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The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03
Popular. Fallaeies.


That warm air must be impure, and
that consequently it is hurtfnl to sleep
in . comparatively warm room. A
warm room is as easily ventilated as o
cool one. The warm air of q close ve-
hicle is less injurious, be it ever SO
foul from crowding, than to ride, and
sit still, and feel intentionally cold
for an hour. The worst that can hap
pen from crowded conveyance is a
fainting spell; while from sitting even
less than an hour in a still, chilly at
mosphere, has induced attacks of pheu-
monia, that il, inflammation of the
lungs, which often prove fatalin three
or four days, It is always positively
injurious to sleep in close room where
water freezes, because such q degree of
cold causes the negatively poisonous
carbonic acid gas of Q sleeping room to
settle near the door, where it is breath
ed and rebreathed by the sleeper, and
is capable of producing typhoid fever
in a few hours. Hence there is no adj
vantage, and always danger, in sleep
ing in an atmosphere colder than the
freezing point. iH @
That it is necessary to the proper
- z.e
and efficient ventilation of room, even
in warm weather, that window or
door should be left open; this is al
ways hazardous to the sick and conya-
lescent. Quite as safe plan of yenti-
lation, andas efficient, is to keepa lamp
or small fire burning in the fireplace
This creates o draft and carries bad
airs and gasses up the chimney. 9'7t
That outdoor exercise before break
fast is healthful. It is never so. And
from the very nature of things is hurt
full, especially topersons of poor health,
although the very vigorous may prac-
tice it with impunity. In winter the
body is easily chilled through and
and through, unless the stomach
has been. fortified with good,
warm breakfast; and In warm weather
miasmatic and malarious gases and
emanation speedily upon the empty
and weak stomach in a way to yitiate
the circulation and induce fever and
ague, diarrhoea and dysentery; entire
families, who have arranged to eat
breakfast before leaving the house, and
to take supper before sundown, have
had complete exemption from fever
and ague, while the whole community
around them was suffering from it,
from having neglected these precau-
tions. tt5fi li9-.l 81 80 '..'41's
That whatever lessons cough is
good for it, and if perseyered in will
cure IT. On the contrary, all coughs
are soonest cured by promoting and IN
creasing them, because nature by the
cough endeavors to help bring up the
phlegm and yellow matter which is in
the lungs, as the lungs cannot heal
while that matter is there And as it
cannot be got rid of without coughing,
the more coughing there is the sooner
tits get rid of4the sooner are the
lungs cleared out for the fuller recep-
ton Of pure air, which is their natural
food. The only remedies that can do
any good in coughs are such as loosen
the phlegm, and thus less coughing is
required to bring lit up. These reme--
dies are, warmth, outdoor exercise and
anything which slightly nauseates. r.
ID 3l3a5 Halls Joufnatof Health.
5tfE sf4AE
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03


The Louisville Journal Of the fourth
instant says: "a gentleman Of this
city, on Thursday of last week, put an
interesting question 10 Mr. Seward,
Secretary of State. mr., Seward re-
Piled, 7 must answer you diplomatic
cally'-and he did. And now, said
the gentleman, 7 win ask you another
question, and you can answer as diplo-
matically as you please; are veto have
war p mol replied the Secretary.
Nothing diplomatic about thai We
know that this conversation took place,
Tor we heard il, :
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03
Office Act'g Asst. Commission
S er Bureau Freedmen, &c. {

