ter of the President, 513; letter of the Chief Justice,
514; indictment of the grand jury against Jefferson
Davis, 514; application of his counsel, 514; further ap-
plication, 516; report of a committee of the House of
Congress, 516; letter of the President, 517; letter of the
Attorney-General, 517; further correspondence, 518.
MILLER, GEORGE F.-Representative from Pennsylvania,
124; nominates J. W. Jackson for chaplain, 129.
Minnesota. Finances, 518; valuation of property, 518;
schools and funds, 518; charitable institutions, 518;
views of the Governor on the Constitutional Amend-
ment, 518; Republican Convention, 513; resolutions,
518; Democratic Convention, 519; resolutions, 519;
election, 519; views of the Legislature on Federal rela-
tions, 519; acts passed, 519; crops, 520.
MINTURN, ROBERT B.-Birth, 520; pursuits, 520; death, 520.
Mississippi.-Finances, 520; effect of cotton tax, 520; extra
session of the Legislature called, 520; views of the Gov-
ernor, 520; correspondence with the President, 521;
number of disabled soldiers, 521; State University, 521;
public distress, 521; population in 1866, 521, 522; action
of the Legislature, 522; case of Jefferson Davis, 522;
Constitutional Amendment rejected, 523; manufactures,
523; opinion of the Court of Appeals on the effect of se-
cession, 523.

Missouri.-Views of the Legislature on national affairs, 524;

on frauds at the ballot-box, 524; on the test oath, 524;
disorders in the State, 524; communication of the Gov-
ernor, 524; legality of the new constitution before the
courts, 524; other cases before the courts, 525; arrests
for violation of the Test Oath act, 525; releases, 525;
views of the Governor on the test oath, 525; State elec-
tion, 526; militia organization, 526; finances, 526; taxa-
ble wealth, 526; receipts, 526; debt, 526; railroad in-
terests, 527; the Federal Constitutional Amendment, 527.
MONTEAGLE, THOMAS S.-Birth, 527; pursuits, 527; death,
527.

MOREHEAD, CHARLES.-Birth, 527; pursuits, 527; death, 527.
MOREHEAD, JAMES K.-Representative from Pennsylvania,
124; nominates James Presslers for chaplain, 129.
MOREHEAD, JOHN M.-Birth, 527; public life, 527; death,

527.

MORISON, ALEXANDER.-Birth, 527; career, 527; death, 528.
MORRILL, JUSTIN S.-Representative from Vermont, 124;
moves that the House proceed to the election of Speaker,
126.

MORRISON, WILLIAM.-Birth, 528; pursuits, 528; death, 528.
MORSE, ISAAC E.-Birth, 523; pursuits, 528; death, 528.
MUNROE, NATHAN.-Birth, 528; pursuits, 528; death, 529.
MUZZEY, REUBEN D.-Birth, 528; pursuits, 528; death, 528.

N

Nassau-Area, 529; population, 529; conquered by Prussia,
529.

Nary, United States.-Vessels in commission, 529; seamen

in the service, 529; the European squadron, 529; the
Asiatic squadron, 529; North Atlantic squadron, 529;
Gulf squadron, 529; South Atlantic squadron, 529;
North Pacific squadron, 530; South Pacific squadron,
530; Naval Academy, 530; character of future wars rel-
ative to vessels, 530; changes of a few years, 530; casual-
ties during the war, 530; trip of the Monitor Miantono-
mob, 581; log of, 531; report of Secretary Fox, 531;
burning of the Ironsides, 531; yacht race, 531.
NEALE, JOHN M.-Birth, 531; pursuits, 532; death, 532.
Netherlands.-Government, 582; population, 532; area, 532;

population of cities, 532; army, 532; commerce, 532;
Limburg and Luxemburg, 533; administration of Java,

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532; its results, 583; elections, 533; relations to foreign
powers, 534; public works, 534.

Nevada.-Progress, 534; mining, 585; agriculture, 535;
views of the Governor, 535; increase of territory, 555;
elections, 535; export of bullion, 535.

New Hampshire.-Meeting of the Republican State Con-
vention, 585; resolutions, 585; meeting of the Demo-
cratic Convention, 536; resolutions, 536; acts of the
Legislature, 586; tax on U. S. bonds, 587; finances, 537;
public education, 537; Insane Asylum, 537; House of
Reformation, 537; penitentiary, 587; agriculture, 587;
manufactures, 537; elections, 537.

New Jersey.-Finances, 538; colleges, 538; agricultural do,
538; endowments, 538; increase of population, 568;
Agricultural Society, 538; culture of fruits, 583; insects,
588; geological survey, 539; penitentiary, 539; charita-
ble institutions, 539; Sanitary Commission, 539; claims
against the United States, 589; disabled soldiers, 539;
acts of the Legislature, 539; proclamation of the Gov-
ernor for an extra session, 589; objects, 509; acts, 333;
elections, 533.

