Diplomatic Correspondence and Foreign Relations.-Let-
ter of Mr. Seward defining the position of the United
States in reference to wars waged by foreign powers
against American governments, 267; correspondence
with the French Government relative to Mexico, 268;
protest against the embarkation of Austrian troops for
Mexico, 268; Mr. Seward to Mr. Motley, 268; Mr. Mot-
ley to the Austrian Government, 268; statement of the
French minister on the withdrawal of troops, 268; a
conversation between the American and French minis-
ters, 268; further statements, 263; proclamation of Presi-
dent Johnson, 268; Mr. Bigelow to Mr. Seward, 269;
instructions to Mr. Campbell, minister to Mexico, with
General Sherman, 269; Mr. Bigelow to Mr. Seward rela-
tive to the withdrawal of troops, 270; protest of Mr.
Seward, 270; efforts of General Santa Anna, 270; report
of Mr. Seward on the proceedings against Fenians, 270;
letter to Sir Frederick Bruce, 270.
Disinfectants.-Meaning of the term, 271; divided into two
classes, 271; influence of air, 271; summary of impor-
tant disinfectants, oxidizing and reducing, 271; names,
271; classes of deoxidizing, 272; acids, 272; carbolic
and cresylic acids and their combinations, 272; com-
mercial creosote, 273; value of carbolic acid, 278; quick-
lime and charcoal, 274; Phoenix disinfectant, 274; works,
274.
DIXON, JAMES.-Senator from Connecticut, 124; offers a
proviso, 139; on exclusion of Southern members, 168.
DOOLITTLE, JAMES K.-Senator from Wisconsin, 124; on the
reconstruction committee, 134-138; offers an amend-
ment on apportionment of representation, 149; on the
exclusion of Southern members, 180-190; on admission
of Colorado, 234.

DRAPER, SIMEON.-Birth, 275; pursuits, 275; death, 275.
DUTTON, SAMUEL WILLIAM S.-Birth, 275; pursuits, 275;
death, 275.

DWIGHT, THEODORE.-Birth, 275; pursuits, 275; death, 275.

E

Eastern Churches.-What the name includes, 276; negotia-
tions between the Greek and Armenian Churches, 276;
head of the Armenian Church, 276; reformatory move-
ments among the Armenians, 276; Nestorians in Persia,
276.

•Ecuador.-Government, 277; area, 277; population, 277;
debt, 277; commerce, 277; joins the alliance against
Spain, 277.

EDGAR, JOHN.-Birth, 277; pursuits, 277; death, 277.
EDMUNDS, GEORGE F.-Senator from Vermont, 124; on the
bill to relieve officers, 217.

Egypt.-Government, 277; area, 277; population, 277; cities,
277; population of, 278; army, 278; navy, 278; com-
merce, 278; creation of a council of representatives,
278; the electoral regulations, 278; opening of the first
council, 279; address of the viceroy, 279; address of the
delegates, 279; convention between the viceroy and the
Suez Canal Company, 279.

Electricity.-Paradoxical phenomena in electro-magnetic in-
duction, 279; new and powerful apparatus, 279; thermo-
electricity, 230; electric conductivity of gases under fee-
ble pressures, 250; passage of the spark of an induction
coil through flame, 281; voltaic conduction, 281; St.
Elmo's fire, 281; an electrical portable engine, 281; ap-
plication of electricity to sounding at sea, 282; improved
electrotype process, 282; new electric fire alarm, 282;
cheap electric battery, 282; Holtz's electrical machine,
282; papers on the subject, 283.

ELDRIDGE, CHARLES A.-Representative from Wisconsin,
124; on the Civil Rights bill, 202.
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ELIOT, THOMAS D.-Representative from Massachusetts, 124;
on report of Conference Committee, 212.

ELY, ALFRED.-Birth, 253; pursuits, 283; death, 283.
ESTERHAZY, PAUL ANTOINE.-Birth, 253; career, 283; death,
253.

Europe.-Area, 253; population, 283; Andora, £53; San
Marino, 283; Monaco, 283; the Germanic Confederation,
283; treaty between Austria and Italy, 284; insurrection
in Spain, 284; Turkey, 234; Hungary, 284; conflict be-
tween the progressives and conservatives, 284.
EVANS, ROBERT WILSON.-Birth, 255; pursuits, 255; death,
285.

F

FAIRHOLT, FREDERICK WILLIAM.-Birth, 255; writings, 285;
death, 285.