sa9 Fon SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISS.
Natchez, Miss, Jan. s12,F 1866 {
CIRCULARl q srsl
No. /. a4 li5Ia II
= General Orders No. 16, Bureau Ref
ugees,I Freedmen and Abandoned
Landss from Headquarters at Vicks-
burg, dated Dec. 31st, 1865, difne the
general duties of officers in this Dis
trict.. i9si aI.i a9s5fi9af ei sA1s'ih Ra
ALI contracts are hereafter to be
made before the civil authorities.
Officers of the Bureau win watch
these contracts carefully. in their sew
eral Sub Districts To this end, they
will frequently inspect the records Of
the Officers approving contracts; see
that they are fair and just; by cenver-
sation with the people, see that they
understand the terms under which they
are laboring; and that employers are
acting towards their hands in accor-
dance with their promises. a 1szs
The Tri- Monthly reports heretofore
made, are no longer required. In lieu
thereof, Semi Monthly report viii be
forwarded to this Office on the 18th and
last day of each month. This repori
must embrace full account Of allmat-
ters relating to Freedmen. 1t must
show how they are working; whether
the contracts are being carried out in
good faith by all parties; and musi
make careful and particular mention o.
all cases Of abuse of Freedmen, of any
violation Of agreements towards them
or Of any cases in which they are re-
fused justice or fair trial BY tie .civil
authorities.
BY instructions from Washington
we are not allowed to recognize any
State laws, which are passed, making
injurious distinctions towards any class
on account Of color.
Sub-Commlssioners viii notify civil
Ma gistrates, IN their b-Districts, thai
the vagrancy act Of the Legislature
cannot be enforced exclusively against
the Freedmen; that no passes or GER
ti6cafes can be required OF them t.
show that they are empioye |, unless
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03

Milton was asked: "How is it that
in some counties king i allowed to
take his place on the throne at four
teen years Of age. but not marry until
ne is eighteen 2 because. " said TIE
poet, "itis easier to govern . kingdom
than woman"
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03

Mr. ]. P. Benjamin claims to be .
naturalized citizen of England on the
ground that his grandfather was :
British subject. and that acoording TO
tds law Of England. the revolt and
treason Of The father doen not affect
the descendants. a
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03
The Confederate Cause.


We think it q high and important
duty devolying upon this generation Of
the men of the South, to transmit to
posterity an impartial sindication Of
the noble, but ill-fated Confederate
cause. It's enemies maligned it before
its fighting era began; they persistent
y misrepresented it during every
phase Of that gigantic contest; and now
that it is oyerthrown and sleeps an
eternal death, their hate. or passions, or
prejudices, render them incompetent
to correctly attest it before the tribut-
nal Of after times. 1t is impossible to
entrust its guardianship to them.
The men of intellect and cultivation
in the South, who know, because they
felt, the priceless estimate that all of
us set upon it. must become the pre-
servers of its memory, and by truth
full delineation of its origin, progress,
and fall, enable those who succeed this
age, to properly Judge of the pure mo-
tives an honest sincerity of those who
upheld the Conquered Banner" in the
''Great Rebellion"
Every yestige of vitality and potency
in the cause is lost; but its spotless
honor and reputation should be as
dear to us now and hereafter, as in
other days upon some victory of Lee
or Jackson. We cannot afford that
other lands or other times. should at
tach any thought of disgrace to that
cause. or brand with dishonor the name
of single man who bled or suffered in
its service. It should be a chastened
consolation of all of us, in remember
ing its tragic and mournful destiny,
that not by thought, or word, or act,
have we detracted from the high praise
that is due the heroic valor and suffer-
ing displayed in its defence, or the lof-
ty and unselfsh patriotism which ac-
tuated- the motives of those who gui-
ded and supported it. -
But while asserting this, which is
unquestionably our due, we would not
be understood as advising spirit of
elimination or re-crimination against
those who differed from us in that mo-
mentous struggle. Afar off history will
justly place the odinm of comparison.
But while recognizing our terrible los
ses and overwhelming defeat, let us
still stand up and protect all that was
SO noble and virtuous in that honored
cause. To the last let us maintain,
that for no yenial, or ignoble, or trivial
ends, did We commence or pursue that
undertaking, but that in ! all sinceri..yJ
of purpose We believed that our viola
ted rights, outraged manhood, and in
suited honor required it. In thus vim
dicating. with historical accuracy. the
priceless and immortal memory of the
Confederate cause, we cast no obloquy
or contumely upon those who opposed
or reproached it.-Mont. Ledger.
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the same cerClncnCeS are required o
whites; that this Bureau will not al
low them to so construe the law as tt
reduce the negroes, practically, to {
condition of vassalage as bad as the
old system Of slavery. II the vagran.
cy act is used to prevent idle and
worthless people, white or black, from
wandering from one part of the coun-
try to another, without the desire o.
supporting themselves. it can do nc
harm. But if it is used to prevent ne
groes from improving their condition
by seeking employment elsewhere; if il
is used to keep them or places where
they were formally held as slaves
against their own consent; if it is used
as terror to dragoon them into con-
tracts with persons who have always
misused those in their employ, it will
not be recognized-and any person at
tempting to SO enforce it will be re-
ported to this Office, with full state
ment of all the circumstances of the
case.
Unless whites are disarmed, no law
enforced exclusively to disarm the ne
groes will be recognized. .fe
BY direction of the District Com
mander, the Militia are ordered to stop
all search for arms, and prohibited
from disarming negroes 5a
Any attempts to take arms from ne
groes will be carefully reported to this
Office. in order that the perpetrators
may be proceeded against for viola
ton of military orders. r5f
All cases of abuse, of any character,
will be carefully reported, e ~
But little Office work is required of
Subj Commissioners. 1t is desired that
they go over their Districts as much as
possible and report carefully and fully
to this Office.
These reports are transmitted to
Washington and must be made full and
particular. Cases coming under our
notice. by being SO frequent. seem well
known; but it is of the utmost impor-
tance that every case of abuse, every
act of injustice, be carefully reported
for the information of the Chief of the
Bureau at Washington. eu ssi
Although it may seem that these re-
ports meet with no attention; that the
evils are not remedied; yet be assured,
that on these very reports, laws and
orders are based. It is only by urgent
and continued representation of the
evils that exist, that We can hope to
have them corrected. ~, ds 6
It is only by showing where good
has resulted, and where certain eys-
TENS prove satisfactory to all, that o
general system for the settlement OF
the great free-labor of this State, can
be devised. sa y4 para s a
Ed adem d GEO. d. REYNOLDS. j
Major and Acting Asst Commissioner,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and
abandoned Lands, Southern District
of Mississippi. aed f,ifHa m
HEADo'R's SOUTHERN Disr. OF MISS.
Natchez, Miss, Jan. 13, 1866.
APPROVED: sIab a9sEsf 81.
H dos j. w. DAVIDSON,
Breyet Major General Commanding
Southern District of Mississippi. 7al
OFr1crAL: @ = 1'''
e ADAM KEMpER,
Capt, R. & d. Officer, Bureau r.. F.
C..& A. L., Southern District of Mis-
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03