New York.-Finances, 540; State debt, 540; taxes, 540;
U. S. deposit fund, 540; canal fund, 540; canal debt,
541; enlarged canals, 541; other improvements, 541;
views of the Governor, 541; action of the Legislature,
541; commerce of the Erie Canal, bil; military organi
zation, 542; military agencies, 542; schools, 542; Ler-
mal do., 542; university convocation, 542; excise law in
New York City, 543; action of the courts, 543; verdist
in the case of Colonel North, tried in 1864, 543; anti-rent
troubles, 543; resolutions of the Legislature on national
affairs, 544; impeachment of Judge Smith, 544; presi-
dential reception by the Senate, 544; prisons, 644; sta-
tistics of State census, 544; cholera, 545; Democratie
Convention, 545; Republican do., 545; right of a Con-
federate officer to vote, 546; elections, 546.
NIBLACK, WILLIAM E.-Representative from Indians, 124;
offers a resolution to admit Southern members to the
floor, 133.

Nicaragua.-See Central America.
Nitroleum.-Its nature, 546; how produced, 546; action of
flame on it, 547; as a blasting agent, 547; experiments,
547; action, 547; accidental explosions, 545; force for
blasting, 548; restrictions in transportation, 545; plans
to secure safety, 548; how used, 549; to render tempors-
rily non-explosive, 549.

NORTHBROOK, FRANCIS T. B.-Birth, 552; career, 552; death,
553.

North Carolina.-Action of the people on the ordir ance of
secession, 549; extra session of the Legislature called, 54;
debt, 549; State assets, 550; valuation of property,
550; act relating to negroes, 550; State banks, 350; re-
port of legislative committee on extinction of their
charters, 550; during the Revolution charters of corps-
rations, with all other laws, ceased to exist, 550; ehari-
table institutions, 551; disabled soldiers, 551; State Co-
vention reassembled, 551; history of affairs, 551; proceed-
ings of the convention, 551; its powers discussed, 1;
constitution revised, 551; rejected by the people, 501;
candidates for Governor, 552; resolutions of parties, 352;
election results, 552; action of the Legislature on the
amendment to the Federal Constitution, 352; conven-
tion of colored persons, 552.

North German Confederation.—See Germany.
NOTT, ELIPHALET.-Birth, 553; career, 553; death, 5-53.

Obituaries, American.-Skinner, Dr. P. H., 554; Stillman,
Thos. B., 554; McKenly, Jacob K., 554; Hickey, Ger

eral Wm., 554; Strong, Cyrus, 554; Purdy, Elijah F.,
554; Solger, Dr. R., 554; Swann, Dr. R. P., 554; Judah,
Colonel H. M., 554; Robbins, Geo. S., 554; Stevens, Dr.
H. F., 555; Choate, Rufus, 555; Davis, John G., 555;
Morgan, Chris. A., 555; Ottolengin, Mrs. H. R., 555;
Coolidge, Colonel R. II., 555; Hawley, Charles, 555;
Thompson, Oswald, 555; Boorman, James, 555; Heyer,
W. S., 556; Crele, Joseph, 556; Chandler, Thos., 556;
Grier, Wm. P., 556; Elmendorf, Anthony, 556; Hub-
bard, W. B., 556; Roman, André R., 556.

Greene, Mrs. E. C., 557; Burchard, Ely, 557; Sampson,
W. M., 557; Edwards, Jesse, 557; Hinkley, H., 557;
Cary, Robert, 557; Morse, J. E., 557; Murray, J. B.,
557; Hatch, Geo. W., 557; Adams, W. J., 557; Buell,
R. F., 557; Edwards, O., 558; Stinson, Colonel H. M.,
555; Haight, F. M., 558; Parmenter, W., 558; Brown-
ing, Colonel W. A., 558; Ord, Geo., 558; Bean, B. M.,
553.

Lynn, Robert, 558; Jayne, Dr. D., 558; Bowers, Colo-
nel T., 558; Gordon, J., 559; Dallas, P. M., 559; Frost,
Dr. H. B., 559; Haven, Luther, 559; Trotter, J. F.,
559; Doubleday, U. F., 559; Ohle, Wm., 559; Moore, M.,
559; Schmidt, F., 560; Carrié, R. V., 560; Wright, W.,
560; Willard, F. A., 560; Petriken, B. R., 560; Robinson,
Henry, 560; Russel, Israel, 560; Vreeland, B., 560;
Elliott, Stephen, 561; Parker, S., 561; Brick, E., 561;
Jackson, J. J., 561; Chambers, Geo., 561; Loomis, L.,
561; Swan, B. L., 561; Thibodeaux, B. G., 561; Galtier,
561; Taylor, J., 561.

Harding, C., 561; Watson, General H. P., 561; Harris,
Major A., 562; Ford, J. E., 562; Delaney, M. G., 562;
Thornton, General W. A., 562; Downing, Thos., 502;
Jones, M. P., 562; Van Buren, General J. L., 562; Stone,
C., 563; Tuttle, S. L., 563; Nye, Ezra, 563; Thompson,
L. P., 568; Warriner, Francis, 563; Ewing, W. B., 568;
Adams, J. R., 563; Gilbert, Mrs. John, 564; Austin, C.
L., 564; Kelly, J., 564; Clapp, W. W., 564; Tenner, E.
D., 564.

