New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-27

The following gentlemen were ye'"'uy
Managers Of Tie Delaware and Hudson '~"s
pspy: John Wurs, VIM h. Hsls'od, o"as i.oin'
Jacob II. lie Roy, Vim. s. HerrimaS, ChaIles ~ ."'
bot. Lora Mesh, EdwaTd j. WooIsey, "i'ham MAS
rave Geo. r. Olyphant, Daniel b. Fearing, Robert
D.. a,d Daniel Parsh. President, John Wurts;
WEE Presdert William Nusgravo; Treasurer, Isaac
n. Seymour; Secretary, james c IIartt. The tolls
an the Canal Of this Company have Increased from
enc 422 in 1890 70 s652 362 n 1883. In 1850 they were
only sse. 600, aud they have nearly doubled since
1883. The profits Of the Company in 1888 were
o. 2es sos 80, being fraction over ls = cent on toe
s,oek. The Canal was opened at the usual period IN
the Soring and there were transported on II during
The season Of navigation, by this Company, 565,J76
tsps Of Coal including &C. 76j tuns frozen up IN the
Canal in the Winter Of 1854. The quantity trans
,ortsd BY the Pennsylvania Coal Company, during
he same time was see O7O tuns including 81 '6o de-
ta,ned ON tho line of the Canal during the Winter ny
The above cause. The aggregate amount OF Toll re-
eeved during the year on the Canal and Railroad was
ss52 1862 g. The sales Of Coal for the year amounted
70 o., ,s44,4s5 The Coal on hand Is estimated at
Ssol .sel which is some t6O0,00O more than was on
hand at the same period last year.
IL 10 known 10 many OF our readers that company
has been recently formed in this city called the Amen
oaa Guano Company, 10 supply the United States WIN
xuaDo from an slsnd in the Pacific Ocean discovered
ty Capt Baker, and the location Of which has thus
far been kept profound secret by the parties imne
iateiy interested Our Government looked upon tins
discovery Of ample supply of guano as Of 20 much
importance 10 the country that they orderof the Com
nodore on the Pacific station 10 send Government
agent with the expedition which was sent from here
BY the company 10 take possession of the Island.
within few days additional evidence of the exis-
md hat 10
cred with guano. hes been obtained. Captain G.
T.. Netcher, of the bark Isabella, of FAIR
haven Muss seeing the accounts Of the leland, recog
nized IL as one be had visited and made an affidavit
10 the effect that On the 18th August, si2 he dscOv
cred an island where he had not before known that
land existed and that upon landing upon it he dscOv-
cred the monument erected by Capt. Baker over
seaman buried from the ship Gideon Rowland. Capt
Ketcher saw innumerable focks of birds on the island
and that it was covered with guano. Since Capt.
ketehers affidavit made, Capt. john. S. Deblos
has aso made an affidavit TO the same effect. Capt.
Deblois says:
CAPT NIrcnrR- Dear Sir! Yours Of the 22d inst. is
before me- and in reply will say that am perfectly will
e TO testify that while in the bark Isabella, OF Fair
haven Of which you MASTER fell in with an un
inhabited leland in the Pacific Ocean, not lad down on
the chart on which was q mans grave. Furthermore
ihe Island was the abode of innumerabe birds. IL
was perfectly dry, having sings OF vegetation Inc
surface was deeply covered with substance having
n disagreeab bic odOr. At that time did not know
what is was, but from what have since seen am con
6dent that II was guanO. / am unable to give the
precise date, latitude and longitude, &c having lost
NV journal when | was master of the il.ia.ed Ann
Alexsnder. On my late voyage III the bark NlglIant,
/ stopped at uninbablted Island IN the Pacihc
Ocean and got great quantity of eggs. Ihe birds
were similar to those saw at the former Island
aud the surface covered with the same substance 60
that in walking would frequently break through two
or three feet. lours, respectfully, ...,o,,
Esrp0rf, March "a 1876 JohN = pEbLOIo
The story Of the loss Of the Ann Alexander by q
whale, alluded to above il related in late number OF
Rsrpsrs Magazine.
There appears to be but little doubt that the e1pe-
Sitiop sent out by the American Guano Company are
On the right track, and ths ample supply of this
valuable feItlizng substance soon be obtained,
without paying extravagant prices to the Peruvian
Government.
The bid OF Mr.. John Thompson for the State loanI
Q million yesterday remarkable instance OF
financial judgment and close bidding, and deserved
better success than met with. II l7o5 for the
whole loan or none. calculation OF the other bids
for an equal amount showed that they only bet
Ter for the State $500 the whole amount II his
bid had been III o. or only &c. on the hundred dol
lrs higher he would have been entitled to the whole
ioan
The Ne.s. Orleans Price CurreRt of March l9 gives
The following comparative statement Of the condition
OF the banks for two weeks: