The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-02-20


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pablHb i've letter. which however
tppcam 10 tho ifaadsbofo Democrat
Of lbo l3th lost. under TIE head Of
Nsw Advertisements" paid f9r, wo
suppose. As IL wili rot bo e0ateSied
that Capt Adams, Bla~is now a..
most II not Fgiie, aeros tho Atlantic,
sent ldo letter, for publication to the
Democrat, the question arises, who IL
this super.scryiccabIo friend Of his,
here, who kept a copy Of the letter,
and would 20 even to on expense to
do this port an injury For this friend
or champion Of the Captains who is,
so persistently determined to get him
in print, can have no other object in
view, than the injury Of the port, IN
asmuch a. there is only one question
raised-the depth of a:er on the
bar. In speaking on this subject in a
former article which drew forth the
letter, we incidentally mentioned thai
a vessel was towei out, drawing so
many feet, and so many feet 17ft. 3ih.)
were found on the bar. Now in the first
place how did the Captain 80 suffer"
"trom the want of water on the bar"
when he came in, in ballast without
trouble, and went out according to
his own fgurcs) drawing Is feet 6
inches, and the least depth found on
the bar was Is feet 6 inches" or with
q spare foot under his keel. But, as
to the water on the bar when the
Montreal went out.
Just previou, to the sailing Of the
Montreal a question had arisen be
tween the consigpees and Captain OF
another vessel, involving perhaps q
law suit, and it became important to
ascertain with accuracy the depth Of
water on the bar, state of tide etc,
and the same parties being consignees
of the Montreal, strict orders were
given the officers OF the tug ROlla,
which lowed her out-and on which
also was the branch pilot-to obtain
the soundings. This was done, and
we were informed by Capt. Foster Of
the RoIla that the least depth go
found on the bar was II feet 3 inches,
and that the tide v as on the food for
two hours afterwards. And Capt.
Tucker Delmas Of the Rolla a u. s,
Commissioned Pilot made an affidavit
before the clerk Of the county courts,
that the least depth so found was II
leet FULL.
Capt. Adams himself, also sounded
while going out, and told Capt Foster
or Delmas, that "if he was put upon
his oath, he would say that the least
depth he found was % feet" Crhis
was owing to the fact that he missed
sounding just at the bar, which Is apt
to be the case unless it is known ex.
actly where it is, for it is so narrow
that between the casting of the lead
one may pass over it). So much ther
for the question of veracity between
the letter and the STAR, A question
which we knew the affidavit of Capt
Delmas settled, when We received thu
letter, but which we did not CAR
about raising as the ostensible author
of the letter had gone to sea, but a
some championship seems 10 be jus
as much "at sea" in his fgures-i
determined to WELD a goose-quill ,ant