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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05

RErUELrCAn CAUcUs-A caucus Of the
Republican members OF both Houses OF Con-
gress wss held IN the hall OF the House OF
Representatives last evening 10 hear the r.
port OF the Executive Com mittee on the pres
ent conditiOn OF the southern campaign, AMI
TO consult as to the me uree necessary TO cOn-
tinue and complete the Organization OF the
party in the unrecOnstructed States. Sen
S'Or Morgan presided as Chairman, and Hon.
Shelby NJ. CulloLn, OF Illinois, acTed as sec
rotary
The report shows that from April LIST to De-
cember sth, Si0,673 were collected, Of which
seven members OF Con gress ana employees at
the Capitol contributed $1,000 The entire
amount bas been expended tor the greater
part N rrinting s5i, 700 documents for southern
eiIeulshon, and IN the employ meut of orators
for thst section. Over 2,o0G.O0o of documents
pave been Circulated since the organization
OF the commute in March, 1866. Over 5000
letters have been received from the rebel
S,ate. memorsnds IS kept of all the recon
suuctoH WORK. The elections of delegates
IN fayor OF conventions have been sue
cess1u' IN all the States excepting Sosth Gar
ohna, where there was a want OF time aud
but few places for voting The commirtes
think that IL another election should be held
the result would be favorable for con ven ton
IN mat State. From the advice coming from
Texas II is believed that State will give a de-
cided vote for a convention One hundred and
seventy eight speakers and organizers have
been directly aided by the committee. and
many more have been employed with pecuni-
ary assistance Of State committees. The cam
pslgn Tor the ratification of the constitutions
10 be framed will, the committee say, in voIye
me expenditure OF considerable money. and
they, therefore, recommend as q part OF the
programme that twenty representative men,
white and black. be put into the field, as IL is
believed that they will have great weight with
the Southern people
A resolution was passed contin uing ths pres
ent organization and for the raising of add
tional funds for carrying on the work already
commenced.
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DEMOCRACY ~. ARIsroCRACy.

some statistics recently published in regard
70 education, official pOsitIOs, etc. in France.
are curious and Interesting. illustrating rs
they co IN = most fore Die manner the truth OF
he Tow generally accepted theory, that the
sristccratc element in society, is found Ia
largest proportion where least brain-work il
r.1uired. or. IL other words, that the middle
classes or cormoners possess and exercise
greater mental power, relatively, than their
apparently more favored brethren
Ire fret ILLUSTRATION Is found in two OF the
most celebrated OF the French schooIs-St. Cyr
ard tie POLYTECHNIC. The studies required to
qualify young man to enter the latter. are
much more severe and varied in their charac-
ter than those which enable him to enter the
former. Accordingly we find that only N
soicus Of he nobility entered the POLYTECHNIC
school in 1867. against l35 eommoners. or To
u; while AZ -. Cyr. where the studies are
EASIER, the rolls disclosed the fact th 50 mobiles
entered against 2l9 commoners, or OF the for.
mer to about2a of the latter class.
liz Official life the rule still holds GOOD. 10
cOnsioeraDie extent; but here. IL must De re-
nehoered, circumstances OF birth family in
Huehce' ana Ike causes, have more weight
Ian inehtai Sapaclty, and that only in rare in
Stances does the latter secure posi,ion or
n
ers 20 % mobiles while among the deputtes
there are 1863 Of the latter to Ill Of the former
class. There are 100 projects IN France. or
these 20 are eommOners and 81 robes OF gen.
erals Of d vision there are lO2. OF whom Sc are
CCmmoners and 20 nebles. In generals OF bri
gsde 80 are comnoners and IS mobiles, and of
the $50 colonies in the French army 25s are
Commoners and IOl are mobiles.
But perhaps the most striking exsupIifics.
ton OF the theory Will be found In the records
O. the several imperial colleges. OF these. ass
oommoners took honors, while only % of the
representatives OF arIstocracy were similarly
distinguished for mental requirements
OF course, II comparison OF thiz kind the
rumericsl diSprOpoTtOE Of the CLASSES should
he tsken i7tO account But, on the other hand,
o. Is consideration will be pretty nearly II NO,
quite eounteToalanced by tue relative pecuni-
airy ana Other facilities possessed by one class
a. sgainst the other for svaiIlns Itself of edu-
Cational Advantages. Viewed in anv upbt
tnSieiOTe, the statistics TO which we refer show
u-ueIdous odds IN favor of the cornouers
They serve &c prove. also, if proof were need
90 that the middle class furnishes the brain
power for the world, aud really shapes and
C1ntrois as tesnnies. even though II NAV not
tii us high ard profitable places
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05
FINANCIAL.