FARINI, CARLO LUIGI.-Birth, 285; career, 285; death, 286.
FARNSWORTH, JOHN F.-Representative from Illinois, 124;

nominates L. C. Matlock for chaplain, 129; offers reso-
lutions on government, 131.

Fenian Brotherhood.-Dissensions in the brotherhood, 286;
the O'Mahony faction first in the field, 286; expedition
from Eastport, Maine, 286; results, 286; arrival of head
centre Stephens, 286; his issue with the Roberts party,
256; military movements of the latter, 286; General
Sweeny in command, 286; movement on Canada, 287;
seizure of arms, 287; invasion, 287; skirmishing, 287;
arrival of Generals Grant and Meade on the frontier,
257; capture of Fenians, 287; parolled, 287; destinations
of the men, 287; proclamation of General Burns, 287;
concentration of Fenians in Vermont, 288; arrests, 288;
another invasion anticipated, 288; Fenian Congress, 288;
prisoners in Canada, 288.

FESSENDEN, WILLIAM P.-Senator from Maine, 124; on the
reconstruction committee, 136; offers a resolution, 140;
on resolution relative to representation, 150-154; on ex-
clusion of Southern representatives, 155-181; on the
Freedmen's Bureau, 208; on Stockton's right to his
scat, 223; on the President's power to remove office-
holders, 244.

Finances of the United States.-Errors in the estimates of
the Secretary of the Treasury, 253; estimated and ac-
tual receipts and expenditures from October 1, 1865, to
June 30, 1866, 289; balance in the Treasury, 259; specie
payments urged, 269; action of Congress limiting the
reduction of currency, 290; items of the increase and
decrease of the public debt during the fiscal year, 290;
rapid progress of liquidation, 290; net decrease of the
public debt from its highest point, 290; reduction of pa-
per circulation, 291; statement in detail of the indebt-
edness of the United States, 292; condition of the coun-
try as described by the Secretary, 293; the paper circu-
lation of the country, 298.

Operation of the internal revenue system, 293; when
adopted, 293; taxation on the fruits of capital and indus-
try, 298; one of the greatest defects its diffuseness, 293;
hence duplication of taxes, 293; another defect, the
equalization or adjustment between it and the tariff,
294; steps taken for its revision, 294; report of com-
missioners, 294; principles assumed, 294; necessary to
maintain and continue the development of the country
to extinguish the debt, 294; recommendations of com-
missioners, 294; aggregate receipts of internal rev-
enue in a series of years, 294-296; distilled spirits as
a source of revenue, 297; variations of the tax, 297;
tax on cotton, 297; revenue from tobacco, 297; income
tax, 297; receipts from this source, 297; ditto from
banks, 297; licenses, 297; stamps, 297; receipts from
other sources, 298; estimate of aggregate results for the

year ending June 30, 1867, 298; action of Congress rela-
tive to the internal revenue, 298.

Operation of the tariff system, 299; imports, exports,
and duties for a series of years, 299; reasons for a change
in existing rates, 299; consequences of abnormai and
unusual occurrences existing in other departments of
social affairs, 299; influence of a paper currency, 299;
advance in the prices of leading articles of consumption
and rents, 299; advance in the cost of manufacturing,
299; details of advance in various branches, 299; wages,
800; effect of the increase of prices to cause a decrease
of production and consumption, 300; tabular illustra-
tions, 200; effect on competition in the home and foreign
markets, 300; possession of home markets interfered
with, 300; foreign restricted to a few articles, 300; de-
crease of exportation in a series of years, 301; decline of
the shipping interest, 301; dividends of some manufac-
turing companies, 302; clamors for an advance in the
rates of duty, 302; three remedies suggested for the ab-
normal condition of the country, 302.

Measures suggested by the Secretary of the Treasury
on the condition of the country, 303; suggestions of the
chairman of Ways and Means in the lower House of
Congress, 304; aspect of affairs, 304; public debt in June
and October, 1866; estimates for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1867, 305; range of prices of Government secu-
rities in 1866, 305; range of prices of some important
railroad shares, 306; coinage of the United States mint
and branches, 306; gold and silver of domestic produc-
tion, 306; deposits at the mint, 806; daily highest and
lowest price of gold at New York in 1866, 807; treasure
received at New York from California and foreign ports,
80S.

FINCK, WILLIAM E.-Representative from Ohio, 124; on the
constitutional amendment, 186.

