STEAM TOW.BOAT COMPANIES. ALBANY & CANAL LINE.-P. E. Bowman, Agent, office, 15 South st. ALBANY & CANAL STEAM.-A. D. Hoyt, Agent, office, 15 South street. HUDSON RIVER STEAM BOAT CO. (Old Line.)-Tow between New York and Albany, by the first-class steamers Cayuga, Oswego, Ontario, and Alida. Alfred Van Santvoord, Agent, 77 Pier, Albany; Henry Smith, Agent, 16 South street, New York. SWIFTSURE LINE OF FREIGHT BARGES, between Albany and New York (established in 1825), connecting with New York Central Railroad and Erie Canal. Van Santvoord & Co., Agents, 77 Pier, Albany; Jas. R. Bentley & Co., 17 Central Wharf, Buffalo; John K. Redfield & Co., 16 South street, New York. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CO.-Capital, $900,000. J. S. Kimberly, President, Jas. C. Evans, Secretary, Buffalo. New York Office, 7 Coenties Slip, Franklin Lee and M. M. Caleb, Agents. MERCHANTS' TRANSPORTATION LINE, Palmer & Beckwith, Buffalo, NEW OSWEGO LINE.-Hovey & Crawford, Proprietors, Oswego. Geo. NORTHERN TRANSPORTATION LINE, between New York and Mon- WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CO.--Capital, $800,000. Cyrus Clark! Prest.; Wm. Foot, Vice-Prest. ; G. H. Bryant, Sec.; John Allen, Jr., Treasurer. Directors: P. S. Marsh, Wm. Foot, P. L. Sternberg, Geo. H. Bryant, John Allen, Jr., Everett Clapp, S. G. Chase, Hugh Allen, Cyrus Clark, Samuel Morgan, Jas. Parker, Joshua Maxwell, J. L. Hard. Buffalo Office, Erie Basin; New York Office, No. 1 Coenties Slip. Agents, New York, Everett Clapp, Hugh Allen, 1 Coenties Slip. Boston, 86 State street. Albany, S. G. Chase, 113 Pier. Troy, Jon. W. Tuttle, 191 River street. Chicago, Roll Robinson. Milwaukie, John F. Tallmadge. Contracting Agents in New York: Hugh Allen, 1 Coenties Slip; Jas. H. Wilgus, 9 Astor House. Mark packages" W. T. Co." Ship daily from Pier 7, E. R. APPENDIX. STATE LIBRARY. THIS Library was founded by the Legislature in 1818, and now occupies a new building erected for its accommodation in the rear of the Capitol at Albany. It consists of two departments-one styled the LAW LIBRARY, and the other the MISCELLANEOUS LIBRARY-containing together about 50,000 volumes. The Regents of the University are ex officio Trustees of the Library. The late Dr. T. ROMEYN BECK, for several years Secretary of the Board of Regents, devoted much attention to the increase of the Library, and it has become, in a great measure, through his indefatigable exertions, one of the largest and most important Collections of Literary, Scientific, and Miscellaneous Works, as well of Books relating to Jurisprudence, in this country. These celebrated salines are the property of the State. The tract in which they are found, called the "Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation," is in the city of Syracuse, and embraces within its limits the Onondaga Lake, and the villages of Geddes and Liverpool. Many years ago, the greater part of the reservation was laid out in village plats, and farm and pasture lots, and sold to private citizens, so that the grounds now belonging to the State constitute but a small portion of the original tract. By means of shafts of small bore, varying from about 90 to more than 400 feet in depth, tubed and fitted with pumps, the brine is raised and poured into reservoirs, from which it is distributed in pipes to the different works for making salt. Of this brine, about 45 gallons furnish a bushel of salt; and the revenue of the State is derived from a duty of one cent on each bushel. This duty was originally fixed by the constitution at a shilling, but was reduced to 6 cents by an amendment of that instrument; in 1846 the duty was further reduced to one cent a bushel. Two modes of making salt are in use at these springs, one by artificial heat, and the other by evaporation in the sun. The former process is much the less accurate of the two, and the salt produced by it is of an inferior quality; while the solar salt is purer than any other, and enjoys a high reputation. By those who are thoroughly acquainted with this subject, the duty paid to the State is said to constitute but very little less than half of the whole cost of production. The interests of the State on the reservation are put in charge of two The principal officers, designated respectively the Superintendent of Salt Springs, and Inspector of Salt, in the county of Onondaga. The duties of the latter relate chiefly to the quality of salt, its measurement, packing, and the character of the barrels in which it is sent to market. Superintendent has the general oversight of the reservation, the sinking of shafts, the regulation of the pumps, the supply