comparative ease has been the rule in the
New York money market for some days past
with constant sof,sning of rates on call
loans, And an increasing supply Of available
Iohos Six TO seven per cent. has been the
RATE 70 good borrowers but mostly at SIX
fifsf- cisss commercial paper has been readily
placed att to s. but TO 10 has been the rule
WHO second class, and discounts at bank has
oeen Tather restricted. But the diminishing
volume OF trade and the small amount OF
specuianons going on tend 10 make money
aoundsnt Very little currency Is going
SCUM Tor the purchase OF cotton, and the re-
csIDts from the West about balauca the out
gees IN the same direction. An easy money
market is generally conceded during the
present month, bat 81 the close a striugeucy
VIII surely b. consequent non the banks
making their quarterly returns, and the
general closing up OF accounts at the end Of
the year. The week commenced with a
stringsncy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05
THE PRESS UPON THE MESSAGE

IL l. generally conceded by the press that
me PRESIDENT TnesssEe IS an able document,
oiesr and fOrcible, but some of the papers no,
UEfriendly % the President hold maj its iona
De- toO hostile and denUncIatory towards Con-
sTess. The New York Corsmsr-igg Agr,-,, -
rrus the cause for THIS in ga sense OF tha in
fy-tlce the President has experienced in ha,no
csL0Gheed1 CaiUmniatsd. and reyiIed bef,ra
II GSs IN sIy Just sense forfeited the conf
C-Ece CT the Republican party but avs:
There GRE positions however in which
-NAibitlens CT temper are unbscoIaipg, W.
regret hem II his case, because they weaken
y h&t- presented IN mere COnclIlatOrv sDi~tt
r. ust have pIoduCed the happies. effect upon
me public mind The sentiments expressad an
the message, with the force OF the aTguments
" their aver, would have found favor ge1er-
1iiyr II, an other parts OF the message. tine
fI.sldeIt had lot been erstuitOusIy defiant
"4Wlce, during the progress of impeach-
Uent- had that question collapsed An mat
was required was 20 let II alone Ruf ms
could Eet be. The President himself stirred
y up like an mails in a menagsriel with An
attorney Generals s'loEg pole After tne
report OF the judiciary Committee inDsafb
Rent was again dead-dead ssas a herring tbat
D. red II IL reyives, the President must
tnan6 himself for whatever Of ANNOYANCE ~
CCCasioEs- If The President had not supposed
az uIsupposable case although ImpotenlIy
Threatened by Butler aDo Ashleyl 10 give him.
sell a. occasion 10 say that the .'ErscIfi-s
T.uld BlGiafCsH has TjgLGs regardless Of e,a,s-
-eECes.' the House OF Representatives Womb
nave equelched the whole impsae hme M Dro-
'esclDgs- How much mischief this error
about the only defect in a really great message
VIII occasion, remains to b. seen
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fBy Bankers and Brokers' Telegrapn.l

fBv Bankers and Brokers' Telegraph
Lewis johnson 20. quote stocks and bonds
in home and foreign markets as follows:
NEW YORK. Dee. 5.-Eirst Board-U. s. SIS,
ISL, coupon, ll2 5.20s. 1862 ex coupon, 1917 a
1s6iexcoupon, I0i &; 1865, ex.coupon, los & 1855,
coupon, new, lU7%; 1867. coupon. I07%;
lO4O's coupons, l0i 1905, second, lO4 4; 1905
third, 1915; Canton, 44k; Cumberland, 26
Maripesa, 7; do. preferred, IL, New
YORK Central, 1l3a; Pacific Mail, rs 4; At
lantc Mail. lE2i; Erie, Tx, do. preferred, So
Hudson, 1924; Reading, IS; Michigan Central,
l9I Michigan Southern, 81 <; Illinois Central,
ia; cleveland and Ptttsburg, s2%; North
western, 62; DO. preferred &C.,; Rock Island.
95I; Fort Wayne. OK Ohio and MISS. Ger
uficates, %: w. U. Telegraph. 32x; Boston
Water Power, Tx; Cleveland and Toledo,
1t2: Gold, l37.
LONDON, Dec. 5-Noon-Bonds, 7IA; Erie,
-: Consols, GS; Illinois, 9OS.
FRANKFORT, Dec. 5-Noon.-Ronds, 76 3-I6
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 5-Noon.-Cotton market
opened steady. MiddNng Uplands, *. Sales
10000 bales Middltng Orleans, *.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05

