Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-02-07
COD AND MAcKEREL FISHERIES.
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NEwBURrPoRr herald, JANUARY IL.
Full statistics are annually published OF our
Whale Fishery, but very little is known OF the great
number of men employed in the Cod and Mackerel
Fisheries. We have thought, while the members
Of Congress in their comfortable quarters are talk
ing brayely about war and bloodshed and the
honor and destiny of the country, it was proper
time to call their attention TO the disadvantages under
which the brave men labor upon whom the nation
must mainly rely in time of war. We say thatthe
iaon must mainly rely upon The men ,cho man oar
fishing fleets, because they the hardest and the
most exposed TO danger and privations of any OF
cur mariners and, besides, very large portion OF
the in merchant service Foreigners, who
no tobe depended upon any great in time Of war;
II upon the that must, of war, contend
with England To the maritime portion of her population
s all her greatness and they, by making her the mis-
s Of the seas have rendered almost all the world tributary
toher Our hardy backwoodsmen Of the West
England in the slightest degree. Even though they may
oyHun her provinces adjoining territory, SO long she
regns ON the ocean, aud command of the harbor
she can bring them to her own terms.
While them the whole front Of the battle will fall upon
maritime population in time Of war, let consider the
disadvantages under which they labor in time OF peace In
the first place. they exposed great danger As an illus
tration of this the little of Truro Cape Cod, has
lost nearly hundred of its young within the last three
years. all swallowed up in the terrible gales which so fire.
quent spring up ong the rocks and shoals Of dangerous
coast Again British treaties and British cruisers restrict
fishermen within the narrowes possible limits, and ex-
cludc them entirely from the markets Of all the British colo
MES France too who has always endeavoed TO raise up
assist against England though she does pro-
hbt fishermen from sending the produce OF their toll to
her ports besows such bounty upon her fishermen that
To he
allowed upon every qunia of French fish is than the
price for which fish SELLS and when vessels go to the
French islands with their fish, they make profitable voyage
il they can sell them for the money which the French
Government pays the French vessel which discharges
alongside Of her bounty upon the fish which she lands If
we recoec rightly, this bounty is not far from 81 per quins
Span having few fishermen of her own, allows the
import of fish into her possessions, after budening them
with heavy Duty and consequently to the Spanish ports and
the home market fishermen are entirely restricted
The papers in Banstable, Plymouth, and Bristol counties,
annually give very full statistics of the progress and fortunes
OF fisheries which possess much interest In other parts
Of the State the papers have been less successful in obtaining
the statistics of these fisheries In Gloucester the most i'm
portan fishing port few statistics beyond those furnished
by the assessors have been given The ee
graph promised several weeks ago complete list OF the fishing
vessels with catch Of each but has not given yet We
the following statistics time 10
the present season. exchange papers, principally in the
Yarmouth Register and Barnsable Patriot
Provncetown has had SIS fishing schooners employed thu
past season. the largest being l03 TONS and the smallest 20
The largest fare of Goldfish brought in by the l03 tor
schooner the Kohsno being 400 otis. the smallest 81
ca. Goldfish BY the Olive, Of 35 tons, which brought in ais
25 brs mackccl The largest fare Of mackere by tb
Brenda TONS which brought in $50 brs the smallest b.
the Pilot 80 bbl which also brought in 325 qs Goldfish
small open boats have also been employed during the
son in fishing.
In addition these there have been employed the whale
fishery IS vessels of them briggs and the others schoo
nes of which have not arrived during the year. and
their cargoes will into the business of next
There have been employed during the past in the
fishing schooners 400 men, in the so small boats $50
and in the 25 whaling vessels $40 total no
poycd from this the very extremity of the Cape. Let
the members Of Congress look this fact Of the small
towns Of Massachusetts, Bay, and Il these of
men, upon whom they rely make good in the face of the
world their ravado speeches. and to whom the country
look for her sole defence in the hour peril do need
enlargement at least, il not protection.
The produce of the various fisheries of Proyncetown for the
past year thus down by correspondent of the Var
mouth Register: