The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-21
MOVEMENTS IN Foreign DRY GooDs.

valuc put ON the market during tho week 81 80
The duncss in the wholesale dry goods noticed in on
last report Of this branch oc trade continued through
the present week This inacton must continue without
much variation until the opening Of tho fall trade
month. The religious paper known the Independent,
which has taken up the business Of reporting failures
every month"; has this month rather longer list than
usual but in this in its former catalogue, its chief
supply Of from the grain growing and pro-
vision raising States Of the West and Northwest. The
a in brcadsus and provisions has produced much trou
BILE with merchants in that direction and has incrfercd
very materially with collections Letters from Northern
Illinois, Wisconsin, &C.. complain Of scarcity of
money and hard times At the South, however, tho
increase in the amount and value Of the cotton crop has
made all easy, and in New Orleans money has been
abundant, and ruled at low rates of interest.
The importators continue large. Accounts from
Europe speak Of higher views the part of manuactu
Of staple goods arising from the high prices OF
materials. And, hence, holders Of similar goods here
not DISPOSED to sales and expect higher prices
on the opening of the fall trade.
This is especially tho case with staple silk goods since
the Of the destructive floods in the South
Of France.
that the harvest much injured in the portions of the
country watercd the west by the Seine and at the
south and east by the Rhone and its tributaries by
which the high prices Of food will be kept up and thus
affect the labor of the manufacturers especially, at
Lyons, Valcncc and Avignon. The Hood also
did great direct injury by sweeping OIL large number of
houses and leaving their tenants in state of dcstuton.
il is likely also by those rains and floods that the mu
berry trees and sikworms as well as the vineyards
perienced less damage. While the filling of some
orders al Lyons may be thus retarded, Others is likely
only be executed at enhanced prices.
In domestic goods heavy unbleached and bcached cot
ton fabrics have maintained considerable rmncss There
has been accumulation Of stock, while the export de-
mand for this class of goods has been good Purchases
of heavy drills, and shectngs and shirtings made
chiefly for China, hazi Australia and Africa. The sup
position that Spain may probably has already block
AIDED Vera Cruz and Tampco has tended to check ship
ments to Mexico and our merchants believe that OUR go
vcrnmcnt should lose time in Seeding doom proper
force of vessels o. war to the coast or Mexico, for
the protection Of American property and commerce.
Tie total exports of cotton piece goods the LIST of
packages from New York. against 49, 200 do for tho
time last year. and om Boston, 10 900 packages against
10 237 in 1855. The increase for this city the presc
year has been equal 1851 packages and for Boston
6680-giving total increase for about 4 months Of the
present year. over the same period last year. for both
places of $50 packages, which, at the ratio of
increase for the whole year. would fully q 900
bales the exports Of 1855 Hence it is supposed to
fully meet the domestic and foreign demand for cotton
goos the present year. and that shall this year
to up in this country about 900 bales of cotton
against 600 600 last year, which, ut about SIS per
bale, would amount to S3l, 500 COO OF the cot
ton consumed by Massachusetts alone she reproduces
cotton goods to the amount Of about $50 900 OO0 1t Is
clear that at this rate the United States win require
its manufactures not less than 900 bales of cotton
per annum. And the question Of supply is about
serious question for the Northern States and especially
for New England political economy is is TO tho cacu
atinns Of Old England and hence in tho change abo
ton OF slave labor at tho South, the former would scri
ously suffer as well as the latter. The drills sold the
pa week at &c. for browns SIC for bleached and
CSC. for blue. The market closed firm. Osnaburgs
were dull Dcniins were firm. Flanncs in steady
demand at unchanged prices In cotton duck hard was
pltq,ty and quiet Ravens were firm and met with ready
sales as fast supplied Tho changes other articles
were not Of sufficient importance TO justify any notice
detail.