INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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CLARENDON, EARL. Reply to Mr. Adams In relation to the 

 Shenandoah, 813-815. 



CLEMENS, JEREMIAH. Birth, 169 ; political career, 170 ; 

 works, 170 ; death, 169. 



COBDEN, RICHARD. Birth, 170 ; manufacturing career, 170 ; 

 advocacy of free trade, 171; antl-corn-law league, 171; 

 sent to Parliament, 171 ; large donation from free- 

 traders, etc., 172 ; advocacy of Parliamentary reform, 

 172 ; opposition to the wars with Russia and China, 172 ; 

 tour in the United States, 172; treaty of commerce 

 with France, 178 ; an earnest friend of the United 

 States, 178; death, 178. 



Codification. American independence, 173 ; codifications 

 of the civil law, 178 ; common law never codified, 173 ; 

 attempts in New York, 178; commissions appointed, 

 174; report In 1858, 174 ; aim of the commissioners, 174; 

 questions as to the merits of the code, 175, 176 ; In Can- 

 ada, 176. 



COFFROTH, A. H. Representative from Pennsylvania, 205 ; 

 On civil prisoners, 289. > 



COGSWELL, MASON FITCH. Birth, 176 ; professional and 

 public career, 176 ; death, 176. 



COLLAMER, JACOB. Birth, 176; legal and political career, 

 177; death, 177. 



Colombia, United States of. President and ministry, 177 ; 

 Legislature, 177 ; area and population, 177 ; capital, 177 ; 

 budget, 177 ; public debt, 177 ; army, 177 ; imports and 

 exports, 177 ; Panama Railroad, 177 ; internal troubles, 

 177; presidential election, 177 ; foreign policy, 177; civil 

 rights of foreign residents, 177 ; protest of the United 

 States minister, 178 ; telegraphic construction, 178. 



Colorado. Situation and area, 178; counties and capital, 

 178 ; Territorial government, 178 ; State organization, 

 178; vote on the Constitution, 178; vote on the word 

 " white," 178 ; Legislature, 178 ; Executive and Adminis- 

 trative Departments, 179 ; salaries of public officers, 179 ; 

 do. of judges, 179 ; pay of members of the Legislature; 

 179 ; banks of issue prohibited, 179 ; ordinance adopting 

 the Constitution of the United States, 179 ; elections, 



179 ; Executive Department, 179 ; Supreme Court, 179 ; 

 application for admission to the Union, 180 ; action of 

 President Johnson and Congress, 180; population, 180 ; 

 vast mineral wealth, 180 ; mining districts, 180 ; agri- 

 cultural interests, 180; grasshoppers, ISO; irrigation, 



180 ; sheep-raising, 180 ; new roads, 181. 

 Commerce. Value of domestic and foreign produce exported 



In 1862-'65, 181 ; value of imports and exports in 1862- 

 '65, 181 ; tonnage in 1860-'65, 181 ; value of imports and 

 exports in 1849-'65, 181 ; tonnage of districts of New 

 Tork, 181; exports of staple productions in 1859-'65, 

 182; clearances from the port of New York in 1852-'65, 

 183; American and foreign shipping at New York in 

 1850-'65, 183 ; treasure movement at New York in 1859- 

 '65, 183 ; number of arrivals and tonnage of American 

 and foreign vessels at New York from 1821 to 1865, 183; 

 influence of Southern privateers, 183. 

 Commercial Intercourse. Provision of the act of July 13, 

 1861,184; licenses to trade on the Mississippi, 184 ; ap- 

 pointment of agents, 184; order of Gen. Grant stopping 

 trade in Virginia, 184; contracts affected by the order, 

 184 ; ports declared closed by President Lincoln on 

 April llth, 184 ; restrictions removed by President 

 Johnson, April 29th, 184 ; Mr. McCulloch's trade regu- 

 lations, 1S5; Confederate cruisers in neutral ports, 185; 

 instructions respecting trade regulations, 185 ; President 

 Johnson's proclamation raising the blockade, etc., 185 ; 

 lurther removal of trade restrictions, 186 ; proclamation 

 respecting Tennessee, 186 ; final proclamation removing 

 all restrictions, 186 ; International Trade Convention at 

 Detroit, ISO; proposed enlargement of New York ca- 

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nals, 186 ; and of the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals, 

 187. 



CONANT, HANNAH O'BRIEN CHAPLIN. Birth, 187; works, 

 187; death, 187. 



