The New York herald., 1868-01-04
AcCTI0y SALES YESTERDAY.

Tendency tn Fall I'm tho Price of Groceries
Demand snHii and Cauiious-Prices Of
sugar and aIoiasscs-Strong Downward
Treasure and ihs Reasons Tor IL.
Tie usual semlwcekly sales auction were resumed
yesterday buyers having been permitted to rest during
the holidays and auctonecrs having hushed their
FOR brief respite to be whled away In quiet feasin
In dry goods and fancy goods, well as ready made
clothing and furnishing goods the market opens with
the year dull as at any time in December. william
Topping Co. offered yesterday largo stock OF dress
goods linen goods OF all sorts, boots and shoes, aud
gents furnishing goods 10 general, being one OF the
largest conssnmenss OF the season Bidders were.
however, few and cautious, and only small lots
taken at an extremely reduced ngura 4 +. Hazeu
Co. offered also small consignment Of hardware cut
lery and fancy goods, without however, eclting any
serious mpeon-thongh the hardware trado has
sufsrod less from the general stagnaon than any line
oil business except the trade In breaistufs and
groceries Small lots only taken and these with
exceeding cauen on the part Of the bidder The usual
Friday sale Of Hoyt Wheeler prssi heavy con.
sgnmsnt OF foreign and domestic dry goods ladies' and
gentsmsns winter goods OF all sorts small
sgnment OF ready made clothing, which taken
spsringy. Prices did not vary materially from the list
already reported though buyers even less eager
iact excsednRy disc0nfsgine, since at the De-
csmbsr list it Was almost impossible TO get rid OF
sgnments. Thoruo Is Dscamp offered similar cata-
logus which met with q similar reception tho profits
being hardly sufficient TO pay for the shoutng-and
day.
In the way OF groceries the demand was moro eager
with tendency, however, 10 force down the st OF
pricsa This tendency, in fact is now being strongly
felt by the holdsrs OF consgnmsns Both retailers and
Jobbe buy cautiously and at The lowest possible figure.
The br city these Owing reduced
tary the part OF the great buyers
the grocery trade Is duer than Il has been for many
monthA large per centage Of their usual customers
having been thrown out Of employ mont the
aggregate retail trade In groesrss has fallen
on IT IL estimatedI at least ten per cent
S larger numbers Of customers have been reduced TO
the baret nscessass Of life, many OF those latter be-
ing customers who have heretofore bought literally In
the way Of provision for their familsA Small dealers
also more cautious In permitting accounts to be
opened with them owing to the fact that considerable
aggregate have been incurred through the sud.
den inability to pay Of persons who have hitherto been
In receipt OF passa6le ncomcs descent the list OF
prices through the pressure OF the upon tho
taller and the reactoDary pressure OF retail interest
upon the obber may therefore be anticipated and Is
In fact only . question OF time 1his descent COM
passed. step in the rsadustment OF the price OF
labor the present scale OF commercial values will
have been taken.
As is jobbers and retailers buy cautiously and in
very small lots suit the immediate necessities OF the
trade. d. II. Burdett Il Co. offered yesterday =
signment OF nvo hundred boxes OF Havana sugar,
Slightly damaged. Considerable competition was the
consequence T. J. Parker l07 Wall street, offered also
a heavy consignment OF the new crop OF New Orleans
molasses Of whioh four hundred barres taken at
list of prices ranging from 1914 cents for primo to
87Is cents for The following schedule exhibits
the prices commanded by the different brands