Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-11-12

loins, saves her from famine-may save her
from financial ruin, and at the same time pur-
sues its own high destiny, the absorbing of a
continent to freedom.--Bah Clipper.
A NEW STORY OF DAN MARBLES.
The Batavia Spirit of the Times tells the
following story -
Dan Marble tells a story of queer old En-
glishman whom he met during his late pro-
fessional visit to England. This fellow be-
longed to the class of solemn boys, who are
ever seeking the acquaintance of "men of
mark no matter what their vocation, and
having found such one, hang on 10 him like
grim death to a gone colored person." This
man was introduced to Marble, and as Dan is
a chap every body must like, our friend en-
grated himself like leech. Dan resolved
upon testing his gullible powers, and an OPP
portunity soon offered. AS they were quietly
" imbibuating" at one of those fugitive drink
ing places always to be found near theatre,
the conversation happened to turn on the new
English postage system and the rapidty with
which the mails were carried.
"Oh,'' says Dan, "we have plan in our
country which will use you fellows all up
very quick"
"Use up"'
eyes, use up''
"Well, if you can beat our fifty-mie an
hour engines you may begin to talk about
using up"
"That's just what we calculate upon doing,
SQUIRE
" How, pray''
ooh, something entirely new; but we shall
beat you all to creation, smash-theres no
mistake in it, tell you.''
"But how ~
"'Taint much known yet. You won't say
nothin' bout it if tell you %
"Certainly not"
s'Won't leak any: %
"No."
keep close as clam?''
yes"
"Well, there's Teller down the Mississippi
pi who has actually tanned lot of sharks and
learnt them to run from place to place on the
river"
"Learn sharks !-ho, no, no! that's good !''
"What are you laughing at ;"
"'Twon't do-that won't. 1t may be all
very we'll to talk about, but such stuff won't
60 down here, by no means; it's nonsense"
''Nonsense %
eyes, absurd"
You get out -
Come, come, Gomez
"Look here, now, squire do you think
want to fool you %
We'll, what do you mean ,"
Just what say-sartin sure"
Go on, then, I'll listen. l thought you
were TRYING to do me-
g Nothing of the sort, squire, assure you -
You're really sincere, then ~
"True as the catechise'
"Well, you're such COMPOUNDED queer fell
lows over on tother side that one scarcely
knows what to believe. But go on with your
story
"Well, as was saying, two or three years
ago Teller down at Natchez caught six OF
seven young sharks-'pups' they call them
down there-little runts that hadn't got no
teeth nor nothin', and were just about as harm
less as young bar, though they had a leetle
of the old sarpent i'll 'em, and no mistake
Well, this Teller thought he'd train 'em a spell
| just to see what he could do. He began by
towing along the water bone with a little
mite of meat on it; that worked tolerably
we'll Next he tied it to the starn of a boa
and rowed off a few miles They got consid
cradle kind O. used to it. By and by, wher
they got older, he fastened bigger bone tc
the starn of a steamer, and hung blasted
great chunk of meat just up out of the water
so as they could see it, and in that way learn
'em to 60 all the way up to Pittsburg. Afte
he'd got 'em that far, then he turned round ant
came back, just as easy
Nor
&c Fact 20
"C Can't be'
" True as blazes They finally got so usec
to goin' up and down that all he has 10 Gt
now is to let one of them out of the pen, turl
his smellers up stream, and away he goes
After getting up to Pittsburg and resting lee
tie he draws bee line for home"
" You don't say SO %
"Y-e-s!''
" How long are they going up''
"Only about eight hours and half-some
times eight and three quarters"
SIS it possible %
"Y-e-s!"
care they always as quick ,"
&c Regular as cl- ok work-never knew then
TO fail but once"
{" How was that"
"Well, you see, one day as one of ther
, was streaking it up, just near Louisville, h
struck his head agn' snag, and it gave hir
such an ALFRED headache that he had to sto
half an hour to battle his temples in cold wa
ter-just to take down the swelling, yo
, know"
t "Come, come you're joking.''
"Honest as Nebuchadnezzar, and no mis-
!, take! But haint told you all YETI
Well, what else? %
"The sharks have got so big now, tia
they talk of putting a row of state rooms o
t their backs and running them for passengers
: 81 don't believe a word of it-not a wore
You can't come it over me, Mr. Marble; II
not TO be had. Goodbye; | can't stay wit
: you any longer now-good-by
E Off he went, leaving a crowd of the boys,
who gave him parting guffaw as he passe
ont. and afterwards sueeested To Each nthf