Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-09-05
Dry Goods.

There has been a very active market in do.
mestlcs during the week without any large
sales In single lots. The business has been
we'll distributed, and in the aggregate has
probably exceeded that Of any previous season
Stocks are we'll kept up, and prices remain
firm except in some descriptions of brown
sheetlngs, the sales Of which were forced for a
purpose. The better qualities OF brown shirt
ings Tor bleaching have been firmly held, and
in some instances slight advance has been
obtained. In bleached goods the transactions
have been more animated than for some time
past; the lighter and cheaper descriptions have
advanced about half q cent. yard, and our
quotations are fully maintained. Canton fan.
nels are in more demand than they were, but
the market is abundantly supplied and prices
are steady. Drills and Jeans are moderately
active, and ticks and stripes are freely supplied
at our quotations. Denims and cotton AIDES are
in considerable demand, but not su fiji cient to
seIsibly affect prices. In prints the trade con-
tinues lively. and the best styles have con-
siderably diminished in first hands, some
CT the finer qualities are sold in ad Vance from
the mills; the market absorbs them readily,
but the supply is not Lkly to fail. The Man
CHESTER prints, the present season, are of a very
superior quality, and the patterns are very
beautiful. GiDghams are IN good demand, and
rolled Jaconets, sllesias, and colored cambrics
are reasonably active, without being in suffi-
Muslin de lanes are much sought after, and
good sty les sell readily at firm prices. Marked
improvement Is noticed ia the quality and
patterns of this description OF goods the pres
Italian cloths the market has decidedly i'm.
proved. Shawls are more in demand, and
fancy cassimeres are in good request. Flannels
and blankets show no marked variation. The
demand Is good, but the stocks are still large
in first hands, and the large I'm portation OF
last fall still affect the prices OF domestic
woolens unfavorably.
In foreign goods the transactions are brisk,
but sales are on q limited scale. JobDers and
country dealers buy cautiously as though
they were fearful of being caught with an
over-stock on a declining market. The finer
qualities OF goods, adapted to the trade OF the
city and the immediate nsighborhood, move
off very readily; new patterns Of silks. stylish
dress goods, millinery articles, and cioaklngs
Of various kinds sell readily at remaneratlve
prices. The importations are large, and are
likely to continue DO for the next month, par
ticularly OF fancy goods. The auction. rooms
have been well supplied. and sales have been,
in the main. satisfactory.
The reported failure Of Silas S. Drew i Co.,
dry goods dealers, of Boston, with liabilities OF
quarter of a million dollars, creates quite q
sensation in business circles. One New York
firm is said to be in for &35, 600; and Boston
firms it Is said, suffer the amount of loo, 600
Their assets are estimated at about the latter
sum. There is a good deal Of feeling about the
matter among the victims.
In view of our heavy importations of foreign
hosiery, the duty on which varies from IS to
IS per cent, II is rather surprising that most
of the knitting mills In this State have been
compe led 70 stop work. on account of the
large stock of goods on hand which they have
been unable to sell at profit.-N. Y. Indepead-
ent, o-day.