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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, NOVEMBER 15, 1881.
SKETCHING ITALY.
DR. HARRISON VISITING THE OLD
BUILDINGS.
An Obelisk Erected 1.700 Ter. Before Cbriit-The
Architecture of the ColoMeum??? A Viet, of the
Pantheon???The Theater Built by Caeaar-
The Church of the Capuchlcs-
Speclal Correspondence Constitution.
I???isa, Italy, August :10, 1881.???I left Rom
ltefore I cotilil finish my notes upon that city,
anti ns I have promised to give iny Sabbath
observations tlicre, I take advantage of this
quiet old place to do so.
I satv only the exterior of the theater com
menced by Julius Ciesar, and completed by
Augustus. Its massive walls, with the dust
and smoke of 1900 years, are still as firm as
when they were built. The upper part of the
building is occupied as a private residence,
and the lower story contains a number of
blacksmith shoi??s. As I passed by it, on my
way to the forum, I found, in front of the
old temple of Vespasian, a cartman and a
mule in high dispute. The driver would give
the donkey a j??oke in the side, with a loud
???Ah!??? to which the donkey responded by a
vigorous brace of kicks ujs>n the dashboard.
Wheeling around, and using his heels freely,
he had a clear space for his gyrations, and an
amused crowd enjoyed the sport. The donkey
was a vigorous fellow, and plied his heels
with great effect, hut the countryman poked
and ???ah???'ed him into submission at last, for
giving one of his sonorous brays, a? if in des
pair of conquering by his hoofs, he set off in
a trot, and I lost sight of him.
The colossemn would longsincc hare fallen
down but for the supporting walls and braces
of brick work that have sustained it. This
bracing was done by Pius VII, at the instance
of the great Napoleon, it is said, to whom the
visitor owes the sight of this wonderful struc
ture. It was built of large blocks of stone,
laid upon each other without cement, being
dressed witli exquisite skill. A few parts of
the original stucco remain, and ligures can lie
readily traced. The area of the seats
accommodated 87,000 persons. Tiiree Roman
emitcrors constructed this theater. Ilcgun by
Vespasian in A.D. 72, it was finished by I)o-
mitian. The circumference is 1,848 feet???the
extreme length licing 629 feet, and the e.v
treme width , r >27 feet, thus forming an ellipse.
During the middle ages the stone-work which
ornamented it was taken away, and even the
heavy iron tics thut bound the blocks of stone
together were used for the manufacture of
cannon halls in later times. There are a few
of these original bolts left, however, covered
with the rust of eighteen centimes. Here the
early Christians were thrown to the wild
beasts, and Rome hail her carnivals of blood
within these walls. Recent excavations have
laid bare the original arena, twenty-one feet
below the modern level. The place inspires a
feeling of horror, no less than that which one
feels on going through the dark caverns of the
house of Nero, near by.
In this house there were two dwellings???ope
open on the south, for the winter, and one on
the north for the summer time. They are all
now under ground, though they were once
stately mansions. Even some of ' these halls
were built over other buildings, the remains
of whose mosaic floors untc-datc the Christian
era by several hundred years. Trajan tilled
in Nero's house to fonn his baths, some re
mains of which still exist. Further on, in
the Vin Labicana, is the busilics of St. Clem
ent, which stttuls on the ceiling of an early
church of great antiquity. This, the lower
church, was only discovered some twenty-
three years ago, and a few old frescoes and
mosaics were found. ???
As we pass on an old Egyptian obelisk ap
pears. It was erected in Thebes 1700 years
before Christ, from whence it was taken to
Alexandria, and ultimately to Rome, by Con
stantine. Three hundred' years ago,'it was
found among some ruins, arid Sixtus V.
caused it to be erected in this spot. It is 10G
Jett high, and covered with the old hiero
glyphics.
