, 1860-04-17
Trade Winds.

their entire length for Southern trade in Jaau-
arr, hare since been fishing for business. with
letters and circulars, at The North and West. |
Such houses are noto taking special pains to
hold various political opin,ons.'' These men,
with trenlulous anxiety, and with "singlc
eye" for Southern trade, made haste to get
their names into the "white list" and now,
With the same single eye" arc a right about
face for the North. The wind now blows from
another direction. The secret history Of these
the basest hypocrisy. Fortunately a there slS are
merchants in the country, by scores and thou
sands, who can see through all this trickery.
They know TINT there is no real principle in The
matfer-that the only desire Of these weather.
COCKS is to sell goods and make money. The :.
following facts will illustrate the subject in its
L1:<st Development, and will, doubtless, enter
tain our readers:
1 merchant in Illinois, now in this city, in-
forms us that he received q circular from one of
these douch.faced houses, inviting him to give
them call. He had heretofore been their Gus
toner. In reply to the circular he sent them
the "wh'te list" cut from 4 Western paper,
into which it had been copied from the South
era Gonfid<rdcy. lie said plainly to the New
York firm, whose name was in that list, that, As
they appeared to be fishing for Southern trade
particularly. they might excuse him in future
from troubling them.
Another" " white. list in this city seat a spe-
cial invitation to Western merchant to giro
them his patronage. They we're promptly in
formed. in reply, that they need NOT look for
his trade, Us he was for freedom, and desired TO
have no dealings with men who publicly avowed
pro slavery sentiments. The house wrote back,
begging and apologizin,g to tue country ner-
chant, and again urged him to call He is now
il town, and states Voluntarily that he il sdone
with that kind Of mcn."
Amerclant in Pennsylvania who had bought
OF q well known house III this city some 100000
worth Of goods annually, says that be wrote his
"old house. who had gone in for Southern
trade and notoriety in the white-list reports, in
reply to their circular, that they might count
him out in future Of their Northern list Of
cu$tomeEs-that he should train in another
i. company.
/ Ne can Tell those merchants who have Of ln!e
sought to prejudice tue South against particu-
lnr houses in this city, that their game can be
in trade in this city, ali honor to the1,, who
can't he bought ncr sole. aud their number is
every Lny increasing. The Journal Of Coat
nssree had the audac;tr aad honor OF inaueurat~
ing the Southern Cont ttdsraey By naning raen
who could not be whipped :" into line" with
the pro.slayery party. The Journal dare rot
resume that practice.
tTHsllfncton Intelligence.
Icarsespoadenes Of the Nss r. Y..k I1t1aia;I 49,.
hAeltl*01VSs ap@4 ILL.,
TIE CANADIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY.
The report from the Treasury Department
adverse to tle Reciprocity Treaty will probably
be transmitted TO Congress in d few days, and
| deferred to nE appropriate committee. The
chief cause Of opposition to tue treaty is the be-
| Lief that the present government in Canada has
| violated the spirit Of the treaty, while no cause
| Of complaint exists against the other colonies,
| parties to the treaty equally with Canada
| ORGANIZATION OF NEW TERRITORIES.
The House Territorial Committee to-day or
| dercd bills to be prepared for the organization
| Of Dacotah, Pixies Peak. Nevada and 1rizona-
the Territory, aud not The Southern half. Us de-
sired By tho dllibustcrs. The other bills will
be very much like the Senate bills, 50 far as the
boundaries are concerned.
| rnE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
| Hon. Isaac !. Stevens, Delegate from Wash
| lngton Territory. has written IN elaborate let
ter to Pacific Railroad Convention, which is
called 70 meet At Vancouver, Washington Ter
ritorv, May 20. he contends that the Northern
| route is the one by which to control the trade
Of Asia, for many reasons It is shorter by an
average Of three hundred aud sixteen miles
than The Central route. Puget Sound affords
the best and safest Larbors in tho world, and is
| some three hundred miles nearer to Canton and
Jeddo than is San Francisco. The vicinity fur
ers' use, which can be said Of no other portion
Of the Pacific coast, und tue estimated cost is rs
! tSS...cEs Breekinrdge to Seattle. with long tnn-
nell fifteen hundred and forty-three miles,
| $94,9li,Ss0: Breckinridse to Seattle, with short
tunnel, {3l, ,923,3 Breckinridgc to Eancou-
yer, fifteen hundred end tHenty-si1 miles,
| s9l,osa, $50; branch from Vancouver TO Seattle,
| one hundred and sercnty-two miles, $500, 900.
Total cost from Breckenridge, Minnesota. to
Seattle, via Vancouver, on the Columbia, Slos,-
oS2,$e0, These estimates include cost Of tun-
ncts, and rary from, forty to onc hundred thou
sand dollars per mile, according to the character
| Of the route, and provide, also, for steamers on
| the Missouri and Columbia rivers.