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Republican Union District Coareation.

4 Republican Union Convention, for the THIRD
ngressiunal District If Vermont, viii be held at
Stowe, on Wednesday, the 18th day Of August next
~ . o'clncE. am, for the purpose Of nominating
candidate for Representative 10 Congress % be sup
ported 10y ;hc Republican freemen Of the District al
the election on the first Tuesday Vt September next
snd one electOr uf President and Nice-President O.
he supported by the freemen Of the District at the
election on the first Tuesday in November next
The Republican Jnion voters Of this Congressional
District invited % be represented IN the tonven
lion 10y their delegates to he chosen upon the has.
II one delegate from each town. and an additional
DELEGATE Tor every hundred votes. and every fraction
Of one hundred larger than fifty votes cast for the
Republican candidate for Governor at the last state
Election.
The delegates Of the several towns in the District
Will be chosen ac primary meetings o. Joe called by
5lic Republican Onion Committees q the respective
towns and must be provided with proper credentials
signed Dos the secretaries Of said meetings.
WV. HARMON.
o. Il. WHEELER,
J. p. SABTLE. District
II. ). ROYCE, Committee
J. T. ALLEN.
&. &. BENTON
Burlington, July p. ISIS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-31

order to avoid a result which States are general
ly very reluctant to accept.
II thus the amended constitution shall lead
eventually to 4 uniform rule Of equal suffrage
throughout the country, it. effect will he bench
cent indeed
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A recent decision of the English House Of
Lords in the matter Of copyright opens the mar
ket to American authors. They can now have
good security for the protection Of their rights
of authorship in England as in this country
Their Lori~hip- also agreed that any work
which first appelrei within the limits of the
United Kingdom could claim copyright in
every part of the empire. in Canada and India
uo less than iu England. The residence Of the
author is of uo Importance che place of puhlica-
ton decides the copyright.
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THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS

Is published every Friday morning, a large thirty
~, column folio sheet, giving very great amount
and variety Of reading matter: full Vermont news
lntes; reports Of the Cambridge and Brighton Cattle
Markets and Vermont Dairy Markets. a carefully
edited Agricultural Department, and other attract
i've features.
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20 ADVERTISERS the various editions u the FREE
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u All orders for papers, or business letters
slruId Dee addressed TO the Free Press Burlington,
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ed 10 the " Editor Of the Free Press"
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night. in Two hours, one hundred and ten pri-
waite bills.
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The Rev gSUE HiBHJGLIo.-Tle Wll-el-
Chroaicle says \ serious dispute concerning
iuris iictlou has been wa-eI between the Collector
Of the Champaign District " Plusate-, AMI
the Collector Of the Bl-an-,.a Di-,rs,, Genera.
Stanuard. which has caused great annoyance ami
trouble to business men, Naj P,rueute- claims
the right to collect the duties on al mer'hani.-
imported by the way # Rouse Point. whe-
bound Gen S;auuarl claims the right 90 e.--
the duties on all merchandise imported int. |r-
mont via Lake Champhin, 100 matter vhs-- Be-
passed. before going there. Several 0f5ur Iu-.-.
merchants having paid duties at Rou-es PIN.
and afterwards pilei their lumber at Ben-ar lli
West Haven In Vermont, have hal their lumber
seized and been compelled to- pay duties q second
time, which they have paid under protest oH
Tuesday last both Collector were iu town en-
leavoring TO compromise the matter. and one Of
the largest dealer, suggested that IN turlr each
recognize the permits ami certificates issued
by the other We have not understood that they
lcce,lel to this. but We have been int. rmei THAI
no further seizures have been mai-- Tie D.
Guilty, We understand. existed before the re.I-
prosity treaty. amt less revived with 70, aha..-
ton.
Cor>rl CoNvfvuoy-Thr Union Republican
voters of LamouIe County are requested to meet
in mas, convention ~ the Town Hall in Hyde
Park. on Thursday, August 18th. ledo, az %
O'Clock, An. TO nominate ...uii'Iate~ for senator
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The Patriot amt .4rgus charges the FREE
Prs, and Nontpelier Journal with wilful mis-
statement of the numbers present at the Demo
cratic State Convention The FREE Press does not
plead guilty The numbers stated in our report
as present at the opening (l25), was obtained
by actual count, and included three or four
small loys at that \ vote taken shortly after
by rising, the members generally voting, showed
a total of l07. After dinner few more were
present, and vote showed a total Of 49,. The
.argus gets round these figures by saying that
''not half the convention voted We say that
it was the test vote on the only question that
excited any feeling in the convention, and that
we do not believe there were three members o.
the convention who did not vote ON it.
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For President,
ULYSSES -. GRANT,
Third Congress onaI District.