On Sunday morning early I visited the
Pantheon, built II. C. 27 liy Marcus Agrippa,
son-in-law of Augustus Ciesar. It is now a
church, and is perhaps the best preserved of
all the pagan antiquities. Injured by tire in
A. D. 80, and by lightning thirty years later,
it is still???notwithstanding these accidents
and tlie spoliations from time to time???a re
markable building. The interior inside the
walls of thcdojnc is 144 feet in diameter, with
tiie thickness of the walls 190 feet. Here are
the Remains of the artist Raphael, and the
tomb of Victor Emmanuel. Service was in
progress, that of the mass, when I entered,
and 13persons formed what we might call ???the
congregation.??? The nasal twang of the
priests resounded before and behind the altar,
where twenty-eight cart loads of bones were
placed by one of the popes, these bones being
the relics from the catacombs. Urban VIII, it
is said, removed 450,000 pounds of bronze from
this old temple to ornament St. Peter???s and to
cast 100 cannon.
From hence I went to San Pietro in Bincu
li, or St. Peter in chains. There, they tell us,
are the chains which bound St. Peter in Jeru
salem and at the Mamertinc prison. On the
left of the altar is the great work of Michael
Angelo, his statue of Moses. It is his most
celebrated work, and forms a study for the
lovers of art. In the church, besides a few
priests performing the service, there were 11
persons, ail told. Those were sufficiently tin
occupied to scrutinize me with much care,
and as I departed the jingle of the tin cujis of
the beggars mingled with the monotonous
chant within. On the right of this building
the house of Lucretia Borgia, whose name
associated with the worst vices of Papal Rome.
It was now eleven o'clock in the morning.
In the Basilica of St. Maria Maggiorc, one of
the three churches, (the others being St. Pe
ter's and St. John I-itcran) honored by the
???pope with his presence, and sjieeial benedie
lions for the people, 1 expected to see s
large congregation. It was the popular hour
for the better classes in Rome, as in other
cities of Italy. At a side chapel about 30
1 versons were listening to, and taking part in
the mass, whilst eighty or nine y were scat
tered through the building. " Some were
asleep on the jvediments of the columns, and
others sitting down. _ apparently without
thought or purpose. Of those hea'ring mass
perhaps a dozen were neatly dressed.' nearly
pll of them being women. Of those dispersed
throughout the church, the great majority
were the very poorest and most shabbily
clothed. Many, from their costumes, were
from the country, and I looked
vain among them for any indications
piety and devotion. Monuments of j topes
and works of art were numerous, the church
licing one of the finest in Rome. I left the
house with the clamor of beggars following
me, and rattling their tin cups, and with
' melancholy thoughts. In the afternoon, 1
visited the church which is styled the mother
of churches in Rome???St. John Lateran.
is here that the pope is crowned, and the
building is one of the oldest and most splen
didly decorated. Thcreare many chapels, or
namented in the most gorgeous style, and
amazing collection of relies. A part of l
manger in which Christ was bom; the shirt
and seamless coat made for Him by the Vir
gin; some of t lie barley loaves and 'the fishes
from the miracle of the feeding of the
thousand; the napkin used at the time
washed tiie feet of the Ajiustles; Aaron's rod
that budded; the rod with which Mosessmote
the Red sea. and I know not what else. Of
course 1 had no faith in any of these
tilings, and did not desire to see them.
It is enough to know that human credulity is
taxed after this fashion by those who call
themselves Christians. Curiosity, I fancy,
lias died away, for I found precisely twelve per
sons in the church, all hut three of these being
some way connected witli it. Descending
the crypt, I was interested in the curious
stairway???that leads to the tower. Standing
below, and looking up, the winding stair re-
senihlcs a spiral horn of marble, backaguin
the voice seems to twist, and which rushes up
a singular echo.
From the church I wenttotheScalaSancta,
Holv Staircase. This staircase, they tell
_j, is the one ascended by our Savior on his
way to the judgment hall of Piiate. There are
twenty-eight steps of marble, and near the
bottom is a silver star, marking the spot on
which a drop of tiie Savoir???s blood fell. For
merly devotes went up these marble steps on
their knees, but the steps were soon worn so
much that they have put wooden planks over
them, and on these wooden steps I saw a
dozen persons climbing up on their knees. At
each step they halted, made the sign of the
cross, and muttered their prayers, whilst tiie
sacristan stood below, ready to receive bis fee
for showing tills scene. A picture of the Vir
gin, said to be painted by???St. Luke, and an
other of Christ are shown, at least the photo
graphs of them. I scanned tiie face of the
fee-taker as these things were pointed out, hut
could read nothing but the coming pleasure
of handling a few of the stranger???s "soldi.???
