RICHARD EDONS.

Abram, his comrade, allied himself faithfully to John Bull until Uncle

Sam became involved in the contest with the rebels. In this hour of need

Abram hastened back to North Carolina to help fight the battles of

Freedom. How well he acted his part, we are not informed. We only know

that, after the war was over, in the reconstruction of North Carolina,

Abram was promoted to a seat in its Senate. He died in office only a few

months since. The portrait is almost a "fac-simile."

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