Fine Arts.-History in the United States, 308; steady prog-
ress, 308; auction sales in New York of works of art,
308; first public exhibition in 1866, 309; Academy of
Design, 810; applications for admission, 810; exhibition
of etchings, 810; exhibition of the Artists' Fund Society,
810; gallery of art of the Historical Society, 310; exhibi-
tions of single works and groups of works, 311; repre-
sentation at the Exposition in Paris in 1867, 311; Brady's
photographic collection of war views, 312; less activity
in other cities, 312; Boston, 312; New Haven, 813;
Philadelphia, 313; Cincinnati and other cities, 313; plas-
tic art, 313; embellishment of the New York Central
Park, 314; exhibition of statuary, 314; monument to
President Lincoln, 315; other monuments, 815; monu-
ments to Lincoln and Douglas, 816; art in Great
Britain, 317; prices, 317; exhibitions, 318; Royal Acad-
emy, 315; other exhibitions, 318; National Gallery, 819;
mural paintings in the Houses of Parliament, 319; plas-
tic art, 820; art in France, 321; art in Germany, 322;
Italy, 323.

FITZPATRICK, JOHN BERNARD.-Birth, 823; pursuits, 823;
death, 323.

Florida.-Transfer of the civil authority to the Governor

elect, 323; judges of Supreme Court, 323; school fund,
323; direct tax levied by Congress, 324; memorial of the
Legislature to Congress, 824; acts of the Legislature rela-
tive to colored persons, 821; resolution relative to the
pardon of Jefferson Davis, 821; act forbidding persons
of color to carry fire-arms, 325; question of constitu-
tionality, 325; remarks of the Governor on the amend
ment to the Federal Constitution, 325; report of a com-
mittee of the Legislature, 326; State debts, 326; mili-
tary trial closed by the restoration of civil authority,
326; announcement by the Governor, 826; the labor
system, 327; immigration, 327.

FOOT, SOLOMON.-Birth, $27; career, 827; death, 827.
FOSTER, LAFAYETTE S.-Senator from Connecticut, 194
President pro tem, of the Senate, 124.
France.-Government, 328; area, 828; population, 328; in-
crease, 328; budget, 328; receipts from indirect taxa-
tion, 325; army, 328; navy, 829; commerce, 329; speech
of the emperor to the Legislature, 829; address in reply,
880; the German question, 330; speech of the emperor
at Auxerre, 330; letter of the emperor on the attitude
of France during the German-Italian war, 331; France
asks the cession of a part of the Rhine provinces, 331;
the emperor accepts the transfer of Venetia, 382; circular
to the diplomatic agents of France regarded as an abau-
donment of a war policy, 832; abolition of tonnage dues,
884; treaty with Spain, 334; Algeria, 834; plan for the
military organization of the empire, 834; correspondence
relative to the gold medal presented to Mrs. Lincoln,
$35; foreign policy of France in Mexico, 335.
Frankfort.—Area, 336; taken possession of by Prassia, 335.
Freedmen.-Amendment to the act establishing the barean,
336; General Howard commissioner, 336; wages, Low
determined, 336; a division of claims, 336; transportation
336; rations issued, 836; recommendation to stop the
issue, 236; expenses of managing the freedmen, 357: ad-
ditional funds necessary, 837; reports of Gens. Fuller-
ton and Steedman, 837; injustice to freedmen by officers
of the burcan, 337; schools, 337; present condition, $83.

GARFIELD, JAMES A.-Representative from Ohio, 124; offers
a resolution relative to slavery in Mexico, 183.
Geographical Explorations and Discoveries in 1566; prog-
ress of geographical science, 838; facts appertaining to
general geography, 338; distribution of vegetation of the
carth, 338; temperature and gravity of the principal
oceans and seas, 339; Arctic America, 339; United States,
340; Mexico, 841; Central America, 342; South Amer-
ica, 343; Peru and Bolivia, 343; Brazil, 343; river Paras,
344; Rio San Francisco, 845; Buenos Ayres, 845; Chili,
345; Atlantic Ocean and its islands, 846; Great Britain,
847; France, 347; Austrian Alps, 845; Persia, &45;
Siberia, 349; Japan, 349; Siam, 349; Africa, 849.
Georgia.-Finances, 350; debt, 850; assets of the State, $50;
valuation, 350; decrease since 1860, 850; four-fifths of
the wealth destroyed, 850; university of the State, 850;
appropriations of corn for the poor, 850; decrease of
laborers, 350; mortality of the negroes, 251; maimed
persons, 351; Governor's views of the freedmen, 831; sets
passed by the Legislature relative to, 851; proclamation
of the Governor on the restoration of civil rights, 601;
stay law, 351; digest of the school laws, $32; remarks
of the Governor on the amendment of the Federal Con-
stitution, 352; reports in the Legislature, 352; is Georgia
a State of the Union? 352; action of the Legislature
on the report, 853; other acts of the Legislature, $34;
resolutions relative to Jefferson Davis, 334; crops, 804;
charitable institutions, 354.

