The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-04

Tofare unknown but less worthy he,
Who Of all men, first found and tasted thee.
How great his faith bis courage, how audacious!
To swallow thee cold shiny and vvaciousl
What tremor his! when thou first did glide
Down his osopbagus and didst uimbly hide
within the inner man; but when by repetition,
H. gained, at length, the rapturous fru.,ion
~ al. thy charms-wiat triumph hsl to find
That he, Of all had given to mankind
new sensation
VAST Phut, or Peeg shem, or great Magog7
Or lively Nimrod, or perhaps his dogr
Or did the royal lips OF great hrst smack
Ere vet ruminant, this stately sinner
Was sent with cows and goats to pick his dinner
Or brocd or roasted did thy unctuous SAVIOR
Perfume The marble halls OF old Belshazzars
Did sharaoh gnip thee, ere the sea gulPed him'
Or Trogodyte, or Scandinavian grim?
Long, long ago
But now ncr.adic through all regions known,
From Polar Sea to fierce Elnaor's zone,
Pagan and Christian, 1urcoman and jew,
All stew, broi, bske and swallow you-
You oyster
Tue followers the bold FIRST oystereater number
ed in this free and enlightened land by millions. Indeed
we were the other Gay by venenerable resident
OF Long Island that though nghnt like crabs,
CLAIMS musscs, and others couldn't go scollops and
hcrseshoes and the ike creeers he'd yet the
man wouldn't swaer auster eff he was in decent
sh condition., observation which will doubtless hold
good to the extent Of Long Island.
To supply the oyster market of this great metropolis
has by 70 means been easy matter Every mock and
corner of our has been ransacked and those
ing the demand the great oyster banks of Old
Virginia have been brought into requisiton, afordng mil
of bushels of the delicious bivalve stl the supply
has hardly kept pace with til. demand and the price Of
oysters is often high that they cassed among the
Injuries "f life. Bat apropos &c this juncture comes in
great discovery Of immense oyster mine so to speak
OF submarine Pixies feak-in the middle Of Long
Island Sound, oyserrnen flock hitherwards from all
directions sending back wonderful stories great oysters
lying in immense heaps the miles and miles
along the sound We announced the discovery last week.
in order be able Notwithstanding all the conflicting
rcus aha to lay before our readers an nteigibie and
the nature and extent of the discoveries
we despatched special reporter to this aqueous Ell
Dorado.
WHERE THE OYSTERS ARE.
The oyster bed, now called in all that region
far excellence he oyster bed, is located from forty
SIXTY feet under water Long Island Sound about three
miles north of Eaons Neck on Long Island and nine or
south OF the Connecticut shore. The nearest
bari Huntington hay Ioyd's Huntington,
Centreport Nohport harbors from six to nine miles
distant and all easily accessible to those acquainted with
them, and aforcng abundant and secure anchorage.
Estons Neck (Which, by the way, like all the
.'necks' in that region neck, but promontory)
N crowned by large Fesnel light, which OF dark night
sends lis rays far up and down tae Sound for the
guidance Of nayigators long reef, or ledge OF
rocks, extends rorthward from the point of
The NecS mile so with the SOUND and
beyond this the oyster bed, level plain with
miles length, aud half 10 three quarters OF mile
oroac, constituting sort OF middle ground, with
channel Of much deeper water on either side On one
end the bed s limited by reef which the oyster
arcegers pass and in the other direction the end
Of the bed Indicated by the failure of oysters and
deeper water II believed that this whole
closely together as they lie.
Tue conjecture that they lay in great heaps foot
two IN ie,h s repudatea by intelligent and experienced
sysarmen, who that they would smother and
die in that Yet this scattered he
bed estimated TO contain one or two millions OF bushels
..s,.t HOW THEY CAME THERE.
The habit of the oyster to nger about the shores in
comrasavey shqai water, where there enough Of
fresh water from shore enable them to fa,en.
Hence believed that the inhabitants of this great
bed there coonzed by any natural means, since to
reach the bed shore they must have raversed the
bottom for long distances where is hundred feet or
from The surface, and over which the tide Gibbs and
with great force. Ga the other hand is asserted
that eighteen years ago Huntington oystrman
named scucdcr tti,c scuddcrs have rearkaby pro
isc a;org thai shore. lost board from the deck Of his
7te schooner the Dream, several bushels OF Young oys
nseed ,, which he had taken up al the mouth OF
NotLport harbor and conveying across the Sound Ia
~r,ant somewhere along the Connecticut shore Scvera
coolest intlbiants profess TO remember the
airy distinctly, and that occurred at the very point
where the bed has been discovered. From this
the Huntington and Northporters contend
hat they and especially the Scudd-rs, ought 10 have
elusive rights on The bed-a doctrine utterly laughed to
eccrn by the '.rest Of mankind"
HOW you GET THERE.
The mos. direct and obvious OF reaching the
isdiggns either by taking Of the excursion steam
advertised in the HERALD which steam around the
oyster Fat and afford besides delightful sail the
most beautiful portion Of the Sound, by shipping
board smack to pull aud haul the dredges Or one
may take his chance little old steamers
which ply aziiy along between New York and various
ports on the North shore, AID which in the of
stage private convey ance-when the stage is
orercrowfcd-ycu can reach the beautiful village
fnoG md ,iro
oeset, and thence by stage three four miles 70 HINT,
:pgtou where you find an excellent hotel fkept bv s.s
dcr) the fast sailing dinkey boat Dove Capt Tnonas
Scner ready at all times 10 take parties 0f ladies aud
gentlemen whthersoever they will at the reasona
bic rates. Capt. Scudder is experienced oystcrynan
intelligent and full Of old traditions He is careful and
thorough sailor and an excellent pilot having passed the
greater part Of his life the waters Of the Sound with
occasional trip up the Hudson river
WHAT you SEE WHEN you GET THERE.
Under the and guidance, then Of Captain Scud-
der our reporter embarked board the Dove gded
be lutifu Huntington harbor, through the
row inlet out the broad and beautiful Huntington bay,
thence down the shore Of Eaons Neck to the oyster
feet The picturesque in the extreme The
shores all around clear and beautiful in outline with
fields and dark woods coming directly down to the
strip c svery beach and the prominent heights crowned
with beautiful country residences among them the man
sion OF Commodore Hiram pauldng the famed captor
William Walker and his Before US was the oyster
nte, numbering one or two hundred sail passing regu
larry and slowly across the bed and with some of the
group oarong swiftly back the starting point
vrelng IKE an immense armada preparing for a gr and
nae 10 inc far background lay the blue shores of
CONNECTICUT regular panorama OF hills and woods and
farms, and smiling villages dwiudng TO the eastward TO
al ndstnc point whence the verge of the horizon
the broad waters Of the seem 10 rise nm IN meet the
dark blue sky The 'dinkcy" dances merriy over the
waves as we percolase the feet, cautiously lodging
the boats, scruiinizng the heaps Of oysars nn
their decks, watching the operation Of dredging.
ana making hurried nqaipas Of the busy dggers. But
casting eye to windward, remarks that the tide -
about TO turn and want to the arbor before
dark must be about it, adding significantly thai his
just about the Of the year for q heavy blow 81
laying in n small store Of oysters for the homeward
royage turn stern TO the oyster feet which ra
pry recedes and before reach the mouth the har
Dor presents appearance not unlike that Of swarm