The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-06

! The exchanges at the Bank Clearing House to-day
were sl5,22s,2lo So and the BALANCES paid weF'
81, O07, 34s %.
The steamship Persia, from this port for Ilvsrpor
"Wednesday -wi take OF. abort 81 900
600 in specie There has Mc' an active movement
in exchange for this packet, but bills are plenty AM
>'es have not advanced. We quote bankers
, ,Tv Ia. 1or at siaoi per cent premium; OF
pan'o .soa' ,. 20; Amsterdam, 4la 4ll; Bre
faris, otZ1a a d. s7sass.
men, reg; Hamburg, Co % p..,,
,.a,l..s -'i'"n0' '"tdead of ten per cent
navah,a on damsna rhs Mo, *st INSURANCE Com
psny a semi-annual dividend ~vea pr oen.'
payable on demand the Panama Ra 100 7eni''
annual dividend Of six per cent, paya ~'' w '"o
18th inst.
The Mariners Savings Institution, Third avenue,
corner Of Ninth street. notify their depositors that
semi annual dividend, at the rate Of six per cent
per annum, on sums of $500 and Under, and five per
cent on sums over $780, win be paid on and after
Wednesday, January 20. Interest not called for will
be carried TO credit Of depostors and bear interest
an principal.
The ship Gulf Stream arrived at New Orleans on
the 7sth utmo from Point a Petre, GuadaOupe,
with $25 600 in specie on board; and the schooner
Red Fox from Tampico, same day, with srr,373.
We give in another column the official returns Of
the foreign trade of this port for each month of the
past four years. The tables are very fufi, and 30
arranged az to show at glance the movement OF
merchandise outward and inward. The returns for
the early part of the year show very active move
ment hut towards the cfose n favorable change was
realised, and the movement for several months was
sufficiently limited to bring the aggregate down to
figure corresponding more closely with that Of the
year previous. II win he seen that the total value
Of goods entered for consumption at this port in 1857
was but about seventeen million more than in 1856
The Withdrawals from warehouse in 1857 were very
large compared with 1856 any previous year.
The changes in the tariff in July last were
the principal cause Of this increase. The
aggregate value of merchandise warehoused,
which is included in the total Of goods
entered for consumption was in 1857 just about
double that of 1856 In May and June last there
was an immense amount of goods entered for
warehouse so that they might derive all the
benefit upon being put upon the market from the
changes in the tariff It will be long time before
the import trade of this port will again show such
an aggregate as in 1857 Nearly threefourths of the
total importation of the country is entered at this
port. Our export trade for the year 1857 shows
more limited movement than in 1856. There is not
much derencsn the aggregates but it is in favor Of
1856. The movement throughout was quite uniform.
About onehird of the total expectation in 1857 was
in specie. The specie export in 1857 was about
seven millions more than in 1856, Showing that the
export of merchandise in 1861 much less than in
1856, than appears in the aggregates. or domes-
tic products there very great falling of
in the exploration of 1867, compared with 1885, and
the total was less than in 1855.
The following bold and extraordinary specimen OF
rascaity has never been exhibited in this country by
any mercantile house having any respectable stand
ing and we doubt whether IL could have been carried
on with success in the United States, where the CON-
mnnity are ever the alert TO prevent long tissue
of preconcerted fraudsin the case Of the Western
Bank OF Scotland il IL stated that one firm IL
shown to have drawn bills to amount of 81 900 900
on about eighty to ninety persons in London or else
| where, all Of whom were mpostors. In most cases
| the letters of the Western Bank, demanding pay
ment have been returned by Post Office, marked
"No such person." or, "gone away-not known
where
The annexed IL a comparative statement OF the
exports exclusive Of specie) from New York to
foreign ports for the week, and since January IL
1855. 1855 1851
Total for the week 81 $40 zoos 597 s5.l ,s43
Previously reported 80 ,ss36s3 81 1868 73oo2a4
Since January / 81 as427a 400 s7a 5i3 ST.