GEs. SLocrm. THE friends OF this
gentleman in this section. will be
pleased with the sentiment of the fol-
lowing letter, addressed by him to the
late "Tammany greeting Of tho De-
mocracy of New York city:
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. j.
Hon. Jno. Van Buren,, Chairman Com
mittee OF Arrangements:
DrAR Srn:-I have the honor OF ac-
knowledging the receipt OF your COM
munication inviting me 20 attend tho
celebration of the anniversary Of tho
battle OF New Orleans.
T regret that my engagements are.
such as to deprive me Of the pleasure
of being present on the occasion. Al
though Che valor of our peopIs has
been illustrated on many battlefelds.
since the victory which you celebrate
was achieved, yet every patriotic actor
in The recent struggle win join WITH lar
more pleasure in celebrating the Veto
ries won By united people over . Tor
eirn foe than In conmernoraf1ng events
connected with our civil war. S.. s's !,
I am. sir, very r'espectf tfsal y year opes
'asa' = ''''''' =, " sLotu1E,
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03
WAsHINeroN, Jan. II. 1866.

GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 3. sa1Qa
To protect loyal persons against I'M
proper civil suits and penalties In the
late rebellious States, military division
and department commanders, whose
commands embrace or arc composed
of any of the late rebellious STAGES, and
who have not already done SO. will at
once issue and enforce orders protect
ing from prosecution and suits in State
or municipal Courts of such States, all
officers and soldiers of armies of the
United States, and all persons thereto
attached or in any wise thereto be-
longing or subject to military authori-
ty, charged with offences for acts done
in their military capacity, or pursuant
to orders from proper military author
ity, and to protect from suit or prose-
cution,a oil loyal citizens or persons
charged with offences done against
rebel forces, directly or indirectly, du-
ring the existence of the rebellion; and
all persons. then agents, or employees
charged with the occupancy of aban-
doned lands and plantations. and the
possession or custody of any kind Of
property whatever, who occupied, used,
possessed or controlled the same, per-
suant to the order Of the President or
any of the civil or military departments
of tie Government. and to protect them
from any penalties or damages that
may have been or may be pronounced
or adiudged in said Courts in any Of
such cases; and also protecting col
ored persons from prosecutions IN any
of said States, charged with offences
for which white persons are not prose-
cuted or punished in the same manner
and degree By command OF, .sft
Lieutenant General GRANT. s,
z. d. TOWNSEND, M ,s;ss
s Assistant Adjutant General.
"a
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03