Hutchings, W., 564; Kirkpatrick, J., 564; Daily, W.,
564; Brown, T. W., 564; Bardwell, H., 564; Kennedy,
S., 564; Morey, Geo., 564; Wasson, J. D., 564; Bastine,
M. A., 565; Clapp, Theo, 565; Bacon, D. S., 565; Pig-
git, J., 565; Cook, L., 565; Griffin, J. O. A., 565; Cox,
H. G., 565; Slack, E., 566; Waite, Carlos, 566.

Fletcher, C., 566; Studdiford, P. O., 566; Yeatis, Miss
C., 566; Peck, E., 567; Patten, W. S., 567; Odell, M. F.,
567; Codding, Ichabod, 567; Merrick, J. L., 567; Rea,
Mrs., 563; Eisenuth, B., 563; Barrett, S., 569; Kennard,
J. H., 568; Cooke, J. H., 568.

Avery, E., 568; Parham, W. A., 568; Bruce, George,
565; Maloney, G., 569; Toulmin, T. L., 569; Childs,
S. D., 569; Grier, J. M., 569; Roy, D. W., 569; Hoyt,
N., 570; Bloodgood, S. De, 570; Donelan, J. P., 570;
Dutton, T. R., 570; Woodhull, C. S., 570; Velger, H.,
570; Calhoun, J. T., 570; Grover, J., 570; Richmond,
J. C., 570; Jones, N., 571; Thorn, J. S., 571; White,
Thos., 571; Morgan, Gen. George, 571; Taylor, F. W.,
571; Hayward, J., 572; Smith, Gen. M. L, 572.

Pangborn, H. H., 572; Simpson, J. W., 572; Beale,
J. M. H., 572; Newman, W. P., 572; Rutherford, J., 572;
Pierson, T. B., 572; Russell, Geo. R., 572; Dostie, A. P.,
572; Horton, J. W., 572; Butterfield, M., 573; Stephens,
J., 573; Brannun, W. P., 573; Viti, Vito, 573; Tracy, W. R.,
573; Willard, C. T., 573; Grosvenor, D. A., 573; Plymp-
ton, P. W. L., 578; Wright, W., 578; Holtzman, W. F.,
578; Rutherford, J. C., 573; Carder, J. D., 573; Draper,
Miss C., 574; Tompkins, J., 574; Kimball, W., 574;
Weydemeyer, Col. J., 574; Nagle, Gen. J., 574; White,
F. C., 574; McElhone, J. F., 575; Fitzgerald, F., 575;
Howell, I. P., 575; Craider, F., 575; Robinson, J. J.,

575; Wade, E., 575; Burnham, Col. J. C., 575; Marlay,
M., 575; Wallace, R., 575; Baldwin, M. W., 575; Ran-
- dall, J., 575; Sage, O., 576; Orme, Gen. W. W., 576;
Walker, A., 576; Caldwell, Geo. A., 576; Wright, E. W.,
576; Peasclee, Gen. C. II., 576; Hanson, Mrs. J. T., 576;
Scripps, J. L., 576; Wilder, D., 577; Dimsdale, T. J.,
577; Moore, J., 577; Steele, J. B., 577; Josephs, S., 577;
Schuyler, Thos., 577; Snow, George M., 577; Gibson,
Dr. L., 577; Alexander, C., 578; Spaulding, Miss A., 578.

Burnett, H. C., 578; Happersett, R., 578; Culver, J. D.,
578; Kingsbury, Col. Chas., 578; Dickens, A. N., 578;
Osband, Gen. D. E., 578; Rarey, J. S., 578; Baldwin,
S. D., 579; Brainard, Dr. D., 579; Ihrie, Col. C. J., 579;
Clark, J., 579; Cook, Chas., 579; Fowler,-, 579; Barrow,
W., 579; Travis, R., 579; Barry, Col. S., 579; Beecher,
J. S., 579; Ansorge, Chas., 579; Colby, Chas. G., 580 ;
Cobb, Sylvanus, 580; Lacey, W. B., 550; Tripp, C. N.,
580.

Vickers, Thos., 580; Coyle, W. H., 581; Gentry, M. P.,
581; Burr, Wm., 581; Gillette, T. P., 581; Whittlesey,
W. A., 581; Ewen, Mrs. M. T., 581; Beale, Major R.,
581; Willson, H. V., 581; Freeman, W. G., 581; Lewis,
W. B., 581; Carpenter, D., 582; White, C. C., 582; Porter,
John F., 582; Roussilon, E., 552; Wheelock, M. G., 582;
Walker, W. M., 582; Brewster, J., 532; Forrest, M., 583;
Brevoort, A., 583; Thomas, J., 558; Auld, J. B., 583; Fry,
Jacob, 583; Servoss, T. L., 553; Bronson, Asa, 553 ; Hale,
Mrs. S. P., 583.