TIE NEW JAIL.-Mr. Harlan presented, in
the Senate to-day, the petition of s. P. Brown,
and a large number OF citizens, rem onstrating
against the erection of the new jail on the 'mint
lot" corner OF New Jersey avenue aud Viz
ginia avenue, about I'VE blocks from the Capt.
tol, not only because 1t threatens to In lure the
property In that vicinity, but because OF its in
reference with the avenues aforesaid as we'll
as with the extension Of the Capitol Grounds
Ihey state that the place selected is distant
from the City Hall or Court House, and is in
convenient for witnesses and others who may
be temporarily confined in jail as well az for the
Officers of the Criminal Court, and dangerous DIT
the custody OF the prisoners, in conseQ uence of
toe facilities which will BE- afforded by their es-
cape and rescue on their removal from and to
the Jail. They state shat much dissatisfaction
exists in regard to the plans and specifications
OF said Jail, which ineffi cient and defecti We
and not In accordance with the laws proyid.
ing for the erection OF the Jail, involving an
increased expenditure OF money, and being
Unsuitable. They ask that Congress will pre-
vent the contemplated wrong. Referred to he
District Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05

MADAME PAREPA ROSA is so well known
al d Is such . fayOrIte with the IN usicaI publ,
here tina; IL rs unnecessary 70 dwell on her
merits as a vocalist OF the first rank Sac can
only give one concert here, which will be at
Meizefot Hall this evening, on which &C.
casion she will be assisted by Leopold de
Aeysr- the celebrated pianist, Carl Rosa. the
yiolinist1 and FerTaRtI, the famous budo
SIT ger, vine, on his former appearance here,
" as received with such favor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05

DAVID :. GoODING. Esp. OF ISDIAy. II =
Marshal for the District OF Columbia. was vs..
tsrday, on notion of Attorney General stan
berry. admitted 70 practice as an attorney and
counsellor Of the Supreme Court of the Irpi,ed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05

NATIONAL TBEATRg.-.sTne Merry Wives
Of Windsor this evening, with Hackett as
'Fslstaf-" No one should fail TO see these
capital impersonatiohs of the "fat knight dur
ing Mr. Hackett's brief STAY here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05

+NOTICE.-ThOse indebted to THE EVEN
uS ING STAR up t. this date are requested to
make payment. IS heretofore, to Mr. G. Il BAKER
At the star Office in whose hands the undersie
has piaceG GIL Its outstanding accounts for col &C.
ton ". ID. WALLACE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05
Government Securities.

WAsBINGroN, Dec. S, lsS7.-Jay Cooke q
Co. furnish the following quotations OF Gov.
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|" FRENCH COSFECTIONERY

PIES OYSTER SALOON
Naaia Avenue, between I2tt ana 18th streets re-
1pectfuey announces to his customers and the pub
lic that he l. now prepared TO furnish Oysters in a
superior style. Also, tOiee, Tea, aud Chocolate
faFies, Weddings, and Families furnished with
chglcs Cakes. Ice Creams, Pastry, and all articles
IN the Confectionery business, made OF tie best
material AMI ~ the bhortesi notice. OF I'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-05
LOST AND FOUND.

G REWARD-Lost, on the sd inst HBIS-
So DIE COW With white back The above
we II will be paid for her retsrn to CATHERINE
HcNULTY Ii ST., bet Sd and Al, Island. d5 ST
G REWARD on Tuesday night Dec.
Co white BULL DOG, with dark bri ndle
Q q around his eye. The above reward will Ne
2 i'd If returned e. O'EEILb'S Restaurant. under
III Opera House, corner 9th and streets. It
Con REWARD -Strayed or stolen last nj CHIT.
gov a BLACK HORSE. n4l fourteen hands
On, white left foot, and little lame; white star
fotebrad. ANY one returning the horse 20 No.
10 street will receive the above reward. d5-5t-
DUPPY LoST-FIyE DOLLARS REWARD,
Il for light built Black Tan Terrier PUP. with
black collar and bells attached. named Rob: dis
appeared yesterday afternoon. II. A. COLDS
B1B0UGH, 1s5 u st. near 9th. de 4-3t'
TAKE UP ASTRAY-Three cows, one small
red Cow, black buffalo COW; a large dun col
ored and white COW on Meridian Hin farm. The
owner viii come forward, prove property, pay
charges. and take them away.
n0G LOST Lost on Wednesday last, in the
- Capitol. or on the route OF the v street rail
road. a black ana tan TERRIER, who answers to
ne name OF Carlo: ears and tail not cropped. A
IL street, between 18th aud 18th streets. de 3-3t
TAKEN UP, TRESPhSSTNG ON MY FARM
Il TIVE HOGS; one white Barrow, one black and
wlate Sow. The owners will come, prove proper
Y pay damages. and take them away. lexington
Farm. boundary Road. r.
de 5-1t' Ed HOLES.
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TEs ABLIs HEDIs $50

