New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-25

Of P.,.vi.. III /; Isasc Il. Burch of Chicago. Ill W.
4. dep Gale OF Galesburg. III Chsuncey Con"o'
do. sl,s Willard. do James Bunee, d.; W. ..
s.uep. % George W. Gsle, do, At mse'inso'
the Board James F. Joy was elected rrs0osn', Amo'
T. Hall, Secretary and Treasurer, and Cns1'es u
Hammond, Superintendent.
Land Wsu,nts are in fair demand, and mot aiea'y'
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In I.e.rd 70 Lands Withdrawn since the land grants
recently made by Congress, Tie Usio" SAYS;
"A lane number Of letters have been receives oy
the Gmmiesicsei Of the General Lane VmS ~ HMs
for rairus5 purposes will be restored to msfSet. 10
avoid thc incouyeuiepoe arising from thesa NUM- roas
isquirier, we were formed BY the prcper sutnon.y
that the Department has determined % Tes9e taeSe
lspd. At the earliest pescticA moment, and ID only
waiting for the action Of the States and comoanies
ifertsted in reference to the several railroad Tan.
end the eetabnbept Of tae several routes wnsa eIs
Indispensable prekuinsres in determining when isnas
Are not needI for these grants, aud which may be
restored to market. tits intended to press -
rsridy al possible the final sustment OF the grants
70 az 70 be able 10 bring into marx al the Asos
which win rewsin to the government Oh WHICH "''
| pubic notice win be gwen. .,
The SATURDAY. steamer Will take on considerable
amount Of our securities which have h. n purchased
within few days past, including s2". noe Of Great
| Western Illinois Railroad Bonds, AMI S25o,0oo OF
Northern Road of FIST class character. We bear OF
ssler smOups for other bonds to 60 abroad, includ
ing Joliet Cut Cd, Southern and Central Michigan,
Panama. Illinois Central, &c Sales eao,0 900 Joliet on
private terms, and go 900 Milwaukee and Mi'sss'pP
per cep.s, and sl5,o0o La Crosse and Milwaukee
psr cents at about s7 At Boeton los was bid TOR all
the Michigan Cntrsl per cents in market for iorein
account All the foreign letters agree IN the statemen.
that there will be, during the coming months, good
demand for 6rst class railroad bonds, but that the
| Schulz Ter swipdls has cast q shade over ralrosa
stocks
The p,oprietors Of the St. Nicholas Hotel have re-
Gently published small brochure, giving the statistics
Of this wonderful establishment which, for extent has
not s eousl in the world. As showing the progress
of hotels in this county, these statistics are not WITH
| out interest The St Nicholas has front OF { 70
| hundred and seventy-fve feet on Broadway, and
depth Of two hundred feet thus covering an area OF
one acre AID three quarters in the most valusoe part
| of the city. The building cost el, 2oo, 900, and
| the entire cost Of building, furniture, &c, was
q 900 oeo The area of the front wal, which IS OF
marble, is IL, 900 feet The building viii acc ,mmo-
date 800 guests, and has frequently contained over
1000. It was completely 6nshed on Isl March, 1854.
The number of rooms in the house is six hundred, all
well lighted, and provided with hot and cold wa,er'
These include one hundred complete suites Of rooms,
| With bath, ter-closets &C., attached The three
largest dining rooms in the house aggregate 5000
superficial feet, and can accommodate s;x hundred
guests The COS. Of the mirrors distributed about the
house was 100000 and of the silvsrware and p.ate
$4,000 The propretou are Meesrs. j. +. Tresdwen,
J.. p Acker. Peter Acker and Virgil Whitcomb. The
| Joyn the vaA AbDut
three hundred and twenty The hours for meals range
through nearly the whole twenty four excepting from
midi ieht to 5 O'Clock a. m. There is regularly
| oresuized FIRE department in the building With
| aesmpower for forcing water to any p'rtion
of il. Eighteen plugs, with two hundred
| feet Of hose to EACH enable the engineers TO
| food the building in six minutes from the
time the alarm sounded The house consumes Il, 900
to 30 900 ct of gas nightly, from 500 burners The
gss u made on the premises. The laundry employs
rs Aundrs and can wash and iron 900 pieces per
day Steam is the great agent in this process, aud
ext nsivey used in the st. Nicholas for boiling, wash
ing mapgling, drying turning spits Nesting water &c
The St Nicholas b truly mcrocosm, and to conduit
successfully requires abilities above the average Of
the late Presidents Of these United States.
TIE Democratic Pres of Chicago is calling the at
ienton of the public to the connection Of that place
BY railroad with Gslvs ston, Texas. The distance 1t
,tates at 900 miles, or about the same % from Chi
cago to New.York. The proposed route is as fOlows;
Miles,
plinsis C~ptrsi Csirs ~
Cairo ana FULTON TO Fulton Ak Ss
Total Chicago to 0slveson.
OF these the first mentioned, the Illinois Central, -
already built, and in successful operation.
| The Montreal Redemption Bank 10 being organized
at Boston. The capital of the new bank Is to be one
million dollars, with liberty TO increase to three mil
lions. II proposes to be the Clearing House for the
| New England banks and also TO issue bills and make
collections The bank, a. is we'll known, is to have
New.Epgland banks alone for stockholders Another
meeting 10 to be held on the 9Th Of August in Boston,
when il t5OO, 900 10 subscribed it is proposed to pro-
coed 10 the choice Of Directors.
In regard to the bill for the protection of the dscov.
erers of gusno flor the benefit of the American GuanO
| Company, the Washington correspondent Of The
| Journal IF Commerce, says:
"Ths Guano bill Of the Senate hss been under dis
cussiOn to-day, and il is favoraby considered. is
necessary for the promotion Of agricultural inter-
tsts that the enterprise Of nsvgaOrs and Others
should be directed toward the discovery and develop
| meut of pew for tue economical supply Of
guano Our citizens who discover guano islands, un-
inhabited and unclaimed by other p,wen, ought to be
protected in the enjoyment Of the fruits Of their dis
covsTy sgsDst foreign nations and the competi-
tion Of their own countrym n.
"But q doubt is expressed whether they would be-
come individually propeois Of the soil and the gusno
depOsifs for these under national la would belong
10 the Government which asserts eminent domain over