Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-07-25
Several coins were shot, straight through the
centre, as they whirled through the air.

centre, as they WhlrleQ through Tue air.
One of the most astounding of DR.. Carver's
feats was his hitting bell-metal ball when it
was almost out of sight, up in the air. The
ball is 80 made that when bullet strikes it,
it rings like small gong. The assistant
threw this ball many times as high as he
could throw, till, mstimes, it could hardly
be seen, but every time the marksman brought
the sound out of it. He also cut in two all
the lead pencils he could induce the specta-
tators to throw into the air, and he fired sue
cessfully at large number of unused cart
ridges When the assistant threw two glass
balls up at the same time the riAeman, with
double-barrel weapon, first broke one and
then the other, without making single fall
ure.
The two requisites for good shooting are of
course an immovable rest for the gun-stock
and steady hand and arm for the barrel.
The secret of DR.. Carver's wonderful marks
manship may be in his immense and perfectly
balanced body, which stands firm as rock.
With steady hand also, such man may do
almost incomprehensible things with a good
rife. His body seems able to Withstand any
attacks of nervousness ; yet when he misses
shot he is very likely to miss the two or three
succeeding ones, a sure sign that the miss
furries him. Another of his peculiarities is
that he aims with both eyes open-so that he
can keep an eye on an Indian, he says, while
he is firing at buffalo. ,f
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THEODOSIA BURR.
In recent address before the North Caro-.
lima Historical Society, Hon. j. 81. Wheeler,
the eminent historian, advanced the following
new theory as to the tragic end Of the beauti-
full and accomplished daughter Of Aaron
Burr:
The beauty and accomplishments, as we'll
as the social position Of Theodosia Burr AL
ston, her eventful life and her premature and
tragic death, have thrown around her name a
spell of romance and sympathy which recent
events have greatly enhanced. After her
marriage in New York, Gin January, 1901,
at the age of eighteen, she accompanied her
husband to South Carolina, where she resided
for several years, interrupted by occasional
visits to the home of her father. Her last
voyage commenced in December, 1872, when,
with impaired health, at the request of her
husband Cat this time the Governor of South
Carolina) and her father, she embarked from
Charleston to New York in small pilot boat
vessel, called the Patriot. From that day
she has never been heard from. By many
it was conjectured that the vessel had foun-
dered in gale of wind at sea, and all had
perished. By others, it has been stated that
the vessel was captured by pirates, and all on
board murdered. Similar statements have
appeared in the public prints, and painful
obscurity rests upon the fate Of this unfortu-
rate and lovely lady. But recent discov-
cry has been made in our State, which dissi-
pates this obscurity and makes certain the
mode of her untimely end.
A few months ago the late Prof Pool show
ed me an exqqisite photograph of the origin
al painting of Theodosia Burr, now in pos
session of his brother, DR.. W. G. Pool, who
now resides near Elizabeth City, Of which
he gave the following account:
"Dr. Pool is q native and resident near
Elizabeth City, in Eastern, North Carolina.
Some eight or ten years since he visited, in
his professional capacity, family near Cape
Hatteras, and although they were in moder-
ate circumstances, he observed hanging on
the wall an equisite oil painting of beauti-
full woman. On inquiry he discovered that
this had been found, with some other articles,
by the man of the house (now about eighty
years of age), when youth on vessel that
had been wrecked near Cape Hatteras in a
furious storm that occurred in the winter of
1872, or 1918. The vessel was small one
and all on board were drowned.
This picture was presented to Dr. Pool, and
from this the photograph was taken. This
settles beyond all question the manner of the
death of the lost Theodosia. 1t was near that
dreaded Cape Hatteras-so often before and
since the death place of the fearless and the
gallant; with the wild foam of the Atlantic
her winding sheet and the fierce north wind
for her requiem, did his gentle spirit wing its
flight to another world.
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