Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-28
STATE NEWS,

There was any quantity of frost
and ice visible around Rocky Mount
one or two mornings of last week.
The Greensboro Patriot says We
learn from the Fayetteville Gazette
that railroad contractors have been
viewing the country between Egypt
and Ore Hill, preparatory to making
bids on the work, and that there is
every prospect of an early completion
of the work between these points.
The Weldon News says There was
an interesting revival at Murfreesboro
last week in which eixty-five souls
were converted. The Nj. f. College
furnished most of the penitents. On
Sunday night last, Rev. Mr.. Starr, as
sisted by the Pastor of the Methodist
Church, Rev. Mr.. Woodard, received
into the church and baptized a great
number of the new converts.
The Charlotte Democrat says: We
regret to learn that DR.. J. G.. Nj.
| Ramsay, of Knoxville, Tenn, a native
of this county, and the historian of
Tennessee, will be prevented from at
tending the Centennial Celebration
this week, i'll consequence of injuries
| received by q runaway horse. DR..
| Ramsey is now about 80 years old and
about ten years ago told us that he
hoped to be able to attend the celebra-
ton of the Tooth anniversary of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde-
pendenoe. The good old man has our
| sympathy.
| The Charlotte Southern Home says:
1t has been suggested that the names
| OF our two principal streets be changed
| from TryOn and Trade to Brevard and
| Alexander, in honor of the two Score
taries of the Mecklenburg Convention.
The change would be peculiarly ap-
| propriate at this time. Several repre-
sentatives of the Breyard family are
living on Tryon streetand many repre-
| sentives of the Alexander family are
| living on Trade street. AS Tryon
| street was named after an odious
British Governor, that name certainly
ought to be changed. All would be
| gratified to have the memory of the
author of the Declaration honored on
the very spot where it was made.
The Baltimorean says: DIR. Edward
| Warren Bey, after achieving great
/
lima, in General Lees army, and in
Baltimore, removed to Egypt, where
his success as practitioner has been
| no less brilliant than it was in this
| country. His services have long since
| secured for him the esteem and good
| opinion of the Khedive, who has show
| cred honOrs upon him. But like many
| others who have taken residence in
| Egypt, the Doctor has fallen victim
| to a disease OF the eye, caused by the
| fine sand which at certain Seasons per-
meates all things, and finds its way
| everywhere. The Khcdiye has grant
| ed DR.. Warren IN extensive furlough,
| with permission 10 travel in Europe,
and he is now in Paris, undergoing
| treatment for an affection of the left
| eye, which, it Is stated, has given him
a great deal of trouble. His address
is at 60, Rue de Province.
The Charlotte Southern Hcme says:
There is now living in Chatham coun-
ty, on the place of Wn. A. Rives, Esq,
a negro woman considerably over one
hundred years OLD. who goes by the
name of Granny Nanny" She was
the wife of Bosom Alston, q noted ne
gro in his day and generation. He be-
longed to Phillip Aston, Esq, a
wealthy planter Of Chatham. In one
of his raids the notorious tory, David
Funnin, the Kirk of his day, captured
Bosom, then Il boy of II years Of age.
and took him to wait upon him (Fan-
nin.) Boson's soul yearned for the
| flesh pots at home, and he determined
to get back to cole marser." He
helped the tories of Fannin's COM
| TO HoT horcac
that way found out which was the
swiftesf. One day Bosom sprang up
on this fastest charger and made tracks
| for the old homestead. He was fired
upon and hotly pursued, but his 'Ieg
bail " was accepted as good security,
and he got off safely. Bosom went
some 90 years ago 1" to the land where
| good darkeys go, at the ripe age of
one hundred years His loving and
affectionate spouse still lives to de-
plore his untimely loss. She has great
great grandchildren % years old.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: Nearly
| eleven years ago the Yankee army
carried off from here boy named
Edward Aston, the son of Mrs. Emily
Alston, who was then Mrs. Emily
Jones, and lived in this county about
twelve miles from Raleigh. Ed at
that time was just eleven years old and
bright and promising lad. The
family mourned him as dead, and
nothing was heard or knoyn of his
! fate till twelve months after he wrote
| to DIR. James Beckw;th, his uncle,
from place called Vermilion, in Edgar
county, Illinois The boy had hard
time of it. He worked in the field
awhile, next in a blacksmith shop, then
in a carriage shop, and from
there he joined the United States
army. As a soldier he fought
| the Indians two years on the yell
low Stone River, and from there he
was ordered to Shreveport in the
Louisiana troubles. 1t was from here
| he was finally restored to his home in
this county. His friends worked faith
fully after him. Mrs. DR.. Beckwith,
his aunt, who has just left this office,
| and who told us the news, made un-
| tiring efforts in behalf of her sisters
sor. During his absence both DR..
| Beckwith, his aunt aud Mr.. Lee Jones,
his father-in-law, had died. The ear
of government was besieged by ex-
Gov. Holden, Gov. Pennington, Hon.
| Sam Phillips and also Hon. a. NJ.
| Wadden, and the toy's history was
told, how he had been stolen the same
| as fine horse or a rosewood piano.
and the government Immediately or
dered his discharge from the army,
and Edward Alston, weighing 16O
pounds and % years Of age, landed at
home last week, a man every inch, and
knows a thing or two about this old
world that they don't teach in school
| books.