The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-03-09

n LitLAe Sketcn OF the Oreat DISMAL
Some Political Affairs at the National
Capital
Especial Correspondence of TIE GLoBE.I
WASHINGTON, March 8-The presi-
dent and Secretary Gresham have re-
turned from their hunting trip to North
Carolina very much pleased, refreshed
and invigorated. They are also very
much sunburned. The president killed
thirty ducks, twenty geese and swan
The bear he is reported to have killed
has not materialized yet.
They are telling a hard story on the
Norfolk reporters to the effect that they
shocked the presidential party by going
out on the tug David B Hill to interview
the president.
Mr.. Cleveland buckled down to work a
| few minutes after he reached the white
house. In ten minutes after he sat down
Thurber and disposed of a pile of routine
| business. Soon after o'clock Secretary
| Carlisle called on the president and the
two had talk over treasury matters
| By the presidents direction, the wagon
load Of game was distributed at the resi-
| 1 tl, rir fo
! Secretary Thurber and Captain Evans.
The captain Of the tug Donnell says Of
the president "He's the God blessedest,
biggest hearted man that ever was"
Coca company Well, you just bet
He's Jolly good fellow that's what he
is-and can't he shoot saw him knock
over two geese without taking his gun
from bis shOuier-right and left barrel
one right after the other. He did that
twice Yes, they got lots Of game. Look
at those fellows, and those, and those"
TIE captain pointed to big pile Of geese
I'd brant lying on the deck, and as he
spoke two co}>red men came out Of the
galley, each carrying a string of big
gam.
Tho presidents recent hunting expedi
ton a!Ong the coast of North Carolina
has awakened d new interest in that region,
the most notable feattre Of which is the
great Dismal swamp. This vast morass
is a paradise for hlntsmen. In the library
of congress is copy of unique report
of a partial survey made of this swamp in
1925 by Col. William Byrd, of Westover,
Virginia. The original Of this report was
sent 20 George III with a petition signed
by number Of Virginia planters, asking
The king to give them permission to drain
the swamp and to give them the reclaimed
land, which was to be free from taxes for
ten years. Colonel Byrd gives a terrible
description of the place to the king. lie
wrote that all sorts Of wild beasts rOamed
at will through it and that members of
his exploring party often sank TO their
waists and necks in the boggy soil. He
said 1.-The unwholesome damps" made ii
necessary to take along plenty of that
best consoler in life, rum" which they
did He wrote that when he got TO the
North Carolina line he found the --LATEST
lot OF men" he ever saw, that they made
their wives get up and make the fire fol
them every morning and they snored in
the bed until the sun wss one third OF his
way across the heavens" Later, the
, eminent geologist, Sir Charles Lyel, ot
; England, came over and gave a very
different account. He measured ,ht
l swamp He found it 10 be forty y
twenty five miles in extent. He visited
E Lake Drummond, which he found was
! seven by FIVE miles in extent and one ot
r. the most beautiful lakes he had ever seen
He describes the tall forests of cypress
and juniper, with their fairy-like drape'
ries of silver-grey moss, most charningly