The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24

I10 name OF Gent Butler Is SO lnt1- |
mately associated with the history of
New Orleans, that it is eminently prop
er to reproduce in this column the "de-
Tense" here quoted.
The bill to enlarge the powers ofthe
Freedmen's Bureau, which passed the
Senate yesterday by 81 to 10. is in sub
stance as follows:
SEc 1. Original act to continue in
force; President to establish IL or
less districts, with an Assistant Com
missioner for each, to be appointed,
or, in his discretion, detailed from the
army.
SEC 2. The Commissioner to as
sign sub-districts with one agent to
each. Assistant Commissioners may
have sixclerks; agents of sub-districts
two; military jurisdiction to extend
over all employers of the Bureau.
src. 8. Secretary of War may di-
rect such issues of provisions, clothing,
fuel, &c, for refugees and freedmen, as
he deems needful.
SEC. T. President may reserve for
freedmen and refugees 100000 acres
of unoccupied land in Florida, Missis-
sippi and Arkansas, which the Com
missioner of the Bureau shall allot in
lO-acre parcels; rent thereof to be
placed on valuation of the land, md
occupants may purchase at assessed
value.
SEC. S. Titles to Sea Islands, &C..
under Sherman's orders, confirmed for
three years.
SEC. 6 Commissioner shallpurchase
lands required for support Of depen-
dent freedmen and refugees, and build
asylums and schools; Congress topro-
vide appropriations for the same, and
the lands not to be sold at less than
cost.
/ SEC. Z. Where rights of labor, OF
contract, of inheritance, of property,
the equal benefit oflaws, security ofper-
son, &C., are denied to freedmen, the
President shall extend military juris-
diction ard Jurisprudence for their pro
lection.
SEC. s. Whover subjects any freed
man te.Slavery or involitary servitude
except as punishment for crime, ordis-
eliminates between white and black in
penalties, shall be punished by gne oi
i 81, 900 and one years imprisonment
Officers of the Bureau to have jurisdic-
ton of all such complaints, so long as
and whatever such discrimination on
account of color continues, and wher-
} ever States and United States Cotlft,
/, are not in full and peaceful operation,
NAMES OF CouNTR1Es Europe signi-
{ fies country of white complexion: SO
named because the inhabitants there
were of lighter complexion than
those of either Asia orsAfriea.
Asia signifies between, or in the mid
die, from the fact that geographers
then placed it between Europe and
Africa.
Africa signifies the land of corn, OF
ears. It was celebrated for its abun-
/ dance of corn, and all sorts Of grain,
Spain, country of rabbits or comics.
This country was once SO infested with
these animals, that the inhabitants peti-
J toned Augustus for an army to des-
troy them.
Italy, country of pitch. from its
yielding great quantities of black
| pitch.
Gaul, modern France, signifies yel-
low-Laired; as yellow hair characteri-
J zed its first inhabitants.
! Hibernia, is utmost, or last habita-
I ton; for beyond this, westward, the
Phmnicians, we are told, never exten-
ded their voyages.
Britain, the country of tin; as there
we're great quantities of lead and til
found on the adjacent island. Tbs
Greeks call it Albion. which signifies II
, the Phoenician tongue, either white o.
j. high mountains. from the whiteness o
!. its shores, or the high rocks on th'
: western coast.
One of Uncle Sans free nigge
!, ; agents IN Virginia, a short time since
tried about thousand Of them in th
J art OF voting. He told them the.
should be allowed to elect o commits
sioner of their own choice, to see afte
their affairs, and directed all of then
! : in favor Of q Mr., W. to say aye" On
! long, unearthly yell faye, went NJ
every particular negro voting wit
all his might. Then he told all OF
posed to Mr.. w. to vote s'no. and ever
darkey .woted" no, ten times harde
: than ever. Thereupon the ager
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