Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-27
FIFTY YEARS AGO
In THE STAR

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Following week Of great excitement
over the draft riots in New York. Wash
ington continued = TO
Quieting Down take q keen interest
!. r.-va at this time ffty years
proceedings In that city. In The star of
July 20. 1853. Is tho following dtspatch
from New York:
Tho draft viii not commence until the
exact quota Of the city shall DO definitely
determined and announced, BY which
execute It. Possibly . week Will elapse
before this will be done. It Is stated
that in the attack ON tho Union steam
works. corner Of 22d street and ID ave
nue.. the mob carried OF $500 muskets.
The British consul has notified the police
commissioners that he has ordered the
ship Of war Challenger to take q position
in the river for the purpose Of protecting
colored seamen. subjects Of Great Brit
ain. Gov. Seymour has issued an order
that. sufficient force Of the National
Guard having arrived to enable the civil
authorities to maintain the public peace
and enforce order. the citizen volunteer
organizations are relieved from further
duty. Three thousand troops still garri-
son the 7th avenue arsenal. Two steam
boats. heavily armed and manned. are
to cruise up and down North river as far
al the northern boundary Of Westminster
county, in consequence OF threats to burn
the towns on the river. All, however.
has been quiet"
In The Star Of July p. 1858. are print
ed dispatches announcing the capture by
Brig. Gen. Shackleford Of
Morgan's Morgan's raidins force.
This column OF Confeder-
OaPtuIc' ates had been innicting
heavy damage upon Union territory In
the Ohio valley In The Star Of July e.
1868, IL the following comment upon the
matter:
1.-THE destruction or capture Of John
Morgan's force. which is complete, Is an
event OF much moro importance than 10
generally known. 1t Is safe to say that
his 1900 light cavalry have given our
troops mores work and destroyed an0
taken more property than any l6,OOO
other rebels in arms. For more than
cupied, principally in Kentucky, q Union
force Of some 10000 men; the rapidity
of their movements making 1t necessary
to endeavor to be prepared Tor their sud
Even il shackleford fails to capture Nor
gan himself. in the present desperate
condition Of the fortunes Of the rebellion.
IL it be possible for him to set another
formidable squadron in the field, he can
give us little trouble. indeed, for year
hence. We. therefore. regard his utter
defeat and the capture Of nine-tenths OF
his entire force. which has just occurred.
as being OF great value to the Union
cause, not only because 1t gives us lO.OOO
Of our own troops to be employed other
wise than in watching him, but also be-
cause 1t brushes out the remnant Of active
treason In Kentucky. consummaton
greatly to be desired"
BY this time fifty years ago 1t had be-
come apparent to Washington that there
was little chance OF
Speculating Meade's overtaking Lee
al4r for the tnfliction Of
ABOUT Lee. crushing defeat following
the repulse at Gettysburg. and interest
centered in Lees probable plan Of cam
paign, with hts badly shaken army. In
The Star Of July % is the following:
1.-THE fact that no portion Of the rem
nant of Lees army has yet made it's APP
pearance east of the Blue Ridge 10 re-
garded by most military men here as EVIL
dence either that 1t has. got' back into
Virginia so essentially used up as to be
absolutely linear able Of proceeding further
suit OF our victorious troops. or on the
other hand as proof that Lee aims to
make direct for some point In the south
west where he can unite his force with
that Of Bragg and Johnston for move
v~kA
be Joined by any considerable part Of
Grants army; with the prospect of being
able to retreat with what may be left
Of the three rebel armies df not succeed
ing against Rosecrans) across the Missis-
sippi into Texas and thence IL needs be
into Mexico. Lee has certainly. by his
delay at and about Winchester. given
Meade q fair start of him in the race to
Richmond, as Meade has much the short
er line to move on. We can see nothing
doning his line Of communications with
Richmond by the route the rebel armies
have up to this time used when In the
valley; that Is, via Warrenton, Culpeper,
Sperryville, Stannardsrille and through
the two or three minor gaps situated east
of Staunton. II this Is not his intention
the utter exhaustion of his army must
be the cause of his delay In getting near
er to his base of supplies. The latest in
formation from Richmond discredits the
sent to Lee since his entrance into Mary
land. Four days ago there were not more
than 10000 troops Of all kinds in the rebel
capital, including men under arms over
sixty, boys under arms between fourteen
and eighteen, citizens drilling part Of the
day, negroes working on the fortifica-
lions, etc.
Owing to the inadequAcy Of accommo-
dations for ordinary offenders against the
law in Washington at
Near Escape this time fifty years
Of Prisoners. tiee to send certain sas pFa Of
the undesirable characters out OF town
in SQUADS from time to time to relieve the
congestion In consequence of this prac-
tfce the central guardhouse was their
place of habitation until it became full.
and then the exile method was invoked.
In The Star Of July rs. 1853. is an ac-
count of an enterprise which came near
to relieving the crowded condition Of this
prematurely:
s.This morning about haif-past / O'Clock
the sentinel on duty at the south end of
the west wall Of the central guardhouse
discovered a number of men upon the
roof of the building. and at once raised
the alarm by calling for the corporal Of
the guard. Double sentries were placed
around the entire building, and a search
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