267; recommitted and members added, 267; report
of majority, 267; minority outmanœuvred, 267; fifteen
delegates retire, 267; remaining members continue
the sitting, 267; form a constitution, 268; action of
convention, 268; adjournment, 268; absentees return,
268: form a new convention, 268; new committees,
268; unseat four other members, 268; conflict of the
parties, 268; proceedings of the military, 268; reorgan-
ization of convention, 269; constitution formed, 269;
its provisions, 269; on suffrage, 269; equality of ne-
groes, 269; declaration of rights, 269; candidates for
office nominated, 270; order for a general election,
270; result of the elections, 271; meeting of the Legis-
lature, 271; surrender of the government to the civil
authorities, 272; military changes, 272; second session
of the Legislature, 272; proclamation of the Governor,
273; veto message, 273; bill passed, 273; the Governor
impeached, 273; proclamation of the Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, 274; declares Legislature adjourned, 274; Gov-
ernor Reed disregards the impeachment, 274; applies
to the Supreme Court, 274; another proclamation of
the Lieutenant-Governor, 275; judges sustain the
Governor, 275; quo warranto issued against the Lieu-
tenant-Governor, 275; his proceedings, 275; new
Legislature meet, 275; impeachment set aside, 275;
its proceedings, 276; message of the Governor, 276;
finances, 276; taxation, 276; public lands, 277.
FORCE, PETER.-Birth, 277; death, 277; pursuits, 277.
France.-Area, 278; decrease of agricultural population,

278; population of each department, 279; colonial
possessions, 279; budget, 279; debt, 280; army, 280;
navy, 280; its condition, 280; commerce, 281; rail-
roads, 281; Legislature, 281; discussion of the budget,
281; reorganization of the army, 282; new loan, 282;
elections, 282; claims of the Napoleonic dynasty, 282;
treaty with Mecklenburg, 283; between France and
Siam, 283; Eastern question, 283; France and the
United States, 284; remonstrances on behalf of native
Christians of Japan, 284.

France, The Press of, in 1868.-The press law, operation
of, 284; papers and circulation, 284; letter of the
Emperor, 284; new press law submitted to the Corps
Législatif, 285; how received, 285; by the press, 285;
debates, 285; passed, 285; instructions to prefects of
departments, 286; new papers started, 287; La Lan-
terne, 287; imitators, 287; prosecutions, 287; change
of the Moniteur Universel, 287; press trials, 288; Siècle,
288; Temps, 288; Avenir National, 288; Patrie, 288;
weeklies, 288.

French Exhibition.-One of the awards, 289; how awards

given, 289; Pacific Mills Relief Society, 289; object,
289; organization, 290; success, 290.

G

GATES, General WILLIAM.-Birth, 291; death, 291; ca-
reer, 291.

Geographical Explorations and Discoveries.-Limited re-
sults of the year, 291; death of explorers, 291 ex-
plorations in the Arctic region, 292; Swedish expe-
dition, 292; German expedition, 292; Captain Hall,
292; exploration of Greenland, 293; do. of Iceland,
293; Alaska, 293; coast of Labrador, 293; British Co-
lumbia, 294; United States, 294; the Western region,
295; Lower California, 295; mountain elevations in
Mexico and Central America, 296; railroad explora-
tions from Lake Nicaragua to the Atlantic Ocean, 297;
explorations of the Belize River, 297; rain record of
Hayti, 297; population and trade of South American
States, 297; gold-fields of Venezuela, 298; statistics

question, 228; action of Parliament, 328; resignation
of the ministry, 329; new ministry, 329; finances,
330; expenditures, 330; army and navy, 330; com-
merce and trade, 331; shipping, 331; vital statistics,
331; pauperism and crime, 331; educational statistics,

332.

Greece.-Government, 332; area, 332; population, 332;
budget, 332; army and navy, 332; address of the King,
332; Chambers dissolved, 332; deputies from Crete
appear at Parliament, 333; visit of the Metropolitan
to the American minister, 333; sympathy with Crete,
333; Greek answer to the Turkish ultimatum, 333.
Greek Church.-Statistics, 334; invitation from the Pope,
334; address of the Patriarch, 334; his views on the
Ecumenical Council, 335; letter from Moscow, 335;
Greek Church of Russia, 335; new archbishop, 336;
Church in Bulgaria, 336.

GREENE, ALBERT G.-Birth, 336; death, 336; pursuits,
336.

