The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-08

Paid for Assay hce.............. 49,. 2,e6s II
balance 3,7T4,25l Is
The Niagara Fire Insurance Company have de-
ehred . semi.snnual dividend of ten per cent; the
New York Fire and Marine Company ten per ont
The steamship Pacific, from this Fort for Liver
pool to-day, carried out $3.50 ,249 80 in specie.
Foreign exchange was not in active demand, ha. We
have NO change 70 report in rates for sterling bills.
The quotations ruled at 81 . o. per cent pIemiam on
LONDON, and 81. Ia . ST. Is on Paris.
We announced Q few days since that Messrs. Page
h Bacon would in . shor. time resume payment.
The receipt Of q largo amount Of gold by tbs las.
steamer from California, over and above the am ,unt
Ct drafts drawn, with means realized from other
sou ces, has placed the house in Q position TO re-
rune Of an early day. On or about the 18th Of this
month the house will again commence active ope-
~rstions, We trust never again to be interrupted
by the treachery Of false friends, or by the exercise
Of power, placed uEfortunately In weak hands, for
purposes other than those justified by oil honorable
men. We understand that 1t 10 the intention Of
Msssrs- Page 4 Bacon 10 establish . branch Of their
house In this city. This may interfere materially
with the Ansncial operations Of the only "Ameri-
can banking house, in New York, by farm shing 70.
cihtss TO the West, and other sections Of the coun-
ny, now derived from the concern alluded 70. With
banking houses In New York, 81. Louis, and San
Francisco, The frm Of Page d Bacon will be isds-
pendent Of an dangerous connections, and have ct
al times full control Of their eno1mous capital for
their legitimate buainess.
The decline In the amount OF United States reve.
rue received during January. 1856, - compared
with the same mouth Of 1854, il two millions three
hundred thousand dollars. The aggregate falling
OF since the end Of October, when the reaction Ia
The import trade began, Is 10000 900. Daring the
frst seven months Of the current fiscal year, toe
decreass Is 1851 900.
The premiums received BY the Atlantic Mutual
Insurance Company during the year 1854, including
those rot marked on at the commencement, we're
q, 266, GAG OF. The premiums marked OF for the year
were "A. COS 200 II. The net amount Of losses, rein.
s~ursnces, expenses, &c, was "a, 59l, s36 81. The pro.
6ts Of TIE company, for which certificates vera
granted, during thu twelve and q half years ending
January ], 1854, were $5,4s4, l9,, Of which
$4,4e2, 073 20 were redeemed In cash, leaving
$1,000, JIG 80 remaining with the company. The
ssets Of the company amount 70 81 1855 so;
Of which $297. s95 are invested In stocks; s270,I23
81 in bonds ard mortgages and real estate; and
~ .4sl 20 in cash. The remainder consists Of pre-
MUM nctes, bills receivable, &c. The board Of
tzusttss have resolved 70 pay interest on tho out
standing certificates Of profit at the rate Of SIX per
cent per annum, on the 9Th inst.
The Texas bill hss not received the supper. OK.
peckd. the blu is lost. many jasI claimants win
be severe sufferers. The Withholding Of the 5000.
900 by the United States government, under the
act Of 1851, " a 70 the creditors . great injus.
lice, as Texas (although acknowledging the debit
wiz not pay in consequence. II any bill for the
relief Of these creditors ID Just, Congress ought 70
paz the one under confederation without q descent
ing vote.
The warrants entered al the Treasury Department,
Washington, on thu 9th Inst, were
For the redemption Of stock .............. e5,4lT a.
Tor the payment Of treasury debts. ........ B35 -