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8 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. Buy Dr. Bull???s Cough Syrup. It cures. To be had at all druggists for 25 cents. ??????Of course, you know, you can't expect the attorney general, you know, to really and truly do anything. That isn???t what he is for at all, yon know.??????MaeVeagli. SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. THE GENUINE has acquired a repu tation GREATER THAN ANY MEDICINE EXTANT as the CHEAPEST, PUREST AND BEST FAMILY MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. It acts with extraordinary power and efficacy on the Liver???the largest organ of tiie body, called, from its importance. The Housekeeper of Our Health When the liver is torpid, tiie bowels are sluggish and constipated: the food lies in the stom ach indigested and poisoning the blood. Frequent headaches, a feeling of lassitude, despondency, and nervousness, indicate how the whole system is de ranged. 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Horsford???s Acid Phosphate is used with great success in languor, loss of appetite and hypo chondria. ???One hundred and nine million dollars is the present municipal debt of New York city. The monk who opened the iron doqr lead ingtotliis strange place,received the feel gave him with a very hearty smile, and bowed me out into the open air, whose refreshing breath was more than ordinarily pleasant to me. What singular taste is this! To stack away the hones of the dead, and keep them for ex hibition ! Verily, Rome lias left nothing to be desired in her wonderful economy. Life, death, the cradle and the grave???here we have methods of dealing with the great prob lems of existence, such as the world never saw before, and will never see again. 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 minated at night, and the effect is said to be 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 The ladies who sometimes since were unable to go out, having taken Lydia E. 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Les sees; 10 pc. ine???e b'ds???115 @120 Ala. Class A 2 to 5 75 @ 78 Class A small 76 @ 78 Class B5s 94 @ 95 Class C 4S 83 @85 J 96 @ 80 ll09 1117 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%@ A T EIGHT PER CENT INTEREST, PAYABLE at the end of each year, in sums of $1,000 and upwurd, upon improved centrally located city prop erty. and cultivated land in the most fertile coun ties of the south, to one-third the actual value of the security. These loans can be made for a fixed period, or upon the INSTALLMENT PLAN by which one-tenth of the principal will mature at end of each year, underwhich if borrower wishes to pre-pay, equitable arrangement will be made for him to do so. No future conditions except prompt payment of interest, principal and taxesand care of the security. FRANCIS SMITH. Room 5, V.'. D. Grant Bnilding. 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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. Lira Stock. 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