German-Italian War.-Difficulties between Austria and
Prussia, 351; arming of the parties, 855; negotiations,
356; declaration of war, 356; military strength of Prus-
sia, 856, 357; needle gun, 358; military force of Austria,
358; Italian army, 358; force of the minor German
States, 859: beginning of the war, 359; occupation of
Saxony, Hesse-Cassel, and Hanover by Prussian troops,
359; opening of the Austrian-Italian war, 360; battle of
Custoza, 362; Garibaldi on the frontier of Souther
Tyrol, 360; Italian fleet, 862; war in Bohemia, 362; ad-
vance of the three Prussian armies, 864; battle of Sa-
dowa, 864; losses, 365; war in Northeastern Germany

366; occupation of Nassau and Frankfort, 366; advance
of the Prussians into Bavaria and Baden, 367, 368; war
in Italy, 868; naval battle at Lissa, 369; battle of Tabis-
chan, 371; preliminary peace of Nikolsburg, 871; trca-
ties concluded at Prague, Berlin, and Vienna, 372, 373.
Germany.-The Confederation, 374; Prussian proposition
for constitutional reform, 374; Congress of German
deputies, 374; adoption of the Austrian proposition in
the Federal Diet, 374; Prussia withdraws or secedes,
875; other States follow, 375; North German Confedera-
tion, 375; population, 875; defensive treaty, 375; elec-
toral law for Parliament, 376; Constitution, 376; South
German States, 377; population, 377; state of public
opinion, 377; other German States, 378.
GIBBES, ROBERT W.-Birth, 378; pursuits, 878; death, 878.
GIBSON, JOHN.-Birth, 378; pursuits, 378; death, 378.
GOULD, AUGUSTUS II.-Birth, 379; career, 379; death, 379.
GOZLAN, LEON.-Birth, 379; pursuits, 379; death, 879.
GRANGER, AMOS P.-Birth, 380; pursuits, 350; death, 880.
GRANT, Gen. ULYSSES S.-Letter to the Secretary of War
relative to the army bills before Congress, 30; appointed
General, 34; report on the condition of the South, 182;
arrives at Buffalo to check the Fenians, 287.

Great Britain.—Area, 380; population, 350; relations with
the United States, 880; cattle plague, 381; financial
panic, 381; Reform bill, 381; new cabinet, 381; revenue
and expenditures, 381; imports and exports, 331; ship-
ping, 352; ariny, 382; navy, 882; iron-clads, 382; edu-
cational statistics, 383; religion, 353; pauperism and
crime, 383.

Greece.-Government, 884; area, 884; finances, 894; debt,
384; ministry, 384; brigands, 394; address on home and
foreign affairs, 384.

Greek Church.-Increasing interest in establishing closer

connections with Anglican Churches of Europe and
America, 883; feelings of the Russian clergy, 385; state-
ment of Rev. George Williams, 385; statement of Bishop
Whitehouse, 385; report of negotiations between the
Pope and Bishops of Turkey, 385; Danubian Principali-
ties and the Greek Synod, 385; Russian Church in New
York, 886; Greek converts in Western Europe, 856.
GREEN, HORACE.-Birth, 356; pursuits, 356; death, 256.
GREENE, DAVID.-Birth, 857; pursuits, 287; death, 357.
GREGORY, FRANCIS II.-Birth, 387; naval career, 357; death,
857.

GEEVILLE, ROBERT KAYE.-Birth, 388; pursuits, 388; death,
883.

GRIDER, HENRY.-Representative from Kentucky, 124; of-
fers resolutions on reconstruction, 145; makes minority
report from joint committee, 155.

GRIMES, JAMES W.-Senator from Iowa, 124; on admission
from Colorado, 283.

GRISWOLD, JOHN A.-Representative from New York, 124;
nominates C. B. Boynton for chaplain, 128.
GROTE, JOHN.-Birth, 358; career, 388; death, 388.
Guatemala.-See Central America.

Gunpaper.-Combines elements of destruction with the
principle of safety, 358; its composition, 358; how used,
383; experiments, 389.

GUROWSKI, ADAM DE.-Birth, 389; career, 389; death, 859.
GUTHRIE, JAMES.-Senator from Kentucky, 124; on the re-
construction committee, 139; on the Civil Rights bill,
199; on the Freedmen's Bureau, 207; on the President's
power to remove office-holders, 245.

