Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

On the Sd OF March, 1852. the House
passed substitute for the Senate bill In
cooperating the Washington
Railway and Georgetown Railway
rh.~<.. Company. with Horace M
Dewey, Richard Wallach.
Jason Hasbrouck. william A. Darling.
Thomas Berry. Joseph F. Brown. william
Remsen. Jonathan III. Butler. Jonn b.
Proctor, John Butterfield, Joseph T.
Stevens. william Claim. Samuel 8.
Reeves, John L Brown and Edward A.
Abbot as incorporators. In The Star Of
March 4. 1862, is an account OF the meas
ure. which prescribed the routes gener-
ally in accordance with the scheme fol-
lowed in the act Of Incorporation which
was passed later in the session. with lines
from the navy yard to Georgetown by
way OF Sth street southeast and Penn
sylvania avenue and lines along 7th
| street from the wharves to the bound
airy. and on 18th street from Pennsyl-
vania avenue to Rhode Island avenue.
The road between the Capitol and George
town was to be completed within sixty
days and from the Capitol to the navy
yard within six months after the approval
of the act. Cars were to be run on the
lines "as often as every Ave minutes and
until 13 o'clock at night. as often as
every half hour, and throughout day and
night as much oftener as public con-
renience may require" The government
was to have the right to convey freight
over the road at a compensation to be
fixed by the Secretary Of War. The cap.
ital stock was to be $500. 1000, divided into
shares of $50 each and the rate of fare
was fixed at . cents. Three per cent of
the net receipts were to be paid to the
two cities washington and Georgetown)
in proportion to population for the sup
port OF free public schools.
I The currency Of the country was in bad
fshape fifty years ago and all sorts OF
money or near money"
Bogus circulated, even here in
- Washington. In The Star
11oACy' Of March A. 1862, is the fol-
lowing paragraph about this matter:
1T is to be hoped that Congress will
right speedily take steps to authorize the
issue of notes OF less denomination than
IS by our corporations and responsible
banking companies. For some time past
small notes from banks in all parts of the
country have been in circulation here to
such an extent that much time Is lost In
Investigating their character To, make
the matter worse an individual in George
town has, contrary to law, issued a num-
Der OF ore-dollar notes. We saw one OF
them dated February q. 1862, and num-
bered two hundred and forty something.
The. community have stood q. great deal.
but they are not disposed to cOuntenance
the circulating of anything so nearly APP
preaching in character secession trash as
these one-dollar credit notes, and 1t was
an insult to the public to attempt to cir
culate them. We need only to remind the
holders of such bills that by the third Sec
ton Of the act Of Congress of December.
1854, any person issuing such notes and
refusing to redeem them in gold or silver
every such refusal recoverable before any
justice of the peace
In The Star of March - 1852. is an
article descriptive of q bit of Confeder-
ate money which was an
Confederate object of considerable in
o.. terest to Washingtonians.
OAASASy' I'VE yesterday saw a
note of the denomination of SO. purport-
ing to be issued by the.Lonfederate states.
Il seems to have been printed on a slip
cut from a pictorial newspaper. as on
the back of it. was portion of a pic
ture representing the marching of troops
in the foreground, with q farmhouse
farther Off and artillery in the distance
The picture was cut through and the
paper and wood engraving was such as
is usual with illustrated papers. The
engraving Of the face of the note was
tclerably we'll done. In the lower left
hand corner is female figure leaning on
with cotton bales partly hid behind 1t
(probably meaning that their hope is In
'cotting.') In the upper left-hand corner is
vignette with the figure 10 above
which is printed, Receivable in payment
Of all dues except export dues. On the
right-han side Of the note is vignette
at the top and one at the bottom con-
tanning the figure 10. Between these
two vignettes are the words 'Fundable
in Confederate states stock bearing 80
interest In the center Is another female
barrel tof whisky probably at her right.
while on her left is shield bearing
the secesh flag and covered by a
spread eagle. The figure supports
stan on which is liberty cap. Over
this central vfgnette are the words, Two
years after date the Confederate States
of America and below, will pay to
bearer ten dollars; Richmond, Va, July
o. 1851 This paper is of fiimsy char
so deface it as to make it almost illegi-
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