Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
From the New York World.
FOUND ii 4 SHARK.
: .SE'Is ,N<aE Si0IsX OF TIE FOR
TUNES OF WAX.

here has for some months been enjoy
ing himself Ill the most liberal bu
rational manner, and is, perhaps, tht
happiest man in Franco. Good look
ing, educated, rich, he has fortune a
the crest Of tie wave, and keeps hel
there. It has just begun to leak ont
how this happy youth camo into his
estate, and if the facts be rs stated.
think yo,i viii agree with me that
never did ''tisherman's luck" better
deserve to be largely celebrated than
n his case. ! 90 not get the story
from his own lip, though [ am slight.
| lv acquainted with him, but from an
| intimate friend Of his who knows all
! the circumstances.
The young nan-hi4 name is s.
| c. L.. is a native Of South
Carolina, where his father had large
| possessions in Co!letOn. s. served
in the Confederate army during the
last two years OF the war, though still
| too young. and when the war was over,
settled at PocOtaligo, poor rs 4 church
mouse. His fathers estate was nearly
| all gone, and what little remained he
resolved should be religiOusly devoted
to the needs OF his mother and sisters,
who were now living in Barnwell in a
very poor way. Young H had ca
pacity and industry, but these were
not sufficient to get him work in a
State whore all things were PROSTATE
under the negro's gizzard foot. He
procured some odd jobs on the rail
road, but these soon failed him, and
at last, il despair, lie shipped before
the mast IN u trading schooner that
belonged to Machias, Me, and made
Irregular voyages between Boston,
Beaufort, S. c., Havana, and mar-
ket. In three or four years he got 10
be mate Of the trader, and finally the
owners began to promise him vessel
of his own, one now building, if he
would purchase an interest in her to
the extent Of 81, 800. His own savings
amounted to nearly half that sum al
ready, and he took furlough from
the schooner for the purpose Of seeing
his mother and some other friends, in
order to try and get 4 temporary loan
of the balance needed.
Money, however, was hard to set
No one doubted the secl;rity, but they
did not have the money to spare
After several futile efforts young H
was about to give up the pursuit IN
despair. when his mother bethought
UcT o. COl. oottJ j4----. ltI COuSlD,
still living near Port Royal, and
thought to be rathor better off than
the rest of the connection. S. H
was only very slightly acquainted with
Colonel E. but his mother insisted
that he should take letter from her
to the relative, and thus leave nothing
untried III matter which so ointmately
concerned the pushing of his own for
tunes.
When H arrived at his cousins
place on Port Royal Sound, he found
that the family were not very well pre-
pared to have visitors. In fact, only
two nights before. the house--an old
brick m2nsion-had been burned to
the ground, and the family were now
living in couple Of tents pitched on
the lawn in front OF the ruins. Col.
E had lost everything the house
contained, and was now down with the
ague; his daughter was Ill with hys-
terics, and everything was in confusion
and disorder. In fact, as Mrs. E
pitifully Id H, "thero's actually
nothing to eat IN the the house1ln
the tent, | mean,' she said. with
feeble smile. land the Colonel is too
i'll to go fishing to-day
mention it's subi ct. On the contrary,
he tried to make himself useful, gave
Mr.. E. his dose Of quinine, taught
Mrs. E how to rig her tent sails in
a safer and more comfortable fashion,
with him, launched the boat, hoisted
FaiI. and went fishing for the replen-
ishing of Door Mrs. Els exhausted
larder. Well acquainted with the
sound and It's fishing ground. he soon
caught quite mess Of fish. aud was
beating back again, when a startled
mast, attracted his attention. The
shark between ten and twelve feet
long, which swan directly i'll front of
the boat and seemed prepared to dis
common in tho e waters, carried q
small harpoon attached to long line,
for the purpose Of using upon the
devil-fish Frequently met there, and
the chase and capture Of which is a
fayolita and exciting sport of South
Carolinians. Hastily calling the boy
to the Lc!m, and giving his lugger
sheet plenty Of play, H snatched
the Larpoon and line, sprang to the
bow, tossed a large fish in the water,
and, rs tho shark turned up to seize
it, drove the harpOOn into his belly
with so true an aim and such fatal
force that The huge fish only struggled
4 few minutes before expiring. He
was not able to get his prize aboard,
but determined not to lose such
trophy of his arms strength, took it in
tow behind his boat, and was soon
able to land his cargo and tow in safe
ty near the burned mansion.
Securing his boat, H now sent
the boy for help to fetch away his
fish. and amused himself by disem-
boWciing the monster. His jack knife
struck uron something hard and me-
tailIc in the viscera of the fish, and,
examining more closely, he brought to
light square, fat zinc box, about the
size of 4 one-pound gunpowder can,
much "orroded, but apparently her
metic,i = sealed and water tight. He
washed il off, dried it, and put it in
his pocket for future examination;
then, the boy having come with help,
tool, his fish and some titbits from the
shark up to the tent, much to the Joy
Of the occupants, who could not thank
him enough.
Colonel F., to whom H
showed his box, Immediately thought
he recognized it as one of a peculiar
sort Of .ispatch-box, used by the Con-
fe,icrat,. Government for their messen-
gers by sea and in blockade-runners
being convenient for carrying in the
pocket ard for throwing overheard in
,.:;s" the vessel was captured. The
box WAS carefully opened and was
found to be precisely what Col. E
sisrccted-a dispaich-box of the Con-
federate Government. The contents,
in addition to some papers of no pres
ent Importance, comprised series of
long dispatches in cipher, ad-
dressed to well-known agent
in Paris, of the defunct re-
belI;on. and ten certificates of deposit,
promising to pay money of Ambrose
Gnnter's, now on deposit with the
banking house cf Y. Animas Freres,
Bordeaux. to Join Brown or order.
,rhcn property countersigncd. The
amount of the certificates in all was
500, 900 francs. Worth nothing, OF
course" said H, down on his lnck