New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-23

The Hon. j. W. Edmonds, Referee, presented the
following supplemental report on the KnckerbockeF
Bank case to the Supreme Court yesterday:
"To tie justices of the Supreme Court-The sup
elemental report of the Referee in this case respect
lively shows:
among the stockholders, the Referee found that seV-
eral of the stockholders upon whom he had appor-
toned some of the said debts had valid claims against
the Bank which, it seemed TO him, ought in justice to
be set off against the amounts thus appropriated TO
them but which it not competent for him TO set
off He has therefore, prepared two schedules which
lie annexes hereuntO, and which show the amount OF
such set off counter claim. Schedule \ shows the
several amounts OF unpaid dividends, duly declared
by the Bank al different times, but which have not
been drawn by the several stockholders therein
named, but which still owing to then. The Bank
declared five dividends three four per cent each
in July 1882 and in January and July, 1853; and
two or three and half per cent each in January
and July, 1854. Schedule Il shows the amount OF
debts pfUvrd LofJic the Rc,ci'oI on.l which ow
ing to stockholders upon whom the debts are appor-
toned. In both schedules is shown the amount APP
rortioned to each, and the re pectiyey due to
each from the Bank. All of which ID respectfully
submitted. j. W. EDMoNDs, Referee.
After some conversation, the Court entered an or
der that the directors file their exceptions within two
days
An effort will be made this Winter to obtain from
Congress grant of land for the construction of rail-
road from Fond du Lac. or Oshkosh, Wis, to the
mouth OF OnOndgol hlNcI 10 tiOeS inc Dthlc Ahc WI
the Brule River near the point where that river is
intersected by the meridian which separates ranges
"a and IS west meridian of Michigan, with one branch
from that point the Brule to the terminus of the
"Iron Mountain Railroad" from Marquett and one
branch from Copper Harbor on Keewena Point to
main road at the point where it crosses the Trap
Range.
The advantages claimed by it's friends for this route
Il a district al cOuutrV which
neither lies upon nor is traversed by any navigable
stream of water, and which is therefore, closed
AGAINST settlement and valueess to the Government
without artificial means of transportation. The
amount of land which would be opened by such a
railroad is from Is 900 900 to % 900 GOO of acres aud
among it is some of the finest farming land in the
country.
2 The road located on this route will cross-cut for
the distance of about 100 miles upon the main line and
Marquette Branch, the great Iron Belt of the Upper
Peninsula, which extends southwardly aud westwardly
into Wisconsin-thereby developing immensely an
unopened but well-known mineral interest in this
region of country.
3. From all that is known of the country on the
main road proposed it presents feasible and easy
route for the construction of railroad. Between the
forks of the Ontonagon the country is known to be
we'll adapted to road of easy grade. OF the part OF
til. line king between the head waters of the Ontona-
gon and the boundary line have little definite nor-
nation Along the Wolf River, in Wisconsin the
country is good for ralroadng. The Marquette
Branch will be rather difficult as It's course can
no. coincide entirely with the streams and valleys
But the Iron Mountain Road has already encountered
the greatest difficulties this branch They have
passed the crest of the Lake Superior watershed.
which il reached az the Jackson Mountain. about
twelve miles from the and $50 feet above tn.
lake level Lake Michigan lies 80 feet below Lake
Superior, and they are upon the water courses
which find the level of that lake in distance of IS
miles.
4. 1t will accommodate all the interests of the Upper
Peninsula. The Marquette Branch will be shorter by
lew miles than the route which hes been proposed to
run by Green Bay.
10 the Green Bay project the friends of the above
route state the following objections:
/. It's course along Green Bay for more than 100
miles vii open to market and settlement no land that
is not already abundantly opened by the Bay itself
= Tie route would be very difficult and expensive
in construction it would necessarily cross all the
streams emptying into that Bay including fourteen or
fifteen important ones; all the hills and valleys too.
as indicated by the course Of the streams would be
intcrsected at right angles, making Tn enormous /
amount of earth work. The character of the streams
Is such that freshets would every season endanser
anything but the most permanent and costly works.
,. II would be of but very little to tie Copper
range, by reason of it, great length. 1t would be
from 100 to 100 miles further by the most accurate
computation which can now be made, to Fond du Lac
by the Green Bay route than by the other route.