The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-09

nnmber Of willow trees, the parent stems Of
which were cut At the tomb Of Napoleon. q S..
Helena But must close a. 10 Msant Vernon,
and the great, good man who gave IL distinction,
for " Washington was the greatest Of good men,
and the bet Of great men."
And now for the sights" in the city Of Wash
ington. Wen, will simply meation them
have visited all the public buildngs, as the Cap
itOl, Treasury, State, War and Navy Depart
ments, Patent-ofnce, Fost-o6ice, Burean Of
Printing and Engraving, Department Of Justice,
National Museum, Smithsonian institute, Agri-
cultural Department, Botanical Garden, Navy
yard, Corcoran Art Gallery. Soldiers Home, Ar
lington, formerly the home Of Robert E Lee.
Georgetown, District Jail, Government Printing
House, Washington Monument, Naval Observa-
tory, from which had view of the moon and
mars through the telescope, the White House,
toward which many eyes and hearts are turned,
Congressional Cemetery and the Parks Have
visited the Supreme Court of the United States,
all the Judges, nine in number, being on the
beach. It is the most dignified body ever saw,
and like the quiet, orderly manner in which it
Tansacts business. Also the United States
Senate, another able and dignifed body, the
most imposing member being Senator Vance, of
North Carolina $50 some ladies in the gallery
thought) Indeed, North and South Carolina
both have not only able, but remarkably fine
looking Senators. noticed that number of
the seats were vacant each day visited the gal
lery, but rarely saw the seats of Floridas Sena-
tors unoccupied They seem to be on the alert
all the time, and have the reputation of being
able and efficient l visited also the House of
Representatives, at times, the most disorderly
body l ever saw. They seem to be crowded
too thick to thrive. There are, however some
fine looking men in the House, among them the
late Speaker, Sam. Randall, Mr. Carlisle, of
Kentucky, Mr.. House, of Tennessee, and Others.
| saw here, for the first time, the Hon. A. r.
Stephens, of Georgia He seems, as usual, am
told, quite feeble, and will retire at the expira
ton of this term from public political life In
addition 70 these, 1 have shoken hands with the
President and the man who made him-Gui-
teau, but didn't buy his photo. Have seen all
the members of the Presidents Cabinet, ex-Sen-
tor Bruce, of Mississippi, DIR. Mary Walker, Dr.
Bliss, Bob Ingersol, and, last but not least,
James G. Blaine, late Secretary of State Be
sides these l have seen a number of the foreign
ministers, and many other big men, whom did
not know. l think there are not less than
thousand OF these, who think they could run the
government far better than President Arthur
In some respects / like Washington. As seen
from the dome of the Capitol, it is handsome
city. At first couldn't understand its system
OF streets, but now l do. The avenues run OBJ
liquely from northwest to southeast, or from
northeast to southwest, while the streets run
north and south, east and west the former being
numbered and the latter lettered. / had almost
forgot to mention that have seen the spot
where President Garfield fell at the Baltimore
and Potomac depot, and the theatre where Pres
ident Lincoln was killed, and the house opposite
where he died. The places where both died are
designated by marble tablets Yestesday was
all sorts of day here. II hailed in the morning,
showed in the middle of the day and rained in
the afternoon, that there was much sIush
have experienced more cold weather up here
in April than during all winter in Florida How
il made me sigh fer The balmy breezes and sunny
skies OF the Land of Flowers" go tomorrow
to Baltimore and Annapolis. JV.D