GEO. v. GRANDEY, Of Vergennes.
ruRACE FAIRBANKS. Of St. Johnsbury.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-02-21
How Elephants are shipped TO
AbySaiRIn.

Part of the outfit of the English exped.
tion to Ahyssinia was herd Of twenty cl
ephants animals at best, but
uncommouly troublesome as passengers on
shipboard. A Bombay writer describes
the shipments
"The ho,stiug tackle required was Of
great strength, aud the hoist was formed in
this way; The main yard was supported
from the lower masthead by stay hclSles
from the top-masi head there was astreagth.
eniug tackle, and from the lower mast head
to the yard there were preventcrs. From
tho foremost head there was q tackle for
hauling the hoist forward. Tho elephants
were brought from the place where they
were picketcd, one by one, and on reach.
ing the Cumptas side were fettered and
placed in slugs, consisting of the stoutost
canvas secured by thick lashings. The
hoighth from which the animals were
hoistcd before they wcro lowered away
into the hold wan some twenty or thirty
Ccet and small regiment Of kallnses was
employed in working tho lifting tackle.
The operation was really an extraordinary
sight, well worth witnessing, and il was
curious to observe tho different moods in
which tho unwioldy beasts submitted to it.
Some. when they found themselves sus-
pended in the air, shed tears copiously, and
were affected in remarkable manner;
others became vicious, aud roared aud
plunged about most alarmingly.
"lu the days OF Queen Elizabeth some
rather remarkable ideas were entertained
in Euglan as to the anatomy of the ele.
plant, aud Shakespeare says The elo.
phant hath joints, but none for counting
his legs sre Tor necessity, not for HeXure.'
Now nobody in these days, we suppose
holds such an opinion; but if he does, he
would have had convincing proof of his
error had he wtnt sscd the surprising
agility Of some of the elephants hosted into
the hold of the Compta; for they bent their
legs about, and paved aud kicked with
tremendous violence, and one or to man.
aged to throw their legs behind them so as
to get good footing on the combing of
| the hatchway. Fortunately, no difficulty
was experienced in dislodg ing their feet,
and they were safely got down below. BY
about o'clock =. NJ, nineteen had been
embarked, but tho twentieth one was so
vicious aud 'musty that it was deter
mined not to take him; for he would not
submit to be slung, aud he seemed very
much inclined to do az he pleased. 1t was
said that in am unumiublo mood on Friday
he killed one of his unfortunate attend
ants"
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-02-21
PEN picture of Brick Pomeroy, !.

The editor of of the Cory penny Re-
publican, who chimL to be personally ao-
quainted with Brick Pomeroy, gives his
readers the extracts from the La Crosse
Democrat on General Sherman 0nd the
clergy, which lie culled some time ago, and
then proceeds to paint" Brick" thus:
The author of the above outrage was
born minus of moral attributes of manly
character He is a thief, liar, druukara
and Wife.beater, to our personal knowledge.
We have known him to beat his wife and
children numerically without the show Of
provOcatiou, and forbid tho merchants to
trust them for the necessares of life, while
carousing in dens of Prostitution. And
such a thing the leader Of the Democratic
party We have known him 10 sing
bawdy songs and crack obscene jokes over
the dead remains Of his friend and COM
paniOn who was straugle led to death IN an
attempt TO drink gallon Of whisky on n
wager in the city of Milwaukee. And We,
have heard him curse aud deity the power
that sustained it. We could chronicle
thousand other instances. but II is useless,
a. the extract We present delinsates the
depreciation of the wretch better than we
are able to do. e,.t .t..,.,..t..g
III personal appearance, Pomerny is illst
what The Imagination Of decent man nat
urally pictures after reading the above
characteristic OF his polluted Aaind. lie
has red bushy hair (wesrS il long to hide
his horns) a whisky bloated face, aud a
red Tum blossom nose--in short, he looks
ike the personifoatiou of sin puked out,
red 5ot, from the bowels Of hell, Me:A
sweet-scented japsuiea 10 prate Of the
imperlections OF tho church, whose mind
never entertained Christian thought, has.
30 conception Of virtue ! he talk Of a dams
nahle dream he Mark M. PomeFoy, the per-
sOniication of the dispfeasure oil heaven.
and glory of heh, wrapped in a niggeT 3.
stolen overeoatt who was seen, sluggishly
dragging himself over the hellowed sepul-
chres of our brave soldiers. recently, to
deliver pusilaninious and inhuman lectures
to Southern trsitors-ealogizing the lOst
lcaus.e" .
And such man The leader Of great
party in the North, and moral ssfOrmeF
! Great Jshoyehs blst hinl Vw.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-02-21
U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant General.
How General jackson E6 ept sum
6l.bV


