The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-18

dear, he should prefer no, bringing it
into the market al all for the present.
They all armed 10 repel the attack oil
the pirate, but he trembling declined
having any hand in 1.-THE "was but a
passenger and he could not by he laws
Of Jasper county, Georgia, be compelled
10 lake up arms out of The Slale;" so
down he ran and locked himself up in
his berth, as the brig passed by they
cut up deuced fuss generally on deck
and let off shot from the small cam
non, after which they gave three cheers
that made the welkin ring! One Of
them then went down to Seth Simns,
militia Major from jasper county. Geor-
gia, and Told him that they beat of the
pirales-tor doing which he told them
they were thunderin' smart fellows,
and that every man OF them nigh, con-
slider that he owed hun a drunk when
they got to New Orleans.
Shortly after This Major Simms went
up to an officer Of the u S. Army W no
was standing on the forecastle, and
seemed wrapt up in deep reverie.
We'll, Gaping" said Major Smms,
Nv ha, 90 you think Of this boat?" IL
think" sa the Cal tain, "lhat it is all
up with US and that it will be shortly
all down with her; her keel has been
eat through with the worms and she
is now sprlnging Leak
You don't say, Gaping, do youf"
said Major Simms, his hair standing on
end like quilts on the fretfu porcupine.
81 do though" said the Captain. "go
see, and convince yourself"
80! Gaping said Major Simms,
''w hat aOiU father and mother, my " lie
and four chiIdren-one OF them on the
breast-do at home in Jasper county,
Georgia, If I'm drownedn He ran 10
The Cap ain OF the boat ''Capting. do
tell" SAID he, us this beat in q leaky
condillon?"
so much So" said the Captain, ",har
if it continues %e can't hold out much
longer" and having had, unknown &c
he Major, The plug removed from " here
he cold water is admitted in'o the hoi
ers. he pointed out TO MAJOR Simms the
rapidIly with hich it came in, and hac
he pump worked 10 show how SLOWLY
II could be pumped out, and the preca
riouS nature of their position.
He ran down half frantic to the ca
in, acquainted his fellow passenger.
"t tie dilemma i'll which they were
and craved their counsel in the premis
| $. They knew Of only enc way to b
aved:-They were only fifty mile
| rom Galvestun-ihey were two hon
Ired and fifty miles from the Balize-
un'ess the captain s'eered for Calves
ton they must inevitably perish! Ma
Ior Slmms would give all he had
! five hundred do'ars--if the cariail
would do this. lie could not afford I,
drown and leave his wife in Jaspei
county, Georgia, ridder." He prav
ed and besought the captain To steer for
Galveston; but il was of no use-hiS
course he would no, alter There wa,
nothing then left for Major Simms but
10 protest; and protest he did, in the
words and figures following. |, was
written al his instance by Mr.. G..
AT SEA-latitude ard Longitude 10.
known.
BELT REMEMBERED, by this pub
lie Instrument of Protest, That on this.
I6'h of June, 1916, at the reques, OF
s W. Simms, of Jasper county, State
OF Georgia, and also at The request of
The Undersigned, !, Charles Browskin,
IA Notary Public, duly commissioned
and sworn IN Tor and Tor the Sea al
large, did proceed to the whce-h house
of the steamer Fashion, then bound
from the port Of Brazos ST. Jago to the
city Of New Orleans, and did most
solemnly state 10 The captain thereof
By the error of the pilot the said s,ea,
mer, had retroceded so miles last MIG h,
Cd, That the said steamer is coutinu.
ally gaining from five TO ten inches o.
water per hour, and is sinking as fas
as the nature efthe case permits. Fur
Their. That the engineer had publicly
proclaimed his intention to blow I'D the
boat. Wherefore, al the request afore
said. |, he said notary, did demand O
the said Captain Fullerton, who com