The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-31

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The bulk Of the Southern trade is for the SEASON.
and especially far as Southern obbers concerned
Some retailers in the interior towards the end of the sea-
ern cities. The Southern trade upon the whole has been
large, but somewhat unequaly distributed Some large
houses, well known and long established In the trade,
have donea heavy business while other less known firms
have done an irregular and in some cases light trade
The large capital required to carry extensive dry
.nd SS hs Se
class of established merchants n that quarter who
escaped bankruptcy by RETAINING from the wild speculA
1857, and have entered the market and buying
fair extent Collections from that quarter were very
backward and irresuar The prospects ahead however,
present wheat crops shows that wheat had ID
while breadstus generally rather looking up
Should the foreign demand improve, better prices viii
prevail which With an Improved esport, WIN 90
this State, with that from portions Of the middle
considerable sales OK French and other foreign
auction: some lines have been rather largely
wilmerdings Mount held special sale OF French goods,
OF the importation Of l. B. Curtis & Co.. which
he printed goods we're sold Al low figures and consider
able lots were Withdrawn, while some descriptions OF
n. and other rsss
curtains, which drew fair company, and the bidding
spirited while some lots passed The sale was
COnElueIe0 y trenCn
goods Of Nessrs. BurhArd l. hutton was continued
to-day by Nessrs. Wilmerdhgs 4 Mount which drew q
good company and, compared with previous Sales the
prices obtained were considered fair. The dry goods
houses still disposed 10 push their business further
up the island Messrs Farnham, Sutton Co., commits
sion house, move In = few weeks 10 SO and IS worth
street, and Messrs A. A. lawrence move TO the game
building. Clafin Mellon Co. have purchased site
for . mammoth store Worth street, between
Church and West Broadway AZ Canal street &C.
cupies ground too low and wet 70 admit Of deep
cellars, when the dry goods houses reach it
they win be compelled to pump and commence
on higher ground beyond II, say about Howard Grand
or Broome street, while Canal street may become the
Maiden lane Of the vert side Of the town Il lis said that
large and liberal offer made recently for st. John
park by company Of merchants who proposed erect
warehouses It's site. This being known the persons
interested In the park have resisted the sale and negota
tons have fallen through We have changes notice
in the price Of donestcs Heavy cotton piece goods were
in good demand for export and prices sustained. China
drills selling at S5<c; beached nj &C. and bites at
9sc to 10sc In other domestic articles the change
prices unimportant
In foreign dry goods the business was far The chief
movement in French printed goods Of the week by
auction British dress goods have been withheld from pub
lie saes but large private sale reported 70 close
importation, TO single jobber, estimated ut $3.50 00O
and supposed al low range Of prices Heavy woolens,
TO cut up for mems wear were backward, and sales
moderate Black silks, though in fair demand were
generally moving at easier rates than those current
ter In the season.