General Jackson went down to New Or
leaus upon an occasion, and met, Of course,
with an enthusiastic reception from his old
friends and comrades III arms. The latter
appointed committee to make arrange
ments for visit to the battle ground"
about seven miles below the city. With
out consulting the General, or thinking
particularly about the day of the week,
they appointed Sunday as the time for the
visit. The day came clear and beautiful.
After breakfast they Notified him that
everything was in readiness for the con.
tcmpIated visit to the scene Of his conflict,
his triumph and his glory. lie Informed
the gentleman who had notified him, aud
in a very quiet way, that, as it was Sunday,
he wished to attend church. instead of
visiting the battle ground that day. AS
all the arrangements had been made for
that day, and everything ready, they con.
cluded to wait upon the General in body
and tell him of the circumstances, and hint
that ii would look strange and sound odd,
if not Puritanic, for him to refuse compli,
ance with their wishes. This was done.
The General listened to what they had to
say, and then, turning his keen black eyes
upon them, which sparkled again with a
little Of their old fire, he replied with quiet
dignity. Gentlemen, this is Sunday, and
have already Informed you that am going
to church." The committee subsidized,
rather pleased than otherwise with the re
81 onse of the hero. What fools we
were" some one said as the committee
retired. "to try to change the determine
tion Of Old Hickory after he had once made
up his mind. ."-LOuisUWe .JOUrH0k
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-02-21
Origin n Negro NTInstreIsy.

a correspondent of the Youngstown
(Ohio) Register says:
The origin of negro minstrclsy has called
ont several correspondents Of late. Youngs.
town, can, however, lay claim to the hrat
regular organized amateur band Of min.
strtls in this country, which was formed
in lSi3. h some OF the thea;ers and eiti
cusses ono and two persons dekneated
ncgio character aud songs, but the follow.
ing named persons constituted the hrst
and largest band with their Instruments:
b II. Grerson, banjo Isaac Barclay, let
violin Chauucey Crittenden, Jr., tauibo-
rinc Nathan Holland, castanets Godfrey
King, iawhone, this instrument, horee'S
lower jaw, is now obsolete among min
strels, but it was the tremolo in that bard y
Sheldon Modbury, cornet; Henry HoIcomb.
triangle Charles Thorn, flute A. G Gard
ncr, bNnjo George II. King, 2d VIOLIN
The latter gentleman did not don the cork,
but the rest did on public occasions gen.
orally GriersOn and Holland did tho
dancing, and they were hard to beat. The
old citizens of Youngstown will remember
them all. The organization held together
about two years, bnt never travelled. aud
consequently had only local position.
There is at this day no Improvement in tho
singing or playing of the professional travel.
ing bands over the youngstown Min
strels,' except some speciality, and ths
improvised hand organ solo" Of Holland
has never been performed by any troupe
since, and perhaps never WILDE, as il was
his original patent" All of the above
named had natural talent for music, and
those who are now living continue to cub
tivate the art more or less.
Crittenden aud Holland are dead. The
rest are located and in business as follows
b. II. Grierson is now colonel of cavalry
aud Drevet Major General, and, believe,
is at Fort Lcavcnworth and il was to
him that Generals Grant and Sherman
were indebted Tor his demonstrating the
hollowness of the Confederscy, in his raid
from Memphis to Baton Rouge. He was
the lever that started Shcrman's great
March to the sea-" Isaac Barclay is one
of the first practising lawyers near Youngs.
town Godfrey King is one OF your busL4
ness men iu the new city Henry Holcomb
is at the head of large stove and tin
store, in gainesville, Ohio; Sheldon Med
bury is one of the propresors Of large
foundry aud machine shop at Warren,
Ohio George II. King is resident, or
was, of Monroe county. Wisconsin. and
formerly Treasurer of the county Charles
Thorn is large farmer and sheep grower,
in Western Pennsylvania A. ]. Gardner
was practising physician for number
of years, and is now engaged in selling
drugs at Gilead, Wood County, Ohio. They
are all active business men and honorable
citizens, making their mark in their re-
spective locations. .1 .H vli Co..
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-02-21
kook to -Four Titles !!