Η

Habeas Corpus.-Order from the War Department, 389;
Proclamation of the President of April 2d, 359; order of
the War Department of April 9th, 390; proclamation of

the President of August 20th, 890; application for the
writ in behalf of Jefferson Davis refused, 891.
HALL, EDWARD BROOKS.-Birth, 891; pursuits, 391; death,
891.

HALL, FRANCIS.-Birth, 891; pursuits, 391; death, 391.
HALLOCK, GERARD.-Birth, 391; pursuits, 391; death, 391.
Hamburg.-Area, 392; population, 392; commerce, 392;
public debt, 892; supports Prussia, 392.

Hanover.-Area, 392; population, 392; occupied by Prus-
sia, 392.

HARFORD, JOHN S.-Birth, 892; pursuits, 392; death, 392.
HAWKS, FRANCIS L.-Birth, 392; career, 392; death, 393.
Hayti.-Area, 393; population, 393; revenue, 393; debt,
893.

HENDERSON, JOHN B.-Senator from Missouri, 124; offers a
resolution, 150; on the President's power to remove
office-holders, 243.

HENDERSON, JOHN H. D.-Representative from Oregon, 124;
offers resolutions on rights of the States, 168.
HENDRICKS, THомAS A.-Senator from Indiana, 124; on the
reconstruction committee, 133; on property representa-
tion, 151; on the exclusion of Southern members, 175;
on constitutional amendment, 191, 192; on the Civil
Rights bill, 200; on the Freedmen's Bureau bill, 206-
211; on the bill to relieve officers, 219; on the bill to
protect officers, 221.

Hesse.-Hesse-Homburg, area, 393; population, 393. Hesse-
Cassel, area, 393; population, 393; occupied by Prussia,
893. Hesse-Darmstadt, divisions, 393; area, 393; popu-
lation, 398; army, 393; joins Confederation, 393.
Holland.-See Netherlands.

Honduras.-See Central America.
HOWARD, JACOB M.-Senator from Michigan, 124; on the
reconstruction committee, 133; on constitutional amend-
ment, 186-190, 191; on the Civil Rights bill, 193; on the
bill to relieve officers, 218; on the bill to protect offi-
cers, 221.

HOWE, TIMOTHY O.-Senator from Wisconsin, 124; on the
President's power to remove office-holders, 245.
HUGHES, ELLEN.-Birth, 393; pursuits, 393; death, 393.
HUMPHREY, JAMES.-Birth, 893; pursuits, 393; death, 394.
Hungary.-Reconstruction on the old basis, 394; chief offi-

cers, 894; address of the Diet to the Emperor, 394; sec-
ond address, 894; plan of reconstruction proposed by
Hungary, 394; Diet prorogued, 395; imperial rescript,
395; change in the address, 396; the address, 396; Hun-
gary and her dependencies, 397; Croatian Diet, 98.

I

Illinois.-Growth of the State, 893; debt, 398; taxable prop-
erty, 898; manufactures, 398; population, 398; schools,
899; charitable institutions, 399; amendment of the
Federal Constitution, 899; Republican State Conven-
tion, 399; Democratic State Convention, 400; election
of State officers, 400; prosperity of Chicago, 400.
India, British.-Area, 400; population, 400; army, 400;
famine, 400; letters, 401; Bhootan war, 401; grand
"durbar,” 401; activity in behalf of female education,
401; schools, 402; religious reform movements, 402;
telegraph lines, 402.

Indiana.-Receipts, 402; expenditures, 402; valuation of
property, 402; statement of the debt, 402; sinking fund,
403; population, 403; schools, 403; benevolent institu-
tions, 403; penitentiaries, 403; decision of the Supreme
Court relative to negroes, 401; State election, 404; Re-
publican platform, 404; Democratic platform, 404; con-
vention of colored citizens, 405; address, 405; results of
the election, 405,

fusible, 406; when discovered, 406.

INGERSOLL, EBEN C.-Representative from Illinois, 124;
offers a resolution, 143.
Iowa.-Organization of the Legislature, 406; its acts, 406;
amendment of the constitution by striking out the word
"white," 406; railway system of the State, 407; schools,
407; geological survey, 407; Republican Convention,
407; resolutions, 408; Conservative Convention, 408;
resolutions, 408; result of the election, 408; Legislature,
409.

