The New York herald., 1871-01-03

br. 70 use the words OF one OF their legislators
egrass beng impoient they would try the virtue o.
psOnoa' the Canadian Parliament enacted the law
ey which our fishermen are now treated as out.
laws. By their construction OF the law OF Isis
mo tno canadian Laws based upon II, they claim
Enss Amercsn fishermen have no right to buy stores
pave wood and wafer ON board; no right TO have
Dsn u bond for export to the United states; nc
ener ports; no right to buy bait, and, IN fact they
es!umo that they are outlaws tn every sense, and en-
Qned 70 no consideration at their hands save cap.
"Under suoh an Interpretation OF the law, then
r does not seem 50 strange that the fishermen have
Peen 60 persistentIy annoyed BY the Dominion OIL
! sYou are quite right, for the oficials have been
Sory industrious ~ the outrages authorised BY Their
tutters by the Dominion have followed and harassed
kne fishermen, driving them out OF harbors where
they had sought shelter, capturing them hearsay
evidence ana making their authority felt Oh every
possible and conceivable occason.n
chow many vessels have been captured alto
z "Oh, nve or SIX Gloucester vessels and as many
more belonging TO other ports and when you con-
Dder that these vessels involve 10 their own.
frs and crews Of about $4,000 each, ana that Of
the Inducements ned out 10 the officer making the
more nave not been captured for intended that
the Dominion navy should be paying institution y
~ have learned from the owners and crews OF
some OF the captured vessels that they were not
oven guilty OF v.o atng the regulations which the
canadians put such an unreasonable construction
Hp0n DO you understand that they were innocent,
or tnat they violated the laws through ignorancer r
"ln the case OF a. !. Franklin IL seems that the
captain OF the cutter making the capture had no
personal knowledge Of any violation OF law treaty
pm the part Of the owner OF the Frankn; but, from
Information from some source, ne pursued the ves
BEL and TOOK her. Now, on TINS ground any Ameri-
pan vessel that has been In the has touched
Their ports WIN be liable TO capture on Information
turntsned by their enemies. particularly when the
division OF the profits Is 80 largely m favor OF the
DiiCer making the capture. Our people, you see,
fear that next year. their vessels get into the bay
they viii be captured on information or violation
the previous year, and the known hostility there
against our fishermen VIII no doubt secure evidence
against almost any vessel.n
nA0w about the White Fawnr"
er owners and crew 81 Charged With preparnS to
4sh within the three mile iine. Now It is well
Known that & our Western n Bank q fleet Meet always buy
sea fishing Tne construction put upon this act
ts simpy In keeping with the open hostility Of feel
3n9 displayed against Mr. Friend, the owner Of the
vessel and the personal abuse Of the ocers Of the
government"
NoN-INTERoouRsE WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
have found out DUR ng my Investigations around
town whore she idea OF non intercourse originated.
II was not with Ben Butler, as q great many sup
A. Of e Ms abe and
country journals In New England, advanced that
idea III the following language;--''Let those who
Geek to put an arbitrary construction upon the laws
touching upon the nsning question be made to feel
that two parties can play al that game as well as
Cooling on those excited Provincials. We can 40
without them much better than they can with
out u.s. ana Il it ~, Is only necessary y i0r the Dusl
this fact, and they Will then earnestly protest
against any more Of TINS unnecessary meddng with
fore, the English governments see at to abrogate
these privileges which are common to all nations,
as direct bow at fishing Interests, 1t simply
of these acts and that nothing but direct reclpro
city OF ninIeIcourse shutting out the productions
70 their Senses This subject assumes broader and
more national aspect, as from harass'ng fishermen
they have now assumed to shut mp their ports and
forbid trade to Americans while no other nation Is
treated In this discourteous manner"
This idea or non-nterc0urse Is more prevalent
here than IN other sections OF the country for not
withstandlng Its lmpracticabillty, as frequently
pointed out, numerousy signed memorial tor sucn
legisiation has been forwarded 10 Congress. In
their memorial the petitioners say that lnasmuch
as the Canadians have declared absolute nonnter-
course with the fishermen OF the United States, re-
fusing the right to buy stores or supplies at any OF
their pOrtsdrlying them from their narbors, wnere
they hal sought snelter-rciusing the landing or
TO the United States-they have seized Mackerel
saved from vessels wrecked on their coasts refused
supplies TO disabled vessels, aud harassed the fish
erinen in manner peculiar to British authority
they therefore pray that non-intercourse act be
passed, similar In Its erects 10 that OF Canada,
Whereby the same treatment may be applied to all
vessels hainy from the British provinces as that
pr0sens 'aa tne of English @ Or Ca
hadian nsn or mackerei so long as Amsrt.
can vessels ar are prohibited, from h taxing ,asl asn
also that transportation IN bond OF merchan-
disc for Canada through American territory be
prohibited until Canadian ports are opened for trans
portation In bond OF American fish, mackerel, OF
other merchandise TO and from the United states.
Also that the United States demand full and COM
plete indemnity for vessels and cargoes captured
and for all deIenuOns and outrages committed on
fishing v>ssels and their crews by British arme q
vessels.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN 1870.
In addition TO the ann oyances of the British gov
ernment the year just closing has been otherwise
disastrous. The record made for the year ending
to-day shows that there have been thirteen vessels
and ninety seven lives lost against sixteen vessels
mage OF the vessels lost this year is T9s.l4 thei
value $7Q 700, insurance $6S, Four OF these yes
tWS Sst in II the Bay g. sT
fishery, in the shore mackere fishery, TWO In thu
ccsstng trade and two ,o IN the herring & fishery;
Ieaytng twenty six widows and forty-dve fatheres
The following Is detailed list Of the disasters I,
life and properly among the Gloucester hshe rmel
for the year ending to-day
IN THE GEORGES FISHERY.
January. She was owned BY Messrs. Maddocks
Co., and valued with her outfit, at 70 O00 Insured
% sS ~ ns ssn a. o
eweeny. master; Abraham Bushy, Stephen Chisholm
William Powers, John Pitman, John Mckenzie
iey, John 4. Mckenzie.
Schooner AusterIitz was lost In the gale OF Marcl
n sn.ing condision. = crew taken Cd BY scnoone
Rlverdale. owned by Messrs Mckenzie Il Knowl
t0n valued at 81, TOO ana insured ior $3,215 IN TN
Gloucester once.
schooner william F. Pool, lost in March: Owned
BY Messrs. Sidney Friend Brother; Valued q
$4,000 ana insured for $791S In the Gloucester OF
4ce Her crew list comprised ten men, as follows:-
James Lunderkn, master; William Troy, Henr.
Raymond, John Sullivan, James Mclaughlin, Henr,
Peterson, Alexander Mcdonald, Peter Vaughn ant
two others, whose names are unknown.
schooner Alatamaha, lost in October Owned b.
Captain William Brown and others, and valued q
$4,000. Insured for 81. $50 In the Gloucester Olce
Drew Of ten men, viz. :-Willlam Brown, master
Henry 0rler, James Revilee, Benjamin Powers, VIII
liam Geyer, Antoine NOrbury, Charles Terry
known.
Lost Observation-Disclosures Enos was lost overboar,
from schooner Peerless, February "A; ALVIN Nicker
Son, from the Kiva:, March 9; Matthew Graca, iron
the Eastern Queen, March IL; Frank Frazier from
the Bridget Ann, March l9; Taylor ]. Waller, iron
the Aighnyer, September 10; william r. Hardy AM
CHRISTIAN Cass from the Banvard, Septem Der 4; on
OF the crew Of the Elisha Holmes, name unknown
lest March 23, while leaving the harbOr.