GRISWOLD, JOHN A.-Representative from New York,
124; on the repeal of the cotton tax, 193.

H

of the Tycoon, 390; opening of the ports, 391; con-
spiracy of Daimios, 391; conflicts, 391; further trou-
bles, 392; interference of foreign ministers, 392; in-
terview with the Mikado, 392; his ultimatum to the
Tycoon, 393; his decree, 393; his friendly attitude,
393; settlement of the difficulties, 394; finances, 394;
decree against the Christians, 395; effort to change
the state religion, 396.

JESSUP, WILLIAM.-Birth, 396; death, 396; pursuits, 396.
JEUNE, FRANCIS.-Birth, 396; death, 396; career, 397.
JEWETT, CHARLES C.-Birth, 397; death, 397; pursuits,
397.

JOHNSON, ANDREW.-Message relative to General Han-
cock, 126; message to the Senate relative to the Dis-
trict of Columbia Bill, 128; letter removing Secretary
Stanton, 137; veto of the Arkansas Bill, 174; veto of
Supreme Court Bill, 190; veto of joint resolution rel-
ative to the electoral college, 194; trial on impeach-
ment, 352; message at the second session of the
Fortieth Congress, 641; correspondence with Gen-
eral Grant relative to the office of Secretary of War,
648; letter to the members of the Cabinet as to the
conversation with General Grant, 653; message on
the removal of Secretary Stanton, 657; message sug-
gesting changes in the Constitution, 659; letter ap-
pointing General Thomas Secretary of War, 742; do.
to E. M. Stanton, 742; vote in the Convention, 748;
letter to Mr. Seymour on entering the presidential
canvass, 752; amnesty proclamation, 753.
JOHNSON, HEMAN.-Birth, 397; death, 397; pursuits, 397.
JOHNSON, REVERDY.-Senator from Maryland, 124; on
the bill to secure equal rights in the District of Co-
lumbia, 127; on President's reply to resolution of
Senate, 128; on reconstruction, 156; on the action of
Ohio, 196; on the Arkansas Bill, 171; minister to
England, 216, 329.

JUNCKER, HENRY D.-Birth, 398; death, 398; pursuits,
398.

JUNKIN, GEORGE.-Birth, 398; death, 398; pursuits, 398.

K

Kansas.-Action of the Legislature, 399; financial con-
dition, 399; claims against the Federal Government,
400; taxable property, 400; productions of 1867, 400;
new capitol, 400; penitentiary, 400; condition of the
public schools, 400; railroads, 400; bore the brunt of
the Indian War, 401; Republican Convention, 401;
Democratic Convention, 401; elections, 401.
KEAN, CHARLES J.-Birth, 401; death, 401; carcer, 402.
KEARNY, LAWRENCE.-Birth, 402; death, 402; career,
403.

KELLY, WILLIAM D.-Representative from Pennsyl-

vania, 124; on the impeachment of the President,
138; on suffrage to blacks, 185.
Kentucky.-Legislative sessions, 404; acts and resolu-
tions, 404; memorial to Congress against the exclu-
sion of representatives, 404; resolutions on a general
amnesty, 404, 405; penitentiary, 405; insane asylums,
405; school system, 405; State expenses, 405; politi-
cal conventions, 405.
KRUMMACHER, FRIEDRICH W.-Birth, 405; death, 405;
pursuits, 406.

L

LEUTZE, EMANUEL.-Birth, 406; death, 406; career, 406.
Liberia.-Government, 407; area, 407; population, 407;
public officers, 407.

M

MACBRIDE, JOHN D.-Birth, 445; death, 445; pursuits,
445.

Madagascar.-Government, 446; Constitution, 446; meas-
ures against foreigners, 446.

Magnetic Needle, Variations of.-Commission appointed
under Maine Legislature, 446; report, 446; details
respecting variation, 446.
Maine.-Population, 447; real and personal estate, 447;
manufactures, 447; railroads, 447; State finances,

447; schools and scholars, 447; State Reform School,
447; Maine liquor law, 447; the death penalty, 448;
views of the Governor, 448; Democratic Convention,
448; nominations, 448; resolutions, 448; Convention
of Conservative soldiers, 449; Republican Conven-
tion, 449; nominations, 449; resolutions, 449; Sol-
diers and Sailors' Convention, 449; election, 449.
MANLY, BASIL.-Birth, 450; death, 450; pursuits, 450.
MANN, ABIJAH, Jr.-Birth, 450; death, 450; pursuits,
450.

