The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-30

The product OF the Newfoundland seal trade,
for the last year. has been very extensively crcu'
lated. The great value OF this single branch Of
the fisheries has led US TO make some inquiry lnto
The actual value, pecunlary and political, OF the
entire BUSINESS The Progress OF America, oy
maegFegor' furnishes US with the information &C.
slreo' As the work IRON lis Costumes, Is out NIUE
sno~n' we proceeu4 70 compile from iss pages 'is
n'sspty, ana present condlton q 'ns iuofanSe s'a
"sel"l orancn 81 industry me piineipai nsn'.s
gfouhu 10 the Wo.iu, y the great Dams =
,ahu Is an eievallon o. lls suu'la.no $500
ior space OF Two hundred m.ss ~ es
nui'u.eu nl,'es - ~
pseli aa~asueu Z 49, s,.,srI,, il
~ svne ! Z go, s,h,nsrgs5 bv an earth
's'aio' WHICH "a. .-..,-..ss o,ha.s ,b;nk
quaSe' q 'uel +, ~ sposit of
ae y ""s fsls and there
Sno' sA.l.ea o-,an,s The sourdinrs
s'oppsu y =. ~. g.. .,tns On ,bs
III ..SI pss ,oo,, ,Isrs ~ ,nr fa,homs of
: -. :; : 49, -. 4, i ,,.olahle that a shin
,.,,l', <, dashed 70 on Them. The first Eng
IA ~, ,bcb b.d ;s;,sd Newfoundland was IN
XIV Ri ~ hat ,;,r CIV sil Of French Snsnish
- r,.,,,,rss. - -, re Ranks
n l57e sbs s,.anaris md oue hundred sbins. the
portnusse cav ard The Enqlisb only 6etsen In
i I615 IL Eposb Ind Two hundred and f;ftv sh;ns
~ ,,a, ,,,s,s tonr hundred Inaar ,;oa -
Aims carried twenty guns. and about The same
| .,,ohar of' boa,s ana = bnndrsd ,,ar No,, H.
h,siness Is condncted in small schoonsrs with moi
osr doz., men, A. sarlv a. Nh.
NJ tho eob,eentb cen,urv the paonls of Na,, Enc.
ANA had enosged eytsns;velv L III t;sbar;as ana
,nn,,sI,v sxnos,sd ~ sna, and ,b. Msd;,erro,,s.r
| ,he ,ra,ns ~ t,I79 ooo-rnssrIv ssoo ooo
3
4, I7as ~ H. 1870 80 Ion;ah,.,, h., III
vsntaa Ma-,hant 81 W., paonsr;Il ,5a an,nal
49,. ooS 900 81 600
oSo I ~, IL, sf ~, 49, wa,
~, s.Lss,a. - - 5;r.;n;.t,aI
~ 'c ;, -.
Ioss u husiAnu plopol'ivle'eis ln,'eessu
"A 1914, hes4pofts run eNlounuiaiu aihoiiA'
ed 10 IT., SSl,525 nearly ten millions OF dollars.
This, however, was owing to a combination Of cir
cums,ances which will mt probabIv occur again.
H. 1919 ,bs exnor,s frop, Tho leland If Nevvfaund.
- ~ soan 80 1t
| iano We're 1ooS,%oV' neafly loar miiiiohs VI uoi-
lars.
2 The Labrador fisheries employ about 400 schoon-
! ers and some % 600 British seamen whose product
. !. easn noo 4, 1000 ~ A,nar;osns ~ III I'M.
1850 ','o -1.1 80 -
ted states had oOV vessels ana l9Vo men eneageu,
aud realized t26SOO0 Ihls ls certainly Won
dsrful superiority in our sailors. We should deem
!, m;stske bnt we onote from British authority.
"a :. af:.;aI la.,,..,,s uhoJ;ad j., ,bo ,,,o,l
anu ii oiit0.a. ~ ~
we ma tns highest comPunisnis pau " 'iie suPe-
rior skill and energy Of the New England fisher
men, Nova Scotia employs 10000 men in the fish
| cries and The proeuc, in ls4O was f5OO 600 The
| $50 ~ ~ -, ..,,- :; Ioo-
same uovune. s'ys ua' ~ 10
employed ll,l49 men, and received 1oOo,OOV!
The province Of st. Johns exports about LOU, OOO-
The value of The New England fisheries is not
II ,ivan ~, tbs numbar &c rosr amnlovsd in ,sAo
80 % Ees - a,e 900
vac 'os1of' anu 'ne caPloi hiNes'eu was 9lo'tS''
ozO. Inc right OF the Americans to take flsh on
the Banks Of Newfoundland, the Coast of Labra-
dor, and the Gulf Of St Lawrence, was in con
formitv with the treaty Of J7s3 For this rscoon;.
ton we are indebted 10 Jobn Adams.
For this favorable article saws Mr.. Ptkin. f.
relation to the fisheries g as in the case of The
boundaries, the Americans were indebted ts their
hego'la'ots' ana particularly Mr: Adams wno kne"
Th Rr;,;sh naaat;a,ors a. ~ os n.y. rsad
their assent TO this artcle and particularly to thai
| part relating TO The Coast fishery, and which ae-
Anowle0geu ins T'gMs oi tne Aelicans 70 axe nsn
isa M ~ r5 1;bs,,' ;s,aod &c bs TIo
this, MI. Adams grew warm, and declared to the
| British negotiaiors he would put his hand 10 no
articles, without satisfaction about the fisheries +;
nc asheu wsesel .eIs was, u e9u,I DC eleaier
and that If paris France and EneIand bavs
, claimed the right and used the word When God
Almighty made the banks of Newfoundland, a
SUI leagues distance from the people OF America
a,,d FSIoS III 1s ~ s @ood riah, =
the former as to the latter
- ~ W sn ~ :,
and possession Give riobI. We have il as eIearv
as you; il war, and blood, and treasure give a
right, ours is as good as yours,
I'll we nave tbTtdIDly deem uBuilDB III Adudud,