New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-21

= thatt5e barge ssa.bsrs sbbsrs viii ooa boy sss
heavily than ever, bs<al<e they expe-. shs. many Of
the en- ia ,nntry psrh anis in the le places back -
Che scaboard viii DC forced 70 make their pafchsses
soutl instead Of Moth, changing thus the course n
Nev-York's trade, bnt 10 no degree diminishing it
that politics have no p,ore 10 DO with tAes s2riaern
trade than with trade elsewhere in the world and Tar
souLern merchants, Ike Northern merchants, or
French merchants, will never allow any cOntdera-
tons execpt,hoss price aud quality and rsigt', u
influence their purchasesof goods.
Inquiries pushed thoroughly among sl the routes Of
steam transportation souhward have resutedi In con-
hImaion OF the above statements. The shipping lines
TO Savannah, Charleston, Norfolk, Petersburg Rich.
nond, and Baltimore, baye taken freight South
this Winter than ever before. The forwarding agents
Of the great lines of railroad unite in saying that they
have sent as many goods to Mississippi Missouri, Ar
kausas. Louisiana and Tennessee, mp this tise this
wear as ever before, while the passenger resspts Of
these routes have increased 40 per overhe receipts
a, the same period Of 1859. very significant por
ION of this testimony ir that the freight business 70
a., 81 VIRGINIA nearest 10 Harpers Perry and
| SO, ;,,volxed in the excitement that followed John
Rrc,vDs attack. will he fully great tins ss'son a.
ever. A. h,.,
The sxpre,s companies tell the same story, the hoSei
search their registers andre az rnuchtravci
=; ~. Winter Of 80 az there was 10 80, and even re
Jo,,r,oJ of Commerce. seIvie to the South and "a
boroess BONDAGE 20 the Pro-Slavery Democracy 'ns
or,s that the wen improved bugbearof Ccmnie'SiA
/ Non.Infercourse is felton,
:. yv.,o,, doob, Southern trade with tbs ci:y hss
been somewhat affected by political exeitemens ies
there ia nothing like general sn,pension OF tfisn''
some ndiscreet journalists would nave the pnonc pc
lieye lille some houses for various reasons sucn
always exit have not enioyed the usual extent OF
business Others quite prosperous as last y0"
and few have experienced positive increase.
AS regards New-Yofk City itself, we benese . n
hos been serious apprehension of any immedats
disaster consequent upon the non-lntcrcourse pouy
proclaimed in many parts OF the South. heF .A1ae
might be affected indirectly, especially should tns
South automatically pcrscveTe ln the dsterm,naion
lately eyinee1 But the commercial metropolis hAs
never been locke upon uofriendy TO any secnon OF
the country. Ber immense vote Of sone.nng ni 20
| on 000 has generally, II not always, been tnso"h "a
favor of constitutional law; and by other me'as sns
mas shown her true national character. .,
She therefore had little to spprehend WITH
| drawal of confidence, any hostile mannes Aloh;
Snspensiop of trade with the North would rather tend
10 concentrate in THE city those channels OF
which have had their ramifcanons az otner Dusnes'
points. Such, we believes mas been tue pls VOL
10 the Eastward feel the changed condiiioa OF tns
very senfiby. IT,. .,,a, .ho no,. ,,srcouy.e doc.
trne has not been practically acted upon to any gres:
extent as compared with the aggregate tansacloh OF
Northern cites though ID Impossible 70 iofesee 70
, what extreme measures Southern men may resort, u
! urped forward by aggressive leglslaton. we nay
, believe the evidence, much noise has been mlne y
men who had no siDcere intention OF acting up " ae
creed In the hope of ossdadng rivals from oayins IN
the most favorable markets, and insurg Their o"n
snecess IN competition. The same process, wnied may
he csssed as one of the tricks Of trade, woal0 aiso
serve 10 increase individual parcbases-each one sup
nosipe that tie delinquency Of others would leave
| wider market 20 himself.
Even The Rsckzsoad Enquirer, the parent Of this
unnatural offspring of non-intercourse, openly aban'
} doned and denied it in Merden, Connecticut, lss'
"Wednesday. Ia agent bultonhold and eosxee the
manufacturers there present Democratic purposes
intent to subscribe for that paper and advertise tns
busiDess in its columns.
e While we write The PHILADELPHIA EveHing Jour
nal has come to hand containing leading article
the "Sping Trade" the gist of which is the follow
ing;
l. I'We have REASON To believe that the trade Of oul
city, il this coming Spring. will be equally good,
not better both in terms and amount than has beer
in any period since the financial pane OF 1917. w
are graed to this assurance from what We
regard as entirely reliable sources; not only becsust
il augurs well for future mercantile prosperity, on
\ because il coutradicts, 10 the most efoctua manner
The idea that political prejudice andexctement viii IN
teIupt the commercial relations OF the North and ths
South"