presidents office, q portrait of Bolivar. the
South American patriot. There are no house.
hold about the house, except vases
here and there on mantels, and articles
brought from Japan by Commodore Perry.
Ihe White House, in a word, is furnished more
like a hrsi-class hotel than a irst,class private
residence. There are articles Of use in abun-
dance, rich and massive, but no articles Of ar,
Or adurnineUi,
But to return to our question What does
I cost the President each year 10 keep MP The
mansiuu2
First, the President receives twenty-five
thousand dollar: salary. Next, he receives a