The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-30

From the Norwalk Conn, Gazette, Sept q
The whole line of shore from Rocky Neck TO New Ha-
has been reused to the most intense excitement
the accidental discovery Of monster bed of than
monster oysters.
The bed lies little over the centre of the Sound in line
bearing from the Norwalk to EalQns Neck highland
from party who has dredged oveN learn that the
bed is certainly from mile wide to about two miles
long Other stories say three miles wide and ten
long, But, have taken much pains get the truth
Of the matter, and think the first statement entirely re
able The discovery was made week before last by a
party of five Daren fishermen, whose names William
Wood, James Warning, Thomas Garn, William Hoyt
and Alexander Stevens. These out fishing and
CHANGED TO drop sdredge for anchor over the bed
when on taking it up it was filed with bivalves
which led further investigation and the result stated
The beds seem TO be almost inexhaustible and must
contain many millions of bushels. We shown
samples of the oysters yesterday as large as
binary garden SPADE the meats from which looked
more like beef tongues than the ordinary bivalves
There were on Sunday two steamboats, and about
one hundred and M fifty sail vessels on the ground
glad TO heae This. Monday everything the shape
Of boat and oyster dredge has been brought into
sion and our blacksmths diligently at work making
implements TO take them with. There is means
of approximating at valuation of this discovery
Probable five millions Of dollars would fall below the
atty.
Nothing has equalled the excitement hereabouts
among the fishermen and marine spectators since the
great Rings End oyster war some thirty ago. when
the long TOMS &C. brought aud charged TO the
muzzle to fire upon the New Haven marauders. This bed
is in water from six to eight fahoms and there tell
ing what the effect to be upon the oyster market pa
laes Of epicures.
From the Stanford Conn, Advocated
The question with the fishermen now was how they
should be able to profit by this good fortune without per-
hitting others to become possessed Of the secret 1t was
finally arranged that they should procure q good
sized vessel, and prosecute their labors at night
While these preliminares were being settled,
of the party went to City Island and ex
hibiting some of the oysters, agreed with gen
tleman extensively engaged in the oyster bust
ness, to discover to him the locality of the bed the
Of $500 AS the story goes, this paid the
man, and the following day fleet Of thirty forty
oyster smacks were despatched to the ground the day
fishing proving abundanty the extent and richness Of the
bed.
News like this sure to spread like wldfre and on
Friday last there probably less than three
bred vessels the ground actively engaged in drawing
in the oysters Several boats from this place went out
and succeeded in securing a handsome pile; boat
went out Friday and returned Saturday with over
hundred bushels; another small boat, with single
man, caught sixteen bushels in half day. The oysters
being worth about two dollars bushe makes such fish
ing this profitable business.
is supposed that the bed extends at least mile
square, and that the oysters spread the whole
ground in layer averaging two feet in thickness The
depth Of water where they found about six fahos
II the accounts Of the extent and richness Of the bed
not exaggerated the oysters may be estimated by millions
of bushels.