It was a painful scene to me. In the last
S uarter of the nineteenth century, to have
lese things asserted, and believed as the
tnith, is passing strange. With tiie sincere
and devout believer, who gives his life in tes
timony of the rectitude of his intentions, and
the sincerity of his faith, I have all sympa
thy. But 1 cannot see any moral or religious
en'd to be attained by fostering that which is
nothing more than superstition.
In tiie church of Maria delli Angeli, built
out of a part of the oid baths of Dioclitian, I
found thirteen persons. One of them a lady
neatly dressed, and three younj? girls. They
were not so attentive to the service in progress
that they could not observe the coming of a
stranger* but surveyed me leisurely in the
midst of their devotions. This church is a
part of the largest of the old Roman baths,
many acres being included within the walls
which now lie in fragments.
My last round was made to the church of
the Capuchins. There were eight persons in
this church, the service proceeding in the us
ual way. Through the body of the building I
was conducted to tiie cemetery underneath.'
Thc earth was brought from Jerusalem, and
here, in live rooms, the bones of six thousand
monks arc piled up in curious forms. Rows
of bones stacked up on one another, bones
tied or bound together in the form of chaplets,
others, in circles hang from the ceiling. The
bones are assorted and tied with great precis
ion. like piles of bricks, five and six feet high.
From the walls stand out in each room the
bodies of five monks, clothed as in life, with
breviary and beads in hand, the coul upon the
head, and tiie ghastly skulls with their grin
ning teeth, all presenting such a spectacle
as I hope never to look upon again. The gov
ernment has very properly put an end to this
business. It is now against the law to bury
any but the royal family within the walls of
Rome. For ten years, at least, the bones
must lie without the walls. So there has been
no addition to this amazing collection since
1872.
returning, and, as if gathering new force goes
back again, wavering and trembling like
gentle billows of music, until it dies away, a
upon the breath of a gentle sigh. It is be
yond question a curiosity which delights and
rewards the visitor for iiis trouble and ex-
icuse. My enjoyment of it was interrupted,
lowever, by the entrance of a priest and a
young couple from the country, who had
brought a very young ???bambino??? to be
christened. After witnessing tills ceremony
I withdrew.
From this point I proceeded to Turin, and
from thence to Paris. The dry weather and
great heat in southern Italy have not extend
ed to the north. There are so many tunnels
upon the railways, however, that the traveler
suffers much in the suinmerseason. Between
Bologna and Pistoja we passed through forty-
six, and I am informed there are nearly sixty
between this city and Alessandria. This is to
be regretted, for the view of the Mediterranean
sea would be very fine, if one were not every
few moments plunged into the deptlis of
night, with the smoke, cinders, and stifled,
mouldy air filling the cars. From Livonia
(Leghorn) to Genoa, by steamer, is now the
most pleasant journey, but I have a railroad
ticket, and have not time to stop at Genoa, at
all.
In a short time I shall have completed my
three weeks??? tour of Italy. In the north,
everywhere, I have been pleased and profited
and delighted with Venice. In the extreme
south at Naples, I was less fortunate, and
carry away no pleasant recollections. My stay
in Rome was a _ time of diligent study, anti
withal, of pleasing memories. Of the country,
as a whole, I think it may be said, that Italy
is in a state of healthy progress. A wise ruler
and judicious counsellors, will conduct her
to prosperity, and preserve her in peace with
lierself and all her neighbors. She has inex
haustible stores of her great product, marble,
and with these she is still adding treasure to -
treasure, stimulating the genius of other
lands, and keeping well in front of the lovers
and masters of art. Her people deserve, as a
whole, the sympathy and good wishes of the
world at large. W. P. H.
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What singular taste is this! To stack away
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Leaving Rome at 2:40 in the afternoon, a
journey of eight hours brought me to Pisa.
