The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-19

.ioce, snd en shs letter for his son when hs should
arrive.
n A.,sye yev FfenohmAp, WHO does business in Nicsrar
tus, 10 ibouRbs 70 have ON board.
A. Eastcn and aoy were pasaenssss, and despatch
yeste day reoeivot at Mo Metropolitan Hossi from
Norfolk which 'nsOun sd that shsy were sAfe saoa ,eas
saved upon . different vossel.
Oliver Carbon, OF 81 Louis, who 10 brother Of K
Garrison, was pro,ahl' on IN, steamship
W Turnbul and lady. kr. TurnorII was In tho D.
quor and produce buspess In san Francisco.
Mr. W. Y Ci1k, Of Ais city, laid he had = brother
board
Nr Aaron Hawley, produce merchant, formerly from
Bridgeport, Conn,
Alo his uLCls, Thomas Harley, was espscsed homs
about this time. mo family feel very anxious about hs
former.
In the absence Of even partial pasSpger list Of the
III fsd steamer spprehensious those board
are srgm nied by Tho fear that among the lost arc go
number OF the officers and Of tho UuI ed xates fri
ss,e Independence. II ~in be recolec.ed tha,
months ago the Navy depsrtme determined upou tans-
Ter Il this ship 70 San Ffapcsco perm
sci; and In view Of this considerable number Of the
returned NOT long spce 70 this port Panama. and
dscha eed here win be noted also that recently
several officers have been ordered 70 the Pacific rce
those whe term OF service had expired board tho In
dependence BY reference 10 dies, and that on
the eth August last tho Independence PAT ANA,
IN route Fan Fspcbco his posabie there ORE ,hA
all the eeItial part or her personnel detained on
the ktbmps to await the return Of the unfortunate Oenra
AneSics and In tbc have iu measure ecula
for the neant holy ona Of her passenger hss
Our hopes that this may 90, bat fears
yet be realised when the sad ongs reach us In detail
We learn, however, from wnbiDgton, taat ofl,ars,
~ Wsv NhS.d Inv
lh steamer and 10 be hoped tina. board
THE EFFECT IN WALL STREET.
ONE MILLION ELK husDhkD raop~Aso toLlAas m
BED IN Foayl8N sNO oSK oFPICES-PRoAPr
ACTON OF rnk INSURANCE COMPANIES.
fbe rad nsebsen Of sbs loss II the California seam
NJ ip Cebuei Ame,,ca which 10 announcement In the
toumns Of toe HEaAiD yesrosy morning threw kooa
tho cty, and brought into many happy home toe
wan OF I'm icn received among the changers
OF hamm With varied feel OF psinfe
anxiety. l. Supposed that ,he whherswa, ~ the
p'eson, tine, OF brge amount Of speoe would In
The monetary emoa rsssmepia hsi Of late have
severely felt. and be the OF cau,ng svia
ger cy ard deprtsson in ,he money resuaing ds
oui 10 several or largest houses engaged In the
California trade This universal aaac ration at an early
hour fboet general connd rcs ard al felt ~ II the I'm
pending disaster bad actually taken Place Taose VIII
most kept RAINING TO and fro QUESTIONING
tho various Offices and houses whore insursnces
bad been eff cleo; ANA nctwith sanding ASSURANCES
promptly iiven that oil would bc made
right, the inorm'hcn was received moro IA fear
thar In hope. When II d oonsidered that near million
Of dollars woud be inmediaely demanded from tns df
fcren companies and the ste extreme pressure
scarcely over, is no woadcr that Wall street pre-
scented durrg yesterday morning elongated ooau
ten,nccs Rumor, too, with her thousand tougues
busy in adding TO TIE common miafortaue by weaiinS
eports Of failures and suspensors and at every step
that oeebraed locality you heard OF some anticipated
dsaster. There was The eminent house cf -, at
couldn't stand it and thin compan.s the
wonder hsw they wouidact. Hsppsy for Ah parties
the paed trouble IN fear than In faol; ana
the day the general goon suooe sdsd by
. more bucyan, feeling. II vas ssoertAiDos TIN, the
greater portion Of the Insurance eec,ed IN foreign
Offices The TOTAL shipment OF ,ocae about si 60
O This informed tho following insured
In foreign onices;-
Wells F1so Co.. $500 GOO
Duncan, sher nsn 10000
Robb Balev 100 900
As, AL ivvOo
VIM. Ho6c ........................... $1,000
Total insured in Europe. 900
There aiso that several other nsursnccs have
beer similarly eieced, amounting 10 between 500 900
and slbo,t 20 tha the actual loss the homo ooss
win over 100000. This divided among IN,
Sum- Alsn,lc Great Western Paoiac Union ORIENT Com.
nertial, Mspcsniile ami New York me steamer
valued Al $3.50 COO, and was no, Insured, being the
oasom ofthe company no, TO insure any OF her
while the loss being thoroughly scsnvassed aud s
consequences dwea up n The under WRITER'S with liberal
" very oommendable At the present time, doser
mined 10 nquidae oil claims due presentation This
announcement had wonderful effect In calming tho gone
raj unsAsness, and WAS an agreeable surprise
70 many rroAksrs, who foretod divers unhoard
Of casaslaes or the Ioss viii fall heavily the
anes but ibey abundaniy able 70 bear
H. and have made prompt arrange neun 70 carry out the
osects Of the following resolution agreed 10 81 meeting
-f The Board Of Urdcrvrisers;-
We ,hs underssDes under writer's of the treasure per
steamer Central America, from vplnsal 10 his port. In
the present siat> OF nnancia Affairs proper 70 give
tb public notice. that upon ths presentation ~ he proper
prompsy raid. IN CON ,orniy sh tss poloes and .hsu
requested by the sssuyed viii be dsoountei
rhe Atlantic Mutual rusuraDoe oJmpany, BY n Jones'
President
The srsi we',stn Insurance Company, By Richard L.
inc Sun Mutual Insurance. Company, By A. b Nelson,
President
ne Unon xuloa In,urance Company, by 8 Ia,hrop,
Pressceni
The orisn, Mutual insurance. COMPANY By Leopold msr.
werih, PressdeEl
Tbo oornmercIal yuluI Insurance Com~ny, By Daniel
me Heresanle Mutual Insurance oompsay, by Eiwcod
wafer, Prssiaent
The Ser Yos Mutual Iusuranoc conany, By John II.
Iyell, Wee presifert
me pacisc nu.aal Insunncs oompAay, BY Alfred I'd
wards, President
Elw YoKK, Sept 1s, 1857
me duplicate bills of isdlng pn sc re:e,vsd By the
due Me Ssth last 90 that In osss Of les ,hs
orly Inconvenience By those 70 whom remla were
made BY ibis oouveyanoe, and insured se~ York. VIII
bs the delay q fev days In The realization OF their
means
We understand, aso, hat the foreign companies are
bund 70 The sme course Of action pursued By lh,se In
Nsu York
nessr. Drncan, shsrman o. win draw bIrs mms
dssy The Loo6on insurers for The amour, Of shipment
coming 70 them.
hssss. sasher Uhurch, VINO have about s7so 900 by
zach steamer, are insured 10 the rouowing oces
sc, ore fourth sun, fourth ereai wcsen tourh
Pacific, one eighth; and Urion Nusual, one sshth.
special shipment Of $50 900 covered By general
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