New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-12

hon, obiI0ed 30 reduce their prices. The best
roast coffee which brought $50 s. ysr
The greatest difference observed IN the price OF sugar
narEnbie nctnations owing in part to the war Cuba
and 10 the partial failure Of the Louisiana crop Two
the barrel The same quality Of sugar is offered at
me- making difference in price on each barrel 6 OF
OF s5 per barrel The price OF molasses
has not harmonzed with that Of sugar especially IN the
beat grades there being scarcity In the market Ine
lower grades are selling at 4 So and 60 cents Flour IL
selling price which would render problematIeal tne
family -four Is offered at 81 per barrel last year the price
was sl6 The fall in gold brought 1t down " barrel
Japan fine green and gunpowder Medium teas OF all
descriptions declined more than % per cent the last
week witnessing fall OF from loo. 20 i6c.
Butter which has been high. owing to ts scarcity and
the great demand for IT, has at last yielded 70 t6e
downward tendency. and Is now selling at reduction Oh
per cent year tho best butter sold Tor ooc' az
present 1t stands at 400. ,s
Choice sugarcured hams, which two months ago sofa
at 22c and &c., are offered at 1885, Foreign lqnors
fine wines etc. which purchased at gold stanaaru
have followed tho fall In gold and are now senR az
prices vastly below those Of last year Domestic liquors
are selling very nearly the same prices Of last year
The prices OF foreign drugs have been reduced In ia
with tie fall in gold but domestic drugs remain about
the same. There exceptions to the general RUE on
reduction in foreign drugs, one being that OF OPIUM ne
principal market at Smyrna being at the present tino
depleted OF the article ,,- ,o,t
Domestic drugs which have as some OF their ingren,
ents foreign drugs. will undoubtedly shortly DC inhu
enced In price Alcohol has not fallen to an appreclaee
degree it being influenced by the sale OF domestic
Paints havebeen in most cases steady. One instance
of reduction is that of English white lead from nc
p'U"' ~ '''' RETAIL DRY GOODS TRADE.
Tho dealers who met the market promptly are DONG
thriving business but those who have kept their prices
up hoping that gold would rise again. are losing and
the shock ia far greater than it would otherwise nave
BEEN had they commenced reducing at the proper time
Dry goods are retailing from Is to IS per cent lower an
they on the LIST OF January DARK gOVa, o t
Domestic are comparatively lower than imported laosos
Thin goods are hard 70 b sen u az any on them Medium
grades of Irish and French popns are eagerly souBt'
and but few are in the market & Erencb and En-
gsh bombazinos, backand colOred SILKS, are uhusuay
lively The SANE may Se S Racf grensdnes are much
worn and the prices low French pques are WoItn
50 cent nan Te in rured patterns The
least reduction has been made Oh BLACK sAs ana o'no
some Of the jobbers in hosiery gay that Stewart sell
ing fine imported Kid gloves for greenbacks at nearly
what they cost in gold Generay reduetOn OF aoou, -
per cert has made in the hosiery line during the
past three weeks Kid gloves have fallen 10 per cent
Laces and embroderes are selling wen at some OF Ie
stores The prices have been reduced from % 10 80 per
cent since January. - -
cent than they we're last year at TINS ne ana ts
prices have fallen the ratio with gold Nalnsook
checked and tucked muslns have FALLEN ABOUT 10 pei
The ribbon trade ls lively and all fancy patterns are IN
z, Enrope and corresponding reduction added to the
reduction gold has been made here Inc prospect Ig
the Spring trade IS fair but the season Is unuSuay
ward - 4,
Heavy standard aheetings find plenty OF buyers; ana
the prices are firm slight reduction has been Inae on
threeyard goods Fine brown goods are selling at low
prices though there not many pieces III the harHet
dealers say that they selling this article LOT less
than It costs them to manufacture All stripes checks'
"bue goods" are selling at but very slgnt reductlon
THe msrker "a we'll supplied with bleached fabrics ana
the prices have been put down ~ per cent inc OO"
ng were the quotations for prints yesterday t WOe-ae
Cochec0s l2ic Sprague9, l0c AMERICANS lI3c p"ihoS'
9lc; Wamsuttas, 7ic.
THE MOVEMENT OF GOLD.
Gold started up again yesterday, slightly accelerated
By the telegraphed report that the Committee on
Foreign Affairs would report resolution to recognize
tho beligerent ghts Cuba The sales opened at 49,
then rose TO ll3i and fell within ten minutes by Taplu
degrees TO 1921 After the close OF the Board the pre-
MUM ran up standing at that point at $50 some
very large sold at that price gave downward
tendency again At $50 the quotation was 1l25 Inc
excitement was less than it has been for some days past
but the Attendance was large