Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-03

drsd pounds sterling, deprived OF his
license TO practice Law, and declared in
capable OF holding ssy Office for three
years. This act Of who'll sac Injustice
Eden considered vindicatioR OF his
own honor. A few years after this
Moselsy appealed for Executive cleme-
CIV. but his disabilities were never en-
tirely removed.
Eden died in 1929, and the colony
had rapidly improved under his adj
m inistration. His epitaph upon the
tom bstone. brought here from Eden
House last year. reads thus:
Here lies We body Of Charles Eden
esq, who governed this Province eight
years to the great satisfaction of the
Lords proprie, ora, and ye ease, and
happiness Of We people. He brought
the country into o fiourishing condi-
ton, and died much lsmented sc"
One of the last acts of Noseley's pub
lie service was to revise the laws of the
province and on account OF this super
ior legal ability was the chief compiler
of the we'll known yellow Jacket
Edition of n. G. Statutes" called 40
frsm the color of is covers. and was
published by James Davis of Newberne
i'll 1749. on the first printing press ever
brought to the colony. He Riso estab
llshrd a Provincial library in Edenton
and personally contributed about II
volumes to it. This was a niunifiCenI
gift in those days when books were
scarce. They consisted principally of
religious works, with some of the
classics. Among them were Jimsons HIS
tory Of the Church, Buckluck o Protes
tant Evidence, the Hebrew Psalter, and
Aristotle OrgaBen.
s!oseley was communicate CT st.
Paul Church and the silver chalice
and paten, now in use there hears this
inscription. THE Gift of Col. Edward
NoselSy for ys use of ye Church in
Edenton in the year Of 1925
In 1749 Heseley died full of years
and laden with honors. 1t 10 not GER
tain where he was buried but the re-
mains and tombstone of his wife Madam
Anne MoseleY were brought from Mont
pelier few years ago, and placed in
st. Paul 8 chuchyard.
Moseley was a patriot, and public
benefactor. and retained to the last the
respect and con fidsnce of the people,
which he so justly nerited.
GALE STREET.
Gale street was named for Christie
pher Gale. Second Chief Justice of the
Province, and was also one of the
Commissioners with NOseley to run the
North Carolina and Virginia boundary
line lawson who was the first histo-
rian OF North Carolina, while making
some explorations into the interior as
Surveyor general, with the Baron De
Grafenried, met about :his time his
tragic end. Christopher Gale in writ
ing COZ corning this says he Was stuck
tull o. small splintels of torchwoOd
like hog bristles by the Indians, and
gradually set on FIRE" De Grafenried
d man of pleasing address and endless
resom ces, escaped by some trick. This
will e We your readers some idea Of the
Insecurity of these times, and the dang
ers Incident to travel.
ALBEMARLR STREET
Albemarle St. named for General
George Monk, general under Crom-
well, but who after the death of the
Usurper restored Charles II to the
throne, one Of the most remarkable in
stances Of unseif1shnes, and magnan-
unity recorded in history, and a strik-
ing contrast to Napoleon. who instead Of
restoring the crown to the banished
Bourbons, placed it ou his own brow.
For this extraordinary service the
grateful monarch made him Duke OF
Aibemarle. and one of the Lords Pro
prietors of North Carolina
Albemarle sound also bears his name.
IA polished mirror it will ever re-
fleet his fame in rays az bright as the
dewdrops which weep on it's own crys-
tai bosom, AID long after quarto and
folie shall have been consumed by the
corroding tooth of time, will these
waters murmur gcntle cadence il
echo to the associations of the past"
CARTERET STREET.
Carteret st. named for Carteret. Lord
and President of the council in 1874.
HICKS STREET.
Hicks St. was probably named for
Robt Hicks an old settler, who came
here about 1715.
GRANVILLE STREET.
Granville street for the Earle of Gran
vile, also one Of the Lords Proprie-
tors
Itch, Mango and scratches on human
or animals cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford s Sanitary Lotion. This never fails.