Perkins,, 583; Hawes, Miss C. P., 583; Minot, Chas.,
583; Paschall, N., 584; Chauncey, P. S., 534; Holliday,
W. A., 554; Hoyt, James, 584; Vethake, H., 584; Brown,
F. H., 584; Fetherman, W. J., 584; Grammond, George
W., 584; Forrest, French, 585; Wilson, II., 585; Peck,
L. B., 585; Sawyer, R. M., 585; Pomeroy, Benjamin,
555; Scranton, E. C., 585; Perkins, J. M., 556; Albro,
-,586; Semple, Gen. J., 586.
Obituaries, European.-Desmichels, M., 586; Newton, Mrs.
A. M., 586; Parchappe. C. J. B., 586; Ponchard, J. F. A.,
587; Montague, J. F. C., 587; Zamoyski, Count, 587;
Brooke, G. V., 587; Palmer, G. H., 587; Wellesley, H.,
587; Woolley, J., 557; Ankeswald, R., 587; Clarke, Miss
H. L., 588; Maitland, S. R., 588; Oddone, Prince, 588;
Peacock, T. L., 588; Bréhat, A. G., 588; Dargand, J. M.,
588.

Foucher, V., 588; Cooper, Com. R., 5SS; Addison,
C. G., 588; Spottswoode, A., 588; Thompson, J., 588;
Wood, J. P., 588; Donoughmore, R. H. H, 589; Havi-
land, Thos. F., 589; Sykes, Godfrey, 589; Lee, J., 589;
Halacz, 559; Ruckert, F., 589.

Massey, Mrs. R. J., 590; Jusuf, Gen., 590; Cooper,
C. H., 590; Wares, M., 590; Edwardes, R., 590; Tosti,
A., 590; Ferdinand, H. F., 590; Thornton, T., 590;
Langlais, M., 590.

Hillier, George, 591; Griffin, H., 591; Hodgkins, T.,
591; Babington, B. G., 591; Moltke, A. W., 591; Ryland,
J. E., 591; Seymour, E. J., 591; Reynolds, J., 591; Bake-
well, Mrs. J., 592; Huffield, Dr. II., 592; Rivers, Geo. P.,
592; Dixon, J., 592; Malitourne, M., 592.

Worsley, P. S., 592; Courthope, W., 592; Harvey, W.
II., 592; Craigie, Dr. D., 593; Robinson, H. H., 593;
Mills, J., 593; Condé, Prince, 593; Etheridge, Dr., 593;
Brofferis, M. A., 593; Kamamala, V., 593; Bowles, J..
593; Vernon, Geo. J. W., 598; Belcher, J., 593; Dell, J.,
593; Desportes, M., 593; Flocon, F., 594; Guernon, R.,
594; Nuñez, Admiral, 594.

Kinnear, Mrs. B., 594; Berwick, W., 594; Méry, J.,
594; Jackson, H., 594; Garrett, R., 594; Willson, R. W
595; Leeds, W. H., 595; Trulet, M., 595.

Toynbee, Dr. J., 595; Denver, C., 595; Carpenter
W. II., 595; Howard, F., 595; Spencer, George T., 595

Delf, T., 595; Batcheldor, T., 596; Nicholson, J., 596;
Northumberland, Duchess, 596; Hastings, C., 596; Mars,
V., 596; Martin, E., 596; Maynard, S., 596; Suriwongs,
P. M., 596.

Camden, George C. P., 596; Hohenzollern, Prince,
597; Grover, H. M., 597; Alcock, T., 597; Michell, Gen.
J., 597; Kubosama, 597; Murat, Theo., 597.

Francillon, J., 597; Maclaren, Chas., 597; Hay, D. R.,
597; Mouravieff, Gen. N., 598; Halliday, C., 595; Shen-
ton, H. C., 598; Willoughby, J. P., 598; Dillon, J. B.,
598; Melier, M., 598; Featherstonaugh, G. W., 599;
Dunbar, D., 599; Goldschmidt, H., 599; Sadlier, E., 599.
Turgot, L. F. E., 599; Hobbs, W. F., 599; Sidney,
W. R., 599; Lowe, J., 599; Pellew, George, 599; Siebold,
P. F., 600; Robinson, G. A., 600; Hopkins, W., 600;
Wrench, Miss M., 600; Plunkett, T. S., 600; Conquest,
J. T., 600; Dorion, E., 600; Spence, B. E., 600; Francis
G. H., 600.

Barker, B., 601; Holland, Lady S., 601; Collingwood,
R. G. A., 601; Parker, Admiral, 601; Shirley, W. W.,
601; Chevalier, S. P., 601; Barante, A. G. P., 602.

