Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-03-25

we learn That the merchants Of SheIByGills
have .dstermined to withdraw thsir trade tfpm
Hanui6al, andtFAnsfef it ID MaTion City. TIPS
is . god movs; our merohn should % the
same ding. d il nesrsr T. Mafisn City than
Hannibal, and Is said = beA bette road
TBlosmihgtoa Repob. Il March ID
The days OF Hannibal may now be considered
a. numbered. Sheibyville has already "deter-
mined, I" and BOrankis is msgnanimOuSly advised,
20 withhold their ample supplies from the spa
eious warehouses Of Hannibal, and divert them
into anUther:ahd Fiual channel. When this act
of retributiEs Justice, tOussuage the wrath OF an
outraged community for an imaginary wrong, IS
icunsummaied, what course viii be left for the
''dOomed" citizens Of Hannibal to pursue-what
course edRthey pursue-but for merchants, ira
ders, mechanics, huoksters, editors, printers,
deUlls and all, to pub down their signs, close
their doors, and "fee from the wrath to come J!
For has not SheIbyville determined" and Bor-
aalEIe thrsatsnd, TO cut of their supplies, and
leave them to choose between two miserable al
termtives-either 20 ''flee" or perishp Alas.
poor Hanniball--we feel rs much COMMUNICATION
for thee as did the simplc-hsarted Wslshman Tor
the ancient city of Bristol, when he fOndly i'm
sgined that he had gathered within his goat-skin
purse her last silver, and left the inhabitants ia
get along, as best they might, without circula-
ting medium. The story Of the aforesaid Welsh
man runs about this wise: he had lived to the
age Of 30 years, hemmed in between his owl
native mountains, without having been, in al
that time, 80 far from home as to be out Of sight
of the smoke Of his paternal dOmiCil. He had
heard, however, of the magnificent cities Of old
England, which hay beyond his native hills, ant
determined to crafty his curiosity by witness
ing them. Accordingly, one bright sunny morn
ing in June, with sturdy staff in one hand ant
bundle OF "duds" in the other, he set out upor
his travels. The first place Of any magnitude
which he arrived at was the ancient city O
Bristol, where he determined to larry, working
the while rs day laborer. At the end OF sill
months, by dint of hard work aud the practice o
the NEST rigid econOmy-Such as Welshman
wooden-ShOd Dutchman or Yankee oniy
knows how to exercise--he found himself tn
legal possesSOT OF the enormous sum Of nineteel
shAEngs and sixpence, sterling money Of Grea
Britain. Surprising that he had well nigh eX
hAusted the Golfers Of Bristol, he concluded :
return to Wales and enjoy the fruits Of his toll
Ascending the hill which ovcrlooks the city, h
turned upon II look Of compassion, and pathet
iCally exclaimed, while dandling in his hand hi
hard-earned treasure, "Alasl poor Bristol y
If hur should make such another draw upon hun
it would be poor Bristol, indeedl" D.. ...
Marion City, which is hereafter TO be III
lucky recipient OF the trade OF the MeI
chants ofShelbyville and BOEaakIe, is beau
tiCully situated in the centre of q magnif
cent frog pond which skirts the margin o
: the "falher OF waters" 1t was fouHdet
near twenty years ago by aRevorend spec
ulator named Ely, and for brief period
like many other western towns which sud
denly sprung up about the same time oil
J speculation, cut quite conspicuous figure
!, lon papeE Like the mushroom, however
il had its day; for the last ten wears it hH
been gradually floating down stream 4
Hannibal, until, we are informed, there is a
} present nothing more left of it but n few
! miserable shanties which will not pay III
D cost OF transportation. But brighter er
, seems to be dawning upon her, and Marion
. City, through the powerful influence Of tn
merchants Of ShelbyVille and B0Eaakie ma
yet in her turn swallow up Hannibal, a
the latter place has come well nigh en-
lgulphing Marion City, Nous VerT0RS, o
the veteran Richie used to ssy.--L Chilico
/ the Chronicle. ,.,t -.l...... ii s,..
"The road has been made to play fare
Al