Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-02-19
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The Presidents Domestic Arrangement,

The Presidents Domestic Arrangements.
~ correspondent of the Boston Courier.
writing from Washington, tells how much
OF President Buchanan salary goes for his
expenses, and how little don't. lie SAYS [.
Z" The truth is, that ny to the time of
Mr. Polk the White House was not decent.
" furnished. Congress then made an an.
preparation, which, being iudiciously on
pended, improved things somewhat Af-
ter that, no considerable appropriation was
made till the year 1888, when some $50.
OO0 was appropriated for heating, ycntila.
ting, painting, cnlargrng and rc.furnishiny
the house. Thg.ycsponsiblity of applyin"
TINS appropriations to the purpose intended
by Congress was dcvolved on Captain Lee,
then of the Typographical Corps Of the
army, and we think the money was expen-
dcd to the satisfaction of everybody. For
the first time the house was made comfort
nhIe to live in. The appliances for warm,
ing the house by hot water, and which
were furnished by Wadworth s. Mason, of
your city, cost, it is said more than ten
thousand dollars, including expenses ofput-
ting up. The furniture of the house is
substantially the same, carpets and all. and
was purchased by Captain Lee, in 1858.
The silver in the house, ain, told is
mostly that bought in Paris during the ad
mn'stratlon OF Mr. Monroe. There arr
but two or three pictures in the house.
One IN the rcd room, portrait of Wash
Ington, which WAS cut from the frame and
secured by Mrs. Madison when Washing
ton was occupied by the British during the
war OF 1872. Another, in the Presidents
Office, a portrait of Boivcr, the South Amer
Ican patriot. There are no household or<
na'nents about the house, except vases scat.
tered i@rc and there and there on mantcls
and ;fflcicS brought from Japan by Com
modorc Perry. The White House, in
word, is furnished more like first class
hotel than iirst-clasS private rcsdcncc.-
There arc articles Of use in abundance, rich
and massive, but no articles of art or adorn-
mcnt.
But to return to our question What
does it cost the President each Year to keen
up the Executive mansion First, tho
President receives twenty-five thousand
dollars salary. Next, he receives house,
garden and stables free of cxpcncc. Th5
house is furnished and the garden cultiva-
ted by the Government. Every article Of
furniture necessary is furnished by the
United states. The Government also
lights and heats the house. 1t pays for
steward to take care of the public proper
ty, and fireman, and no other domestic
servants. The Executive office is in the
Executive mansion, and for the former
t,r, t,n, ','''oiS p',', 'u'' private Sccrc'
III ao.,;n GmV .;,''oo''5''a ''u d porter for
M ''ta,..,,1 "o,"o,'tI , o1lN"''S' however, except
-. CIV" "'o,''"" 'i'c IGS'ucht must
e.. ~" w. ~ mo o"n l,ocNc'' ne must pay
.o ~, ~" o'THo' IN: n'S |,p'o servants MS tema'c
e. '"n's' n'S eoacii'han ana grooihS' nc"
w., r,.; 80 ""9 P''so'i uocS VINO ,1 employs such
tl'In "';u y, SctN'nts' nc supplies nus
abJns WV" .''I oNoul':'on o' g"'uen Ve@$f
lie OWN m" s. ""y o'"'s P'.aa'c % c!''~rn IocS' Gy
sho,t M - a. P",Io' I, Ho WIN ms SG',eS' III
,,mn,,M,o,, ~ ,''I 0''I, '"'"S' iu'nls"eu oy "oN
I;.l'.n '' "'o '''''so anu l"'nl'"fI' luci ana
liz. ",IM"'u 49," "''o n'T'''a" ,m garden V'Set,
Dv ','',' "o"o's' A'' ciS' Is "o''er oil
W,;,I va oN ~ pu''".
or,, o,i, t,,o'o ''oI.'N 10 p"S'S oi c''c"ia'loh
."S 7u"',q'i''n VINO Ne'PS c'gh'ceh or more
all 'I"a; .;E u povI sexes, VINO keeps stable
ni -" 'o'H'"' 10 uoeS W.T. bucnanan,
o,.nn, ".1,o' J po'So"S' peSlucS MS own iamly
- f:,. "%y' 'i Inu once week gives dinners
,;on liz i",' ''Iu SueStS can FORM some no,
JoIi,rs ,o" ,""G,'' ou' 81 81 'wc,1'y,'Nc thousand
'''"'''-.o az y I.'o - c"u oI year