Confederation. See British North America. 



Confederate States. Breaking into fragments, 188; reduc- 

 tion offerees in the field, 188; desertions, 188; finances. 

 188 ; cotton unavailable, 188 ; depreciation of paper money, 

 188 ; value of gold in currency at Richmond in 1861-'65, 

 188; firmness of the Southern leaders, 188; letter of 

 Jefferson Davis in relation to the appointment of Gen. 

 Lee Commander-in-chief, 188 ; advice of the Virginia 

 delegation to Mr. Davis, 189 ; resignation of Mr. Seddon, 

 189 ; address of the Virginia delegation, 189 ; John C. 

 Breckinridge appointed Secretary of War, 189 ; action 

 of the Congress, 189 ; measures for recruiting the ar- 

 mies, 189 ; efforts of the press to rally the military spirit, 

 , 190 ; measures proposed to Improve the condition of the 

 treasury, 190 ; negotiations for peace discussed, 190 ; ap- 

 pointment of Peace Commissioners, 190; instructions of 

 Mr. Davis to the Commissioners, 190 ; effect of the foil 

 of Fort Fisher, 190 ; causes of Southern reverses, 190 ; 

 return of the Peace Commissioners, 191 ; meeting at the 

 African church, 191 ; speech of Mr. Hunter, 191 ; re- 

 marks of Mr. Benjamin, 191, 192 ; proposition to arm 

 the negroes, 192 ; arming the negroes discussed in Con- 

 gress, 192 ; objections to the measure, 192 ; Gen. Lee ap- 

 pointed to command all the armies, 192 ; order of Gen. 

 Lee of February 9th, 193 ; reasons urged for his appoint- 

 ment, 193 ; order of Gen. Lee of February llth, appeal- 

 ing to deserters, 193; Gen. Lee's views of the future, 

 193 ; calling of the slaves into the field urged by Gen. 

 Lee, 193 ; resolution of the Virginia Legislature in rela- 

 tion to arming the slaves, 193 ; bill passed by Congress 

 authorizing the employment of negro troops, 194; effect 

 of Sherman's movements, 194 ; reappointment of Gen. 

 Johnston, and his order of February 25th, 194 ; financial 

 measures, 194 ; proposition to impress cotton and to- 

 bacco, 194 ; large arrears due the army, 194 ; tax bill of 

 the 7th of March, 194; bill to raise coin, 195; peace 

 party, 195 ; peace measures proposed by Vice-President 

 Stephens, 195 ; appeal of Congress to the people, 195-198 ; 

 subsistence of Lee's army endangered, 198 ; appeal of 

 Lee to the inhabitants of Virginia, 198 ; effect of the 

 evacuation of Richmond discussed, 198; concentration 

 of Federal forces, 198 ; last message of Jefferson Davis, 

 198 ; new measures proposed, 199 ; committee report on 

 the message, 199; specie bill passed, 199; adjournment 

 of Congress, 199 ; confidence of the Confederates in the 

 defenslbilitv of Richmond, 199 ; Sheridan at City Point, 

 199; movement against the Southside Railroad, 199 ; 

 Grant's final operations at Petersburg, 199 ; evacuation 

 of Petersburg and Richmond, 200 ; General Leo at Ame- 

 lia Court House, 200 ; dependence on foragers, 200 ; suf- 

 ferings for want of food, 200 ; scenes on the retreat, 200 ; 

 retreat on Lynchburg, 200 ; Grant asks Leo to surrender 

 200; Sheridan at Appomattox Court House, 201; Gor- 

 don repulsed, 201 ; scenes at the surrender of Lee, 201 ; 

 noble bearing of General Grant, 201 ; last words of Lea 

 to his'troops, 201 ; seat of government removed to Dan- 

 ville, 201 ; Semmes intrusted with the defence, 201 ; suc- 

 cessive movements of Mr. Davis and his cabinet, 201 ; de- 

 lay at Charlotte, 202 ; negotiations between Sherman and 

 Johnston, 202 ; flight of Mr. Davis and cabinet, 202; de- 

 moralization of the cavalry escort, 202 ; capture of Mr. 

 Davis, 202 ; demoralization among the slaves, 202 ; cessa- 

 tion of hostilities, 202. 



Confiscation. Steps taken in Richmond, 202 ; results of salei 

 of property in New Orleans, 202 ; case of Leroy M. Wiley, 

 202 ; proceedings suspen ded in reorganized States, 203. 



