, 1879-04-16

IN no important phItlCHlAF WAb INC n1eL Week Hlke
fcrcnt from tc two Ut three which Immediately pre-.
cedcd Ii. Dctpo The rather w1ntry character Of tho
,scnthcr tho movement from rat to aat WIS oi gen.
c1ous proportions. In nearly all departments was
to bc seen 3lbcrat attendance Of buyers, and tho
interiors Of tho lradng houscs presented d really
animated appearance. Tho demand for cottnn
goods has no doubi been greatly stimulated BY tho
unmtatakabe upward tendency Of prices, dun TO
the enhanced cost Of tho raw material and 10 tile
fact has tic supply VI COTTON textiles between pan-
ufacturers and Consumers never was so licht as ut
present. DnrIng tho patt week there ias tccn Il
pretty genera, appreciation tn values, brown and
bIcachcd sllcctlngs nnd shirtngA, duck, jcana.
cottonatcs. den1ns, drills, ttckings, and prints
sharlng In tho advance. Hero stocks nre in FIRST
rate condition, both us regards size md assortment
Colicctons are reported generally good. thcrc he-
Ing only few sections OF tho West about which
complaints arc heard. rho Now York journal ef
Comnl.vee of 6atufdaY last saya:
'ln the diversion uf Tic cuttun foonla from p!an
brown nItl b1carhed atcettngA % quilts, ngucs,
white gpnds. chcvIots. lncks. c!ta.l,a,ns, t'rcsa
Fustls. and 1nnny otler fabrics. there la. been
larcc cuttancnt Of the prolucttpn Of tho FIRST two
ctnkses which feature, With the improved takings
Of tho export movement, must ACcHunt for tho
rhorinc*s 0f the tt.pply, III nrsivlng at the dts
with The bcglnElnR Of Decembcr for agents to naku
t.eonaary % asents of 1onoeFe by dividing tug
~ price. lask December. in consequence of
tho export movement for the thrce months
cndcn lice. III, 1873. which amounted to ~ G24
lacsagcs. there was no occaefon for the tcA1s Of
previous eeasuns. and the new year npcucd with n
very light stock. aecnts Indifferent In pressing
salef, md the export movement Of incrcascd pro.
rurtipns. which slnca the opening 81 tho year
nnlnu1lsa to ~, 1is} packages, md since Oct. I,
1879. when tho supply for spring bcglns 10 accn-
n1nlatc, there haFo bern shipped total Ut III, UT
PACKAGES, ur more than b0 per cent In cxecss Of
tic shipments for Inc correspoadiue pvriod of
ward, and may explain TO NIL nuthtnkins nnllds tho
rcaH0n Of tho light supply ln hand, and tho dill.
Guilty experienced In getting rnp!u deliveries"
NEW YORK.
New TonK, Aprll l5.-Cotton goods tu steady
demand, and prices worry strong With an Upward
cunio. An0roscoGpsn. aud f,oston Wide sllcGtfnus
nre advanced by agents; prints in good tttmanh
hnA very irnt; ureHF E00ds in fair request; wUDlGn
goedn sluggish; foreign goods III irregular demand.
LUMBER.
The cargo market waa ngn1n dull and unsettled
Tie offerings numbered about ten caggocs, only
two Or three being new arrivals. Few buyers were
ut tho docks Some Of tho yard ucn .,rc not really
10 bay, nnu others think prces not low enough.
Nearly all The lumber on salo was Ench, varying
in quality from common TO very good mill run.
Quotations for these grades ranged from 81 600
11.G0; tofhts md scantling were scarce md quiet
NJ 81 0D6l7 TO- thu outside hong for dry. Shingles
were Guotaba at 81. T01Dl. .S3
Sales were rcported Of cargo achr Golden
Harvest, from Grand lIayen, 3s4, 600 It common
stsips and boards nt SO. Is.
At thu ynrtls tho sales continue fair, md stocks
arc being reduced steadily. In soMe eAseR tho
stock Is much broknn up. The quoted prlce-ltst ia
probably shaded about 6oc OIL common stuff fos
largo ordcrs. Quotations: