Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

wall jackson at the battle OF Chancei-
louisville was sew
News Of Stonewall eral days in
Jackson's Death. ,ns.an , mssn-
the fact that he had been badly wounded
by mistake by. his own men was kept
from the south itself for some. time. In
The Star of May IL. 1853. nearly a week
after the fighting. is a compilation OF
news from the Richmond papeSs. with the
following paragraph quoted from the
Dispatch OF that city:
The country will lament the misfor-
tune which has befallen our army in the
severe wounding OF Lieut.. Gen. Jackson.
who lost his left arm
The next day. May II. 1863, The Star
printed a dispatch from a correspondent
at Fort Monroe to the effect that Gen.
jackson was not expected to live. In
the same edition was a later dispatch
from the headquarters OF the Army OF
the Potomac. stating that the Richmond
papers of Monday. the 18th, contained
obituary notices OF Gen. Jackson. who
died Sunday at $50 pm.
In The Star of May 13. 1858, is the fol-
lowing paragraph:
While all admirers of chivalrous
courage and earnest devotion must pay
a tribute Of earnest and deep respect to
the memory of Stonewall Jackson. that
feeling at the south must be blended
with the certainty that his place cannot,
approximately even. be filled. He
was Lees right arm. perhaps the best
executive officer that the world ever saw:
and the Confederate writer who said that
his leadership on the battlefield was
worth $4,000 men to the rebel cause was
not much exaggerating the actual fact
Thus one by one the props under the
Confederate cause fail away and make
it's cause more hopelessly desperate"
ington has seen an exhibition Of outdoor
tight rope walking.
Accident fo In former times it was
Rope Walker. rope performer give
the public thrills of delectable appre-
hension by parading through the air
across the principal streets of cities in
order to advertise entertainments. In
The Star of May ID, 1853. is a brief
paragraph telling of mishap that befel
one of these performers:
about 3 o'clock this afternoon as Mr..
Harry Leslie was making his ascension
from the market house to the top of
the Varieties the stake to which the
rope was attached pulled out and he was
precipitated to the ground, a distance OF
about twenty feet He was bruised about
the head and one hand. but not seriously.
He will be able to appear again in few
days, proba bly,"
An order of the Secretary of War; dat
ed May Is. 1863. and published in The
Star the day following,
Order Against indicated the tightening
of the governments
exploration. precautions against any
weakening Of its resources in the war:
Information has been received at this
department that sundry persons are pur-
chasing horses and mules within the
United States for expectation. contrary
to the executive order of November p,
1862. To the end that during the pres
emit war the military resources OF this
government should not be Withdrawn
from the country, the commandments of
departments are directed to prohibit the
purchase and sale Of all horses and mules.
mands, to be exported from the United
States and TO take and appropriate to
the use OF the government any horses,
mules. or live stock designed for exporta-
ton, causing the value thereof to be APP
praised and reported to the quartermas-
ter general. and they are enjoined Wig
ilantlX to enforce the executive order
Of November 81, 1862. prohibiting the ex-
portation Of arms. ammunition and NUM-
tons of war. Claims for property taken
md viii no n q
quartermaster general for adjustment.
Another aspect of the war that was
occasionally in evidence was the confisca-
ton of property belong
CONiiscatlOn ing to persons who had
gone into the southern
VI properly. army. In The Star OF
May ID. 1863. is the following item:
/ Yesterday the marshal of the. District
seized the. following property Of persons
in the rebel service, under the provisions
of the confscation act: The whole of
square 500. with the exception of lot No
5. situated between Delaware avenue and
I'd street west, and H and l streets south,
belonging to Samuel Lee; lot in square
353, with improvements, consisting Of q
E. M. c. Clark; subdivision Of lot on
north n street between 18th and. 18th
streets west and parts Of lots II and -
in square 297, situated on D street south
between 18th and 18th streets. belonging
to Edward A. Pollard: part of lot In
square 11S. on Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween 10Th and Goth streets, with I'M
provements, consisting Of a three-story
brick house Zone of the Seven Buildings)
belonging to Commodore French Forrest;
lot on street north between 18th and
18th streets, with improvements cons St
ing of a three-story brick dwelling Tin
Franklin row.. belonging to Daniel Rat
cliff; lot on c street north. between ID
brick dwelling, belonging to Martin L.
Smith,
The sanitary condition of Washington
at this time fifty years ago was very
bad. owing to the heavy
Sanitary congestion here incidental
surv.v to the war and the inevita-
0u1scy' BILE Reorganization of mu-
nicipal agencies. In The Star of May 49,
1858. is q news account Of the recon-
by the War Department to confer with
reference to the sanitary state of the
capital. particularly to prevent the ap-
pearance of pestilence during the sum-
mer The commission consisted of Col.
d. B. Sacket. inspector general, U. 8. A.,
and Dr. r. Fl. Coolidge, medical inspector,
L. 8. A. They made a tour Of inspection
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