Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01
HISTORIC GROUND
The President and His Party Moving
Away From Civilization.
NEAR WHERE FHE HURON WAS LOST
Did Not Try Luck at Cunning
This Morning.
W Il N T SIGH E Elm

ELIZABETH CITY, n. c., March L.
Prssident Cleveland and his party are mov-
in8 still further away from civilization.
yesterday morning the Violet was lying at
Long Point. near the foot Of the Albemarle
ana Chesapeake canal. After affording the
party opportunity TO try their skill on the
ducks In the early morning the little steam
er nauIed Up her anchor and stood away
to the southwark She crossed Albemarle
SOUND, as placid as a mountain lake at this
season, and entered Croaton sound about
.hISy miles distant from the starting point
IN tne morning. Here the vessel anchored
asan. ana the party passed the night qui-
etiy In the glare Of the Croatan sound light,
which was close at hand
Inc President Is now near historic
ground Two miles distant to the east lies
i,oanoke Island, made memorable by the
landing OF Sir Walter Raleigh in the early
LAYS th Oh the country's history. and later. in
Ine days Of our civil war; by the operations
OF the federal fleet eliminating In the bloody
patue OF Roanoke Island
urtnsr to the eastward, but In plain sight
Heal ssidents ,ssh stopping place. lies Nags
nhxao' h,To' with its mysterious moving sand
ILLS ana near at hand Is Kitty Hawk of
eVl lame. where The u s. s. Huron was
crssv away and nearly all of the officers and
1 Sw drowned, owing, II is said, to false
mgnts on the low shore To the westward
heS tne mainland, generally swampy. and
aoout ten miles below are the Roanoke
IDS Ses, ne the spring feeding ground of nyr-
lauS OF curiew and willet. and yellow legs
anu All birds Of the snipe Family
Iooaply 70 Is the attraction held ont by
snT ms ground that caused the President to
Follow the channels to the south. II is nroh-
aDie that the Violet will keep tn the west
sue OF the sounds. where he water is deep
enough Tor every navigation, until she
80 lne loot of Roanoke Island, and
tnen ner course may be laid to the east
toward oregon inlet, where lies Bodies Is
iano' place famous Cor it's brant shoot
ing; ta,, ana geese and even swan-more pre-
eesus game than The smaller ducks that
Aieaueht the waters of the upper sounds
Movements of the Party Today.
The presidential party did not try its luck
at cunning this morning. but instead went
on sightseeing expedition. The President
anu secretary Gresham were early risers
ana oy O'Clock breakfast had bean dis
patched and the members of the nary be-
gan their trip. The first point of interest
Was the seine-hauling at Weymouth Point
On the mainland. The fisheries at this nl.ca
are among the most extensive on ,he At
Iantic coast. The shad and herring and
Sorp Serlped pass or roach fish have already
pesun their spring migration from the deep
waters OF the Atlantic to the spawning
grounds They enter the North Carolina
SOUNDS on Wilmington and through the in
iet at Hatteras and at Oregon and New
inlet. and ind their spawning beds in the
numerous streams running into the sounds
from the mainland The President. Secre-
anu Cdpl- Evans landed from
tne Violet in the gig and inspected the
workings of the Davis and Weymouth fish
cry on Croatan sound. The tide was fayo-
sDle and the party was in time to see cne
maui OF the great seine.
Ahis net Is about two miles long and
owing TO its great length and weight is
beyond the capacity OF human labor to
mdnule- so steam power is called upon
Inc party saw the seine carefully slowed
on the stern of the two steam flats" as
tney are known. The boats swept across
the sound and returned. forming almost a
circle and paying out the seine as they
ran Reaching the shore the lines were at
tached to steam windlasses, and in the
course of an hour the great seine was
landed, bringing in it's meshes barrels of
hsh OF all kinds. The President was much
interested in the sight.
Taking TO their gig again, the party then
crossed Croatan Island and landed on
Roanoke Island. about two miles distant
Here conveyances were taken, and the
party visited some of the historical points
on the island, including Fort Raleigh and
Ballast Point, where Sir Walter Raleigh
landed the ballast which he brought in his
little ship from England on one of his yoy-
ages to the new world. The President also
stopped for a time at the quaint little VIII
lage Of Manteo. thus touching civilization
for the first time since leaving Washington
last Sunday,