The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-06
WARRINGTON.
To Collect Data Relative 20 American
Fisheries.

To Collect DATA Retatttc 10 AWcrtf""
Fisheries.
SPECIAL CENSUS AGENTS, AND WHAT Is EN.
PECTED OF THEN-TRlP OF tbs FISH
HAwK-RUM0Rs ABOUT GENERAL NYkR Ann
CAPTAIN HUwGATE.
Especial 10 the baltimore American
WASHINGTON. july 4.-NeXt Wednesday
The census party, branch Of the Tenth
census. formed under Professor Spencer +.
Baird and Superintendent Walker, for COL
leciiny dsta relating TO the history and pre-
sent condition Of American fisheries. will
leave here for Newport, where the Fish
Commissioners steamer Fisnhawk twill
winter. These special census agents. IN the
eaYlv allotment OF Zoe work Of supervisors,
were selected because of their knowledge
Of, and experience in, this branch Of the
inquiry. and have already furnished impOr-
tant and interesting facts on the subject.
which are % Toe embodied In Professor
B1ird's annual report. The report Will in
Clude imports and exports Of H>h and fish
products from 1920 90 The present year, be-
sides foreign shipments. Professor Baird
has prepared few 81 these tables. one Of
which exhibits The growth 81 the oyster
export trade from SS5.CS9 in 1862 to
S4jG,S0G in 1879.
FISHEEY-CFNSVS COMMISSION.
The work of the Fishery Census Commits
sion Is divided INTO separate sections. ~ fol-
lows: Mr.. X. f.. Earl. formerly in charge
OF the propagatiny department OF the
United States Fish Commission. has
charge Of the Atlantic cO1st. with Captain
j. ". Collins, an expert in hshbut ana cod
f>hcric>. a. hI> assistant; SlsS StearnS and
:. I. Walker and Ludwig kumen, nalu.
rail>iS, have charge OF the Gulf coast ID. :.
Jordan Will report on the Sca-6>heric> of the
Pacific COAST; Fi>h-C Commissioner {. G.. At
kluS. Of Maine. has charge II The rivers in
his state; Colonel Marshall Mcdonald i in
charge OF jhe Virginia aud southern rivers,
including the Polomsc; Mr.. Ernest lager
soil wiz have control OF HE oyster interests.
and K. II. Edmund>. OF Baltimore. will re-
por, on the fish trade OF HAT port. Barnet
Philips ard W. \. Wilcox viii attend Ia
the ports q New York aud Boston respcc-
lively.
SPANISH NACKEREI.
Among the important discoveries made
hv Mr. Earl with reference 10 foolish j.
the location OF Spanish mackerel. He re-
port, thst 10 L. only found i'm certain loc1li-
iic>. however. and has never been proDa-
gated. because no one know when or where
10 >pawned. Mr.. Earl. after careful watch
ing. found that the lower part OF CteSl.
peahe bay, known Is Mohilck bav. WAS the
place. aud June the time. Next June the
Fi>hhaWk viii be taken 70 the spot, and
with Der improved apparatus take up a
quantity OF the eggs. which viii be hatchcd
ON board, aud subsequently, distributed in
favorable localities. Ii The young fish sur
SiNc. the wcll-knowu principle that they
viii 81 any risk or labor return to spawn 10
The spot where they first saw lgh; i de-
pended ON 10 insure their residence in their
new habitlis. About Fifteen new varieties
of f1od-n>h have been already added by
the lIborS Of this department OF the census
% the I73 common foOu-tishc> Of this cOun-
trg.
PERMANENT BUREAU.
The Post OF to-day saws: The results Of
The inSc>tlsaiIon ere expected. II II be pro-
lougcd sufficiently. 10 settle in satisfactory
manner The international fishery question
between the United states and Great Bri-
tain 10y giving to this country in lt> own
waters plenty Of every food.hsh necessary
OF desirable for consumption. In the last
ccusus only few lines. and those contain
inS erroneous data, were given concerning
he f,h industries. Had the inquiry now
being prosecuted been started then the pre-
Ntllt laUtt NOuiE utNt UrtD very IIliltIliilN
ies>eucd and the payment OF the $1,000, 600
Tor the privilege Of bshing OFT the Canadian
coast rendered entirely unnecessary. Pro-
feS~Or Baird contemplltes the formation Of
permanent bureau for the collection Of
statistical information i'm connection with
the Fish Commission at the close OF the
present work
CAPTAIN HOwGATE AND GENIAL NYER.
4 l. 4
responsibility for the obstacles thrown in
the way OF Captain IIOwgaie's Arctic
steamer Gulnare, which resulted in the re-
fusal OF The Government In accept her for
the expedition. rests with General Albert J.
Myer. chief signal officer. Captain IIowgate
j. q subordinate officer under Myer, and it
is asserted that The prominence which How
gate was receiving gave rise 10 "A Jealous
suspicion on the part OF his superior officer,
who feared that he would not receive the
lions share of whatever credit there
might result from the expedition, and
interested himself sufficiently to have
the ship condemned. Those who
know General Myers disposition are IN
cinrd To- believe that this story is SubStln-
TALLY true. While they are not wiling 10
acknowledge that be was personally res pom
sblc, they do not hesitate 10 say that ne
was indirectly 20. General Myer. II is said,
j. quite indignant, and denies that he took
any part 10 the matter, and refers especially
10 The cordial relations existing between
himself aud Captuin Howgate as proof OF
his innocence. The matter is being gene
rally discussed in army circles and a num-
Der of special kilograms concerning 1t were
seat from here tonight.
THE FRUIT CROP.
The June report OF the Department OF
Agriculture shows the following condition
Of the fruit crop: The prospect Of good
fruit season is very favorable. The frosts
of April and Nav did much damage in the
Middle and SoutI Atlantic States. but in
Mississippi the season has been pTOpitious.
IpDieS-1 average i above 100 IN all
the New England States and 90 ia New
York; il j. a.OYe 100 in the states north of
the Ohio. except ONO and Indiana, where
the average j, IS. In all other sections the
crop il reported a. fair and nowhere a.
failure.
PcaChee- Late frOsts il April and May
did much damage in all the Atlantic States
south Of New York, but still there Is
promise Of crop sufficient for use. In all
the western states the croO Is above ave-
rage, and promises an enormous Yield.
Correspondence Baltimore SUM-
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Committed
WAsHINGTON. july A member Of the
National Republican Committee who cIme
here today gives some interesting points in
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