The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-05-23
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Over abd over sasla. within M
past seventeen months hss no Fran
pefsisteany urged ihe imporiaaee.
aod necessity Of having pisciapula
declared r. Fort oi Eatry and o'
having q Cntom nou O established
there.
Obo yoar ago our Legislature me-.
mofialzod Congress to this effect
The Special Agout Of the Treasury
Department, having Jurisdiction Of
our seacoast long ego recognized tbc
necessity Of having the Custom House
at rascagoula, and not at S%hieldsboro
lis present location and recommended
to bis Department It's transfer. Bot
as il was taken to Sbioldsboro from
Pennington by Act OF Congress.
Congress alone con remove it. Our
Commerce has demanded it for two
years, in tones which long ago should
have been needed and our citizens
have urged upon our Representative
in Congress to take action in the mat
ter. Does not the Republican know
what influences have been brought to
bear to defeat these measures, 50 i'm
p)rtant to our Commerce and to the
State, and to prevent the removal of
the Custom House from Shieldsboro.
In orr issue Of the 9th we published
(from the Custom House books %
clearances of vessels from this Port
for the month Of January; Is Tor Feb
ruary; Is for March and II Tor
April; amounting to 15469 tons.
These vessels sailed, loaded with lum-
Der, but they all extraordinary from
foreign ports-empty, or in ballast.
Some of them came from Europe ;
there now are several British We sells
in our bay loading for England
and the Continent /; they came
empty handed Il; would they have
done so, had this been a Port of En-
try? Can Shieldsboro make anything
like the above showing, as a just cause
for retaining the Custom House at
that place.
Mere political influence has been
brought to bear to override a great
commercial necessity; and simply be-
cause Shields5oro desires to possess
the Custom House 'for the name Of
the thing" and probably to have q
handsome federal building erected in
her midst, our commerce must Ian
guish, and Importations into the
State must be prevented.
But this Editor, Inspector of Gus
toms, has suddenly discovered that
thereafter a large amount Of foreign
produce that has heretofore been i'm
into New Orleans and Mobile,
will go to Pascagoula." What great
change has lately occurred to pros
duce such a tremendous effect in the
diversion of trade from New Orleans
and Mobile. We have heard Of none.
Possessing a custom house." We
have none. There a be but one in
District. That, Of this district, is
at Shieldsboro.
Goods can be and are imported
there (~Pascagoula) and the duties col
as readily and efficiently as in
New Orleans" If this were so, GER
.ainly a Custom House is a useless
Ind expensive piece of furniture tc
he Government, and we would need
lone, nor would any other place; and
hat huge, granite pile at New Orr
cans which has swallowed millions,
We reckon, Of money, is but an ex-
s~uperduity ! for New Orleans
With so much custom-house has no
over P~ascagoula without
he semblance of one, according to this
ogic.
Does the Sea Coast Republican ex-
,ect Ship owners and Capt ,ins to be-
ieve any such stuff as that, or is it
trying to dose the people of
'ascagoula with a sugar coated pill
nd while the Mayor of S~hieldsbero
etains within his jurisdiction the sub.
lance, the P~ascagoula Inspector of
CUSTOMS presents this shadoW, to Fas-
agoula.
Vessels coming 10 Pascagoula
oaded can be ordered to go and enter
nd discharge at Shieldsboro as this
not a declared Port of Entry. Is