There are only four objects of interest here,
and these 1 visited this morning. The cathe
dral, a fine building in the Byzantine style,
and the baptistery,built in the*twelfth centu
ry, stand near together, whilst the campo
santo, or cemetery, is only a little way be
yond. Fifty-three shiploads of earth were
brought from Mount Calvary for this burial
ground. Many works of arts adorn its spa
cious colonnades. Tiie celebrated leaning
tower is tiie church tower of the cathedral,
and whilst I was upon it, at nine in the morn
ing, tiie old sacristan informed me that he
was about to ring the bell, and as many nerv
ous persons were frightened at the first few
strokes, he kindly gave me warning. Back
and forth he swung the great old bell with a
halter on the tongue, until he had it well in
motion, then slipping the rope off tiie clapper
he rang away until the peals came hack again
from the neighboring. heights.
Everyone is familiar with the description
of tliis Leanlng tower. Whether by accident
or design, no one can now tell, but the inclina
tion of the structure makes it look and feel to
the visitor as if it were about to fall. It is
180 feet high and is thirteen feet out of the
perpendicular. This is stated everywhere,
anil is no doubt true, but I suppose there are
many persons who, like myself, expected to
see a bnilding standing erect, the centre of
whose top was outside of the center of grav
ity. This is not the case by any means. It
is'true that a rope falling from the center of
tiie top would strike the wall at the bottom
of the tower side, but the rope would not fall
outside of the tower wall. In a short time I
satisfied myself and two other visitors of this
faet. The apparent contradiction of tiie laws
of nature disappears, then in a moment.
Taking the building as a whole???letting a line
fall from tiie center at the top???if this line
fell outside of the base, in that ease the build
ing would violate the law of gravity if it ??e-
mained standing.
I believe the architect planned this optical
allusion. There are no signs of any giving
way in the structure. No crack or crevice
gives evidence of rapid or slow settling of the
walls. The architect knew very well how
easily the eye can be deceived. The firmness
of tiie masonry, the gradual ascent, the sym
metry of the whole, prove, beyond a doubt,
that it was built as it now stands. The walls
below are very thick, and unless these should
give way, there is but one other method by
which the building could be overthrown. If
the stones were to slip from their places, then,
little by little, it would be dislodged. But
the whole structured keyed and bolted and ce
mented into a solid mass. If it leaned nine
feet more than it does, then it would fall, be
cause the sum of its weight would fall outside
of the center of gravity. Tiie mystery disap
pears^ once when we'examine it, but the cu
rious effect upon one???s nerves, in making the
ascent, and standing on its top is nevertheless
real. Yonfeelasif you were aboutto fall with
the whole pile, and'a lady of our party looked
with a deprecating eye at the old sexton as he
swung to and fro the massive bell upon the
tower. Many persons get down upon the stone
floor and try to look down the slanting wall
to the bottom. It can porlvably be done, but I
did not try the experiment, for several rea
sons. It is not a very graceful position, in
the first place, and nothing is gained by it
when accomplished. Like an immense wind
ing barrel the interior looks, and whether
from above or lielow, the inclination seems
much greater than it really is. Tiie pictures
of the tower of Babel very properly represents
this unique building, it is sometimes illu
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very remarkable. There were too few visit
ors in Pisa to warrant this expense during
my visit.
The old baptistery Is chietlv celebrated for
its wonderful echo. My guide took his post
lion a little to the left of the altar, andsound
eda musical note: la. It filled the dome,
went winding, and spreading, increasing in
power, quivered like an aspen leaf and then
died away in successive trills that were per
fectly delightful to hear. I could have siient
hours listening to this echo, which differs
very much from the contrivance in tiie La
Scala theater in Milan. This is distinctly an
echo. The voice seems to be taken up', the
note prolonged, then amplified in space, then
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We quote long dates; short dates are lower.
RAILROAD STOCKS???
AiWP st???k. 78 @ 82
do. scrip???. 98 @100
At. & Char??? 70 @ 72
Aug. A Sav ...120 @122
Central 116 @118
do. scrip 98 @100
C., C. <k Aug. 47 @ 49
1116
E T Va <& Ga.,115
Georgia??? 168
Mem. A-Char. 72 @ 74
North Car 90 @ 95
Rich.A Dan...115 @117
South Car 40 @ 45
Soulhw???n 118 @120
Ur Telegraph.