Cotton, W., 602; Everest, Geo., 602; Hincks, E., 602;
Frère, J. H., 602; Meath, J. C., 602; Robertson, J., 602;
Monroe, E., 603; Hind, J., 603; Gilbert, Mrs. A., 603;
Bick, R., 603; Figanière, J. C., 603; Frank, M., 603.
Ohio.-Prosperity, 603; assembling of the Democratic Con-
vention, 603; resolutions, 603; Republican Convention,
603; resolutions, 603; results of the election, 604; val-
uation of property, 604; taxes, 604; finances, 604; debt,
604; agricultural products, 604; wool, 604; live-stock,
604; population of cities, 604; new buildings erected,
604; marriages, 604; mortgages, 604; charitable institu-
tions, 605; the State Reform farm, 605.
Oldenburg-Government, 605; area, 605; population, 605;
commerce, 605; joins the Confederation, 605.
O'NEILL, CHARLES.--Representative from Pennsylvania, 124;
nominates Thomas B. Stockton for chaplain, 128.
Oregon. Election of State officers, 605; acts of the Legisla-
ture, 605; constitutional amendment, 605; Central Rail-
road, 606; surplus crops, 606.

OUSELEY, WILLIAM G.-Birth, 606; pursuits, 606; death,
606.

P

Paraguay.-Government, 607; area, 607; population, 607;

railroads, 007; alliances against Paraguay, 607; terms,
607; allied armies, 608; Paraguayan army, 609; military
operations, 609–611.

PARISIS, PIERRE LOUIS.-Birth, 611; pursuits, 611; death,
611.

PASSMORE, J. C.-Birth, 612; pursuits, 612; death, 612.
Pennsylvania.-Meeting of the Legislature, 612; acts pass-

ed, 612; resolution on the Civil Rights bill, 612; dis-
franchising deserters, 612; Democratic Convention, 613;
resolutions, 613; Republican Convention, 613; resolu-
tions, 613; mass convention, 614; resolutions, 614;
finances, 614; debt, 614; school system, 614; appropria-
tions, 614; report of superintendent, 614; elections, 615.
Peru.-Government, 615; area, 615; population, 615; army,
615; navy, 615; commerce, 615; alliance with Chili,
615; operations of the Spaniards, 615; fortifications at
Callao, 615; attack by the Spanish fleet, 615; repulse,
616; Peruvian admiral, 616; reform movements, 616;
insurrectionary movements, 617; election, 617.
Photography, Chromo.-Experiments, 617; theory of Helm-
holz confirmed, 617; experiments of St. Victor, 617.
PIERPONT, JOHN.-Birth, 617; career, 617; death, 617.
PISE, CHARLES C.-Birth, 618; pursuits, 618; death, 618.
POLAND, LUKE P.-Senator from Vermont, 124; relative to

Stockton's right to a seat, 230; on the President's power
to remove office-holders, 246,
POMEROY, SAMUEL C.-Senator from Kansas, 124; on admis
sion of Colorado, 232.

PORTER, JOHN A.-Birth, 618; pursuits, 618; death, 613.
PORTER, NOAH.-Birth, 619; pursuits, 619; death, 612.
Portugal.-Government, 619; area, 619; population, 619;

possessions, 619; finances, 619; army, 619; navy, 619;
Spanish insurrection, 619.

POWELL, W. BYRD.-Birth, 620; career, 620; death, 620,
Presbyterians.-Old School, 621; numbers, 621; session of
the General Assembly, 621; organization, 621; Louis-
ville Presbytery, 621; action of the Assembly respecting
signers of the "declaration and testimony," (22; Mis-
souri Synod, 622; meeting of dissentients at St. Locis,
622; statement of doctrines, principles, and policy, 622;
presbyteries elsewhere, €23. New School Presbyterians,
623; numbers, 623; session of the General Assembly, (23;
view of national affairs, 623; fraternization, 623. United
Presbyterians: numbers, 624; contributions, 624; sest
sion of the General Assembly, 624; proceedings, €24.
Cumberland Presbyterians, 624; meeting of the Assen-
bly, 624. Southern Presbyterians: Session of the Gez-
eral Assembly, 624; new book of discipline, 621; other
proceedings, 624; committee to confer with Cumber
land Presbyterians, 625; report on education, 625, As-
sociate Reformed, 625; numbers, 625; Presbyterians in
Great Britain, 625; Presbyterians in British Colonies,
626.

PRICE, HIRAM.-Representative from Iowa, 124; nominates
B. H. Nadal for chaplain, 129; offers a resolution, 141
Prussia.-Government, 626; area, 626; religion of the pop-
ulation, 626; revenues, 626; army, 626; Lavy, 626; dif-
culties with Austria, 626; negotiations, ; war, 626;
aggrandizement of Prussia, 626; demand of France, 629;
secret treaties, 627; conflict between the Goverment
and people, 627; royal speech, 627; action of the Chan-
ber of Deputies, 627; dissolved, 628; new election, (55;
royal speech, 623; action of the new chambers, 625; re-
sults of the war, 628; map of Prussia, 629.
Public Documents.-President's Message at the second ses-
sion of the Thirty-ninth Congress, 630; veto of the act
to establish a bureau for the relief of freedmen, refugees,
and abandoned lands, 635; Civil Rights bill, 635; vete
of, 640; majority report of the joint committee on re-
construction to the two Houses of Congress, 648; ni-
nority report of the joint committee on reconstruction to
the two Houses of Congress, 650; an act for the union
of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the
government thereof, as passed by the British Parlis-
ment, 657.