Italy.-Government, 409; area, 409; population, 409; army,
409; commerce, 409; finances, 409; elections, 409; rela-
tions with Austria, 410; letter of Garibaldi, 410; decla-
ration of war, 410; manifesto, 410; treaty of peace, 410;
popular vote in Venetia, 411; opening of Parliament,
412; address of the King, 412; relations with the Church,
412; exiled bishops, 412; letter of Baron Ricasoli, 413;
treaty with France, 414.

J

Jaffa, American Colony at.-See Messiah, Church of.
Jamaica, Island of-Effect of the riots in England, 417;

Commission of Inquiry, 417; result, 417; speech of
Governor Eyre to the Legislature, 418; Governor Eyre
superseded, 419; the new Governor, 419; steps for a
trial in England, 419.
Japan.-Death of the Tycoon, 414; ratification, 414; suc-

cessor, 414; applies to France for military instruction,
414; civil war, 415; deficient rice crop, 415; fire at Yo-
kohama, 415; convention with the United States, Great
Britain, France, and Holland, 416.

JENKS, WILLIAM.-Birth, 420; pursuits, 420; death, 420.
JOHNSON, ANDREW.-Message on the condition of the South,
131; message on sending constitutional amendment to
States, 195; his veto of second bill amending Freed-
men's Bureau, 213; message on the restoration of Ten-
nessee, 224; veto of the Colorado bill, 235; dispatch to
the postmaster of Connecticut, 254; dispatch to the
mayor of New Orleans, 449-453; letter to General Sheri-
dan, 456; on the trial of Jefferson Davis, 519-517; an-
nual message to Congress, 630; letter to the Governor
of Texas, 743; states his views to Senator Dixon, 748;
do. to colored delegation, 749; do. to a committee of the
Virginia Legislature, 750; do. on February 22d, 751; do.
do. to a Kentucky delegation, 753; tour to Chicago, 758.
JOHNSON, CAVE.-Birth, 420; career, 420; death, 420.
JOHNSON, PHILIP.-Representative from Pennsylvania, 124;
nominates John Chambers for chaplain, 180.
JOHNSON, REVERDY.-Senator from Maryland, 124; on the
exclusion of Southern members, 169; on Stockton's
right to a seat, 229; on the President's power to remove
office-holders, 211-243.

JULIAN, GEORGE W.-Representative from Indiana, 124;
offers a resolution relative to elective franchise, 252.

K

Kansas.-Meeting of the Legislature, 420; acts, 420; State
debt, 421; public schools, 421; immigration, 421; rail-
road system, 421; mineral wealth, 422; crops, 422; Re-
publican Convention, 422; Democratic Convention, 422;
elections, 423.

KASSON, JOHN II.-Representative from Iowa, 124; offers a
resolution relative to the rights of persons, 148.
KEBLE, JOHN.-Birth, 423; pursuits, 423; death, 423.
KELLEY, WILLIAM D.-Representative from Pennsylvania,
124; seconds nomination for chaplain, 129.

tions of Union members of the Legislature, 424; Freed-
men's Bureau question, 424; views of the Governor
424; correspondence with General Palmer, 424; feelings
toward the freedmen, 424; Convention of Union sol-
diers, 424; resolutions of Democratic Convention, 425;
Lynch law, 425; robberies of railroad trains, 426; amend-
ment to the Federal Constitution, 426.

KILE, MILTON.-Birth, 427; pursuits, 427; death, 427.
Knight-Bruce, JAMES L.-Birth, 427; pursuits, 427; death,
427.

L

LANE, EBENEZER.-Birth, 427; pursuits, 427; death, 427.
LANE, HENRY S.-Senator from Indiana, 124; on the variors
plans of reconstruction, 151; on the Civil Rights bill
200.

LANE, JAMES H.-Senator from Kansas, 124; on admission
of Colorado, 233; birth, 427; career, 427; death, 427.
LATHROP, JOHN H.-Birth, 428; pursuits, 428; death, 429.
LAWRENCE, WILLIAM.-Representative from Ohio, 124;
resolution relative to Jefferson Davis, 239.
LINCOLN, MARY.-Letter on receiving the medal for Mr.
Lincoln, 335.

LINCOLN, President.-Anniversary of his death in Congress,
236.

Lippe.-Government, 428; area, 428; population, 423.
Literature and Literary Progress.-Number of works

published, 428; historical works, 429; histories of the
war, 430; Colonial and revolutionary periods, 430);
histories of other countries, 481; ecclesiastical history,
431; theological works, 431; polemic theology, 481;
religious works, 432; natural philosophy, 433; chem-
istry, 433; botany, 433; zoology, 433; pala-ontolegy,
433; geography, 433; geology, 434; ethnology, 484;
astronomy, 434; intellectual philosophy, 434; moril
philosophy, 484; ethics, 434; social science, 484;
political economy, 434; mechanical science, 434;
politics, 485; educational works, 435; mathematics,
486; classical literature, 436; legal science, 66;
medical works, 437; essays, 435; poetry, 438; statistics,
439; philology, 439; fine arts, 440; music, 440; novels,
441; juveniles, 441; works of travel, 441; military works,
441.