NEW YORK, November 12???11:00 a. m.???The stock
market opened irregular and unsettled and soon
became weak, prices selling off %@1% per cent, the
hitter for Texas l???ucifie, which ieceded to 56%. Tho
decline in the remainder of the list was, however,
merely fractional, St. Paul, Menueapolis and Man
itoba was, however, an exception and rose 1 per
cent. At. l he first Ivourd the emire market became
firmer and a recovery of %@% per cent ensued.
Metropolitan elevated opened at 100, a decline of
1 per cent from last night.
NEW YORK. November 12???Noon???Stocks firmer.
Money 5@6. Exchange???Long 84.hi: short $4.84%.
Governments moderately active. State Bondsquict
but firm.
Evening???Exchange $4.80%. Governments quiet:
new fives 102%; four and a half per cents 113%; four
percentsll7%. Money 6@3. State Bonds firm.-
Sub-treasury balances:
Coin 879.051,186 Currency . ..8 4 608.728
Stocks closed generally strong.
Ala.ClassA2 to 5 60 Lou. & Nash 96%
do. Class A small??? 78% Mem. & Char ???. 84
Ala. Class Bos 96% N. C., & St. Louis??? 89
do. Class C 4s 82 N. Y. Central .139%
Chicago & N. W .128% Pittsb???g F. W. & O 185%
do. Preferred 143% Rich. A Alleghany??? 43
Erie 46% Rich. A Dan! 120
EastTennR.lt 16% Rock Island ???136%
Ga. R. R .165% Wab., St. L. A Pac... 49 *
Illinois Central 184% do. Preferred 89%
Lake Shore ..121% Western Union ??7%
PARIS, November 12???5:30 p.m.???Rentes 861. 63c.
TIIE COTTON MARKET
MONEY TO LOAN
??? FOR TWO TO TEN YEARS.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta. November 12,1881,
THE WEEK???S REVIEW???FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11.
New York???The cotton market has been more
active this week, especially during the latter part,
and considerable strength of tone ho$ been devel
oped. There was a slow decline in the futures
market during the early and middle of the week,
but later a better feeling was apparent, and much
improvement in the general market is noticeable.
The bulls are jubilant over the short crop reports,
the truthfulness of which is now established be
yond all question. Notwithstanding this, however,
net receipts hold up remarkably well, and for the
past few days have managed to run ahead of the
corresponding time last year. The general outlook
indicates higher prices, and the lifeless state of the
market which has prevailed so long is now about to
give place to considerable animation. To-day tlic
tone of the market displayed firmness, and the
closing quotations place the months ahead of any
thing within the past few weeks. The spot market
lias ruled generally steady, but prices have been
sustained, and, under the influence of an increas
ing demand, we may expect to see better figures;
middling to-day ll%e.
Net receipts for the week ending to-day 223,317
bales, against 215,216 hales last week and against
215,619bales for the corresponding week last year;
exports for the week 100,437 bales; same time last year
119,968bales; stock 780,039 bales; same time last year
774,120 bales.
There lias been a good demand for cotton in the
local market this week, and liberal sales have been
reported. Holders ore firm, and to-day placed quo
tations a fraction higher. Receipts, considering the
inclemency of the weather, have been large,
and exceed considerably the cirrespondiug week
lost year. Receipts for the week ending to-day
amount to 7,618 hales, against 9,083 bales last week
and against 6,200 bales lor the corresponding week
last year.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12.
Now York???The general condition of the cotton
market seems much improved to-doy, and futures
have been in good demand and active. The months
opened firm at higher prices, and throughout the
morning moved upwards at a rapid gait. By noon
a strong tone prevailed, but during the remainder
of the day the market continued steudy and with
out much fluctuation. At tlic close futures were
steady with quotations about 12@15 points above
yesterday's close. Spots are in good demand and
firm; an advance of %c was effected to-day; mid
dling ll%c.
Net receipts to-day 29,218 bales, against 3S,451 bales
last year; exports 29,206bales; last year 36,232 bales;
stock 770,703 boles; lost year 776,195 bales.
Below we give the opening and closing quotations
ol cotton futures to-day:
Ot'ENED. CLOSED.
November.... 11.60@11.G2 November 11.72@11
December. 11.73@11.74 December.... 11.85@11.86
January.........11.S2@11.93 January.....???.12.06@
February 12.11@12.12 February 12.23@12 24
March 12.29@12.>0 March 12.40@12.4l
April 12.43@12.44 April 12.54??
