The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-14

The southern ir:je r. siros, over The :o,n trsns
acting gulsr, and simply confined 10 the disposition
OF former oroers found pec'sfary to maintain sssort-
The activity In the Western and Eastern trade
ierred 20 by Contemporary sheet (be Observation-Disclosures
bers os general thing. will be mort happy TO learn that
grest by rade however, yet present It's chief
demand" and that be sales Of the eeason have yet
be ooubed and that the trade from the interior Of this
State aud New England VIII far towards doing ths
md that French goods bave rallied and desra Die styles
have advanced 10 ~ per cent Now, cbserva.
said TO have spated from house In the silk and dry
goods traoe There Is not "uusurpassed business
slsckened and does not "ipcrease In activity" No jobber
posted the aubject believes for moment that "the
GALES Of the have yet be doubled that prices
OF French ffs and desirable Of French goods have
advanced TX ger cent. Everybody knows that i'm.
meree quantities OF French tees and fancy goods within
auction houses which bave In many cases been largely
purchased by jobbers and hence instead Of advancing
prices, lave thus been enabled to sell them at lower
rates The aie is aware also that with here and there
exception IN favor Of large ana well established and
long known houses the pIng trade has less
from the South more Irregular and than
usual ADD were the doctrines Of the Indpent to pre-
vail rs sffecuay in the federal nd nnistration at
Albany, it would rot be long before the trade Of the
South woulo, with u great agricultural products be
driven from Northern markets. We have taken
found general wade much duiIer al this season
Of the yea. This does not apply alone to dry goods
ether whoeeae or retail Il We go into root and shoe
whoerale cctbr boases into thofe In various other
pursuie, We shall find that the general complaints 10
ali IL that Of marked Guinness for the II year. Many
mechanical purs u,u Including boee Of ship building
also very dull No doubts but therew excess Of
lmportaoas last year, which, under the sectional bitter
pess raised by the "rrepreeesble conic have had 10
contend wn restricted purchasers from The oal part Of
The country most able to purchase. Negro" worship
may be POLITICAL luxury, but, carried into the business
affairs o. trade, Il becomes enormously expensive 1t s
eetmeed by some well informed bu ness men that Jonn
Brown's raid and ts enc By Phillips Cheevcr,
Beteher, aud others. and the complications OF the
republican leaders with them, and their endorse.
meDt Of Helpers book, has cost the merchants OF
the North, Including the merchants Of this city,
Dot less thep I've mionsof dollars The trade from the
Ncfihwest IL backward and irregular Breads.us have
improving tendency; hut the farmers having made
Ugh, copa last year. have pretty much parted with what
they hao 10 spare, which A held In transt by middle
men, or beld by milers their factors The old debts
tie people not yet hqucaed and their capacity for
the consumption CT goods continues to be limited will
take years Of good crops and at prices
before their trade will resume s healthy tone and ap
prozmate ite former dmtpsicps
The auction sales Of the week have not been large The
chief offerings bave been confined TO catalogues OF rib
bong About o00 Of which sold by Messrs
Baeeerty the llth inst, of the i'm portaon Of
Ienap Kiefen & rboner The sale was active and
many ote were duplicated They alec held eaie Of Can.
ton mating to-day. The catalogue though comprising
large number o. lots gone through with, and ct .
decline on previous sales of to per cent In domestic
cotton goots prices steady and heavy grades sus
bic for expert In 5000 tcquest AZ fu prices, white
tiocss were Gh Drills were fl at last weeks pricec