R

RANDALL, SAMUEL J.-Representative from Pennsylvani
124; offers a resolution on the payment of the public
debt, 130.
RAYMOND, HENRY J.-Representative from Now Yek. 1241
presents a constitutional question, 140; on represents-
tion and taxation, 147; on Tennessee members, 228;
offers resolution relative to Jefferson Davis, 240
Reconstruction.-Committee in Congress, 140.
Reed Instruments.-First application of a tongue of metal
to musical sounds, 666; the eolodican, 666; the accor
deon, 666; changes, 666; the melodeon, C66; curving
the reeds, 666; difficulty in regard to tones, 667; ex-
periments, €67; octave coupler, 667; stops, 665.
Reformed Churches.-Reformed Dutch, 665; synods, 005;
numbers, 668; missions, 66S; resolutions on the change
of the official name of the Church 668; German le

formed, 669; triennial synod, 668; officers, 668; rela-
tions with the Reformed Dutch, 663; discussions, 669.
RENNIE, GEORGE.-Birth, 669; pursuits, 669; death, 669.
Reuss-Government, 669; area, 669; population, 669; joins
German Confederation, 669.
Rhigolene.-Discovery, 669; nature, 669; uses, 669; exper-
iments, 670.

Rhode Island.-Meeting of Republicans in convention,
670; proceedings, 670; Democratic Convention, 670;
proceedings, 670; election, 670; inauguration of the
Governor, 670; proceedings, 671; session of the Legis-
lature, 671; acts passed, 671; Narraganset Indians, 671;
decline to become citizens, 671.

RICHMOND, DEAN.-Birth, 671; career, 671; death, 672.
ROGERS, ANDREW J.-Representative from New Jersey, 124;

on representation and taxation, 146; on the Civil Rights
bill, 201; on the bill to relieve officers, 216.
ROGERS, HENRY D.-Birth, 673; pursuits, 673; death, 673.
Roman Catholic Church.-Organization and numbers, 678;
organization and numbers in England, 678; negotiations
of the Italian Government with the Pope, 674; allocu-
tion of the Pope, 674; allocution against Russia, 674;
reply of the Russian Government, 675; letter to the
Catholic bishops on the canonization of martyrs, 676;
second National Council in the United States, 676; mem-
bers, 676; pastoral letter, 677; views on the emancipa-
tion of slaves, 677; dispatch to the Pope, 678; reply, .
679.

Ross, JoHN.-Birth, 678; pursuits, 678; death, 678.
Russia.-Government, 678; area, 678; population, 678;
revenue, 679; attempt to assassinate the Emperor, 679;
congratulations of the Emperor by the United States,
679; reply of Prince Gortchakoff, 679; letter of the
Emperor, 650; war in Central Asia, 680; incorporation
of Tashkend with the empire, 680; insurrections in the
Caucasus, 631; emancipation, 681; Russification of Po-
land, 652.

Russian America.-Situation, 682; extent, 682; history,
682; rivers, 682; productions, 682; climate, 683; sold to
the United States, 683.

RUTHERFORD, JOHN.-Birth, 683; pursuits, 683; death, 684.

S

SHERMAN, JOHN.-Senator from Ohio, 124; on exclusion of
Southern members, 162; on the President's power to re-
move office-holders, 242-250.

SHERMAN, Gen. W. T.-Appointed Lieutenant-General, 84.
SMITH, AUGUSTUS W.-Birth, 689; pursuits, 689; death,
689.

SMITH, GREEN CLAY.-Representative from Kentucky, 124;
nominates Charles B. Parsons for chaplain, 129.
SMITH, JOSEPH M.-Birth, 690; career, 690; death, 690
Soda, Biborate of.-Found in California, 692; constituent
parts of water, 692; annual supply estimated, 692.
Soda and Chlorine Residues.-Nature, 692; utilizers, 692;
treatment, 692; various processes, 693.

Soda and Soda Compounds.-Processes for the prepara-
tion of, 694; outline of Leblanc's, 695; theory of Le-
blanc, 696; other processes, 697; preparation of soda
chlorine, etc., acids, 697; Kapp's soda process, 698; pro-
cess with baryta, etc., 698; process by direct action on
common salt, 698 ; soda from cryolite, 699; oxidation
of crude soda liquors, 699; preparation of pure soda,
699.

Solid Bodies, flow of.-Explanation, 700;] experiments, 700;
phenomena, 700.

Sorghum.-The sort of cane, 700; cultivation, 701; express-
ing of the juice, 702; purification, 703; processes, 705;
sugar, 706; other uses, 706; profits of culture, 707,
yearly product, 707.