May 12.54@12.55 Slay 12.65@!2GG
J une 12.G4@12.65 J une... 12.76@12.77
July. 12.74@ July ..12.85@12.S7
August 12.83@12.84 August 12.95@12.98
Closed steady; soles200,000 bales.
Liverpool ??? Futures closed firm. Spots ??? Up
lands 6 7-16d; Orleans 6 M6d; sales 12,000 bales, oi
which 9,500 bales were American; receipts 6,500
American none.
The local cotton market is active and firm and a
general advance in quotations was effected to-day.
The demand for cotton forseveral days past has been
unusually active, and at times much excitement
prevailed. To-day the general market was thorough
lv worked up, arid before the close indicated
b-.om. Trading in futures was also active, and
business in this department shows much anima
tion. Receipts to-day amount ot 1,182 bales, of which
135 bales were received from wagons. The inclem
ency of the weather has cuftuiled receipts this week
to some extent. At the elose spots were firm at the
following prices: Good middling l!%c; middling
11c; low middling 10%c; tinges 10%e; strict good
ordinary 10%c; good ordinary 9%e; ordinary 8c
stains 8@10c,
The following is onr statement of receipts and
shipments lor to-day:
RECEIPTS.
livery G%@6 21-32: April and May delivery 6 n-16!5}
6 21-32: May and June delivery 6 23-82@6 11-16;
June and July delivery 6 23-32@0%: futures opened
firm.
LIVERPOOL, November 12???2:00 r>. m.???Sales of
American 9,500; uplands low middling clause No
vember and December delivery 6 15-32: January
and February delivery 6 9-16: April mid May -deliv
ery 611-16; futures closed firm.
NEW YORK, November 12???Cotton firm; middling
uplands 11%: middling Orleans 12: sales 1,196 bales:
net receipts 352; gross 7,501; consolidated net re
ceipts 29,218; exports to Great Britain 1,636: to France
,994: to continent 8,86i.
NEW YORK, November 11???The following is the
comivarativc statement for the Week ending to-day:
Net receipts at all United States porta.. 223,317
Same time last year 215,049
Showing an increase.. 7.66S-
Total receipts Irani September 1_ 1,599.165
Same time last year. 1,798,514
Showing a decrease 197,349
Exports for the week 99,437
Same week last year 309,968
Showing a decrease 10,531
Total exports to date 752 201
Same time lost year 937'8S5-
Showing a decrei.se 185.6S4
Stock at all United States ports 780 039
Same time last year 774???l21
Showing an increase 5 918
Stock at interior towns,Selma not received... ISo???sgO
Same time last year. * 125???869
Showing an increase???.... li-m
Stock at Liverpool- 505 000
Same time lust year.."...:. .; 421,000
Showing an increase???.. 81,000
American cotton afloat forCreat Britain 121 000
Same time last year 282???ooo
Showing a decrease 131,000
SAVANNAH, November 12???Cotton linn: mid
dling 11: low middling 10%; good ordinary 9%-
net receipts 2.531 bales; gross???; sales 6,300: stock
83,751; exports coastwise 3,141; to continent 4 357-
to Great Britain 4,137.
NEW ORLEANS, November 12???Cotton strong and
higher: middling 11%: low middling 10%:. good or
dinary 10%; net receipts 4,879 bales; gross 5,425-
sales 15,000: stock 219,818: exports to Great Britain
3,884; to France 3,991; to continent 3,51M.
AUGUSTA, November 12???Cottou firm; middling
10%; low middling 10%; good ordinary 9%; net
receipts 1,781 bales; shipments none; sales 1,512.
CHARLESTON, November 12???Cotton strong: mid
dling 11%: low middling 11; good ordinary 16%;
net receipts 6.151 bales; gross ???: sales 2,0oo; stock
110,629; exports to Great Britain 4,513.