LEGISLATIVE FUN.-The Columbia
correspondent of the Charleston News
furnishes the following List of legisla-
tive waggeries:a Z 19ol9 & Al isot E
The following list of committees was
prepared by q member of the Senate
and handed round among the mem
bersF of that venerable body, much
To their merriment: aeA = 87s g lfiail
Committee on Drinks The Presi-
dent, Mr.. Porter. gif q
On Birds The Clerk,. Mr.. Martin.
On Scottish Population Messrs.
McD McClutchen and Mcqueen.
On Cities Mr.. Townes. TX
On Suburbs Mr.. Towns
3 On AgricultureM Mr.. Til-lnan.
On Spoiled Meats and Cheese Mr..
skepper. #e s agi1
On Roofing the State House Mr..
Shingler. ssttlaasiiii iihssl t71
On Children Mr.. Brat-ton.
IS 9s9fYY ENag. - I.fls s1is1 94l5 sf
Policeman A man employed by the
corporation to sleep in che open air.
Bargain-A ludicrons transaction,
IN which each party thinks he cheated
the other. 5.,s.sl
Doctor 4 man who kills you to-day
to save you from dying tomorrow. 3
Author A dealer in words, who
often gets paid in bis own coin.
Editor-A poor wretch who empties
his brain in order TO fill his stomach
Wealth The most respectable quail
Iity Of men.
critic--A bad dog. which goes m
chained and bafks 1t everything he
, does not understand.
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03

sayo Fon SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISS.
Natchez, Miss, Jan. H. 1866. !
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03

Capt, r. & D. Officer, Bureau r., f.
C.& A. L.. Southern District of Mis-
sissippi.s S
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-05-03
q3GNT George Beel u AT2

MASON, PLASTER AND CISTERN
w BUILDER, is prepared to do all work. in
his line Of business, in themost expeditions and
substantial manner. A long experience in
these branches of business justifes him in
guaranteeing satisfaction to those who may de-
sire his services. Prompt attention given to all
orders t. -J..F=s,
March l. 1eG6.-lY.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-05-03
Notice to Teachers. .

TNHE Isoardsof School Examiners of Wyar-
L. dot. county, Ohio, from and after the. lst
day of September, 1866, will holdmeetings for
the examination of teachers, under the Act to
provide for the reorganization supervision and
maintainauce of Common Schools 2 and the
amendments thereby, passed March "A. 1864,
follows: In Upper Sanduskys in'said Wyan-
months of April, May, june. September, Oc-
tober and November and the first Saturdays
of all the other months. :.
Under the amended school law, "Each male
applicant for certificate, shall pay the Board
of Examiners, fee of fifty cents, and each fe-
male applicant, fee OF thirty five cents 4s as
condition of examination
E5sy@ Examinations to commence at 10 O'Clock,
Al NJ at the Court House in saidtown.fg48a3
!. By order of the Board of Examiners. 80 =
HENRY .MADDUX, Clerk.
January 8, 1S66-1y. s&t =, ifstl e4it'
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-05-03
LEHIGH MEDICINES.

I have the pleas
ure to inform you
that / have procur-
ed a supply of the
SO highly celebra-
ted Lehigh Medi-
cine, prepared by
DR.. of Zoology and
Anatomy,C. g. Hir-
ner, at entown,
Lehigh county,Pa.
and re ON IN e nd
them to your par
ticular attention. /
have particular rea-
sons to recommend
his preparations so
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NJ I L 1 I N E R Y. !!
ANN M.BETSTLE
NEW YORK AND PARIS FASHIONS
DRESS M4KIN

