Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14


verely injured by the civil war than
any other southern
Enterprise in state. owing to the
u: concentration on that
Virginia soil OF the heaviest
fighting of the contest, the Old Do
minion reacted quickly in industrial
reconstruction. In The Star of Sep
tember s, 1869. is the following edi--
torial:
The people of Virginia seem to
think it is about time to give up po-
litical distractions and enter upon
the work of business reconstruction.
1t really looks now as if a proper
railroad system will be put in OPP
Grafton in that state: by means of
which Richmond and Norfolk will
assume the business proportions they
are fairly entitled to: and the rich
but undeveloped portions of this state
now having no access to markets
Will be opened up. The Norfolk and
Great Western Railroad COMPANY and
the Virginia International Land Com
rany has lately entered into con-
tract by which the latter company
| engages to find purchasers and set
tiers for all the surplus lands lying
along the projected railroad that may
be conveyed to its company in sub
scription for stock. This the land
| company will undertake to do chiefly
| by inducing and furnishing facilities
| for the immigration from Germany
of persons of sufficient substance to
| enable them to become purchasers.
| To this end they will proceed with
| all practical dispatch to establish
agencies in Germany and engage the
means of transportation to Norfolk.
| The means accruing from sales will
go to the railroad company in aid of
| it's fund for construction. This project
seems feasible and promises very i'm
| portant results.
| I'VE notice in our Virginia ex-
| changes the indications of spirit
| of enterprise aroused throughout the
1 state. in the way of developing its
resources and opening up it's COM
i munica tons. We hail these indica-
! tions with great satisfaction. for ev-
| erything that tends to the prosperity
| and development of Virginia tends
| also to the advantage of this District
| and it's market"
! Gen. John A. Rawlins. Secretary Of
War. died in Washington September
| 6,1S69, and was buried
Congressional in Congressional Gem
etery, then officially
cemetery. the interment place of
the capital Objection. however. was
| voiced to this as the last restiHs
place of so eminent an official. and
The Star took occasion TO coErect q a
| misapprehension manifested by TINS
| criticism. The following occurs in
| The Star of September 8. 1862:
| "A good deal of silly stuff is sent
by the special dispatcher to the New
York Evening Post from this city,
| is the following, from yesterday
Post:
"'There is considerable feeling here
| among the friends of the late Secre-
| tary in consequence OF the determine
ton to bury him in the Congressional
burial grounds. in the eastern end
of the city This cemetery is in a
| very, dilapidated condition. seldom
visited and situated in very dis
| agreeable part of the District. and Is
generally spoken of as tpotter's field,
where all persons are buried whose
friends have not the necessary means
to obtain lot in one of the GENE
teries here, where some attention 1s
given to keep the grounds in good
| order
etery. as all know who have visited
it, is one of great beauty, overlook
ing the Anacostia and its pic
turesque valley and having that sweer
and undulation of surface desirable
in the grounds of rural cemetery
1t has fine shade trees. fountains
etc. and has been greatly improved
within the last year or two. 1t con-
tains monuments to more public men
of distinction than any other eeIiIe-
terry in the country, and IN TINS re-
spect, il no other, it is ,eminently At
ting that the remains Of Secretary
Rawlins should be placed there
whether they shall remain there. OF
be removed to his native state, is q
matter for future consideration; ou,
we protest against this ignorant
abuse of everything in and about
Washington by prejudiced correspond
ents. The 'potter's field which this
simpleton confounds with the Con
gressional burying ground is in tht
eastern part Of the city, near the
| almshouse"