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, 800; tabular illustra-
tions, 800; effect on competition in the home and foreign
markets, 800; possession of home markets interfered
with, 800; 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, 804; public debt in June
and October, 1866; estimates for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1867, 805; 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, 307; treasure
received at New York from California and foreign ports,
808.

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

Fine Arts.-History in the United States, 808; steady prog-

ress, 308; auction sales in New York of works of art,

808; first public exhibition in 1866, 809; Academy of

Design, 310; 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 1667, 811; Brady's

photographic collection of war views, 312; less activity

in other cities, 812; Boston, 312; New Haven, 813;

Philadelphia, 313; Cincinnati and other cities, 313; plas-

tic art, 813; embellishment of the New York Central

Park, 314; exhibition of statuary, 814; monument to

President Lincoln, 815; other monuments, 815; monu-

ments to Lincoln and Douglas, 816; art in Great

Britain, 317; prices, 817; exhibitions, 318; Royal Acad-

emy, 318; other exhibitions, 318; National Gallery, 819;

mural paintings in the Houses of Parliament, 819; plas-

tic art, 820; art in France, 821; art in Germany, 822;

Italy, 823.

FITZPATRICK, JOHN BERNARD.-Birth, 323; pursuits, 328;
death, 823.

Florida.-Transfer of the civil authority to the Governor
elect, 823; judges of Supreme Court, 328; school fund,
823; direct tax levied by Congress, 324; memorial of the
Legislature to Congress, 324; acts of the Legislature rela-
tive to colored persons, 824; resolution relative to the
pardon of Jefferson Davis, 824; 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, 826; 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, 327; career, 327; death, 827.

FOSTER, LAFAYETTE S.-Senator from Connecticut, 194;

President pro tem. of the Senate, 124.

France.-Government, 328; area, 328; population, 328; in-

crease, 828; budget, 828; receipts from indirect tax-

tion, 328; armу, 323; navy, 829; commerce, 829; speech

of the emperor to the Legislature, 829; address in reply,

330; the German question, 330; speech of the emperr

at Auxerre, 830; letter of the emperor on the attitude

of France during the German-Italian war, 831; 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 aban-
donment of a war policy, 832; abolition of tonnage dues,
834; treaty with Spain, 334; Algeria, 834; plan for the
military organization of the empire, 334; correspondenca
relative to the gold medal presented to Mrs. Lincoln,
835; foreign policy of France in Mexico, 835.
Frankfort.-Area, 336; taken possession of by Prussia, 896,
Freedmen.-Amendment to the act establishing the bureau,

886; General Howard commissioner, 336; wages, bow
determined, 336; a division of claims, 836; transportation
836; rations issued, 336; recommendation to stop the
issue, 886; expenses of managing the freedmen, 337; ad-
ditional funds necessary, 337; reports of Gens, Fuller-
ton and Steedman, 337; injustice to freedmen by officers
of the bureau, 387; schools, 887; present condition,

G

GARFIELD, JAMES A.-Representative from Ohio, 124; offers
a resolution relative to slavery in Mexico, 183.
Geographical Explorations and Discoveries in 1866; prog-
ress of geographical science, 338; facts appertaining to
general geography, 338; distribution of vegetation of the

earth, 888; temperature and gravity of the principal

oceans and seas, 339; Arctic America, 389; United States,

840; Mexico, 841; Central America, 842; South Amer

ica, 343; Peru and Bolivia, 343; Brazil, 343; river Parts,

844; Rio San Francisco, 845; Buenos Ayres, 345; Chili,

845; Atlantic Ocean and its islands, 346; Great Britain,

847; France, 347; Austrian Alps, 348; Persia, 4;

Siberia, 849; Japan, 849; Siam, 849; Africa, 849.

Georgia.-Finances, 350; debt, 350; assets of the State, 550;

valuation, 850; decrease since 1860, 850; four-fifths of

the wealth destroyed, 350; university of the State, 58;

appropriations of corn for the poor, 850; decrease đỉ

laborers, 350; mortality of the negroes, 351; mained

persons, 851; Governor's views of the freedmen, 851; 203

passed by the Legislature relative to, 851; proclamation

of the Governor on the restoration of civil rights, 551;

stay law, 351; digest of the school laws, 332; remarks

of the Governor on the amendment of the Federal C

stitution, 352; reports in the Legislature, 352; is Georgs

a State of the Union? 352; action of the Legislature

on the report, 353; other acts of the Legislature, 4;
resolutions relative to Jefferson Davis, $34; crops, 54;
charitable institutions, 854.

