Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-06-09

80 sC0o9ht Of her crew having \, e'Ar, Mo-,
gu!ity OF piracy and Murder oeea spD'9sg
friday the N Y. Com. Ad,s ~S publ . Ssss'ed
has The following: ''''''r Ono, oa On
m, LATER.
l MS morning three ofthe ero.n
o,, according to their story aIflvedhs,.
our reporter, 1t would seem cie. . gathered i,
. oeeh no murder; and if crime Ls. mat lhereS.
ted' that the captain and mac ,ias Oeeacoans
here' out proceeded to PHI VINO beoD,
most about It. Still, the storv ' ns phla, kno5
not be true, though their conn; J" nef crew NJ,
seems in their favor. '''''ig hitler dr..
,,l Lyman Rnl French, James Canine. .,...
James Fox belonging to the ', scb, sieEaa I'D
reported as having been in a r r,a,oner ho
t'on on Thursday last, off Fgg S' gas sts.
made the following report SO Iiafbof ana
Lyman French states. that,
nlng the vessel had ben NM, - u olday eva.
about III O'Clock, during his r and 20 as usual
watch, again commenced nual1 1le Captains
that the water had incr ps.uP'hg aid found
Reported the matter to the cs1,, S;1on'lderabF.
peared to be alarmed and irnm pjsll, who aD
the mate and the other men n I. ordered
deck. Continued pumping. b., e cale2 on
water still increasing, the c5p,s;a AaGlng The
boat got ready, which was ~ .0oered his
The captains chart and nautr ,s,Ii0:.alely done.
the clothe bags ofthe men. and 1-o nn..alFumenis,
put INTO 1t: and at about ore or were
crew left the vessel to tow for 80 y cock the
At that time the schooner NJ. ~
toPsails aback-jib and mainsaiIs y. ils % With
-iorsai furled, and flyiny lib banis5 a 5 iej
not furled. The leak appeared to r. ~ uOVEhbCt
stern OF the vessel, and she had "a, = u Tie
BILE forword. Part of the deck Ill Sg'ascsra.
thrown off the bows, where il Was s. 8. .aa been
sed the leak was-two leaks hayinr 'i - supppO'
vIouslv discovered, after 4 beavv IN pre-.
about 20 DAYS out, Immediately n -, ~ When
little above the water line. Tie LIVE
the vessel at the bows did not prodass ING o.
feet upon the leak. While rowinr t guy Ct
the boat passed several other vesqei, =. sad,
which, except one, were spoken IT, lols o.
spoken was a smack. Inquiries Wara -a my we
those on board the smack but m ass;, ,,.l-e
fered. Captain Snow, Mr.. Green - ,5o o.
and the crew, were all in the boat sr5 I '-s
ed at Little Egg Harbor about p o'eo, Ial |.
noon on Thursday. IVA
French says, that after landinu. he ,..,..
took from his chest stocking, which NO.,
TO contain specie--took from the sfookl5, -
or twelve Mexican dollars, and then rat5,1 ~
the stocking to the chest, and locked i tn H.
next morning the captain and mate ]eF 49,.
Egg Harb0r for Philadelphia, TAKING with fbor,
the captains chest, and leaving IN cbarga -
the men the nautical instruments, which. n.
gether with the boat, were brought on BIZ thu
men. French also states that While the hos,
was getting ready, the steward made severn
attempts to 60 into the cabin, but was prevent
ed by the captain. Thomas Smith, aia
Cunningham, was left at Little Egg Harb9r
sick. &c
The Mogul was 40 tons burtlen. louryesr
| old, and valued at $4,000. On the'yessel S200
were issued; on the cargo an open policy o
5000; on the freight the owners had no ins1
rance but the captain had SII0O. Tie CT
IAN has always borne an excellent characte
both with merchants and insurance conn
MES.
The Mogul left Tobasco on the .II;h. al
tiIU Oar Uu the IZJh OF April She was heay
y ladened with logwood below and on dec
When It was discovered that the vessel wa
leaking fast, two or three hands .rocceede
TO throw off the deck load, ;and removed tv
ties before they left the schooner in the DO;
Canine, the steward, states that the crc
left IN the boat at about half-past y o'clock
Wednesday morning, and that he still saw I
schooner afloat after day light. They row
all the way ashore which they reached alb,
noon.
During the passage IN the boat they s
several vessels, but the captain refused D
mission TO the hands to attempt to DO;
them, and ordered them to make way for
land.
He father states that his suspicious vi
excited that all was not right some time
fore the leak was discovered. and mentic
several circumstances as the cause, such as
vessel running with fair wind under short sal
while others IN sight, had al the canra
spreap; his being ordered TO make two strOl
bags, one for the captain and one for the mat
an offer by the captain TO sell hun the schoO
er's boat, for so, &c sc.
| L The schooner leaked somewhat on the o
ward passage, and more on the bomewa
but was perfectly comfortable by the pun
during the whole time, till the night that g
was abandoned.
| Under the circumstances detailed above,
owners of the vessel Mr. Mitchell and \
smith g. Leeds, by Mr. Leeds, thought i; Y
best to have the captain arrested, and acc
dingly made an affidavit before the Unit
States Court, that from evidence which th
have heard, they had good reason to suspe
that the Mogul had been scuttled, through i
nstrumentahty OF Captain Snow and the ma
VIM. F. Green, and a warrant was issued
their arrest.
AT the same time that they Judged this to
the best course for both parties, they are Pc
tectly at a loss to discover any TeasonaL
motives for the captains commission oil so
grant an action, as N no event could he IA
| been the gamer by the sinking Of the Vess
but to appearances rather the loser
lie had no interest in the cargo, nor ola
own any part of the vessel, but sailed her up
shares, and had $1,000 Insured upon his freq
and he would probably have realised arg
sum than that, had he brought the vessei Sd
| ly into port. Il,
The worst circumstance against MN L.
| far is that he was in the city last evening" !.
that at the latest accounts he had not wan
upon his owners.
It is rot known that there was any speClt
consequence on board, to tempt his CUPID
| The only thing in the shape OF money seen
any of the crew was a stocking iuIl OF Al
lean dollars, mingled with few doloioC
| All gother it is very mysterious affaIT,
we are at loss for any motive Captain On
could have had to put in Jeopardy chai
ter which has been heretofore without
| proaeh.
Perhaps when his examination Is taken ID
light may be shed upon the subject, when j
explain away the appearances which now
certainly against him.