Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-20

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TIE DRuM-Flsu. correspondent OF The
Hartford tConn. Times writes
'Some time since you copied all article rela-
tiy. 10 the destruction of hundreds OF thou
sands Of dollars worth Of oysters ia New
York bAy by drum fish. have waited ior
some more able writer to come forward aud
deieud this excellent Gsh irom thus unjust
attack The drum fish makes It's appearance
npou our southern shores about the lst OF
March, and remains until about the middle OF
April. They come in schools, and run up the
rivers to spawn, and while so doing make
drum like noise, aud can be heard at quite
distance They are found along our coast,
and weigh from ten to one hundred pounds. =
They feed nor upon oysters, but upon the soft
shell.crab, prawn, and shrlmps. have caught
them, and seen hundreds OF them dressed,
but never saw anything to indicate their
justiGabe love for bivalves. The roe Is most
delicious; the residents on the coast down
South" salt and dry them, and send them
''up country" to their friends as a very
acceptable present. They have been caught
IN seines in great numbers, and retained In
them for DAYS until disposed OF. They are
not n vicious fish, but the catching OF them
with line is one Of the most exciting ex-
ploits of the sportsman. The scale Is
very large and brilliant and has TO to. De
scaled off with an axe or hatchet. 1heir
flesh is coarse but tender, and compares
iayoraby with any OF our salt tsh--
Elliott. i'm his book on sports OF South Caro-
Gna saws: Drum. fish weighing from fifty to
eighty pounds are now caught over the place
where once stood the palatial mansion OF Gov
ernor Pickens, on one Of the Sea islands, which
was destroyed years ago by tremendous gale,
and entirely disappeared One aneciote, and
will close During the war asteamer arrived
at Port Royal badly injured passing Cape Hat
teras. She proceeded to the machine shop lor
repairs, At the time there were constant Tears
Of torpedoes from the ''rebels up Broad riVer,
who kept our navy on the q" t,tt hlgn, auu
day, and challenged everything atioat, rom ar
empty powder-keg to dugout, so car stem
ers kept up steam at all times in cuer 10 ,r on
During the night the assistant eng" yery
duty on the disabled steame he1T; tam
curious noise, and thought ~uie 0n;nad tbem
pipes must be leaking. lie ei%,; e%n nn;sa con.
and found them all rie'" yet who caIled the
tiuued. lie called IT, 'up u ~ "nn anchor +"
captain, who called al i nap those "cursed tor
ana he stea,neu ding mile or two, he lay to
ped9es. lfoc' No, soul turned in, but
uu'iI morning strnned to see It anything was
eVery eye ,wn gpon them. In the morning
"a l.''us .eeded back to their anchorage when,
Tue, aneS tnauiry, they found they had anchored
""Iprrtho drop or the spawnlng'grGnn oil
.Ghool Of drum fish hence the scare
Nr.rr.RIE CuRI05GITIES. Among the |
many curiositiel taken home by the Chicago |
Dartv was a watermelon OF last year : raising, |
which presents no sign OF decay For over |
year II laid on the floor ot Lees barber sh9p |
IA Stockton, yet, strange to say II is appaTeWnt'
jv as fresh as when picked OFT the vine. lhls |
case of long preservation can be matched Dy |
one mentioned at the last meeting oil the A |
eademy oi Sciences 10y Dc Ii. Gibbons. lie ex |
hibited some apples Of the lrginla Greening
ard late Rellhlwcr varieties which had lam IN
the open air under tree IN an Alameda orch-
ara since last November, period oi nine
montbs exposed to the winter rams aud sum
or ulo hoa,s and vet remained sound firm AND
iilet t.;r eating condition. About ten bushels
- 80 Inns lett exposed, the heap beng reduced
", nse Snr;ny the winter, and with no cover
no over il hut that OF an oak tree:
The small pile left at this time Is party ue
csyed and partly overgrown WIN Ea:s aIa ~
vrs;,, hui at the bottom OF the pie hight VI
oEta;ne1 TWO or three bushels OF appies -
sonnl as those which the Doctor cut up anu
dly,ded among the members OF the ne Ac11ens,
Who ate and said it was good Inc pot!Va
said the secret of this remarkable preserVati9u
was the evenneSs Of Temperature On q mos
spot under the oak, the moisture coming ior'
the apples aud the rains. The temperatuIc
would vary but little nom s. degrees fahien-
heit at ali seasons. Apples grown 10 the loot
hills or near the ocean influence, anu proper
10 nirked may easily be kept in this state up
ri the first early apples OF next year are flW'
Tho climate in winter and spring beng very
ia md evep.-S0n Francisco BWlletR ia.
u.s STOWE has told horrible story about
u Rvrop alleging that the cause OF the
80 senaration from his vile was an unhoH
pUs. Nth his halfsister. Suppos,ng this story
81 a 10 strictly true, luO person OF ordinary de
" uo iii Tor an instant give 1t credit tht
SJuuS N VorL Express pertiuenty asks, what goo'
NE" ~ = .cbieyed hy its publication Is TIT
PtpS PuipSh hene6tted by it? Is ut to the interest
VIZ ",,, hat morbid illusions 10 crime 10
,,'J sooIJ 10 he thought OF, aud never tIoug5' :
.', trt The scum of the earth' sh1ulu
2s HsaJ az, in choice set phrase, and u"ei' upo
nIT am as.nmp,ion Of iervld horror
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