MARSH, JOHN.-Birth, 450; death, 450; pursuits, 451.
Maryland. - The Legislature, 451; subject of public
schools, 451; new system, 451; funds, 451; studies,
451; school year, 452; commissioners, 452; trustees,
452; Normal School, 452; taxes, 452; school fund,
452; acts of the Legislature, 452; Sunday law, 452;
protest relative to the case of Senator Thomas, 453;
Freedmen's Bureau, 453; letter relative to colored
people, 453; Republican State Convention, 453; reso-
lutions, 453, 454; its action repudiated, 454; a Bolters'
Convention, 454; Soldiers and Sailors' Convention,
454; Democratic Convention, 455; resolutions, 455;
nominations, 455; election, 455; finances of the State,
455; assessed value of property, 455; property of
the State, 455; damages by floods, 456.
Massachusetts.-A long Legislative session, 456; sale-of-

liquor regulation, 426; Governor's views, 456; act of
the Legislature, 456; message, 456; censure of the
Governor, 456; proceedings of the committee, 457;
Temperance Convention, 457; effect of the prohibitory
law, 457; State constabulary, 457; attempt at repeal,
457; failure, 457; suffrage for women, 457; resolu-
tions of Federal relations, 458; appropriations, 458;
Hoosac Tunnel, 458; railroads, 458; institutions of
reform and charity, 458; schools, 459; finances, 459;
Democratic Convention, 459; resolutions, 459; resolu-
tions of Republican Convention, 460; elections, 460.
MATTISON, HIRAM.-Birth, 460; death, 460; pursuits, 460.
MCCALL, GEORGE A.-Birth, 461; death, 461; military ca-
reer, 461.

MCCARDLE.-His case in Congress, 192.

MCCARTHY, DENNIS.-Representative from New York,
124; on the repeal of the cotton tax, 199.
MCDOWELL, Major-General IRWIN.-Takes command of
the Fourth Military District, 514; removes the State
officers, 514.

MCRAE, JOHN J.-Birth, 461; death, 461; pursuits, 461.
Mecklenburg-Government, 462; area, 462; population,

462; debt, 462; army, 462; change of old institutions,
462; Diet, its action, 462; complaints against the new
system, 462, emigration, 463.
Melodeon, The Silent.-By whom invented, 463; its fea-
tures, 463; its scope, 463.

cold on metals, 466; science of alloys, 467; new mode
of toughening and refining gold, 467; desilvering lead
by zinc, 467; reduction of oxide of copper by sugar,
467; refining copper, 468; tinning copper vessels, 468;
crystallized tin foil, 468; the Heaton steel process, 468,
469; the Siemens-Martin steel process, 470; other new
steel processes, 470; Bessemer process and spectrum
analysis, 470; the Ellerhausen wrought-iron pro-
cess, 471; coating iron with copper, 472; purification
of iron, 472; decarbonizing cast iron, 473; alloy of
tungsten and iron, 473.

Meteoric Iron.-Description of a specimen, 474; analysis
of varieties, 474.

Meteors.-The November shower, 474; report of Professor

Newton, 474, 475; other reports, 475, 476; report
from Dudley Observatory, 476; from the National
Observatory, 477; from the Greene Spring School,
477; extraordinary meteor in Brazil, 477; explosion
of a meteoric body in Kansas, 478.
Methodists.-Annual Conferences and statistics of the
Meth. Epis. Church, 478; statistics of principal so-
cieties, 478, 479; appropriations, 479; General Confer-
ence, 479; report on lay delegation, 480; Church
South, 480; Methodist Protestant, 480; Wesleyan
Connection, 480; Free Methodists, 480; Evangelical
Association, 480; statistics, 481; African Episcopal,
481; Zion Church, 481; Methodists in Canada, 481;
Wesleyan Connection in Great Britain, 481; British
Primitive Methodists, 482; United Free Churches,
482; New Connection, 482; Bible Christians, 482;
Church Methodists, 482.

