New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-03

Oats, bnsh.... lFlZk l4lt.95 loo. lhTt
E EsI s' sS s ass S2s5 I ISs. ' 5ss
TIE exports of Flour were 5l7 ,33j bbls. against
2l9 000 bb,, ond OF WAeat lj 52o 235 BUSH against
II ,si@ Gi5 BUSH
The Dry Goods marke, & the week has been al
most entirely SUSPENDED BY festisisie3 Of the Holt
days, aud the general attention which absorts the
meice1tile classes at this Of the yoar. The
new scar opens with fair prospect Cor q safe and
satisfactory buinass with tie conservative louses,
10 ich the trade will probably be confined. This
clara hive reduced tleir oSIelscs far az possible,
aud IRE not de- esel 10 extend their operations until
fiirer Erospec Of busiocss presented. The manu-
actfc,s AID heir gents act with tie same caution,
and do not invite IuicAaeer5 EXCEPT for cash; thus
he business is greatly restricted, and amounts to
neatly srspelsion in al branches, except in that Of
army goods which the Government require in mod
crate qu,n.iiies. Not aithstanding this inactivity
dotcsic cotton gcods Of a kinds are held with firm
Dess, and positive advance has been made IN some
81 lie leading styles of heavy cottons.
Many Of or Leading merchants positively decline
sell domestic cottops, EXCEPT for cash. and wooden
aud foreign goods four months tine, instead Of
eight onths as heretofore. All parties believe that
tie panic ch has 50 iuesistibly broken mp 60
many good houses, would have passed away without
distess % tie mercantile classes if fair system Of
credits lad been adopted. Tie consumer should Fey
cash. Or ts equivalent, for his supplies. The country
merchant thus would he able, with a email capital, to
make prompt REM iances TO the jobber and he in his
,urn could reduce his liabilities by giyingshor paper
10 tie commission merchant aud the manufacturer.
No ono shoud essay to DO the business of a large
hoDse. without adequate capital, aud when business
reyiyes We shall have prosperous and healthy fu-
ture free from the fluctuations and di.aplointmen,s
q The lat half century.
Tue present position OF the cottonmsnufac,urer il
an embarrassing one, ard yet seems scarcely TO be
realized by that class most iuterestet II he
siops his works. his operatives, who Gre dependent
upon him for support, are out Of employment; hl'
machinery il injured, and ltses IRE eRtailed in va
rious ways. II he continues the manufacture, he H.
creases bis stock, becomes embarrassed By its
accumulation, and prices fall, notwithstanding the
raw material may continue TO advance. The chief
causes Of the advance in cotton at present. rs every
one knows, are the known small stocks on hand
and the possibility, OF, we might say, tue proba'
biliiy Of no further tupply from tie South foT
crop Of 1861 viii he withheld from the markets
Of tie world, bat that is tie known policy Of
the South IL the blockade Ia made efiectual.
England Il, prefen' has supply which, with ecen-
omy might suffice for her during the present year.
but she gets supply from tie Southern crop, she
will De short 800 600 bales for the next years man
ufacture, even if she Should receive from al other
countries Ike Brazil Egypt. and India. he quanii-
.t.s - luNa
in this the chief depot for cotton at tie North, which
il barely sufficient for two weeks supply Of our
spindlee, even with the restricted production. IL
may be true that some cotton il held In the hands
Of spinners; but we should not delude Ourselves
with any a.ecta,on Of correct figures where no ex-
actness u altanable for sotbng positive is Known;
but, ~ "a rule the majority of manufacturers Do not
keen large stocks Oh hand st this Of the year.
We believe that the great majority Of the mills VIII
suspend operations entirely during the pres
ent mouth, and hold their goods 6r higher rriees
This will be saIs course to pursue IN any event,
but il viii not apply to those corporations who have
Stoke Oh hand last until April, unless they follow
the example II SOME shrew managers who are sell
ing their surplus stocks OF cotton 10 others whose
fnnuces will not admit Of an enllre Suspension oil
p-oduc,ion. l; 10 the weak corporations If any,
hat will work cotton for 10 eauious and
sound comrany would hazard the manufacture
Of an article. tho price OF which is 80 uncertain.
The wooden interest has bsen more prosperous
during Ito lest six months than any other Is tue pro-
ducion las generally been taken by the Government,
but the great advance 10 wool nj present preeludes
profit uuiess advanced prices are obtained. Parties
engaged On goods for the general market are getting
be,ter proes than those contracted fer for the army
,eauirem, p4s, and suppose the attention OF man
uf,eturers will be diverted from army cloths unless
more :, muneratiye price, can DO Obtained. foi
moro dltails SEQ SgAl-WEsKLr TRiBUsr.
The B0stoa 2,aRseriPt Of "Wednesday evening
Paws;
In b,,l. viii counus the settlements with each other II
,pe,ie ard tho amount held TO Cay 10 rSo'V,,V s
80 O Mopey Masters continue IN an eaJ end qno' s'se
the pension Of payments speee ~ ihe oee.
mons gu,sTy In the market the borrower II
GOOD cr-dN finds M easy supply a. DGo GEM. , w.,
,nnrs scarcity o.. busncs PsPe win mus movement o"'
| side the bauis. ...o.
"a , banks lost last week 81. 67l, 900 in specie.
A, Milwaukee the rate OF exchange on New-iori
ieguI T. cent prem. AT CINCINNATI tho rate Is pa
| 0 rem. At Chicago !d1 y cent prem. At 81
.o,,is the rate was At q cent ihe suspension o
lie New York banks excited bui little snrpriee ut ih
Wet. Tie Cinc,anaii GGsetts says that there az
+. OCO 900 gold in that city, and 40 cent more II
tie Yves. team at any preyicas time.
The following are Thomson Brothers quotation
for Currency to-day' A..
,,,.,d ..... 70, ohio .nd State TX Ind. IT.
Nev.YoTk STATE ...,.... . keniuehy.''''''-''''