South Carolina.-Futility of criminal laws, 707; modifica-
tions, 707; stay law, 708; session of the Legislature;
708; its acts, 708; public debt, 703; penitentiary, 703;
schools, 708; imprisonment for debt, 708; rice crop, 708;
amendment to the Federal Constitution, 709; civil rights
of negroes, 709; exports of cotton, 709; manufactures,
709.
Spain.-Government, 687; area, 687; population, 687;
finances, 687; debt, 657; commerce, 657; army, 687
military revolt, 687; resignation of the O'Donnell min
istry, 658; proclamation of the revolutionary junta,
658; war with Chili and Peru, 688.

SPARKS, JARED.-Birth, 688; career, 688; death, 688.
SPEED, J.-Attorney-General, 513; on the case of Jefferson
Davis, 513.

STANSBERY, HENRY.-Attorney-General, 517; letter on the
case of Jefferson Davis, 517.

San Salvador.-See Central America.

SAULSBURY, WILLARD.-Senator from Delaware, 124; on the
reconstruction committee, 138; on the exclusion of
Southern members, 180; on the constitutional amend-
ment, 191; on the Civil Rights bill, 197; on the Freed-
men's Bureau, 207; on the bill to relieve officers, 219;
on admission of Colorado, 233.

Saxe.-Government, 684; area, 684; population, 684.
Saxony.-Government, 684; area, 684; population, 684;
revenue, 684; in the German war, 684.

case of Jefferson Davis, 513.

STEVENS, THADDEUS.-Representative from Pennsylvania,
124; offers resolution for a joint committee on recon-
struction, 128; nominates James G. Butler for chaplain,
129; offers a series of joint resolutions, 130; on Senate
amendments to reconstruction resolution, 189, 140; on
referring President's Message, 141; on an amendment to
the Constitution, 146; reports from joint committee,
155; reports from joint committee, 152; offers bills,
183; on the Constitutional Amendment, 183; on the
Memphis riots, 238.

tion, 684; sides with Prussia, 684.

Schleswig-Holstein.-Treaty arrangements, 681; govern-
ment, 684; area, 685; population, 685.
Schwarzburg.-Government, 685; area, 685; population,
655; sides with Prussia, 635.

SCOTT, WINFIELD.-Birth, 685; career, 685; death, 686.
SRATON, WILLIAM.-Birth, 687; pursuits, 687; death, 687.
SEWARD, WILLIAM H.-Letter on sending; constitutional

amendment to States, 196; action of the New York Sen-
ate relative to, 514; views on the President's position,
753; do. on the Philadelphia Convention, 755, 757.
SHELLABARGER, SAMUEL-Representative from Ohio, 124;
on representation and taxation, 146.

Freedmen's Bureau bill, 205; on admission of Colorado,
232; offers resolutions of universal amnesty and univer-
sul suffrage, 748.

STILWELL, THOMAS N.-Representative from Illinois, 124;
offers a resolution, 143.

STOCKTON, JOHN P.-Senator from New Jersey, 124; report
of the Judiciary Committee on his right to a seat, 226;
on his right to a seat in the Senate, 225-230.
STOCKTON, ROBERT F.-Birth, 709; career, 710; death, 710.
STREET, AUGUSTUS.-Birth, 711; pursuits, 711; death, 711.
Sugar. Varieties of cane, 711; qualities and composition

of cane-juice, 712; manufacture of raw sugars, 712;
improvements, 713; precesses of refining, 714; improve

ments in, 716; importation and consumption of, 717,
718.
SUMNER, CHARLES.-Senator from Massachusetts, 134; offers
a resolution declaratory of the Constitutional Amend-
ment abolishing slavery, 125; do. declaratory of the duty
of Congress in respect to guaranties of the national security
and the national faith, 125; do. respecting the duty of Con-
gress relative to loyal citizens in the Southern States,
125, on the report of Carl Schurz, 133; against resolu-
tion on representation, 149-152; on Stockton's right to a
seat, 229; against the admission of Colorado, 232; on
emancipation in Russia, 237; on the President's power
to remove office-holders, 242.
Sweden and Norway.-Government, 719; area, 719; popu-
lation, 719; army, 719; debt, 719; commerce, 719.
Switzerland.-Area, 719; population, 719; army, 719;
amendment to the constitution, 719.

Taxation.-See Finances.

T.

Telegraph, Electric.-Atlantic Submarine Line, 719; various
cables used, 720, 721; laying the cable in 1866, 722; Inter-
national, or Russo-American Line, 723; important sub-
marine line, 726; miscellaneous, 727.

TELLIER, REMIGIUS J.-Birth, 727; pursuits, 727; death, 727;
Tennessee.-Views of the Legislature on the messages of

the President, 727; law for the benefit of persons of
American or African descent, 723; action on the dis-
franchisement bill, 725; the test oath, 728; special ses-
sion of the Legislature, 728; application to the Federal
Government for a military force, 729; arrest of mem-
bers, 729; foreing a quorum, 729; habeas corpus, 729;
views of the Governor, 729; universal suffrage and uni-
versal amnesty measure, 780; riot at Memphis, 730; re-
port of General Stoneman, 780; report of the city press,
781; Union State Convention, 731; criminal trials, 782;
movement in East Tennessee for a separate State or-
ganization, 782; State debt, 782.