Mexico.-Area, 483; population, 483; States in their order,
483; surface of the country, 483; rivers and lakes,
483; geographical formation, 484; climate, 484; vege-
tation, 494; races of population, 485; aboriginal in-
habitants, 485; products of the soil, 485; mineral re-
sources, 485; manufactures, 486; education, 486;
insurrections during the past year, 487; plot to assas-
sinate the President, 487; revolutionary movements,
487; pretensions of Martinez, instructions to him,
487; his proceedings, 488; rebellion in Sinaloa, 488;
grounds of complaint, 488; address of Rivera, 488;
pronunciamiento, from Sierra Gorda, 489; other in-
surrections, 488; one cause of dissatisfaction, 490;
Congress, 490; judiciary, 490; Romero, 490; quiet in
the summer, 490; release of Ortega, 491; fate of Pa-
toni, 491; address of the President to Congress, 491;
finances, 491; treaties, 491.

Michigan.-Receipts and expenditures, 492; debt, 492;
receipts from taxes, 493; the domain granted by the
Federal Government, 493; Republican State Conven-
tion, 493; resolutions, 493; vote on the revised con-
stitution, 494; do. on biennial sessions, 494; do. on the
anti-license section, 491; Democratic Convention,
494; resolutions, 494; election results, 495; the Legis-
lature, 495; penitentiary, 496; allowance to prisoners,
496; House of Correction, 496; State Reform School,
497; Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Asylum, 497; Insane
Asylum, 496; wheat crop, 497; salt, 498; gypsum,
498; Sault St. Marie Canal, 498; iron-mining, 498;
copper-mining, 493; schools, 499; State University,

499.

Military Commissions.-Case of Surratt, 499; do. of Jef-
ferson Davis, 499; McArdle case, 499.
MILMAN, HENRY H.-Birth, 499; death, 499; career, 500.

Metals.-Rhodium, 464; vanadium, 464; molybdenum

and chromium, 465; niobium and tantalum, 466;
aluminium bronze, 466; magnesium, 466; effect of

war expenditures, 501; taxable property, 501; school
statistics, 501; university, 502; grant of Congress,
502; Historical Society, 502; Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
502; Reform School, 502; State Prison, 502; soldiers'

bounty, 503; charitable institutions, 503; supplies for
sufferers in the British possessions, 503; land under
cultivation, 504; mineral wealth, 504; railroads, 501;
manhood suffrage in the Legislature, 501; manner of
voting on it, 504; Democratic Convention, 505; reso-
lutions, 505; Republican Convention, 506; acts of the
Legislature, 506.

Mississippi.-Vigor of military rule relaxed, 506; orders,
506; delusions of freedmen, 506; convention to frame
a constitution, 506; the Conservative element, 506;
memorial to Congress for power to declare civil
offices vacant, 507; protest, 507; extract, 507; proc-
lamation of the Governor relative to conspiracies
to seize State lands, 508; his statement, 508; state
of the treasury, 508; relief measures, 508; the
constitution, 509; bill of rights, 509; suffrage
qualifications, 509; political equality, 510; efforts
to effect a compromise, 510; school system, 510;
lotteries, 510; preparations for election, 510; ordi-
nance relative to contracts, 511; opposition con-
vention, 511; resolutions, 511; action of the
Democrats, 511; Republican platform, 511; Demo-
cratic Convention, 511; resolution on the enormities
of the radical party, 512; disclaimer as to slavery,
512; resolutions on the Constitutional Convention,
512; address to associations, 513; another conven-
tion, 513; address to freedmen, 513; military order as
to elections, 513; McDowell in command, 514; order
removing State officers, 514; resistance of the Gov-
ernor, 514; correspondence with the Provisional
Governor, 514, 515; results of the election, 515; fail-
ure of the constitution, 515; proposal to choose pres-
idential electors forbidden, 516; claims of the Re-
publicans, 516; statements, 516; resolutions, 516;
convention of land-owners, 516.

Missouri.-Population, 517; immigration, 517; assessed
value of property, 517; railroads, 517; aid of the
Legislature, 517; penitentiary, 518; public schools,
518; registration act, 518; its features, 518, 519; Demo-
cratic Convention, 519; Republican Convention, 520;
resolutions, 520; second convention, 520; resolutions,
520; Democratic Convention, 521; nominations, 521;
resolutions, 521; registration, 521; result of the elec-
tion, 521; taxation, of the State University, 521;
opinion of the court, 521; statue of Thomas H. Ben-
ton unveiled, 522.

MONAGAS, JOSÉ T.-Birth, 522; death, 522; career, 522.
MOREHEAD, CHARLES S.-Birth, 522; death, 522; career,

522.

MORRILL, JUSTIN S.-Senator from Vermont, 124; on the
cotton tax, 200.

