Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-09-17
RAJ COISIOn.

| been very much excited over the rumo
that General Colston had died while il
| Charge of an expedition into the i'll
terror of Egypt. During the past few
days, the rumor had been apparently
confirmed. On Saturday last, Major
| Byrne telegraphed to General Stone
at Cairo, and we are happy to announce
that, on yesterday, he received the fol
lowing reply
CAIRO, EGYrT, Sept. il, 1873.
--latest, fifth Of August. ColstOn's
health improving. STONE.
We are sure this news vii. be re-
ceivtd by our people with great rejoic-
lug. General CoI-ton has many friends
here, to whom his weIl-being is q mat
ter OF much interest.
The following is an extract from q
letter written by Major Prout in May
last, which before the reception of the
above telegram, was the latest received
from General ColstOu
As you already know I expected to
meet Gen. Colston at Obeid, h, comi "
down from Debbe on the Nile, nearly
due north from Obe.d. At Hoorsi [
hardly camped wien [ got a letter
from Gen. Co!stOn, entreating me to
JON him on the route without a
moments delay. He said, 81 am
d. ing, dying victim to the incompe-
tcncy and iusufficiency with which we
were fitted out. [ do not think shall
live to reach Obcid but If L can leave
the command III your hands, [ shall
die content and welcome death as re-
lief from the most Internal torrents a
man ever suffered" L knew General
CoStOn to be a man Of the greatest
courage and energy, physical and men
tai, ard that such a letter wOuld have
been written only with good reason.
1t had been three weeks getting to me.
but L knew from Nedouius, WHO had
come through, that tn General had
been alive within a few days, and was
not far away. | got a guide ard rode
hard all night, and early next morning
[ met the Generals caravan or ths
march he Was carried i'll IL litter by
men, and had travelled SO far three
weeks. Two days letter we got here,
and here we have rested five days,
hoping the General would gain II little
strength on the contrary, he seems
falling, and Tomorrow We move on to
Obeid. The Generals illness IS most
strange his legs are almOst entirely
paraI zed, and tile paralysis is grad
ualiy ascending, apparently to involve
the body ; III his shoulders and chest
lac has, for hours at time, the most
violent rheumatic pains. Add to thus
days of stranguary. and You can get
some faint idea Of the misery IN Whlch
he lives, Our supply OF medicine Is
wOfuiiy scanly, and 1t i only n happy
acc dent that We lave ii European ply
cian, the bOtunist OF the expedition.
What will be the end, of cour.e, We
cannot con- lecture. The General has
quite given up the hope OF life, but he
Is almost cheerful since | joinrd him,
aud certainly suffers much less than
before. If he lives, however, he can
scarcely go on-so that [ am now in
command OF the expedition, aud shall
be till we get to DIrfour, when I shall
meet p colonel Ind lieutenant colonel
with the other expedition, one of whom
will of right take tht. command If he
wishes. as he probably will. | 4honld
like now to be left to conduct the
thing to the end, now that l have had
the Ill foltuIte to lose the one man of
all the officers in Egypt whom [ will
be cOntented to serve under. General
COlst0u is one Of the most generous,
Just and gentle men ever knew, and
besides, he IS man Of really 1t mark
allie attaiunc, is / had anticipated a
great deal Of pleasure i'll being with
him; it is all over low, beyond II
hope.
Cotton Grade OF wilmington
Ihn cnttuu trale Of MilmingtOn NJ