The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-19

written for the Sunday Times Dispatch)
ELIZABETH CITY. n. c.. July IT,
Back in ZIG there lived and died man
in the region OF Eastern Virginia and
Carolina. who made himself master Of the
high seas and forced the world to ac-
knowledge his naval supremacy, as no
other man has ever done. The name of
Edward Teach of England, is scarcely
known. save by few who have troubled
themselves to study the real history of
the Sea King of the early eighteenth cen
tUry Yet 1t was Edward Teach who
builded or occupied building erected
for another of great means--a house on
the banks Of the Pasquotank River. in
Pasquotank county, North Carolina.
The same locality was for over a hun
dred years after the death of Teach a
rendezvous for pirates of the world. and
the wife OF Governor P!ckney. daughter
of Aaron Burr. walked the plank, OF
Dare county. within twenty miles of where
the seat of the eighteenth century pirates
existed.
The Governor of Virginia wanted Teach
and offered a big reward for his capture.
This reward amounted to one hundred
pounds, English money. sum amounting
to less than 1--WE hundred dollars though
In colonial days 1t was considered such
large sum that men rIsked lives to Sc
cure It, The reward was an item OF
insignificant value. as compared with the
tar which Edward Teach levied on the
world annually
PIRATE BLACKBOARD
When the pirate Blackboard left Rris-
tol England. on his first cruise. he was
a mere sailor, and though he Travelled In
this capacity for years, he attracted at
tention only about five years prlor-to MS
death Morgan the famous buccaneer ana
~. 4 y,.n, dr. int
as a "gentleman's' vocation, ana until
his sovereign gave him command of the
island of Jamaica as It's Governor. he
Rad created widespread CONSERVATION.
Morgan had been classed as the pioneer or
buccaneers. but Morgan was but the mere
instIrator of the deviltry of his. most
AMI scholar and arch friend Edward
Teach.
England, the successor to the throne
sought to seize the former pirate, VINO
had been knighted by Charles, The death
OF Morgan is matter Of some dispute.
though an interesting account disposes OF
him fter n second cruise at sea. during
which he became the patron OF Souns
Teach. Morgan is alleged to have killed
the emissaries of the successor 70 u'o
throne and to have returned 10 ms DUO
caneering 1t was on this trip that Teach,
who was living on the island OF Jamaica,
first became an acknowledes Plrate'
though as bold and fearless gambler,
ne led In the dives of inquity which the
West Indian island harpored' Ieacn was
lIeutenanted by Morgan shortly after he
had embarked on his first pirate cruise
WITH the Ex-Governor.
After the death of Morgan Teach re-
turned to England, where he squandered
mis- gains, and with the support of one
Eornigold, an old mariner of Morgan's
feet, Teach was enabled to fit out a
vessel and go into piracy for himself
With an excellent training in the cruelty
OF the profession under Morgan, Teach
commenced career which is without a
precedent or more noteworthy after
math, Buccaneering, or privateering, was
not the worst form OF piracy, and was
even licensed under governments which
were at war with one another. Bucca-
reers fitted vessels at their own expense.
took out papers under hostile govern
ments and pillaged the merchant vessels
OF the nation for which,it carried papers
to so appropriate. ,contiscate and destroy;
But 1t was left for Teach to adopt
Monaghan methods, numbering women
and children with relentless cruelty.
When Teach first decided to buccaneer
under his own skull and bones, his first
step on leaving the English coast was
to follow the ocean current, known as
the. gulf stream, straight to the shores of
Carolina. where he made for the sounds
which afforded defense and an excellent
harbor. The government to-day contsm-
plates deepening these waters for
waterway for the worlds commerce and
ms a defensive harbor, In the event of hos
/. tilities with other nations, Teach first
realized this advantage. On the upper
banks of the Pasanotank he planted
colony his abode being accessible from