MORTON, OLIVER P.-Senator from Indiana, 124; on re-
construction, 153.

N

NARVAEZ, RAMON N.-Birth, 523; death, 523; career, 523.
Navy of the United States.-Reduction of the force, 524;
European squadron, 524; ships, 524; commander,
524; cruise of Admiral Farragut, 524, 525; Asiatic
squadron, 525; ships, 525; commander, 525; visits
to Japan, 525; change of commanders, 525; North
Atlantic squadron, 526; ships, 526; commanders, 526;
South Atlantic squadron, 526; ships, 526; commander,
526; North Pacific squadron, 526; ships, 526; com-
mander, 526; South Pacific squadron, 527; ships, 527;
commander, 527; earthquake on South American
coast, 527; tidal wave, 527; standard for the navy, 527;
academy, 527; surveys, 527; receipts and expendi-
tures, 527.

Nebraska.-Area, 528; population, 523; new capital, 598;
railroads, 528; assessments, 529; condition and re-
sources, 529; school lands, 529; coal-fields, 529; inter-
nal improvements, 530; railroads, 530; immigration,
530; organization of the militia, 530; Attorney-Gen-
eral's office, 531; education, 531; Normal School,
531; State Library, 531; insane, 531; penitentiary,
532; Republican Convention, 532; resolutions, 582;
Democratic Convention, 532; suffrage qualifications,
532.
Netherlands.-Area, 532; population, 532; army, 532:
navy, 532; debt, 532; commerce, 532; railways, 553;
elections, 533; opening of the Chambers, 533; pro-
ceedings, 533; new ministry, 533.

Nevada.-Elections, 533; suffrage question, 533; liabili
ties in the transport of passengers, 533; opinion of
Justice Miller, 534; railroads, 534; mining operations,
534; White Pine district, 534; its features, 534; yield,
534; the ore, 534.

New Hampshire.-Finances, 535; war bounties, 535;
organization of the militia, 535; report of the Adju
tant-General, 535; codification of the laws, 535; rate
of interest, 535; common schools, 536; statistics, 508;
Agricultural College, 536; State Geological Survey,
537; State Library, 537; Asylum for the Insane, 587;
deaf and dumb, 537; penitentiary, 533; convicts, 538;
commutation of punishment, 538; State Reform
School, 533; banking institutions, 538; insurance
commissioners, 538; agricultural resources, 539; pres-
ervation of fish, 539; Democratic Convention, 589;
resolutions, 539; Republican Convention, 540; elec-
tions, 540.

New Jersey.-Proceedings of the Legislature, 540; with-
drawal of assent to the fourteenth amendment of the
Federal Constitution, 540; declaration of the preamble,
540; objections to the amendment, 510; veto of the
Governor, 541; passage over the veto, 511; action of
Congress, 541; indignation of the Legislature, 341;
its resolutions, 541; the question of negro suffrage,
541; repeal of the registry law, 542; Republican Con-
vention, 542; resolutions, 542; Democratic Conven-
tion, 542; resolutions, 542, 543; second convention.
543; results of election, 543; duties from railroads,
543; State finances, 543; children, 544; bridging the
Delaware, 544; rights of the Episcopal clergy, 54;
penitentiary, 544.

New York.-Constitutional Convention, 544; features
of the new constitution, 544; session of the Legis-
lature, 545; resolutions, 545; general legislation,
545; railroad claims for help, 545; action of the
Legislature, 545; veto, 545; mismanagement of
the Erie Railroad, 516; reports of investigating com-
mittee, 546; charges made by a member of the
House, 546; proceedings, 546; the canal system, 545
a Canal Convention, 547; resolution, 547; the action
recommended, 547; action of the Legislature, 547:
report of a committee to the Republican Convention,
547; views of Democratic and Republican Conven-
tions, 548; impeachment of a canal commissioner,
548; convention to protest against British imprison
ment, 548; Republican Delegate Convention, 548;
Working-men's Convention, 549; Republican Nomi
nating Convention, 549; resolutions, 549; Democratic
Nominating Convention, 549; resolutions, 549; elec
tions, 550; decision of Court of Appeals on test-oaths,
550; revenues of the State, 551; debt, 551; finances of
the canals, 551; salt-springs, 551; penitentiaries, 531.
North Carolina.-State Constitutional Convention, 552;
exclusion of reporters, 552; bill of rights, 552; time
of elections, 552; oaths, 552; judiciary, 552; elective