The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-11
especial to The Messenger.,

party Of a dozen New England capt.
talists viii visit North Carolina They
cone at the invitation OF Mr.. r. $
Rowland. president OF the Rowland
Improvement Company, lessee OF the
Atlantic and North Carolina railroad.
The party will start from Jersey
City on a special car over the Pennsyl-
vania railroad Friday morning. (No-
vember 11th), reaching Richmond Fri
day evening and spending the night
at the Jefferson. Saturday morning
they will resume their journey via the
Atlantic Coast Line. arriving in Colds
boro at 3:I5 p. m. Here they will stop
for a reception to be given them at
the Hotel Kennon by the business men
of the city, but viii leave in time to
make the trip 10 Morehead over the
Atlantic and North Carolina railroad
by daylight.
At Goldsboro the distinguished party
will be Joined by Governor Charles B..
lAycock and his Secretary, Colonel
Pearsall, and Attorney General Gilmer.
Senators simmons and Overman and
Representatives Thomas and Small
will also become members of the party
at this point and remain with Sena-
tor Aldrich during his stay in Eastern
North Carolina.
Two days, Sunday and Monday. will
be spent at the Atlantic Hotel at
Morehead city, during which time
Beaufort, Fort Macon, Cape Lookout
and other points OF interest will be
visited. Tuesday morning, the party
will start on its return north, leaving
Goldsboro at 1875 p. m, arriving at
Raleigh at 3:25 p. m, and arriving at
Greensboro at 6;35 p. m. The night
will be spent in Greensbor and next
morning, the party will drive over the
city for an inspection of the enterprises
which are so rapidly making Green's
boro one of the most important cities
in the state. They will leave Green's
boro at noon, arriving at Washington
| at $50 hat night, and in New York
Thursday morning Q7th).
AS has already been stated in the
the object of having Sem
ator Alrich visit this section is that he
may inspect Beaufort Harbor with a
|, view to securing an appropriation from
the next Congress sufficient to make IL
: the important harbor that Nature de-
signed 1t should be and that the conn
merce of the Atlantic coast now re-
r uuires. The other New Englanders In
e the party are men Of large wealth and
e have become interested in this section
: by reason of Mr.. Howiand's acquisi-
e ton of the Atlantic and North Carolina
e properties. The party includes an ex-
t Governor of Rhode Island, two presi-
: dents of Trust companies, the vice
y president Of the Metropolitan Street
Railway, New York, and others iden-
titled with large interests and impor-
tant enterprises in hat part OF the
q country.
y In this connection, it may be of in
terest to recall the fact that Beaufort
y Harbor has been nov and used as a
shipping point and refuge for vessels
ever since Amadas and Barlowe made
l their first voyage Q534) from England
q to the North Carolina coast. On thai
@ voyage their first landing was on Ocra-
coke Island, and Sir Richard Granville
in his account Of the voyag tells US
o that later, they "came to anchor in a
harbor where they caught much fist
q that would have yielded them twenty
n pounds in London" There seems 4
lt be no doubt that this was Cape L~k'
out at the entrance of Beaufort Harbor
2 Later, the waters about Beaufort and
" Cape Lookout furnished a convenient
and favorite resort for Edward Teach
l. the noted pirate, who had a squadron
1t of six vessels and 100 men. He sailed
'r into al out of Beaufort Harbor many
times. There is a place near Ocracoks
s, which TO this day is known as Teach:
'r Hole"
The first chart Of Beaufort Harbol
le was made in I722. al the instance o.
Governor burlington and sent to tn:
Il Lords Propdietors. In 1t he speaks o.
. the harbor of Beaufort as being thu
most convenient in the province and o
c its admitting the largest merchan
, ships. To fortify it against the pirates
u and privateers who found 1t a conven'
IL lent resort, several forts were lin 1747.
'e erected along the coast. One OF thes'
was at Ocracoke and one near For
% Macon. In 1853, Governor Arthur Dobbi
> visited that region and recommended
- the erection of another fort at Caps
&c Lookout. Speaking Of Beaufort Har
IL Dor he says. TT Is the finest Harbol
. between Boston and the Florida capes.'
> He added that the best Of fish could b
'e obtained there in great abundance
The latter statement is literally true o
Il these waters to this day and the har
III Dor could be now made, as 1t was then
sc the best harbor on the coast with com
4 paratIvely little expenditure Of none,
le by the government
ie The fort recommended by Governo
ie Dobbs In d753 was Tot built until It's
d during the Revolution. Then IL wa
fe erected by a F~,renchman, Chevalier d
q Cambray, and was called Fort Han
q. cock. It Is interesting to note In thi
connection that a petition was sen
~ to hi legislature in 1850 by de Cam
! bray in which he sets forth that IL
- going to cape Lookout to establish tn
!. fort. he broke the chaise Of one Mrs
Bartholomew. OF Beaufort. and tina