The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-03-25

pilot boa; went down. aud not one escaped
70 tel the ia { The vessel was never heard
of more. ), persisted this noble. gifted, III
starred lady
The above quotation Is interesting, out It's
morally certain HAT the author was not
aboard the Iii-faled pilot boat when she
when down. ami If, as he states, the boat
was never heard OF more,' how does he
know she went down off Cape Hatteras?
How does be know that there was IA gale
directly off Cape Hatteras at that particular
time !? or, even admitting there was, that
the little pilot boat should be there and
nowhere else along the coast just then?
He may have calculated the time it would
take to sail FROM Charleston (which Is ano'h.
er mistake, as the pilot boat did not sail
from thore) to Hatteras, but this wOuld be
all guess work, for the wind has a great deal
to do with sailing vessels. and his theory OF
her going down off Cape Hatleras be
cause she was never heard Of alter Tin his
time) is a ghost story.
THE POINT IN FAvoR OF MRS. NAM
1t is more easy to believe Mrs Manns
story. That a pilot boat of the description
of the one that sailed from Georgetown. 5.
| c., for New York. having on board Mrs.
| TheodoSia Burr, there is no manner OF doubt.
| That the Pool family is one of honor, vera;-
| ity and intelligencen no one who knows them,
| or who ever spent an hour in their company,
| will dare deny. And that all the evidence.
| CIRCUMSTANCES and otherwise, is in favor Of
the common sense story that the pilot boat
never heard Of was the identical vessel
| beached at Kitty Hawk, and that the picture
is a likeness Of Aaron Burr's t%avorite child,
there can be no manner Of doubt. That the
unfortunate Theodosia walked the plank
| there is no proof of at present. unless the
1 o<nrr, Prom, N,nbor opA Mrs Mann'S nor
rative are taken in connection as worthy of
belief; but time will tell, perhaps.
In those days the people along the North
Carolina coast were very rude more pratt
cal han Christian in their belief-and in H.
Illustration ofthis fact may be mere mentioned
that Nays Head received its name FROM q
habit the wreckers had of fastening a Ian
tern on a horses head and patrolling the
beach during dark and stormy nights. AS
the boy led the horse the light kept swing
ing from side to side, giving it the appear
ance of a modern revolving light, which at
tracted the attention of passing vessels,
causing many a one to come full tilt on
shore, where they were welcomed with cruel
hands and watery graves. AS it is said that
we have descended from a race of barbarIans
and improved considerable on the examples
set by our horrid fOrefathers, SO have
the North Carolina coast improved on
the morals and customs of their ancestors.
Instead of glory over the misfortunes and
death of seataring people, they now do their
Utmost to save lite and treasure.
1t is now only necessary TO stat that the
painting in possession of Doctor Pool is sup
posed to be the work of EanderIies, who
was a protege Aaron Burr, and to whom
the latter gave an order to paint a portrait
of his daughter as early as 1902. But [
think this theory is not correct. for TheO-
dOsla would have been two young in that
year to be the model of the picture at Eyrie,
but whoever the artist was he was certainly
a master. Doctor Pool has had a number
of photographs taken from the likeness
all which he or his daughter have sent
away to those who in all likelihood are most
interested in the sad and tragic ending of
TheOdUsia.
AARON BURRs DAUGHTER.
Out of twenty one letters received by DR..
Pool | Gull the following extracts from "a few
of the most interesting bearing on the case.
Mr.. George B. Edwards, of New York City,
under date of January l9, 1873, says: MY
father agrees with me in the belief that it is
Aaron Burr's daughter. She certainly has
his eyes and the Edwards nose
Mr.. 5. Pool. of Chapel Hill, N. c., in a
letter dated June IL, 1873. says: Col.
Wheeler is satisfied that yours is the por-
trait OF Theodo>ia. His wife, an artist, pro-
nounced my photograph the same person as
her cut of Theo."
The Col. Wheeler referred to is the Hon.
John 81. Wheeler, the historian, now a resi-
dent of Washington City, and his wife is a
sculptor, and a daughter Of Sully, the por
trait painter.
Mrs. Mary Nj. Pringle says in a letter
from her home in Charleston, S.. c., under
date OF July 8, 1878: IAN error is COM
mltted in the papers in stating that Mrs.
Aston sailed from Charleston. She sailed
from Georgetown, near which place the
family plantations were situated" And in
another letter. dated August 6, 1878, the
same lady states: II do remember her
beautiful eyes, and the eyes in the picture
are really beautiful"
Mr. L. Dimmock, of the st. Louis Re
publican, in writing from that city on March
I, 1878, says: Il am not a relative of the