The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-18
FOREIGN ITEMS

OYsrER-PACKING IN EURoPE.-From an English
paper we take the following account:
AT this season of the year few fishermen on our
coast are busily engaged, not in collecting for the
table ship-cargoes Of those delicious molluscs of
which so many thousands are annually eaten
oysters-but in dredging them up from one place.
exposing them for time on the decks of their
boats, and finally re-casting them into the sea at
another pace-'ceansing the grounds as it is
called.
The French papers state that:
In the Isle of Re, from the point of Rivedouk to
the point of Loix, dstauce OF from two to fnur
leagues, an Immense formerly barren tract has
neen thus converted into a field of uuheard-of fer
t'Iiiy; there, where before the oyster was unable
to develop itself, the agents of the administration
dc Ia Marine reckon at the present moment an
average OF 600 oysters tn the square metre which
in the superfces Of $50 coo square metres an hicb
me eiltnent has been tried, gives total of 37S.
Voo ooo0 oysters, the greater part of which are OF
remai kable SIZE, and represent a vaue of six or
eight million francs (abnut $3.50 900
These operations, commenced only two wears
ago, are pursued with an irdefa;igable energy all
round the island. MANY hundreds of men are
aid to have come from the interior to :, ke nos
session OF this new source Of wealth. l,500 oyster
beds are at present in foil activity, and 2 600
Others are being constructed The proprietors of
these establishments have formed an association
and sent delegates to the Administrator tn repre
sent their interests; they have also officers To
look after the general harvest and unite in a
general assembly to deliberate upon the means
OF improving this. their special branch of industry
in such manner that the individual as well as
the general interest of the community, should be
represented.
In the Bav of Arcachen the cultivation of oysters
is deve!oped IN the same proportions in the lie
OF Re. The whole OF the basin is transformed into
source of production; there one hundred and
twelve capitalists, associated with the same number
OF sailors, cultivate four hundred OF seashore
dry at low water and the State, to set an example
mas organized two kinds of model ovster-arms, in
which eXpeim to be carried on with all the
known means OF fixing the spawn and rendering
the oyster harvest easy.
The application of these methods has already
resulted In such a high rate of production that
this Day will soon become of the most impor-
tant sources OF supply OF the French markets The
size and flavor of the oyster 'rased" thus are such
as to do away with the necessity of the isttening
process, which Is necessary elsewhere before con-
sumption. This latter expense being saved the
producer and consumer both are benefited
The Administration of Marine has not confined
its attention to the ocean; similar establishments
are being formed on the 'ast of the Mediterrane-
an. The trial made in the roadstead of Toulon has
! given the most satifactory results
! Prince GOrtschakOff, who recently exnired al
Warsaw, is said to have left very little property be
yond present OF 5O,O0O roubles made him by the
Gar after the siege of Sebastopo, where his re-
mains have been inferred. The Emperor has pre.
sented 35 200 to his widow and 600 To each of his
| three daughters
DIVINE WORSHIP ON PRIvArEER.-A captain o.
one of the vessels captured by the privateer Echo
relates the following incident
:"On the morning of the 7tb, the schooner S. J
Waring, Captain Smith, of Brookhaven, from New
York for Buenos Ayres, hove in sight, taken,
deprived or her crew, and sent in as a prize. This
was Sunday, and divine worship was attended
the pirates seeming as pious as Puritan Christians
praying that God might bless JEFF: Davis, anc
officers of the Echo treated the prisoners with re
spect, and were intelligent men. The Echo had al
abundance OF small arms; and a train of powder
was iald TO the magazine, that she might be bowr
up when there was danger of being taken. Al
were taken near lat. $50 4OI, and long. 800 49, il
circle OF forty mes-N. Y. World.
Dlptaeria has made its appearance in several sec
tions Of the State of Pennsylvania.