MISS HELEN MERRELL takes this 'op-
WI portunity of informing the ladies of Up
per Sandusky and vicinity, that she has taken
the two front roems Of the second story of Ar
chie's building, and has established a Branch
of Nine. Demorest's Emporium of Fashion,
where the latest styles of Childrens and La,
dies Fashions can always be seen.
Miss Merrell is prepared to do all kinds of
Dress Making and fancy work in manner that
will please the most fastidious. Call in, ladies.
March 90, lS66.-tf.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-05-03
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simple that mistakes cannot be made in using
them; SO harmless as to be free from danger,
and so efficient as to be always reliables They
have raised the highest commendation from all
and will always render satisfaction. IN r.aa
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-07-12

To KEEP TIRES ON WHEELS.
Hear what practical man says ON
the subject: i ironed a wagon one
year ago for my own use, and before
putting on the tires I filed the felloes
with linseed oil; and the tires have
worn out and were never loose. L
ironed buggy for my own use
several years ago, and the tires are
now as when put on. My method Of
filling the felloes with oil is as fol-
lows: I use long cast-iron heater,
made for the purpose. The oil is
brought to boiling heat, the wheel
is placed on stick, so as to hang in
the oil each felloe, an hour for a
common-sized felloe. The timber
should be dry, as green timber will
not take oil. Care should be taken
that the oil be no hotter than boil
ing heat, in order that the timber be
not burnt. Timber filled with oil is
not susceptible to water, and the
timber is much more durable. | was
amused some years ago, when | told
the blacksmith how to keep the tire
tight on wheels, by his telling me
that it was a profitable business to
tighten tires, and the wagon-maker
will say that it is profitable to him
to make and repair wheels; but
what will the farmer who supports
the wheel-wright and smith say2"
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-07-12
NO. So
Gazette h Gn1uet

TRIAL OF MAJOR GEE.-It is un-
derstood that Major John H. Gee, of
Florida, who has been on trial at
Raleigh, N. o., for alleged cruelty to
Federal prisoners, has been acquit-
ted. A correspondent of the Rich
mond Examiner sums up the facts
established by the testimony in the
case as follows:
/. That every officer connected
with that post and prison made every
effort possible to supply the prisoners.
2. That they were supplied to the
full extent of the ability of the coun-
try and the government.
3. That at no time, in no way,
was there ever made any difference
as to the quantity and quality OF the
supplies furnished them and the
Confederate soldiers who guarded
them; and
A. That their sufferings were
caused by the failure of their Govern
ment to furnish them with proper
supplies, by its refusal to exchange
them, and by its hostile operations
which rendered it impossible to Sc
lect proper place for prison depot.
The correspondent goes on to
alIege the following in relation to the
treatment of Major Gee.
Now that this trial is over, who is
to be tried for the maltreatment of a
prisoner of war in this case? Major
Gee was a paroled officer. In vio-
lation of the solemn pledge OF Gems.
Sherman and Grant, he has been in
carcerated nine months. From De-
cember to June, he was confined in
small room, in which there was
sentinel, who was relieved every two
hours. Two jets of gas were Lit at
sundown and extinguished at sunrise.
Two consecutive hours of sleep were
thus rendered impossible, and the ex-
ouisite torture of fierce blaze al
ways shining full in the eye was re-
sorted to, to insure the continual
wakefulness Of the sufferer. l take
it, the skinning process, described
by DR.. Cooper, as practiced on ex-
President Davis, is pleasant to this
slow torture for putting out eyes.
Gees sight is almost destroyed.
For months his counsel were re-
fused access to him, except In the
presence of an officer. and to the
court solely is due the extension OF
this indulgence to see them alone.
To this time no one is allowed to
speak to him but his counsel, his
spiritual adviser and his family
who are all in Florida. His health
is ruined, his sight fearfully inn
paired, and his fortune utterly ex-
pended in the necessary preparations
for his trial.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-07-12
ssr- A California paper is respon

w A California paper is respon.
sible for the following SOAK: "A
candidate for office came upon poor
white man, who had vote to give,
if he did have to do his own milking.
The candidate asked if he should hold
the COW, which seemed to be uneasy:
and the old man consented. He took
her by the horns and held her fast
until the operation was done. "Have
you had Pr (his riyal) around
here lately?" he asked. "Oh, yes,
he's behind the barn holding the calf"
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-07-12
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