Show of B AT H A N 0 NEW YORK MERCHANTS ED AT THE EARLY RECOVERY all signs of the panic are being wiped out by an army of retail buyers new york feb 27 in view of tale the recent presence in this city of nearly retail buyers and the expected arrival of another delegation no losa less numerous optimism seems seema to be the ruling note in the wholesale district opinion was freely expressed yesterday by proprietors and managers of large houses that the prosperity ot of the country was fast returning to its old level and that the retail merchants of the large cities and towns of the country needed only a little more confidence to induce them to place their orders on the scale prevalent just before the baure Mor merchants chants were practically agreed that their busl business ness was returning to its old standard more quickly than 0 they had anticipated indication pointing many of toem them thought to a spring trade not far from normal with prospects of complete restoration reit oration to ante panto panic conditions before many months |