and distribution of the brine to the different works, the care of the State lands to prevent intrusion and trespasses, and the leasing of lots for the erection of works for making fine salt. The granting of the lands set apart for the manufacture of the coarse or solar salt, is vested in the Commissioners of the Land Office. Of the total quantity of salt annually produced at these springs, about nine-tenths are of the kind made by boiling, which usually goes by the name of "fine salt," on account of the minuteness of its crystals; and the other one-tenth, which forms in very much larger crystals, is commonly designated coarse salt." Extract from the Report of the Superintendent of the Oncnlaga Salt Springs, dated Feb. 1, 1858. The whole amount of salt inspected on the Salt Springs Reservation, at and near Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, during the year 1857, is 4,312,126 bushels. Of this amount, the inspection in the several districts has been as follows: Received for fines.. The revenues collected by the Superintendent during the Duties on 4,312,126 bushels salt at one cent per bushel.. $43,121 26 5 00 $43,126 Superintendent, Syracuse. The following is a Statement of the number of bushels of salt made at the Onondaga Salt Springs, since June 20, 1797, which is the date of the first leases of lots: This is an Association established in the City of New York, for the purpose of conducting inquiries into subjects connected with the origin, history, and distinguishing characteristics of nations, comprising language, customs, geography, antiquities, &c. It was instituted in 1842, at the residence of the late venerable ALBERT GALLATIN, who was the President of the Society from its formation until his decease, in 1849. The Publications of this Society consit of three volumes of Transactions. Officers elected in January, 1858. Prof. Edward Robinson, D.D., LL.D., President. Francis L. Hawks, D.D., LL.D., John W. Francis, M.D., LL.D., Vice-Presidents. George Folsom, Foreign Corresponding Secretary. Theodore Dwight, Recording Secretary. Alex. I. Cotheal, Treasurer. George H. Moore, Librarian. NEW YORK SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION, Auxiliary to the AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION,-Rooms, 375 Broadway, President-Rev. Isaac Ferris, D.D. Vice-Presidents-William Forrest, John R. Hurd, Wm. Winterton, M. C. Corresponding Secretary-Jas. N. McElligott. Managers-J. W. C. Leveridge, Richard Reed, B. B. Atterbury, J. C. Baxter, William C. Gilman, John C. Hines, J. W. Bulkley, Wm. P. Cook, J. M. Whitehead, Nathan Lane, Wm. Phelps, Thomas Bond, John B. Wells, J. B. Thompson, Geo. S. Schofield, S. S. Constant, Ralph Wells, J. W. Roberts, Peter Balen, A. S. Jewett, H. H. Salmon, E. C. Wilcox, Robert McCartee, Jr., Samuel Raynor, Rev. J. H. Burtus, ex officio. SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR. [Situated on the North side of Staten Island.) This noble charitable Institution, was founded by the testament of Capt. Robert R. Randall, who died in 1801, bequeathing a large landed estate in the City of New York, the income of which was to be expended in supporting aged and disabled sailors. It is under the direction of trustees appointed by the will, who have within a few years caused to be erected a large and splendid edifice, consisting of a centre building and two extensive wings, two stories in height besides the basement; showing a marble front of 225 feet-attached to which is a farm of 160 acres of land. Upwards of 360 aged and disabled sailors find here a safe retreat, free from the cares and storms of life. The remains of the donor are deposited in front of the main building, over which has been erected an appropriate monument to his memory. SEAMAN'S FUND AND RETREAT. Office, No. 12 Old Slip, New York. The Retreat is situated on Staten Island, near the Quarantine Ground. It This is a hospital for the reception of sick and disabled seamen. was founded by a law of the State in 1831, levying a tax on each master of a vessel of $1 50 for each foreign voyage, mates $1, and 50 cents for every mariner, and 20 cents for each voyage coastwise; which entitles each individual to the benefit of the hospital while sick or disabled. The amount collected is about $37,000 annually. The hospital is a valuable building, of three stories; 208 feet long by 52 wide, having wings of 34 feet in depth, and three stories high. This hospital cost $100,000. Attached to it are 37 acres of ground, which cost the State about $10,000. It will accommodate 300 patients. * By a law passed March 17, 1843, "The Trustees of the Seamen's Fund |