Evening star., 1942-12-06

Ninth street, on the north side, gravel
walk and from Ninth to Tenth street q
brick pavement; from Tenth to Four
teenth street gravel walk and from
Fourteenth to Fifteenth pavement:
from there to Georgetown gravel walk"
Regarding conditions farther uptown,
Mr.. Tree says
"F street northwest was then deemed
the boundary of the city, as almost all
the ground beyond that point was occu-
pied by fields of corn or wheat, or. when
not under cultivation, overgrown with
scrub oak and brier bushes. The Island.
or South Washington, had but few resi-
dences, the larger portion of the land
being under cultivation, and have often
heard in that section the Negroes singing
while engaged in shucking corn or strip
ping tobacco.
Capitol Hill was almost as sparsely
settled as the Island. CAROLS Row,
Laws Row, and few houses on the east
side of New Jersey avenue, one OF which
was occupied by the late DR.. Fred May.
father of the present DR.. May. consti-
tuted the bulk Of the Improvements in
this section of the CITY,"
Early Buildings.
There are many interesting buildings
and sites in the intended civil center
area as well as some close by. At the
southwest corner Of Third street and
Pennsylvania avenue is a landmark
known as Mades' Hotel, which, Incl
dentally, happens to be the only frame
building on the Avenue between the
Capitol and Twenty first street going
west. For many years 1t was conducted
by Charles Mades, and 1t was here on
June 18, 1880, that Gen. John Augustus
Sutter died.
He was one of the earliest and fore
most California pioneers and 1t was in
his millrace, in 1848. that gold was dis
covered by one Of his employees John w.
Marshall. 1t led to the great scramble
for wealth, particularly in 1849, and also
contributed greatly in encouraging emil
grafton to California and the Far West.
ultimately resulting in the admission OF
that State to the Union on September
8, 1850
At this time Washington went gold
crazy along with the rest of the country.
and the growing reports published in
the National Intelligencer resulted IN the
formation of party for the purpose Of
going to the gold fields. 1t was agreed
at the meeting, held in hall on
street, that the party should organize
on the principle of a military corps, fully
uniformed and equipped, and drilled as
light infantry. The armament OF each
was q rifle, a pair of pistols, bowie
knife, and belt hatchet, bag OF stock
ings and pair of blankets. Each mem
ber paid in $500, and with stock cash
capital of about s25 1000, the expedition
was most completely fitted out.
Those who formed the party were:
81. Goldsbofough Bruff, president and
captain; Gideon Brooke, vice president:
Benjamin B. Edmonston, treasurer; A.
H. Parish, secretary; Henry Austin
surgeon; Alexander Garrett, ensign;
James Foy, blacksmith; William H..
Dietz, George A. Young, John Cameron
of Georgetown, William Jewell, jr., Of
GEORGETOWN, and Edward D. Slye. board
of directors; Thomas Williams, John M.
Farron, H. j. Queen, George Byington.
1T. Coumbe John T. Dom, Washington
Lewis, M. N. Barker, David Fowle, j..
M. Marden, Stephen Culverwell, Jcseph
Murphy, William H. Lloyd, Robert Slight.
Thomas J. Griffiths, Oscar B. Queen,
Richard j. Culverwell, l.. A. IarGella.
Henry Vermillion, Columbus Mcleod,
Thomas P Kingsbury, Charles G. Morley,
Laurel, Prince Georges County, Nd;
John Bates, Stephen j. Cassin, George
town; William Truman, James A Ennis,
William Pope, Richard Washington,
Westmoreland County, Va; J. H. Barker,
C. G. Alexander, King George County.
Va; H. Carter Dorsey and F. P. Windsor.
Alexandria; w. P. Hilleary, Charles
Bishop, F. N. Magruder, John v. Ennis,
j. I. Ennis, James Shaw, Josiah B. Hills,
Thomas B. Scott, Isaac E. Owen, D. R.
Wall, Charles Fenderich. James Wardell,
Georgetown; Augustus S. Capron, Laurel,
Prince Georges County, Md; William
Franklin, Charles Reed, Josiah c. Willis
B. F. Burche, Joseph C. Reilly and
Matthew NJ Tapprell, privates."
The discovery of gold on Suffers place
was unfortunately his undoing, although
it proved of such benefit to California
Upon one occasion, when reduced in
circumstances to a mere living he said:
IF that gold discovery had just come a
few years later, I'd have been million.
aire. But it broke me up. for I finally
lost my land grant, and the Suprems
Court decided the grant want good be.
cause 1t wasn't signed at the Mexican
capital. It was . mere technicality, but
lost IT.