Show OFFICIAL TRAGEDIES they ther marked many administrations 0 of f the tile amot tho tragedies in tho the official family of president harrison arrison ll great though they tire a tho the now new york sun uro are matched by those in the cabinet of dont tylor lor 60 50 oare cars am that adai 1 ial began with a at godo far the of tho the aged gen harri son though occurring from natural cau causes sets cannot be counted in view ol 01 all tho the circumstances ua us alight but iut tropic tragic in december of tho the next bear ear 1842 occurred the tile tragedy of tho the united statch ship bomers the mutiny tho trial by court martial and ad tho the ox locution of three sailors oro of whom wa was tho the eon son of tho the astuti secre secretary of war mar in juno 1843 tho president with some of him hi cabinet journo journeyed ed to W boston to attend tho the coro corem onles of tho of hunker bunker hill monument and there hugh lugaro secretary trl of state waa was atricK cn i with ith a inc burtal artal disease and tiled aled but tho the t of tho administration had not reached their cilman on 28 1314 1814 at tho the in imitation citation of commodore stock ton tho the president with bla lis fiancee fl anceo aliss miss Gardi gardinar ncr her father and with the members of his cabinet anu and nearly luo ivo other portions of hah hl h LIal runk embarked on capt Eries sons screw steamer princeton Prin coton belonging kv tho the navy to inspect tho the now machinery and to watch tho the firing of tho two groat great guns which tho the mounted on ov tho the trip down tho the guns ero vero fired twice on tho the hom homeward omard trip aboia mount vornon preparations nvere acro mado to aro firo a third shot around tho the gun nearly nil sill tho principal men ahr carried on tho the go amment of tho the united states tho the gun was fired and burst killing eight persons wounding nattily dily a acom tho tile president had boon called aside tho the instant tho the gun was as fired but secretary of state upshur and thomis gilmer secretary of tho the nay navy were killed u u well as mr gardiner Gard lnor commodore kennon mr IN I 1 r virgil maxoy maxey tm two 0 sailors and tho the presidents servant mr gilmer had been secretary of tho the navy for only 10 days and had taken tho the post much against bis own inclinations thomas II 11 benton was ono one of the party whose whoso gaa gaiety oty was so terribly stilled but though tho the residents servant who stood at hia his ich lo 10 t was killed ho he himself was unhurt except for tho the breaking of his left oar car drum |