Territories of the United States.-Arizona, 782; Dakota,
783; Idaho, 788; Indian Territory, 784; Montana, 785;
Nebraska, 785; New Mexico, 787; Utah, 787; Washing-
ton, 733.

Test Oaths.-Act of Congress, 788; oath in Missouri, 728;
difficulty to select persons in the South to carry on the
government, 788; communication to Congress, 788;
constitutionality of the act of Missouri before the Su-
preme Court, 789; opinions of the court, 739, 740-752.
Texas.-The State convention, 741; ordinance declaring

null the ordinance of secession, 741; ordinance relative
to the war debt, 741; civil rights conferred on freedmen,
741; other acts of the convention, 741, 742; vote by the
people on constitutional amendments, 742; session of
the Legislature, 742; finances, 742; schools, 742; insane
asylum, 742; deaf and dumb asylum, 742; blind asylum,
742; geological survey, 743; other acts of the Legislature,
743; correspondence of the Governor with the President,
743.

Thallium.-Action of combinations, 743; how prepared, 743.
THAYER, M. RUSSELL.-Representative from Pennsylvania,
124; on the Civil Rights bill, 202.

THORNTON, ANTHONY.-Representative from Illinois, 124;
offers a resolution, 743.

THOUVENEL, EDWARD II.-Birth, 744; career, 744; death,
744.

TOWNSEND, ROBERT.-Birth, 744; career, 744; death, 744.
TRUMBULL, LYMAN.-Senator from Illinois, 124; on the re-
construction committee, 188; on Civil Rights bill, 196;
on the veto of the Civil Rights bill, 203; on the Freed-
men's Bureau bill, 207; makes report of Judiciary Com-

Unitarians.-Meeting of the National Conference, 745; of
ficers, 745; substitute for the first article of the consti
tution, 746; objections, 746; discussion, 746; resolution
on temperance, 746; do. on the state of the country,
746; council of ten, 747; further proceedings, 747.
United Brethren in Christ.-Numbers, 747; bistory, 747;
doctrine, 747; expenditures, 748,
United States.-Disapprobation of the people with the
President's measures, 748; universal suffrage and uni-
versal amnesty proposed, 748; views of the President
stated to Senator Dixon, 748; do. to a colered delegation,
749; do. to a committee of the Virginia Legislature, 750;
do. on February 22d, 751; decision of Supreme Court on
test oaths, 752; action of the Republican National Com-
mittee, 752; declaration of Wendell Phillips, 752; puble
meetings, 752; determination of the President, 752;
speech to a delegation from Kentucky, 758; organization
of the National Union Club, 753; proceedings, 738
members of the Cabinet interrogated, 753; replies, 758;
call for a National Union Convention, 754; the call, 754;
address to the people by Democratic members of Con
gress, 754; its effect, 754; views of Secretary Seward on
the convention, 755; do. of Secretary Wells, 155; do.
of Attorney-General Speed, 755; do. of other members,
756; do. of A. Stephens, 756; call for a Southern Union-
ist Convention, 756; the call, 756; meeting of the Na-
tional Union Convention, 757; organization, 757; reso-
lutions, 757; views of the President on the acts of the
convention, 757; action of the Loyal League in Phils-
delphia, 758; Southern Unionist Convention, 758; pro-
ceedings, 753; resolutions, 759; address, 759; Soldiers
convention at Cleveland, 759; message from convention
at Memphis, 759; reply, 759; Soldiers' Convention at
Pittsburg, 760; resolutions, 760; Workingmen's Conven-
tion, 760.
Universalists-General Convention, 760; proceedings, 760;
work done, statement of, 760.

UPTON, Major-General E.-System of infantry tactics, 39.
Uruguay.-Government, 761; area, 761; population, 761;
army, 761; commerce, 761.

V

VAN BUREN, JOHN.-Birth, 761; career, 761; death, 761.
Venezuela.-Government, 761; area, 761; population, 781;
debt, 761; commerce, 761.

Vermont.-Resolution of Legislature relative to reconstrue-
tion, 128; meeting of Republican Convention, 761; reso-
lutions, 761; Democratic Convention, 762; resolations,
762; proceedings of Legislature, 762; resolutions on im-
partial suffrage, 762; finances, 762; soldiers of the war,
762; schools, 763; institutions, 768; elections, 763.
Virginia.-Views of the Governor on labor and immigra
tion, 763; State militia, 763; debt, 763; revenue, 764;
literary fund, 764; education of freedmen, 761; sets of
the Legislature, 764; stay law, 764; its constitutionality
decided, 764; amendment to the Federal Constitution,
765; case of Dr. Watson, 765; migration of negrces tɔ
the cotton States, 765; Civil Rights bill, 765; Republica
State Convention, 766; petition for a provisional govern-
ment, 766; commerce of Richmond, 766