The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-14
TIE GREAT BdSTOa TRADE SALES.

Bome Account If their Origin and Object
Large Arrivals Of Traders from ALI Parts
OF the Un.on-Provislon for Their Enter
tainmepr-Thc Maine Liquor Law Sus.
pended-Extcnsive Sale Of Boots and Shoes
The Prices Paid and Names OF the Pur-
chasers-Ths Glassware and Carriage Sales,
&C., &c.
BosroS, July Is, 1859.
The trade Gales Of domestic manufactures now In pro.
gress IN the city, carried under the auspices Of the
New England Society for the Promotion Of Manufactures
and tho Mechanic Arts. This Society has not for many
years exercised the functions belonging by charter
OF carrying auction Gales for the purpose OF stimulating
and inducing trade but in February last at the chief ia
sgston Of the Board of Trade resolved re.estabsh
the system. The motive was SO much to promote
manufactures and the mechanic arts 10 retain ut home
the sale Of the products Of existing manufacturing esa
shments which has lately gone into the hands OF New
York houses New York branches Of Boston houses but
although the sales decided on, and Committee Of
Correspondence appointed TO solicit consgnmeuts
1t some time before any material for catalogue
began 10 accumulate. Finally, however, enough
hibutions were secured to insure respectable be.
ginning, and the arrangements were fully completed
Large numbers Of uyers bAvs been attracted to Bos
ion and they from all parts of the country even from
Texas and Wisconsin New York furnishes the greater
portion however of the lookersou and probably Of the
buyers The private hospaes Of the Boston merchants
have been proisey extended vsters and the city
government has recognized the occasion by issuing sran
gers cards, TO be used in visiting public institutions and
places OF interest The city will aao 81 I've grand comp.
mentary excursion on Saturday down the harbor.
The programme OF tho New England Society includes
sales Of boots and shoes and glassware Wednesday and
drygoods and carpetngs Thursday and Friday Until
this week there was prospect Of rival boot aud shoe
se at the Shoe and Leather Exchange under the direct
auspices OF the but the matter has been
ranged thai Monday OF next week the sale ut the
Exchange will under the " authorized head" Be-
sides these saee Dudley H. Bayley has sale Of valuable
carriages and harnesses and Edward Riddle another Of
the same Sort Draper Morse Co., also have picture
sale.
The boot and shoe sale, which was the arst In
logical order, began nine O'Clock Wednesday
Ing stores No 80 and No. 30 Pearl street, the auction
Gers being Messrs Townsend, Niaard & Canning There
was attendance OF six hundred persons. with
out any preliminary speech making, bids called ff
and for the frat lot Of chdrens congress boots twenty five
Gents was bid The lot knocked of at twenty
Cents and the sale proceeded rapidly The first buyers
we're New Workers. but the West and South fully
represented auoug those who bought large bills The
catalogue included nearly teen Thousand cases. and the
sale Of Wednesday amounted to about four or Ave thou
Eand cases-abHut half the catalogue. The contribu-
tors were T. & E. ss,cheler, F. Jones Co., Jones,
Robbins h Co., Townsend, Mallard & Canning, J. r.
Rassest, Bucharsn, Rsyner & Co., wolcot, For
bush Child, 3. jerks 4 Co., G. W. For
bush o., A. L. Murdock, VIM. Caam Co.,
j. B. Nmbail Co Rost s. Copeland, Bradley Il Ordway,
Alex. Strong, Hayward Co @. W. Perkins, B. L. Dag
gest o., Hunt Lane, Hersey, Bailey Co., BENZ D.
Godfrey, Hayward stone, E. O. Bailey, L. s. Ban-
cnard, W. F. Cshn Co., Morrison & Co., George john
son. Eoridse Aaun, Martin L Keith Co., Edwin Busboe,
L. n~A
6saoey ordw%' Sprasue Il Holmes, Fay & Store,
Boyd, Corey & Co, Joseph Walker & Co H. Howl 4 Co
l. e. Waite Co., Alden Leland, Quincy, Mears Blake
Chas G. Whitney, Golhver Stone, and Horace a. DAY.
sNsw York Nearly oil Of these firms axe Pearl stree