New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-05

gaze, the famous fsh.mNke., and the wharfage o
toll wa my for every bos.-losi Of ish an
the hnt toek built in London WIS for the Greenlan
fsheD.
Liverpool the presen. mar. Of American Com
MERGE, was, at first, poor IS hing village, and Gl.s
gov is indebted for is importance to Q mereh ant bl
the rame of Elrhnstone, who acquired gres, wealth
in fishing, and inspired Others to engage therein.
Tish was the principal artise Of food in England &
long time ago We have the bill Of fare 8, the feast
given on the msns &c Of Henry ne IYth, in 1909 pre-
served a curiosity Of olden tics. This royal ban
cuet consisted Of six ccurses-three Of flesh aud fowl
and three Of fsh-tie fs. course heiog salty fshe
and rostyd SAVIOUR. ksd the entries 10 the houss bold
book Of the great Earl ~ Northumberland Of early
times, disspate notions abou. the rcsst beef Of
Old Englxnd. The retaseys and servants of this
splendid establishment, livsd f,A with ltae sal.
beef snd mutton wthou, vegetables three fcurths of
the year, and the usual breakfast Of my Lord aud
Lady, consisted Of quart Of beer, as much vine, two
pieces Of salt fab, six red herring, four white ones
and dish Of spsats.
But the object Of these piscstoria giesnnys is not
80 uch to show what fish and fishing had to do with
olden time, az to show, historically, that Was fish
and fishing that earsed the exploration and coonizs
ton OF the North American Continent that twas ish
and feb ne that extended the French the
New World, until France claimed much the large,
porte thereof, and that she finally dispossessed
Of every foot thereof By of her grasping and
monopolizng efforts to control the American fish,
eriee; that i, was the fsh and fishing disputes and
colsio ns, rivalries and duties that aiens,ed the
Colonies from the mother country, and caused the
Revolution; and that it is to the NewEugsnd
fishing sailors and fishing soldiers are most in
eebted for our independent nationality.
We know that between the years Of our Lord ess
s1d 1910, Left and Thorvvald sons Of E max the
Red, Norwegian navig ator, made voyages into the
upea plored Western Ocean, and discovered iAsnts,
BAYS, pronontories and msnlands, before urtno
that they found corn growing wild on the low.
lands, vines on the bills, and the rivers, lakes and
bsys t6emipg with salmons and Other fsh and gave
to the newly discovered country the name Of Win
land dat eode-tbe good yinland. We know that
these discoveries published to the Chrishaoized
world in 1918, by Adam, a canon OF Bremen, in his
ecclesiastical history; and that although Vinland
may never have been permanently colonized by the
NoR1HxES still continued to be visited BY the Ice
iapdc voysgers as late as l3i7.
The historic chain, however, connecting the dscov.
eries Of the Mortimer, and Of Columbus, Cabot aud
Others IL wanting q few links to make il continuous
and unbrokep. Yet we know that the VInlapd Of the
Mortimer il that portion Of the American continent
Tow designated as New-Englaud, and that the first
English coorists in New England found vines grow
ing on the hills corn on the low lands and the rivers,
lakes and bays teemipg with fish just the Mortimer
did many centuries before them. Admitting, then,
although there is tradiionary evidence to the con
81 Col,~ hua unda~fook his frat a
discovery the truth of his geographical theories
and specuations and without previous kno Wedge Of
the discoveries of the Northmen still it is historically
tue that the result OF the great navgator voyages
was the awak ching OF an active and adventurous
spirit in search of god-the tsismanic incentive to
pilsge and cOnque.-wbile the discoveries OF Cabot
caused fishing excitement - ntense and perv idng
AZ the golden mania in our time by the discovery
of the suriferous deposits in California and Aus
tralia, ending, however, in exploration and per-
manont colonization, and the establishment OF
the civil and religious privileges we now enjoy.
And be ii remembered, that at the time Of the dis
coverits of Columbus, Cabot, and others upon this
Continent all Europe, including England, was
Catholic and that the consumption of fsh was enor-
nous. During the fast days Of the Church, the
picked henings Of Holland were the principal food,
snd fishes were more esgery sought after than all
tbirgs else and the discovery of new fishing grounds
ives the rival pursuit. Of nations.
II was at this time OF fishing excitement, when the
individuals and nations of Europe were mainly intent
on the acquisition of fish and the discovery Of new
fishing grounds, that Sebastian Cabot, the Venetian
merchant sailed from the port Of Bristol, in England
On his voyage Of discovery and exploration to the
New World. Having explored the coast from
Labrador to Carolina, he returned to Europe, and
published an account Of bis voysge-and what most
interested ar d excited pubs attention Not tina, he
had visited goodly land, having noble forests, rich
soiJ, and genial cline, but that he had found the
bays, lakes end rivers thereof teeming with fish
tina. there were great seals and those which are COM
monty called sslmons-soles, yard in length, and a
ereat abundance Of that kind OF fish which the saw
ages call bsccolos, or Goldfish.
These ia stories were promulgated by Cabot and
bis companions, throughout Europe, aud created q
fshns excitement, intense and universal that per
sons Cd the highest rank, and Dowse connected with
commd rcal purruts, became shareholders in d'hin9
adventure. 10 the new fishing grounds. England
Frsnce. Spain and Portugal, nationally and indivi-
dualiy. CONNIE need eager rivalry in tho business
Of fshng, and contepded arduousy for the monopoly
Of fshir Z IL the American seas.
Tie French were the first cod fishers in the Amer
lean waters. after tire return Of Cabot-'hey male
f.iipg voyages to Newfoundland as early as 1904
and probably earlier, for few years later there were
fifty chips Of different nations employed in hose fish
cries, end some forty fry houses had been built for
the eccon mediation Of the fsherulen. IL 1911, the
lumber Of ves.eIs employed in fishing, in American
waters. was 375-tbe ships Of France and Spain were
a. tha. time more numerous than those of England;
but few YEAR later, Englond employed 200 ships
..nn.llr md IN 600 mon and BOYS % calcAers and