New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-26

In ,se, .l,.. yas Int one four-n-hanl coach in the
United states. which had been imported hy hr' l.
Bgcow Lawrence. On the 2Gth OF Nav iar' 'l.''
coaches belonging TO the NcW-fOrs C"dchhs N'"'
paradcd in F,'thave. This cnb numbers no" ,"ch''
one members with seventeen draes end Coionei AU''"
virginia Water fame u prominent anonS ih' N''.'o.
snhiect which comes home the business and bosom'
OF Ncw-Yorl Is discussed IN paper on the Lobster
Crab. and oyster Fisheries" pointing out, among oiHar
things the inevitable decrease IN those favorie sheH-
fish, according % me present arrangements 1Gth III hEr
land and this country After 1ljnE the tsaere' o.
Great Britain and France the writer proceeds; Lht w
now for hricf space, make VOYAGE across inc A''
tic ascertain few pregnant facts ahont TIE oysters
OF America The same theories OF the u yhou'the nHtrc
of tho oyster and other fisheries were, tl lately held I'D
the United States ~ have been long he'd M orr Own
country hut The elaborate iuvo.t'gaion c'nil''af 10y
Nj COMM sslouer Baird has tended IN some degree ~
dsabufe the thcogits one 81 lh' most proln h-A,' ~
the American continent IS yearly becoming less plrtiIt
and oysters now at some p'aces. Notwithstanding inc
evtout or the producing ground are obtained With gr''i'f
difficulty qusnuty that coul he drc|eci some Fe'-
acn m she course Of six hours work cannot now De on
tanned under eight nine hours. The extent @" sen ''-
TOM Witch is more or less occupied ~ hu' natural oiS
te-5eCs ou the COASTS ~ lhe United sir Is 30 Na'i
COMPARED with our own crourd, dat We ranuot wonder
at the people body, holding firmly 20 ther idea o.
the produce Of the scaps being inexau.t'he Tie vaf
Of the oyster trade OF America rc resented by an an
nual sum Of S2j 100000. which az cur prices womb
probably be more than doubled over 100000 men, ana
q large number Of wcmcn are employed in as-orne'
preparing and packing the oysters for TRANSMIT l0h 20
different places IN the States and 20 0reiGn counire
where they are largely used and much Telshed trade
IN living oystcra has also sprung NJ between amer
lea and the United Kingdom, many persons here
being DESTROYS Of acchma,izng the American natives
on British eI0und or II they caunot do thai OF miro
ducug them for sale IN orr shefsh shop- As an index
OF the extent Of tie American scaps II may be bere mon
toned that the state OF virginia progresses an area
Of oyster ground extending 1Cs0CCo acres, and tl'
uatura cas of the state ~ Maryland extend over 3Id
SQUARE mi les nearly 100 of which closely covered WIZ
oysters, In that state 600 boats engaged in the o s.
ter traffic employing an amount Of capital estimated al
T2OOOOOO. More Than $500 persons are engaged In
dredging sorting and canning oysters IN Tie state 81
MARYLAND aud q certain number OF these men pay the
state a sum Of IS year, whilst revenue Of 50
is collected from each the boats. In Virginia al the
oyster indeXcd and license fines hec eNcted
for any breach 81 The fishery regulations Tie oyster tax
of virginia without being in any way oppressive 70
those from whom it is eXactcd, produces revenue ~
100000 per annuIn. Notwithstanding these enormous
acres of oyscr-producc ground, the depletion o tie
scalps If not arrested. is only 81 time, and what
II has taken forty years to accomplish IN this country
vii De done in half that time in America" Memoirs OF
OduoG-Barrot," "CasaIism. Romanisn, Socialism,
contemporary Italian Poets" The New Republic ana
Modern Philosophy" are among the other subjects
treated ia this number