The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-22


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Nd naturally M esnxy look. especially II The
nlce, a. me 6ssasesn 10 report what be did
and mid win not disAsm dny0ic. bui that be b
passine Il I'll ca. end IN impastlal lufy, which
he ssems likely 10 have, wen mainred h yeaEs
ana careful n iuslvmeni, win Be- yety much IN
iauepced ~ seeing The man day Afer day 5or
month";. making L possible i0g : verdict Of in-
sanity. he evidcnily Is prUud 81 his position /
becomes quite Indignant when he cannot make
. speech OF mc4 e chief counsel. When the po-
licemen pull him down into hin chair as directed
by the court, 10 silence him. be tells them 10 al
tend TO their 0wn business and he viii attend to
his. All bat ak of the twenty-five examined for
Jurors on Monday said their Oplnion were so
decided that be ought 70 be hung that they
could not render an impartial verdict. -Four
jurymcn were accepted to-day, making nine 10
all; three more viii be found tO-morrow.-
Crowds demand hanging or shooting.
President Arthur arrived In the city about
midnight Saturday. he was accompanied by
Secretary Blaine, Judge Folger, Postmaster
General and Mrs. James, General Hazen, Colo
mel Bliss, Elihu Root, and Private Secretary
Reed; Attorney General McVeagh Joined the
party at Philadelphia he went to his home on
Capitol Hill, and on Sunday afternoon called for
Mr. Folger, and they rode out together. In the
evening Judge FOlger called upon the President
and spent some time with him. The new Sec
Rotary has made good impression upon those
who have met him. de has striking appear
ance, and Is what might be called handsome
man. Like the President, he Is tall, wellformed,
with broad shoulders, upon which Is well-set q
large and shaPely head. His face Is attractive
with heavy side-whiskers Of iron grey. He has
pleasant genial manner, and Is good talker.
He entered upon his duties at the Treasury De-
partment on Monday, ex-Secretary Window in
Producing him 10 the officials of that department.
The same day the new British Minister, West,
was presented to the President by Secretary
Blaine, and the usual speeches of congTatulation
were made. The President is now getting down
to real hard work and preparing his annual mes
sage for Congress.
1t has been asserted In print that President
Arthur Is the third widower who has held the
Office within TWENTY-FIVE yeara One of these
so-called widowers was Buchanan, a bachelor
who never told his love" Andrew Johnson.
~ ID well known here, had his wife with him
throughout most of his administration. and she
appeared at one of the afternoon. receptions at
the White House. Being TOO much Of an invalid
too assume all the duties of the @iady of the
house." her daughter. Mrs. Senator Patterson.
and Mrs Slower took her Mace. Mrs Johnson
was swee,-faced. gentle looking old ladv. tall
and quite slender. and when in her prime her
intellect was of high order. In fact. the Presi.
dents earliest teachings came from her Her
husband and children revercd her and ALWAYS
showed her marked resnec, "A well "a affection
To con,;nue The ton;c The pres,der,a vvho h.ve
been wido,vers during their term Of .ervice are
Thomas IaFsr,or vvhosa u,;es h.d t,.e,, aa.a
.hon, n;re,ean wear. h.for. he v.s elsc,ad
Andrew Jackson whose r;fe died tho x,r,e, ne,
he was elected and hefore he wss ;n.uur,s,aa.
and Marin Var Rprenl vhose wife bsa ,,ae,'
dead seventeen vears when hc v.s elected Holm
TYLER lost his wife after he became Presiden, and
married another ius, before his Term closed. Gen.
eral Harrison's wife was unable to come here
when he came 10 be inaueura,ed. but was nre.
pairing to do 80 when she received news Of his
death. His dauehter.iD-law. Mrs lame. r H.y.
rison. and the several other ladies Of the Preai-
dents family, were with him during his brief
term of one month. President Taylor's wife was
uratla IN rree;aa dn,;ro NJ. ,.v,,, hr, v..,;,;r.
Mr.. Colonel Bliss. his daughter presided for him
Presiden, Fillmore's wife died inst amer his suc
cessor. General Pierce. was inaueurated. She
died here, at WIZARDS Hotel. as she was TOO IN
to he removed rom washington. Her health
had not permitted her to 20 into society. so her
young daughter had of8cIated as lady Of the
White House. The latter died unmarried. at
TWENTY-FIVE years Of age. Of cholera Mr. Fiji.
more's widow, who died in August last was his
second wife. whom he married sometime after he
ceased to be President. She died in her seventy.
first year II is no, yet decided who will be lsdy of
the White House this Winter. President Arthur
has three sisters, but there are endorsements