MCPHERSON FERGUSON.
Oh FEM. AEENCE, CORNER lsT STREET,
CAPITOL HILL,
PURE Drugs, MEDICINES ard CHEMICALS
PEsF UMER1. FANCY GOODS.
INSTRUMENTS, Ac., &c
Physicians Presc-i ptiols acrurat4iV cCrnnoanssd
ne hight Bell p-0mptiy answered
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0|SHETROPOLITAE BUILDING ASSOCI.
Us ALTON.
THF FIST ASSOCIATION FOE INVEST
MEATS. And THF CHEAPEST AND
MOST CERTAIN FOR LOANS
SAFE, CERTAIN- AND RELIABLE

hustockholders participate in the advantages
81 -, LuiS ESQ iati-n Initiation fee Is required
Inc limitations Of the per cent. az which adj
Nahtes are made prevent loans for purposes Of
mere speculation, and add certainty to the on
wanted. '' ""7h
Subscription Books for stock in this As.ocia
noe arc now Cren at the following named place.
C. Wit f-''N-7'
HORATIO BROWNING President. asa PEN.
syIyaBia avenue. near Sixth street
h.O HOOD, Treasurer, 33s Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. near Ninth str Get
street near New York avenue
Certificates q stock yiII l. AZ once iusueS 70 All
shareholders.
payments on account Of stock will be received NJ
either OF the above aned places until the next
regular monthly meeting.
A large number Of shares LA We already been IA
Ken aud persons ceSiToGs Of obtaining stock should
come iCrWa ard az once.
Printed Constitutions may be obtained at ans Of
the abOve-Baned places.
HOEATIO BROWNING, Presin'ent
r.. " ia kk, JT-. Secretary. O9-tf
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II !" IL N III Srtl tlafy.
AND FESTIVAL

y.
nEFAIR AND FESTIVAL
Grand FAIR and FESTIVAL will be held at
ISLAND HALL. corder 9th ant II streets CON,
n'encIng on MONDAY. Dec. .. 1851 Proceeds for
TIE henett of the new Island Baptist Church The
IaniSs havIns this affair in charge have spared
Ie-thcr pains nor expense. and all who visit their
i'ir room Ml!l be highly pleased and gratifed
SessCu tickets. % CeDts; Single admission. l %
CeTts. a. 2 "a
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ne THET THIRD OF THE COURSE OF SIX
krSsIhEt ~ !5 Tor the benefit % the EEW
vii be aeiiysisd IA the Church on 18th street be-
Neen snd d, 90 fRIDAY, the 9Th Instant 4,
koo4. S0urse Tickets tadmittinz a ssnti.,s
aud LADY, 81 Single do. do. ~ cents no 20 ~
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-05-16
Farm and r1S&dtA
A Journal of Agriculture, Horticulture
Literature and Art.

A Journal Of Agriculture, Horticulture
Literature and Art,
Published every Saturday. in quarto form
eight pages, on fine paper and new type
1t is illustrated with engravings of
LIVE STOCK,
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES
FARM BUILDINGS.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. &c.
" A corps of practical and well. known
writers contribute regularly to its columns.
A LITERARY DEPARTMENT
Or choice Tales, Poetry, Biography and gen.
eral Miscellany, makes the Farm and Fire.
Stde welcome visitor to every home in the
United States.
No expense is spared 20 make a journal
worthy the patronage of an intelligent pub
lie. 1t will advocate the best interests OF
Rural Life
It's Market Reports are full and reliable.
TERMs-S2 Year. invariably in advance.
SOLD AT ALL News AND PERIopIcAL OF
FIcEs. Specimen copy sent to any address
on receipt of five cents.
s. 5. FOSS, Publisher.
No. 402 Prune Street, Philadelphia.
March IA, lS67-3m.
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Sheriff's Sale,

