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Show Correspondence j From Washington. What Our Special j Com'sposulaut Has to Say of tho Capital. ileport of Trada From 11. U. DuKii&i-O, N. Y AVEKKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. New York, March a i, 1S31. There are some indications of slackening trade. At the WesLcold .and unfavorable weather and the bad condition of country roads , affect distribution and collections, ,and the apparent change may be only temporary. At the south the .low price of cotton is felt, though t little improvement has occured in -the past two weeks. At Eastern cities, and to some extent throughout through-out the couaTy, uncertainty as to the monetary future checks operations. opera-tions. But there is found in almost all quarters - feeling of confidence and ho )eftdness as to the future. effect of short quiet, buyers having supplied their j needs, and hides dull as consumers ! resist speculative advances. At j rhitadlphu, the iron trade is dull, j and the trade in liquors and tobacco j quiet; in jewelry, paints and glass. I j light with small collections, while in j printing and leather manufacture ; business is better, and in chemicals tair. Pittsburgh notes no change in inn except growing . scarcity ; the Monongahela coal mines are busy. At Cincinnati trade is quiet and collections col-lections fair, and at Detroit trade is very fair,equalling last year's.thcmgh country collections are slow. Chicago reports decrease, compared with last year, in flour, corn, bailey, lard and butter, and a decrease of half in dressed beef, but increase in oats rye, cured meats, hides and wool. In dry goods, clothing and boots and shoes trade is larger than a year ago, but collections not so good as they were recently. Milwaukee-notes Milwaukee-notes much discontent among iron miners, who have several weeks' wages unpaid, pending negotiations for the transfer of large properties. At cities west of the Mississippi trade is fair for the season, except at Kansas City, where it is dull, and crops is felt in the Northwest, the prospect for the coming season is exceptionally bright, and while iu some of the chief manufactures .operations are checked by uncertainty uncer-tainty regarding prices, it may be .expected that the relations between materials and finished products will -soon be adjusted to the new conditions. condi-tions. The constant and rapid growth of the country supplies a lifting force which helps business over every obstacle. Much of the difficulty apparent in money and -other markets is due to the very rapid expansion off very many in-.tlustries. in-.tlustries. i Sales of wool .at.Bojfon, New t ' ihus far show an increase over last I year of 20 per cent, ancl still' con- I tinue large. , The dress goods makers have closed the most prosperous season that they have .ever known, and hope for better prices presently. In knit goods some complain that they are carrying carry-ing to large stocks, ami that margins for profit ere-. close, but a great and in that legion generally collect-dons collect-dons are improving At New Orleans trade is barely fair, at Memphis lethargic with slow collections, collect-ions, and at' Little Rock money is tight, but Savannah has a jubilee over jeceipts of 1,000,000 bales of cotton in a year, and reports bright prospects. The money markets are easier at most of the interior cities, including Chicago and Boston. At New York rates have changed but little, 2 1-2 to 3 per cent, on call, but there is some difficulty in obtaining commercial com-mercial loans. The Treasury has put out $2, 600,000 more money than it has taken in during the,, week, beii.-.-4ssttinK iUaMp ;'.moi;e silver notes. Hut Si, 000,000 gold was ordered for export on Saturday, and the Treasury refused bars or salected large coins. It is apprehended appre-hended by some that this step, in view of the probable demand for export during the summer, a.td the refusal to deliver gold for silver certificates or ftotes, may cause a premium on gold for silver certifi-rntes certifi-rntes nrnotes. mav cause a premium on gold, but not largely during the week. k. (i V R. G. Dun & Co. many orders are still received. The expansion and diversification of the '' manufacture leaves for foreignsupply only the finer grades of worsteds that are not made here.and even in mens wear woolen s there is seen seme improvement, though the demand looks to styles rather than quality. The boot and shoe business is retard ed by speculation in hides and leath er, as prices of goods are no higher than a year ago, but while buyers are cautious they are numerous, and the shops are fairly well supplied with orders. The iron trade shows no change, buyers believing that as soon as the demand for consumption increases again, no strickes nor shut downs will restrict production. Rails are stiffer, and the demand for structural iron a trifle better, i The gkss trade is fair, with prices unchanged, and lead is firm, but copper weaker with Lake at 14 cents. While continued heavy receipts and small exports on the Atlantic side hr.ve helped a decline of 2 cents in wheat, with sales here of 32 million bushels, and oats have yielded a fraction, corn has risen 2 ), cents, selling at 73 YA cents per bushel. Pork, hogs and lard are all a little higher, in spite of the numerous nu-merous packing. Coffee and oil are a shade lower, but cotton has risen a fraction, although receipts at ports for the week greatly exceed last year's, with no increase in exports. ex-ports. Tin has been hoisted bv speculation abroad, and the ring at Para has again lifted crude rubber, so that the" trade in rubber goods is rather unsettled. The anthracite coal trade is much effected by the decision of the Inter-State Commis-sian Commis-sian in the case . of Cox Brothers, Che effect of which cannot be foreseen, fore-seen, but meanwhi'e the output continues con-tinues to exceed If st year's very largely. Sugar changes but little, though Aprii contracts are being sold at m to I 7-8 cents lower for various grades of refined than the present quotations. The general average of all prices is still advancing, advanc-ing, having risen half of one per cent for the past week. : ' " Reports are that general trade-in - Merchandise is not active, the weather hindering. Interruption from strikes is feared in the boot ind shoe manufacture; leather is |