New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-02

The great case between the Philadelphia Coal
Company and TIE Delaware and Hudson Company for
back tolls, alleged TO be due from the former nvClv
ing some half million of dollars, has been decided at
the General Term of the Supreme Court in favor Of
the Pennsylvania Coal Company.
The corporators Of the steamship line between Val
paraiso and Panama chartered the last session of
the Legislature making rapid progress in organ
izng the Company. They have promises already of
considerable subscriptions The establishment OF
this line on route which has been heretofore exclu
sively in possession Of the English must largely in-
crease the business between the West Coast Of South
America and this country via the Panama road.
The mail contracts between New-York and San
Francisco for nine months from next October, which
was bid for on Saturday, has not been awarded, and
dispatches from Washington state that it will not be-
fore several days. II 10 be generally anticipated
tia, it will be awarded to Vanderbilt one of his
agents.
Now that there is abundance Of the American Com
pany's guano in ma.ke, from Jarvis Island, and an
unlimited supply there and on other islands for the
world, suggest to gentlemen and gardeners IN this
vicinity to give it fair trial and learn for Themselves
whether It is nothing but worthless earth certain
high officials reported or good fertilizer has been
represented by others Its claimed by the friends Of this
euano that has produced the best corn the largest
beets and the biggest turnps It would be
well for every who has patch of ground to
few hundred pounds in experimenting that if it oe
what ii is claimed may expend more hundreds Of
thousands ofdoas in the purchase Of Peruvian guano
The Lake Superior mail brings the annexed ac-
counts Of the Minnesota and Rocklsnd mines:
Ertrqct from J. h. Torn@nd's Letters Of date
"MIsSEsoT. MisEs, April Is. 1859.
"MIsSpSorA-HerewithI send return Of product
for March, say ll2i tuns. The accidents heretofore
reported to our boilers and engine have Of course
caused delay at all Of our principal works seriously
affecting product for last month, and probably Ia
some extent that for April and May also We are
able however TO keep the mine free from water, and
also 10 do some hosting with our remaining boiler;
but can do little or no stopping there az present. as the
pump must run constantly while the is leaving.
OF course the boilers ordered will be hurried for
ward with the least possible delay.
As TO the present appearance OF the mine, there
are several points throughout the levels that apPel
very favorable and promising, and some that pro-
ducirg wei! or copper. The vein looks wen in
many places east OF No shaft, and will no doubt turn
out considerable copper there. Shafts Nos and III
viii soon Be in position 10 admit OF stopping there
also 10 a considerable extent. The open cut ia the
conelomerate is producing fairly and We expect viii
do sill better for April while the ground underneath,
which is We, nearly unbroken by slopes, vii doubt
yield considerable product through the Spring and
Summer months.
"No shaft is now sinking below the 50 fathom
level and passing through fine yeia of copper,
from which several tuns have already been raised and
expect the ground between Nos. and in the back
of the same level 10 turn out well when We come TO
stopping it,
iRooKIAsp.-This mine, as you are already ad-
vised has improved very much in lis general appear
snce and indications; and also in production for the
past month a. the nclosed return for March (2Oi tun
will show. We are drifting each way in the 40
fsthom level from No. and No. shafts, and have
exposed the vein for length Of nearly $50 feet, and
On the west side Of No. there is nov in sight con-
siderable mass only partially exposed in the diff and
the extent of which only be determined by stop
ing. We have only just commenced drifting in the
level at No shaft, and already find the vein quite
large and well charged with copper. This shaft has
expoeed good pieces Of copper in the course of
sDking, which VIII be reached and made available by