Evening star., 1912-09-01
FIFTY YEARS Ago
In THE STAR

what TO do with the people held in slav-
cry, who were eventually
Colonization to be emanofpated. was
n:A seriously studied by q
AASJSS"'< number OF public men,
who recognized in tho wholesale liberia
ton OF the slaves a possible cause OF dis
tLrbance. In Tho Star OF August g. 1862.
is an article telling Of a plan for the emf
grafton Of colored persons to Central
America n states that at the request OF
President Lincoln Senator 8. c. Pomeroy
had consented to organize emigration
parties OF free colored persons for let
tlenent in Central America. He had been
active previously In organizing emigrant
expeditions for the settlement OF Kansas
ana Colorado. and was therefore familiar
with this work It was proposed to send
tho emigrants ont In steamships. and pro-
vide them with all necessary implements
OF labor. and also with subsistence until
they could gather a harvest. Senator
Pomeroy prepared an address to the free
colored people Of the United States. which
received tho sanction OF the President.
and calling attention to an act OF Congress
designed to facilitate emigration. He an
nounced that he proposed on the first OF
the following October to take with him
100 colored men and their families, the
whole party to number about 600, and to
settle this colony at ChiriQui, In New
Granada. Those who desired to join this
expedition were requested to send their
names and addresses and the numbers Of
their respective families It was announced
that no white person would be allowed as
q member OF the colony. Mechanics and
IQhnYoY0 Inv fod 70 joiy
Senator Pomeroy closed his address thus:
The interests Of a generation. it may
be, Of mankind, are involved in the sue
cess OF this experiment And with the
appreciation OF the American people, and
under the blessing OF Almighty God, it
cannOt-it shall not fall
Seventh street road, long afterward
known as Brightwood avenue and now
as Georgia avenue, was
Seventh Street during the war the
Do.a most important artery
~' leading into Washing
ton from the country to the north. 1t
was Of material use to the government
in the handling of troops in this neigh
borhood. That it was not in as good
condition as its value as thoroughfare
warranted is indicated by the following
paragraph in The Star OF August Is.
1862:
''The corporation of Washington, at an
eth street and put 1t in excellent con-
dition, to connect with the road in the
country. Mayor Wallach and the men,
bers Of the councils, who took great
ed its completion. were led to expect an
immediate Improvement of the road cor
responding with that Of the street. In
deed, it was promised, but the road inn
prOvement has not been commenced and
the persons who use the road and pay
the high tolls for keeping 1t in repair
complain Justly Of its present condition.
Was 1t intended by the company that the
road should be repaired? In other words,
was the promise to repair made in good
faith or was 1t only made to induce the
corporation to expend money for the
benefit of the road corporation? The
road ought to be put in good order i'm
mediately. in justice to the city"
That a cleanup committee was urgent
ly needed in Washington fifty years ago
is indicated by the fol-
Pig Stye lowing news item in The
N,;,.. Star Of August ., 1862,
which discloses a state of
affairs that now would cause q tremen-
dOus outcry OF fndignation:
Yesterday morning Officer ]. c. Cook
arrested Margaret Pearce and Margaret
Holland, who are neighbors, on the
charge Of creating a nuisance by keep
ing hogs. The officer found that the
yards attached to the houses were each
about six by four feet and that nine hogs
were kept in one and six in the other.
The parties were taken before Justice
Clayton, who fined each $10S'
4 \
The following paragraph, printed in
The Star Of August 20. 1862, is an IL
lustration of the fact that
Soldiers a high standard Of hon
Ko,.-, esty was maintained in
'' war times between mem
bers Of the military service:
AT the battle near Savage station,
on the 30th Of June last, Private Will
liam Hall OF the Esd Regiment OF New
York Volunteers. who was wounded
and was then lying on the field, handed
to Capt. William Heine. Typographical
volunteer service, $25 for
safe keeping. Capt Heine was short
time afterward captured by the 1st
Virginia Cavalry and was subsequently
but has managed to keep
safe Private Halls money. II any Off
Halls whereabouts tt ~ will please
address Capt. Heine at Fortress Mon
,oe. In the event of Halls not being
found. it is proposed to put the money
in the bounty fund Of the 63d."
4a'
During the early part Of the civil
war it was the habit OF a good many
officers to run to Wash
Visits Here ington on slight provo
cA, cation and with slender
0'oPPeu' excuse for the purpose
Of exercising influence to obtain pro-
motion OF transfer. This practice came
to be such a nuisance that finally the
orders were issued from the
adtutant generals Office under date OF
August q, 1852, and reproduced in The
Star OF August 20:
mo officer Of the regular army or Of
will hereafter visit the city
OF Washington without special permis-
sion. Leaves OF absence will not be
considered as including the city Of
unless SO stated. and
leaves for that purpose can only be
given by the authority Of the War De-
partment, through the adjutant gen.
eral Oficers on leave OF absence will
not leave the limits Of their military
department without special permis-
sion.'
The session Of Congress which
closed last Monday resulted in the ap-
for all purposes of
$1.O19,636.143.66. It is
interesting to note