The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-01-04

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an Act creating q Boafd u lflo.
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The daiios Of The Board arc simple
bot as II has charge and supervision
Of The lilots and 10 q certain extent
Of vessels entering our bay a correct
discharge of IL duties u very impor.
ianl to our place M q port, aud to IL
commercial interests.
AZ no pay, pcrquisitcs or emolu-
mouis ware attached TO, II was sup
posed lliat no one would crave, the
Office, unless influenced solely by q
desire TO render the State service,
and would then wait 10 bave his SER
vices solicited. But the bill Lad
scarcely passed, when, like the lone
buzzard which describes tho carrion
afar Of, or the jackal which snifTs
prey in the breeze, the carpet-bagger
hastcns on to Jackson to get an ap-
p%ointmcnt under the bill.
lie oh aims it; an ignorant negro.
we suppose on his recommendation, is
another appointee; ana the mill.owh
ers, merchants and others, citizens Of
the place interested in its prosperity,
succeed in having one of their nuns
Der appointed as the third member.
Since the creation Of this Board
and the appointment of the members,
several meetings have been held,
pilots have been appointed and other
business transacted, yet the member
last mentioned HAS NEVER BEEN IN
EoRMED CT A. SINGLE MEETING notwith-
standing he called more than once at
the place Of business of the G. B.,
member and requested that he be in
formed whenever a meeting Tas call
cd. But this was never done,t .o
carpet-bagger and the -.cgro have to-
gelter been "a unning the machine"
We understand that the inevitable
Ring has been formed, consisting of
certain pilots and steyedores aud
these two commissioners, and the ina
chine" which they attempt to run is
nothing less than the commerce of
this port, which is to be regulated to
suit their selfish ends. We all know,
that the pilots, creatures Of these
commissioners have insisted upon
charging one-half pilotage fees, when
their services were not needed by
vessels going over the bar, against the
explicit wording of the bill creating
the Board; and in this they have been
upheld by the two commissioners.
And the result was a case in the Cir
cult Court.
A vessel was towed from Mobile
some months ago with a pilot on the
tug and a stevedore to load her,
w~hereupon the "Ring" arose in arms
to resent this infringement upon their
rights ?; a willing Justice of the
Peace was appealed to, who exercis.
ing the jurisdiction solely belonging
to a U. S. Admiralty Court, issued a
warrant for the arrest of the pilot or
stevedore; and the vessel, lyingin the
bay, was boarded in the absence Of
the Captain, by a negro constable and
an assistant, and the unressting ste-
vedore at work in the hold, was ar.
rested at tie mouth of cooked pistols
presented at his head, aud conducted
ashore. The mate. ignorant of these
proceedings, arrives on the train from
Mobile and going to his boat sees the
constable in it; he pushes out in a
skiff to 60 alongside when he is hit
over the head twice with the heavy
oaken tiller and left for dead.
An injunction was gotten out by
the pilots TO prevent the steam-tug
Rolla, belonging to the place from
towing vessels out or in. i
And every expedient has been re-
sorted to, to prevent any outsiders"
from interfering with 'the ring" in
their control of vessels arriving or
departing.
Now, Of nothing, r u citizens
more firmly convinced, than Of the