German-Italian War.-Difficulties between Austria and
Prussia, 354; arming of the parties, 355; negotiations,
356; declaration of war, 856; military strength of Prus
sía, 356, 357; needle gun, 858; military force of Austria
358; Italian army, 358; force of the minor Germst
States, 859: beginning of the war, 859; occupation of
Saxony, Hesse-Cassel, and Hanover by Prussian troops,
359; opening of the Austrian-Italian war, 860; battle of
Custoza, 362; Garibaldi on the frontier of Southern
Tyrol, 360; Italian fleet, 362; war in Bohemia, 362; s
vance of the three Prussian armies, 364; battle of Str
dowa, 364; losses, 865; war in Northeastern Germany

366; occupation of Nassau and Frankfort, 366; advance
of the Prussians into Bavaria and Baden, 367, 368; war
in Italy, 368; naval battle at Lissa, 869; battle of Tabis-
chan, 371; preliminary peace of Nikolsburg, 371; trea-
ties concluded at Prague, Berlin, and Vienna, 372, 878.
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, 875; North German Confedera-
tion, 875; population, 375; defensive treaty, 875; elec-
toral law for Parliament, 876; Constitution, 376; South
German States, 377; population, 377; state of public
opinion, 377; other German States, 378.

GIBBES, ROBERT W.-Birth, 878; pursuits, 378; death, 878.

GIBSON, JOHN.-Birth, 378; pursuits, 378; death, 378.

GOULD, AUGUSTUS H.-Birth, 379; career, 379; death, 379.

GOZLAN, LÉON.-Birth, 879; pursuits, 379; death, 379.

GRANGER, AMOs P.-Birth, 380; pursuits, 380; death, 380.

GRANT, Gen. ULYSSES S.-Letter to the Secretary of War

relative to the army bills before Congress, 30; appointed

General, 84; report on the condition of the South, 132;

arrives at Buffalo to check the Fenians, 287.

Great Britain.-Area, 380; population, 380; relations with

the United States, 380; cattle plague, 381; financial

panic, 381; Reform bill, 381; new cabinet, 381; revenue

and expenditures, 381; imports and exports, 381; ship-

ping, 382; army, 852; navy, 382; iron-clads, 382; edu-

cational statistics, 383; religion, 883; pauperism and

crime, 883.

Greece.-Government, 384; area, 884; finances, 884; debt,

884; ministry, 384; brigands, 384; address on home and

foreign affairs, 384.

Greek Church.-Increasing interest in establishing closer

connections with Anglican Churches of Europe and

America, 885; 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, 355; Danubian Principali-

ties and the Greek Synod, 385; Russian Church in New

York, 386; Greek converts in Western Europe, 386.
GREEN, HORACE.-Birth, 386; pursuits, 386; death, 386.
GREENE, DAVID.-Birth, 887; pursuits, 387; death, 387.
GREGORY, FRANCIS H.-Birth, 387; naval career, 887; death,
887.

GREVILLE, ROBERT KAYE.-Birth, 388; pursuits, 888; death,
888.

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, 233.

GRISWOLD, JOHN A.-Representative from New York, 124;
nominates C. B. Boynton for chaplain, 123.

GROTE, JOHN.-Birth, 388; career, 388; death, 388.

Guatemala.-See Central America.

Gunpaper.-Combines elements of destruction with the

principle of safety, 388; its composition, 888; how used,

888; experiments, 889.

GUROWSKI, ADAM DE.-Birth, 389; career, 889; death, 889.

GUTHRIE, JAMES.-Senator from Kentucky, 124; on the re-

construction committee, 189; on the Civil Rights bill,

199; on the Freedmen's Bureau, 207; on the President's

power to remove office-holders, 245,

H

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, 390; application for the
writ in behalf of Jefferson Davis refused, 391.
HALL, EDWARD BROOKS.-Birth, 391; pursuits, 391; death,
891.

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

Hanover.-Area, 392; population, 392; occupied by Prus-
sia, 892.

HARFORD, JOHN S.-Birth, 392; pursuits, 392; death, 392.
HAWKS, FRANCIS L.-Birth, 392; career, 892; death, 398.
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, THOMAS A.-Senator from Indiana, 124; on the

reconstruction committee, 138; 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 relievo officers, 219; on the bill to

protect officers, 221.

Hesse.-Hesse-Homburg, area, 898; population, 893. Hesse-

Cassel, area, 393; population, 393; occupied by Prussia,

893. Hesse-Darmstadt, divisions, 393; area, 393; popu-

lation, 393; army, 398; 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, 198; 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, 893; death, 393.

HUMPHREY, JAMES.-Birth, 398; pursuits, 893; death, 894.
Hungary.-Reconstruction on the old basis, 394; chief offi-

cers, 394; address of the Diet to the Emperor, 394; sec-
ond address, 394; plan of reconstruction proposed by
Hungary, 394; Diet prorogued, 395; imperial rescript,
895; change in the address, 396; the address, 396; Hun-
gary and her dependencies, 397; Croatian Diet, 898.