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta. November 12.18sL
Flour, Grata and Meul. -:-v
ATLANTA, November 12???Flour???We quote ns
follows: fancy 89.50; extra familySS.50; family 88.00
Wheat???Chicago???For several days past the wheat
market has shown a firm feeling and a decided up
ward tendency. At present the market is mure ot a
standstill, and there seems to be a hesitancy as to its
course. Since the close of a week ago d consid
erable advance has taken place, and the genera!
excitement seems unabated. The local market i--
quiet, and business is exceedingly moderate: we
quote, milling 8L60@S1.65; seed <1.75@$2,00; fancy
seed 82.25@83.00. Corn???Market easy at quotations;
choice white 95c; yellow 90c. Oats???60@62c. Meal
???95c @81.00. lirils???84.75.
NEW YORK, November 12???Flour, southern un
changed ; common to fair extra S5.90@S6.S5; good
to ehoice extra S6.90@$8.50. Wheat opened %@ic-
higher, dosing strong; ungraded ted $l.26@3l.4d%;
mixed winter81.40; ungraded white 81.32%; No. 2
red November 8L43@St.44; December ??1.45%@
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.... 349
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Central Railroad............??? .......
Western and Atlantic Railroad-
276
.... 169
.Ot
1,182
Receip s
63,529
04,711
1,109
SHIPMENTS.
919
???tiilpraeuts previously
Local consumption previously
39,486
Total
65,820
41,802
Stock on hand 24,018
The following is our comparative statement:
Receipts to-day ??? 1,182
Same day last year.
Showing an increase of
Receipts by wagon to-day 135
Same day last year. 197
Showing a decrease of ???. 62
Receipts since September 1 61,711
Same time last year??? 66,129
Showing a decrease of. 1,418
Hr Teiesraoti.
LIVERPOOL, November 12???noon???Cotton hard
ening; middling uplands6 7-16; Orleans 69-16; sales
12.000 bales; speculation and export 2,000; receipts
5.500; American none; uplandslowmiddling clause
November deliverv c 7-1G; November and December
delivery 6 7-16: December and January delivery 6%;
January and February delivery 6 17-32; February
and March delivery 619-32; March and April de
$1.4%; January 81.47%@$l.49%. Com %@%chigh-
er, closing strong; ungraded G0@70; yellow 72; No.
2 NoveinberG8%@69%: December 70%; January 72%.
Oats a shade stronger and fairly active; No 3 46.%
@47. Hops linn and quiet: choice yearlings 12@22.
CHICAGO, November 12???Flour steady: common to
choice western spring $1.50@$6.75; eommonto ianev
Minnesota 85.25@$7.75: intents $7.50@$0.5ti; winter
wheat flours, lair to ehoice $6.50@$8.U0; fancy $8.00:
low grades $3.50@$5.00. Wheat active, firm, higher
and unsettled; No. 2 Chicago spring 81.30%@$1.3G%
cash; $1.30% November; <1.32@*1.32% December.
Com active, firm and higher; 6u cash and bid No
vember: 60%@6074 December. Oats moderately ac
tive and higher; 43% cosh: 43%November: 44%De
cember.
ST. LOUIS. November 12???Flour nominal; treble
extra S5.80@$6.05; choice to fancy $6.37@$7.10: fam
ily 8G.75@86.90. Wheat opened lower, advanced and
closed lower: No. 2 red fall $1.38% cash; $1.40%
December; sales at $1.39-% December; 81.42% Janu
ary ; No. 3 do. 81.28%; No. 4 do. 81.18% Corn openetl
higher but declined; 61% cash; 65% December; 65%
January. Oats better; 44cash; 45% December; 46,%
January.
CINCINNATI, November 12.???Flourstrong: family
86.45@$7.???25; fancy 87.10@87.75. Wheat strong and
higher; No. 2 red winter $1.41. Corn strong and
higher; No. 2 mixed GG@GG%. Oats scarce and firm;
No. 2 mixed 46@4G%.
LOUISVILLE, November 12???Flour steady; extra.
S5.50@$7.60; choice to fancy 87.73@$S.25. Wheat linn
at $1.35. Corn linn; No 2 white 70. Oats firm; No.
white 48.
ATLANTA, November 12 ??? Jlarset generally
steady. Coffee???Steady; Rio 10%@15. Rousted
Coffees ??? Old government Java 25@30; best
Rio 20; choiccl8. Sugars???Standard A 10%;
granulated 11%; cut loaf 12; powdered 12; white ex
tra C 10%; yellow C 9%@9%; market atamt bare of
New Orleans sugar. Molasses ??? Block strap 30.