I T may not be generally known that the title to
L large portion Of the Real Estate in Wood
County is detective-but such is the fact These
defects arise froN msdescrption of the prop
erty informal execution aud acknowledgement
of cOnveyauces, unrecorded deeds, tax sales and
titles, Judgment liens, irregularities in sales under
execution, mortgages, &c.
Hundreds of mortgages and other membranes
upon lands remain uncancelled on the records
although the debts they were given to secure, have
probably been paid. Thousands Of tax sales have
been made, incumbering lands and lots, many of
which have been redeemed but not cancelled, but
large number still exist as valid liens on the prop
ery sold. Over 500 of the deeds on our county
records are either erroneous!y executed, or
wrongly recurled-most OF the errors undoubtedly
occur in the making of the deeds, but many in the
recording Of them.
In view of these facts, We are preparing. and
have nearly completed, at great expense and inn
mcnse labor, complete abstract of the title to
every tract of land and town lot in the county,
giving the original entries and purchases from t e
State and United States, date OF the deeds, kind
CT conveyance, consideration, full description of
the land, whore deed executed, date of record,
book and page where recorded, number of wit
nesscs, number of seals, amount OF revenue stamp,
&c.
So complete will these Abstracts be, that If
every book in the Recorders Office were destroyed,
an accurate description of every instrument re.
corded there, could be procured from our office.
With these facilities prepared, on the
shortest notice, to give all necessary information,
and written abstracts of title, at reasonable prices
to all who may desire the same.
With these Abstracts before us, we also have
facilities for preparing cOnveyances of every de-
scription unequaed by any other Office in the
county, and which will be made out by us at usual
rates. Wewill give special attention to remedyng
defects intitles, removing incumbranccs procuring
lost deeds, getting original patent or copies of
same, and perfecting titles generally.
Every owner of Real Estate should know the
full history of his title to same, and that it is cor
rectly placed on the record; and every prudent
man will refuse to buy any lands or lots without
first being fully satisfied that the title To same is
perfect, clear and unimcumbered and these facts
can be ascertained from at a small expense.
Our charges will be as follows;
For an examination of the title to lot or tract
Of land, with verbal opinion on same, from 81 to
IS, according to value ana number OF transfers.
For full abstract of the title, with written
opinion same, 81 and over, according to number
of conveyances of tie land, and labor in making
out same.
A reasonable deduction win be made to appi-
cans, fnr chain of title to two or more tracts and
also to attorneys and agents who make frequent
business calls upon us.
ROSS g. COOK.
Perrysburg, o., February IL, 1867 81
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-02-21

