New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-01

toey approached hat the merits Of the controversy
are the writer Of this does not know. No blood va
split. The Supreme Court has olsppsd an Injunction
on the City Islanders removing oy sers and on Monday
next tue case is 20 be heard a: River Head, L. L.
when the Injunction viii probably either be dissoved
with condition. or be made perpetual.
EVENTS UNSEEN AND SUBMARISE.
But the City islanders, in sowing their seed ia
Northpor Bay, were uDcousciously dong tina, which
should enable them and others to reap largely in oaer
and distsDt fields. The Norhpor oysters fruc;i6-d,
and the ebb tide carried out their spawn into unn
ton Bay, ard thence it drfted ir Line due nor.h,
where, wet Of Eaton Neck Reef the much sought
for oobble stone botom-tbe paradise Of oy,ters-wss
found. The embryonic bivalves oo'opized. Year
after year they grew, and reproduced, and oisd.
Ste plowed the waters them the canvas of
merchantmen Wa gayly spread and filed away from
the submarine wealth oysterboats dan ced lightly on
the waves and fuperfsta enterprise wa satisfied TO
take the hazard OF black fishery on tas reef never
dreaming that
"Full many rem OF pures. rsy seren.
The dark, VI fAibonl.d osyes Of oce.n bear"
GLIMPSE AT THE BOTTOM.
Ayear or two since the propeller Charles Osgood,
frding the attraction Of grsvitation too powerful 20
resist, sank in Long Island Sound Of Eatons Neck.
diver raned Wilkinson called Duffy for short, to go
to the bottou and inquire of the serpent and other
inhabitants if they lad anything Of their proper
ty. Duffy put on bic amor, went below, and after
extensive inquiries found the lost Charles and gave
information which led to his recovery. And Dafy,
too, discovered the oysters. He told Charley Nc
Clennon of the City Island Hotel that he had found
bed Of oysters which seemed to him five miles
lorg, off Eaons Neck, and Charley inwardly resolved
to take boat and visit the oTcalty With the
greatest assduity, Charley kept procastinatng until
he ws compelled by untoward events to go spa,ks
with Others.
DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT OYSTER BED
A fortnight siDce-or observation-disclosures Warning
VIM. Wood Thomas Gsran, VIM. Hoyt, and Alex
ander Stevens, five fishermen OF Darien, Conn. were
fishing in q boat off Eatons Neck. They found them.
selves drifting too far out, and dropped board
oyster drecge to brig their boa; TO arcbor. When
subsequently they attempted to draw in the dredge
they found it fearfuy heavy-but they tuggei away,
and after considerable cussn got it to the surface
and found it filled with two bushe. of large
oysters. After putting the oysters into the boat they
felt Themselves at liberty to be sstounded. They
rere astonshed. After which they threw the dredge
sgain, and again drew to their boat another LOT Of
oysters. Another installment Of astonshment and
another bsul-and dredging AID establishment were
alternately INDUCED in until the boat was filed.
They saw the value Of their discovery, and saw
that their lay in keeping the secret to them
selves, and they made a compact that they would
keep their mouths shut and devote to themselves the
wealth Of the Eatons Neck Oyster Bed. But COM
pact. have been broken. Various men have been be-
trayers from Judas I;carot down 10 John Tyler ard
81 H..
know who-tbought TO make the discovery imme-
distey available and, with stern denial of bis ineg-
rify lie turned his back upon his companions and
made tracks for City leland. To the enterprIsng
oysternen there be announced the discovery, and Of
fered for the limited consideration Of $780, to lay a.
their feet an installment Of the hidden wealth Of the
ocean. Twenty-Five City Islanders put down $50
each, and on Monday the 10Th of Sept, A. ID 1859,
INCLUSION OF THE CITY ISLAND OYsTERMEN.
Twenty-Five sloops and schoons rs from City Island,
with crews and implements, left for EatOns Neck.
Early on Tuesday morning. they began TO woIk IN
right good earnest. fair wind was blowing-such
a one as was required for the purpose-snd merrily
the dredges were hove over the side, and, after
short drift with the tide, they were hsued to the
deck, filled with large, rich oysters. SIZZLING back,
the dredges were sgain thrown, and with the same
result The old Sound sheed out at the command o.
the CITY Islanders and at the close Of the day no;
less than ZOO bushels had been brought aboard the
vessels.
EXCITEMENT ALONG THE SHORE.
The presence Of fleet Of City Island oyster.boas
somC what astoDshed the inhabitants along the shores
of Long Island and Connecticut. The Huntingtonians
were sorely perplexed L. is said that at first they
thought the City Islsnders had made an incursion 10
lombard Northport, and they began to bring forth
their rusty muskes and broadswords Of Revolutionary
memory, which bad lain quiet since the oyster war,
put them in oder, took cut their telescopes ard
sighted the eremy of Eatons Neck. close inspec-
ton revealed the secret. In ten minutes the swords
were sheathed, and the muskets put back. Dredges
were brought forth and in two hours every store 10
the town vas depleted Of its iron rings used in making
the dredge MEETINGS. Boats and all were got ready for
Wedpt scay morning.
AL Connecticut, too, was alive with excitement.
They, too, had observed the strange visitation, and
srufng tie oysters afar off, they, in their turn made
ready and on Wednesday morning over twenty sail
were standing toward the oysterground. But Wednes-
day was calm, and preparations went on with re-
newed vgor on shore. Thursday morning, and thirty
vessels sailing for Eatons Neck, but again
the calm stopped operations.
THE CONIAGIoN SPREADS.
But on Friday the wind blew more freshly and
nearly hundred sail were engaged in dredging. The
news had spread from point to another where
oystermen most do congregate, and boats from Egg
Harbor to Newark Bay, and thence TO Piermont and
Ne-burgh and from Brooklyn TO Mortauk Point, on
both sides Of Long Island, and from Hell Gate to
Providence, were put in order for sailing On sstur-
day the crowd had become greater and on Sunday no
lees than hurded and twenty five sail dredging
The bed On Monday the number hsi ,ncrasssd 70 ono