English literature, 442; history, 442; historical
biography, 443; general biography, 443; politics, 49;
travels, 444; philosophy, 444; antiquarianism, 445;
essays, 445; fiction, 445; poetry, 446.
LONGYEAR, JOHN W.-Representative from Michigan, 124;
offers a resolution on duty of Congress, 149.
Louisiana.-Session of the Legislature, 417; constitutional
amendments considered, 447; acts of Legislature, 447:
veto, 447; Governor's views, 447; debate on the mes-
sage, 447; bill passed over the veto, 448; resolutions
sent to President Johnson, 448; oath for clectors,
448; city election, 449; dispatch of President John-
son, 449; order of General Canby against the Mayor
of New Orleans, 449; proceedings of the Mayor, 449 ;
message to the City Council, 449; seats contested, 413:
changes in the government of New Orleans in five years,
449; action of the Legislature on a State convention,
450; origin of the constitution, 450; report of the del-
gation to Washington, 450; election of parish officers,
451; Radical meeting, 451; speech of Mr. Shannon, 431;
speech of Dr. Dostie, 451; efforts for universal suffrage
451; public meetings, 451; plan to reconvoke the Conven
tion, 452; charge of Judge Abell, to the grand jury, 452,
report of the mayor to the President, 453; reply, 453; pro

lamation of Governor Wells, 458; action of the other State
officers, 453; meeting of the Radicals, 453; resolutions,
453; speech of Dr. Dostie, 454; proclamation of the mayor
of New Orleans, 454; meeting of the convention, 454; let-
ter of General Baird, 455; riot in New Orleans, 455; let-
ters of General Sheridan, 456; letter of President John-
son, 456; reply of Sheridan, 456; answer of the Secre-
tary of War, 457; report of the State officers and Mayor,
457; petition of Radicals to Congress, 458; investigation
by Congress, 458; majority report, 458; minority report
458; public schools, 459; crops, 459; floods, 459.
Lubeck-Government, 459; area, 459; population, 459;
commerce, 459.

Lutherans.-Numbers, 459; synods, 460; convention, 460;
resolutions, 460; report on the state of the country, 461;
other synods, 461; proceedings, 461; fundamental prin-
ciples of doctrines and church polity, 462; church in
Russia, 463.

M.

MACMASTER, E. D.-Birth, 463; pursuits, 463; death, 463.
Magnesium.-How used, 464; in solutions, 464; alloys, 464;
uses, 465.

MAHONY, FRANCIS.-Birth, 465; pursuits, 465; death, 465.
Maine.-Meeting of the Legislature, 465; views of the Gov-

ernor, 465; finances, 466; debt, 466; schools, 466; mili-
tary organizations, 466; penitentiary, 466; lumber, 466;
railroads, 466; burning of Portland, 467; Republican
Convention, 467; proceedings, 467; Democratic Conven-
tion, 467; elections, 468.

MAPES, JAMES J.-Birth, 463; pursuits, 463; death, 468.
Maryland.-Change of labor system, 463; Legislature, 46S;
proceedings, 469; Sunday law, 469; Southern Fair at
Baltimore, 469; receipts and distribution, 469; the
Peabody donation, 469; finances of the State, 469; con-
tributions to the war, 470; extra session of the Legisla
ture, 470; railroad and bank stock, 470; Democratic
Convention, 470; resolutions, 470; Unconditional Union
Convention, 471; resolutions, 471; election, 471; diffi-
culties with the police commissioners, 471, 472; conflict
of Federal and State laws, 472; sale of a freedman, 472;
trial of a white, 472; public education, 473; Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 473.
Massachusetts.-Organization of the Legislature, 473; views
of the Governor, 473; proceedings of the Legislature,
473; State debt, 473; expenditures, 473; revenue, 473;
educational returns, 474; charitable institutions, 475;
industrial products, 475; savings banks, 475; cod-fish-
ery, 475; militia, 475; constabulary, proceedings of, 476;
liquor law, 476; registration report, 476; mortality, 476;
population, 476; diminishing population, 477; Hoosac
tunnel, 477; Republican Convention, 478; proceedings,
478; National Union Convention, 478; Democratic Con-
vention, 473; election, 479.