Syrup???Fair 45; prime 55; choice 60. Teas???Oolong
35@60: Japan 40@$1.00; Imperial and gunpowder 40
@80; Youug Hyson 27@75; English breakfast 35075.
Pepper quiet at 18; allspice, bust sifted, 20; cinna
mon 30; saigon 55; cloves 60; African ginger 10;
mace $1.25; nutmegs8L20@81.25; mustard, best, 40;
medium 18@25. Crackers ??? Firm; we quote
milk ye; Boston butter 8%c; pearl oyster 9c: soda
XX 6%c; do. XXX 7c; cream 0c; lemon 10c; mo
lasses cakes 9%; ginger snaps 10c. Candy???As
sorted stick 1:1c. Mackerel???Firm;No. 2 bbls89.60;
% bbls 85.00; kits 85; No. 1 $12.00; % bblw
86.50: kits 81.10. Soap ???82.50@87.00 V 100 cakes.
Caudles???Full weight 13%; no light weight on mar
ket. Matches???$3.00. Soda, in kegs, $4.00@$1.50; 111
boxes. 5c. Rice???Steady; choice 8c; prime 7%c:
lair 7c.
NEW YORK, November 12???Coffee unchanged: Rio-
2%. Sugar quiet and strong; molasses sugar 7; ccn-
tritugal 8 11-16; South American 8%; fair to good
refining 8%(<i.8%; refined quiet; standard A 9%.
Molasses firm situ quiet; new crop New Orleans
65@74. Rice steady and in 7uir inquiry.
CINCINNATI, November lz???Sugar dull;.hards
lt%@10%; New Orleans
ProYtftloaa.
ATLANTA, November 12???Market quiet and oi
downward tendency. Clear Rib Sides???9%e. Bacon???
Inquiry moderate for sides; sugar-cured hams are
firm but steady at 14%@15c. Lard-Marketsteady
at quotations; kc??t leaf scarce ut 16%e; refined 13@
12%c; cans 13c@14.
CHICAGO, November 12???Pork active, firm and
higher: 816.50 cash; S1G.30@$1G. 10 November. Decem
ber and all the year. Lard active, firm and higher;
ll.25@ll.30 cash and November; 11.35@:i.37%De
cember. Bulk meats firmer; shoulders 6%: short
ribs 8.95; short clear 9%.
NEW YORK, November 12???Pork less active and
prices without decided change; new mess spot
il7.50@$17.87%. Middles firmer; long clear 9%: short
clear 9%. Lard higher and more active, closing
strong; prime steam spot 1157%@11.60.
LOUISVILLE, November 12???l???ork and lard nomi
nal. Bulk meats strong; shoulders none here; clear
ribs 9%; clear sides 9%. Bacon strong: shoulders-
8%; clear ribs 10%; ciear sides 11%. sugar-cured
hams 13%@14.
CINCINNATI. November 12???Pork scarce at 81S.25.
Lard strong and higher at ll.20@ll.25. Bulk meats
scarce and firmer; shoulders ti%: clear rite 8%.
Bacon scarce and nominal; shoulders 8%; clear ribs
10%: clear sides 11%.
ST. LOUIS. November 12???Bulk meats and bacon
nominally unchanged. Lard nominally higher.
Counter Produce.
ATLANTA, November 12???There is no twiticnlar
change in the market. Eggs???Are in good demand
at 20c. Butter ??? Fancy 27%c: choice 25c;
prime 18@20c: fair 15@t6c. Sweet Potatoes
???75@S5c VI bushel; in good demand. Poul
try???Hans 44@25c; chickens 15@29c. Irish Po
tatoes???t.I.75@S4.00. Dried Fruit???Apples 5c; nomi
nal with moder e stocks offering. Wax???20%@21c.
O ??? 11s ???181.000$!.50. Cabbage ??? 3c. Feathers ???
Choic 6.1065c: prime 60. Cheese???13%@15%c.
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CINCINNATI, November^???Hogs active and firm;
common and light 85.00@86.15; packing and butch
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