New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-20
THE GREAT VIRGINIA FUNDUM.
REopEYING OF THE OYSTER TRADE.

Jack Frost and Gen. WOOL are to decide between
them whether we slalI have CLINT or fannie Of
o, se.s in this city tits Winter. II the weather
should suddenly turn very cold 50 rs to freeze over
onr oyster bedr, and Gen. Wool shouid not defeat
Magruder and open tie great Virginia oyser district
to our dealers in Jiyaive-, lie metropolitan demand
VIII be in excess Of supply, aud prices must RUE
hi2h. If the Virginia oyster district shoud be
opened, aud our Northern ones should soon be Ind
under ice embargo. tfade would go on, aud prices
rule much III tbey did be tie secession Of Virginia
closed the great Southern sources Of supply. Ii,
finally, our Winter shou remain mid, and the road
to tie Rappahanlock aud ,usemoId eds should lie
open there viii be such glut of extras. boxes,
counts" aud "culls us was never known before.
This, in brief. is comprehensive view OF the tit-
nation.
When ex.Gov Wise Issued bis famous proclama-
ton or rAtLer message, respecting the right of Vr-
gaia to impose "a TX upon Northern llaniols Of
oysters ia her waters. he estimated the ANNUAL
take NJ an iuordiuaelv high figure. But by some
peculiar process lie inoiuceo tie crop OF the Mary.
land waters adjacent part of the grand total, no
doubt thinking thai where tIere were 10 boundaries
10 mark Tie brine Of Maryland from that OF Lis own
state, be mig rs well lie liberal in bio figures aud
lunp he whole Job. The truth is, thai the crop Of
Virginia oy sies ,s very much in excess Of thai q
Maryland and tie income TO the State from the lax
which has been imposed amounted to considerably
over million dolars. NewYork naturally was
the largest customer for these oysieIs, but
Boston, and particularly Philadelphia, Fair
Haven, and Baltimore bad very fair
slIare Of the traffic. Last Spring noticed in
CHE TGlBUSE tie expulsion OF our oys,ermen from
their Virginia properties the seizure OF some Of their
vessels, aud the burning of one by the rebels
From that time 70 he present not bushei OF oysters
from Virginia waters has been seen III this market,
although there are to-day tue North River eide of
he cty perhaps 10000 bushels Of Maryland oysters
hat 10 By the name Of Virginia. There are indiea-
tons that direct trade viii be reopened before
long. even If Magruder holds bis POSITION for Capt
Robert Parker has Obtained permit from Govern
menl 10 bring a load from his own beds in Cherry
stones Inlet and his schooner, The Samuel Peafsi,
sailed Yesterday for that locality
The island called Chincoeagne, or Clingyhg,
as the o,etormen pronounce it, is somewhat famous
Tor its oyster-beds, and thousands Of bushels are
brought thence TO this port. The inhabitants are
Union men, and have, since September, been pro-
ecied froG the violence of the narauders on the
mainland by the gun-bOat Louisiana, which has been
stationed there Neither this locality, however, nor
any other OF the Eastern Shore OF Virginia. yields
auythi ike the annual oyster crop that IS taken
from the months of the Ralpahannoek, York, aud
Nausen,ond Rivers, On the Western Shore Of Chesn-
cake Bay. Hence the near opening Of trade with
the Eastern Shore will not materially Influence
prices IN this market this Winter.
From tie middle ofNovember 10 late in the Spring
Virginia oysters are mainly relied upon to supply
our market, and in early Spring seed-oyslers from
that district are brought here and planted III Frincos
Bay to furnish part of our Autumn supply Tue
exclusion OF our people from their old Virginia oeds,
this year has however, led TO such an extension oil
the districts planted in our own waters that u is LOT
unlikely that in very short time we shall be qui'e
independent Of tue great Virginia fundum, and care
very little whether Gov. Lelcher's embargo Is
raised or not.