MAY, HENRY.-Birth, 479; pursuits, 479; death, 479.
MCCLARY, JOSEPH W.-Representative from Missouri, 124;
offers a resolution, 182; offers resolution relative to the
expenses of the war, 239.

MCDOUGALL, JAMES A.-Senator from California, 124; on
exclusion of Southern members, 150.
MCELLIGOTT, JAMES.-Birth, 479; pursuits, 479; death, 479.
MCKEE, SAMUEL-Representative from Kentucky, 124; on
the bill to relieve officers, 217.

ceedings, 480; points of faith, 480; situation near Jaffa,
480.
Metals.-Some points in the working of, 480; manufacture
of cast steel at Essen, 480; Bessemer process, 481; con-
version of cast iron into steel, 481; new theory of iron
and steel, 481; strengthening of iron, 452; iron foil,
432; preservation of copper and iron in fresh and sea
water, 482; separating cobalt from nickel, 482; ore of
manganese, 483; alloys of manganese, 453; reduction of
chromium and manganese, 483; estimation of silver
oxide as metallic silver, 483; improved process of sep-
arating lead from silver, 483; action of acids upon
metals, 483; action of platinum, etc., on chlorine water,
484; sodium amalgamation process, 484.
Meteoric Iron.-Analysis of, from Colorado, 454.
Meteors and Meteorites.-Unusually brilliant display, 484;
November period, 1865, 484; August period, 1866, 485;
spectra of August meteors, 485; November period, 1866,
485; observations, 486, 487; miscellaneous, 487; mete-
orites, 488.
Methodists.-Episcopal, 488; members, 488; progress of the
church, 489; foreign missions, 489; colleges, 489; Epis-
copal South, 490; losses, 490; chapter of discipline,
490; report on correspondence, 490; do. Protestant
American, 491; convention, 491; proceedings, 491;
American Wesleyans, 491; the question of union, 491;
Primitive Methodists, 491; Free Methodists, 492; Evan-
gelical Association, 492; African Methodists, Episcopal,
492; African Methodists, Episcopal, Zion, 492; in Great
Britain and her colonies, 492.

Metric System, The.-Explanation, 493; basis, 493; unit of
length, 493; do. of measure of surface, 493; do. of solid
measure, 494; do. of liquid measure, 494; do. of weight,
494; act of Congress to authorize the system, 494; meas-
ures of length, 494; do. of surface, 494; do. of weight,
494; other resolutions and acts of Congress, 495; illus-
trations of the system, 496.

Mexico.-Condition of affairs at the opening of the year,
496; military situation at the commencement of 1866,
497; Imperialists in Northern Mexico, 497; military
operations there, 497; do. in Chihuahun, 498; war in the
south, 498; Matamoras, 498; Pacific coast, 498; decline
of Imperialists in the north, 499; civil affairs at the com-
mencement of the year, 499; decision for removal of
the French, 500: change of ministry, 500; perplexing
questions, 501; speech of Maximilian, 501; leaves for
Vera Cruz, 501; offers of the church party, 502; procla-
mation of Maximilian, 502; diplomatic correspondence,'-
502; special commission from the United States, 503;
letter of General Sheridan, 503; arrest of Ortega, 508;
dispatch of Sheridan to the War Department, 503; mili-
tary situation, 504; Sheridan at Brownsville, 504; Sedg-
wick's occupation of Matamoras, 505; success of Repub-
licans, 505; reorganization of Imperial army, 506; ad-
vance of the country in prosperity, 506; mission of Mr.
Campbell, 506.

Michigan.-Finances of the State, 507; taxes, 507; meeting
of the Republican Convention, 507; do. of the Demo-
cratic, 505; election, 508; who are negroes, etc., 508;
penitentiary, 508; State Reform School, 509; public
schools, 509; colleges, 509; Insane Asylum, 509; wheat
crop, 509; wool do., 510; fruit do., 510; lumber trade,
510; plaster, 510; salt, 510; copper, 510; iron, 510; rail-
roads, 510; ship canal, 510; hanging by a mob, 510; fish
in the lakes, 511.

479; army, 479; commerce, 479.

Megass, Preparation of Fae! from.-Its nature, 479; dry-
ing machine, 479.

Messiah, Church of the.-Founder of the sect, 450; his pro-

Military Commissions.-Case of James Egan, 511; case of
Indiana conspirators, 512; decision of the justices, 513;
opinion of the Chief Justice, 518; report of the Secre-
tary of War, 513; do. of the Attorney-General, 513; lo