no time in complying with and in his
crippled condition, aud with his three
children, the youngest only eight months
old. made his way to Gov 'ngton, twenty
niles distant from the sceno Of the outrage.
Judge Thompson, of Jasper County Court
fathcr-in.law OF the murderer Barnes, came
to Covington and wanted to compromise
the matter with the freedman Brown, offer.
ing to take care OF him until he recovered
from his wounds, aud would write Homer
Barnes to como back. and he would have a
fair trial before the courts of Jasper. The
negro, however, refused this offer, drclar-
ing that il was their intention to kill him
in order that he might not testify against
the murderer of his wife.
An officer sent 10 Jasper 10 investigate
the facts Of the case, had TIE following con
versation with the Sheriff aud the Coroner /:
"Mr. Sheriff, have you made any attempt
to arrest this mnu Barnes F."
mo"
"Why :"
Because had no warrant"
"llavc you no doubts as to who killed
the woman?
Auswer-IfI had been thcre, the findings
of the Jury had been different
Do YOU not know that you can arrest a
felon without wnrrautG
Yes, | know that, but they are my
ncighbors. Judge Thompson lives on one
side Of ne, and Homer Barnes On the
other"
"Do you think you can arrest this man p
"Not without the assistance OF the
military
To the Coroner Where 10 the teeti
mouy you took before the iuQucst?"
Ansvpr-.'t Onlv sWorc ono witness
that was the freedman Brown. and the jury
would not believe him. so | did not pat
down his testimony
WAS there Post mortem examination p
Answer No, sir CHIPPEWA.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-02-21

The following extract is from Professor
Aga'siz's new book entitled " A Journey in
Brazil
:" A region of country which stretches
across whole continent and is flooded for
half the year, where there can never be-
railroads or highways, or even pedestrians
travelling to any great extent can hardly be
considered as dry land. 1t is true that i'm
this oceanic river system the tidal action
has an annual instead of daily ebb q
larger orb, and are ruled by the sun and
not the moon but it is, nevertheless, sub
ject to all the conditions of a submerged
district, and must be treated as such. In
deed these semiaunu changes of level are
far more powerful in their influence on the
life of the inhabitants than any marine
tides. People sail half the year above the
districts, where for tho other half they
walk, though hardly dry shod, over tho
soaked ground their occupations, their
dress, their habits are modified in accor-
dance with the dry and wet seasons. And
not only the ways of life, but the whole
aspect of the country, the whole landscape
are changed. The two picturesque cas-
cades, at one of which we took our path
the other morning and at this season such
favorite resorts with the Inhabitants Of
hdhuoS' wiz uleapPeaI III u lew Dohtnei
when the river rises for some forty feet
above its lowest level. Their bold rocks
and shady hooks will have become river
bottom. All that we hear or read of tho
extent of the Amazon and it's tributaries
fails to give an idea of its immensity as
whole One must float for months npon
its surface, in order TO understand how
fully water has the mastry over laud along
it's borders. Its watery labyrinth is rather
a fresh.water ocean, cut aud divided by
land, than network of rivers. Indeed this
whole valley is All acquatic, lot terres-
trial basin; and it is not strange. whea
looked upon from This point Of view, that
its forests should be less full of life, com-
paratively, than its rivers" l....
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-02-21
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

THE undersigned Having established a Real Es-
l. tate Agency in Perrysburg, offer for sale the
following Real Estute, situated in Wood County
Ohio:
O In lots in Perrysburg, with good House, Barn
Orchard, Well, &c.-very desirable. Can be had
at bargain, and on liberal terms.
Farm Of J20 acres, in section 10, of PLAN
Township, under good cultivation, with 800 fruit
trees, good buildings, and well drained. Two
miles from Tontogsny.
An Improved Farm Of 100 orss, in Sec
tion "a, Plain Township 80 acres uIGer cultiva-
tion, aud nearly all under fence Il large orchard,
and good well, together with good frame house
and barn.
A Farm containing Gs Acres, in same
section, all under fence mostly improved; orchard,
good barn and large house, with good frame house
in course OF construction.
The NE. 4 of the NE. q of section %, town 4,
north of range 10 east. Good House and Orchard.
All under fence.
UNIMPR0VED LANDS.
+ = Sc ar section IS, tp 5, range II = 80 acres.
Is sw Or sec 80, tp s, range ll-so acres.
50 Acres. in section 4, Gen tor Township, we'll
timbered with black walnut, white wood, &c.
so Acres, in section 10, Liberty Township,
prairie.
40 Acres, in section le, Milton Township
Lot No. 8.
so Acres, in section II, Henry Township
timbersd.
600 Acres in section II, Portage Township;
Twelve or fifteen choice TOWN LOTS, in Per-
rysburg.
lsy- The above Real Estate viii be offered
low rates, on terms to suit the purchaser.
SLEYIN 4 BROWN,
Real Estate Agents, Perrysburg, o.