Illinois.-Growth of the State, 898; debt, 398; taxable prop-
erty, 898; manufactures, 898; population, 398; schools,
899; charitable institutions, 399; amendment of the

Federal Constitution, 399; 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, 404; State election, 404; Re-

publican platform, 404; Democratic platforin, 404; con-

vention of colored citizens, 405; address, 405; results of

the election, 405.

lamation of Governor Wells, 453; 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, 468;

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, 478;

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, 478; 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, 180.

MCELLIGOTT, JAMES.-Birth, 479; pursuits, 479; death, 479.

MOKEE, 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, 482; iron foil,

482; preservation of copper and iron in fresh and sea

water, 482; separating cobalt from nickel, 482; ore of

manganese, 483; alloys of manganese, 483; 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, 484.

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 Chihuahua, 498; war in the
south, 498; Matamoras, 493; 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, 503;

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, 508; 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 Fuel from.-Its nature, 479; dry-

ing machine, 479.

Messiah, Church of the.-Founder of the sect, 480; his pro-

Military Commissions.—Case of James Egan, 511; case of

Indiana conspirators, 512; decision of the justices, 513;

opinion of the Chief Justice, 513; report of the Secre-

tary of War, 513; do. of the Attorney-General, 518; let-

ter of the President, 518; 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, 518; 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,

528; 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, 528; pursuits, 528; death, 528.

MUNROE, NATHAN.-Birth, 528; pursuits, 528; death, 528.

MUZZEY, REUBEN D.-Birth, 528; pursuits, 528; death, 528.

N

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

Navy, 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-

moh, 531; log of, 531; report of Secretary Fox, 581;

burning of the Ironsides, 581; yacht race, 531.

NEALE, JOHN M.-Birth, 581; pursuits, 532; death, 582.

Netherlands.-Government, 532; population, 532; area, 532;

population of cities, 532; army, 532; commerce, 532;

Limburg and Luxemburg, 588; administration of Java,

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

Nevada.-Progress, 534; mining, 535; agriculture, 585;
views of the Governor, 585; increase of territory, 353;
elections, 535; export of bullion, 535.

New Hampshire.-Meeting of the Republican State Coo

vention, 535; resolutions, 585; meeting of the Deme

cratic Convention, 536; resolutions, 536; acts of the

Legislature, 536; tax on U. S. bonds, 537; finances, 387:

public education, 537; Insane Asylum, 537: House of

Reformation, 537; penitentiary, 587; agriculture, 587;

manufactures, 587; elections, 537.

New Jersey.-Finances, 538; colleges, 533; agricultural da,

538; endowments, 538; increase of population, 555;
Agricultural Society, 588; culture of fruits, 588; insects.

538; geological survey, 539; penitentiary, 339; cbarita-

ble institutions, 589; Sanitary Commission, 339; claims

against the United States, 539; disabled soldiers, 59;

acts of the Legislature, 589; proclamation of the Gor-

ernor for an extra session, 539; objects, 539; sets 589;

elections, 539.

New York.-Finances. 540; State debt, 540; taxes, 548;

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, 541; military orgazi
zation, 542; military agencies, 542; schools, 542; mur-
mal do., 542; university convocation, 542; excise law in
New York City, 543; action of the courts, 543; verdict
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, 344; sin-
tistics of State census, 544; cholera, 545; Democratie
Convention, 545; Republican do., 545; right of a Co-

federate officer to vote, 546; elections, 546.

NIBLACK, WILLIAM E.-Representative from Indiana, 134:

offers a resolution to admit Southern members to the
floor, 183.

Nicaragua.-See Central America.

Nitroleum.-Its nature, 546; how produced, 546; action of
flame on it, 547; as a blasting agent, 547; experimenta,

547; action, 547; accidental explosions, 548; force for

blasting, 548; restrictions in transportation, 548; plans

to secure safety, 548; how used, 549; to render tempurn

rily non-explosive, 549.

NORTHBROOK, FRANCIS T. B.-Birth, 552; career, 592; death,

558.

North Carolina.-Action of the people on the ordinante để

secession, 549; extra session of the Legislature esiled, 347:

debt, 549; State assets, 550; valuation of property,

550; act relating to negroes, 550; State banks, 550; re-

port of legislative committee on extinction of their
charters, 550; during the Revolution charters of corpo
rations, with all other laws, ceased to exist, 560; chari-
table institutions, 551; disabled soldiers, 551; State CoD-

vention reassembled, 551; history of affairs, 551; proceed-

ings of the convention, 551; its powers discussed, 51:

constitution revised, 551; rejected by the people, 55:

candidates for Governor, 552; resolutions of parties, X2;

election results, 552; action of the Legislature on the

amendment to the Federal Constitution, 552; conves-

tion of colored persons, 552.

North German Confederation.—See Germany.

NOTT, ELIPHALET.-Birth, 558; career, 553; death, 558

Obituaries, American.-Skinner, Dr. P. II., 554; Stillmar,

Thos. B., 554; McKenly, Jacob K., 554; Hickey, Ger