virtue of a writ Of Zen. Er. dt
terriS, to me directed, issued out Of
the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe
county, | will expose to sale, at public ven.
due, on
Saturday, the 25tA day Of Hay, 1867,
at O'Clock in the afternoon, at the Court
House, in the borough of Stroudsburg,
the following described real estate to wit :
A certain piece or parcel of Land situ-
ate in Barrett township, Monroe county,
being part of tract of land in warrantee
name of John III. Baker, bounded and
described as follows :-Beginning at a
stone thence north so degrees, west 123 J
perches to stone, thence through the mid
die of the said John II. Bakers tract,
north 40 degrees, east 206 perches to a
rock, thence by land of William S. White,
south 80 degrees, east 123 perches to
the beginning, containing .150 acres, 5
perches, more or less. Improvements are
one PLANK HOUSE, II stories -
high, about l6 by % feet; Frame z5f.H
Barn, with Stone Stabling underneath,
20 by q feet; Spring of Water near the
door.
About acres of above land is cleared,
balance Timber land
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Frederick Fox, and to be sold
by me for cash. CHARLES HENRY,
Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, Sheriff
May 9, 1867.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-05-16
How Elections are Conducted in Italy.

The suffrage in Italy is by no means
universal. An eleetor must be, first, an
Italian citizen secondly, not less than
twenty FIVE years old thirdly, must re-
side in the community in which he gives
his vote; fourthly, must be free from all
criminal condemnation aud filthy, must
pay forty francs of taxes or the same sum
of house rent. Artisans. however, are
excluded, except the masters of work
shops. On the day of the election repre-
sentatives of government are present at
the appointed hour and place. Then the
electors begin to arrive, each with slip
of paper received from the municipal au-
thorities, certifying his indentity and
qualification. As soon as certain num-
Der OF electors are present, they proceed
to elect among themselves commission
OF president, four members and secre-
tary, into whose hands the Government
officials resign the ballot box aud papers
and depart. The commission is response
bic for the regularity of the election and
scrutiny, and declares the results. As
soon as the commission is installed the
Secretary begins calling over the names
of the electors in alphabetical order; as
each name is called, the elector, if pre-
sent. advances, shows the slip of paper
received from the municipality, receives
in return another slip of paper, on which
he writes then and there the name of the
person he votes for, folds, the paper up,
drops it into the urn placed on the table be-
fore the committee, and then passes on.
When the list of names has been called over,
those WHO have already voted being struck
the same process is begun over again and
SO on till the hour of voting is passed.
After that the committee close the doors,
examine the voting papers and declare
the result. If nobody has btained one
third of the whole number Of votes in
scribed, ballot takes place on that day
week between the two who have obtained
the largest number of votes. Oh that
day the choice of the electors is no longer
free they must vote for one or the other
of these two, and the simple majority of
votes decide the election. OF course, If
any irreglarity occurs Parliment annuls
the election, and the same operation has
to be gone through again.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-05-16
Buried AliVe-Wonderful Escape from
the Grave.

\ Washington correspondent of the
Boston Transcript tells the following story
which makes large drafts upon the read
er's credulity =
\ gentleman of New Albany, Floyd
county, Indiana, respectable aud per-
fectly credible man, now a clerk IN the
Pension Bureau, Washington, was form
erly a soldier in Co I, 59th Indiana
Volunteers. In 1852 he was stationed at
St. Louis. While stationed there ne WIS
taken down with small pox, and apparent
ly died placed in a coffin and Immediately
eutombed As the soldiers tomb was
rather rapidly filed, FIVE other collins
were soon piled on his. He lay there
two and a half days, when be became
somewhat conscious, aud his first feeling
was a suffocating sensation. His screams
alarmed the German Sentinel guarding his
tomb, who, frightened, ran, dropping his
gun, which was discharged. The report
aroused Mr. NJ still more to sense OF
his condition and awful location. He re-
doubled his screams, bringing rush of
of soldiers to the tomb who soon got him
out and relieved him from his terrible
confinement. lie is confident he sheuld
have suffocated in fifteen minutes. lie
says That, though never conscious OF his
dreadful situation, his mind was always
active. aud his sensations unspeakaoie de-
hghtful-seeming to float through scenes
of surprising beauty, amid strains of de-
lieious music, such, TO use his own words,
as he has never heard since. For obvious
reasons, he does not wish his name to be
published, but your correspondent will
youch for his character
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How to Kill the Peach Borer.

Pour a small quantity of sperm oil on
the bark of your trees close to the roots
without disturbing the earth. Repeat
this once in May and the borer will not
disturb your tree again this year. If the
scaly bug iniests the bark of your trees, rub
them with an oil swab and it will be de.
stroyed also Oil is the most effeetual
poison for all insects 1t closes their
spiracles, or breathing holes, on the side
of the body. Essential oils, such as cam
phor and turpentine, kill or drive away
insects for the same reason, and not be-
cause their order is pungent. This adj
vics is given by an old entomologist, aud
has been long praeticed successfully by
him.