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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



MOTT, VAUarrraE. Birth, 694 ; education, 695 ; professional 

 career, 695 ; works, 596 ; honors, 596. 



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NAPOLEON, EMPEEOB. Address on opening the French 

 Chambers, 866 ; visit to Algeria, 868 ; proclamations to 

 Europeans and Arabs, 868 ; letter to Prince Napoleon in 

 relation to his speech at Ajaccio, 868; on the Mexican 

 expedition, 870. 



Nassau. Government, 596 ; area and population, 596 ; capi- 

 tal, 596 ; religious statistics, 596 ; army contingent, 

 596. 



2faty t Confederate. See Army Operations and Diplo- 

 matic Correspondence. 



A'ary, United States. Squadrons and commanders, 596; 

 operations of the North Atlantic squadron, 597 ; second 

 attack on Fort Fisher, 597 ; diagram showing the posi- 

 tion of the vessels and the lines.of fire, 59S ; declaration 

 of Admiral Porter, 597; the gunboat Eolus nt Fayette- 

 ville, 697; vessels blown up by the enemy at Richmond, 

 697; operations of the South Atlantic squadron, 697; 

 destruction of the Columbia, 597 ; occupation of George- 

 town, etc., 597 ; sinking of the monitor Patapsco, 597 ; 

 destruction of the Dai Cuing, 597; the Harvest Moon 

 sunk, 599 ; operations of the East Gulf squadron, 599 ; 

 operations at Mobile, 699 ; surrender of Confederate ves- 

 sels in the Tombigbee, 599 ; destruction of the Confed- 

 erate ram W. H. Webb, 599 ; the Iron-clad ram Stone- 

 wall, 599 ; escape from Ferrol and Lisbon, 600 ; at lla- 

 vana, 600 ; surrender, 600 ; the Shenandoah, 600 ; at Ma- 

 deira, 600; at Melbourne, 600 ; in the North Pacific, 600 ; 

 return to the Mersey, 600 ; surrender, 600 ; results of tho 

 operations of Southern cruisers, 600 ; vessels captured 

 or destroyed by United States cruisers, 600, 601 ; value 

 of vessels and property captured or destroyed, 601 ; re- 

 duction of the home squadrons, 601 ; foreign squadrons 

 reestablished or strengthened, 601 ; navy statistics, 601 ; 

 League Island station for iron-clads, 602; Mound City 

 station, 602 ; Algiers, 602 ; description of the ram Dun- 

 derberg, 602 ; tabular statement of dimensions and power, 

 602 ; comparative healthiness of Iron-clads and wooden 

 vessels, 608 ; power and seaworthy qualities of the Mo- 

 nadnock, 608; capacity of American navy yards, 608; 

 English navy yards, 603 ; Naval Academy, 603 ; inade- 

 quacy of the buildings, 603 ; naval pension fond, 604 ; 

 navy pension roll, 604 ; expenses of the Naval Depart- 

 ment in 1861-'65, 604; table showing reduction of ex- 

 penses, 604 ; estimates for the year ending June, 1867, 

 604. 



Netherlands. King and heir-apparent, 604; constitution of 

 first and second Chambers, 604 ; area and population, 

 604 ; capital and largest cities, 604 ; religious statistics, 

 604; educational statistics, 604; population of colonial 

 possessions, 604; East India possessions, 605; finances, 

 605; army and navy, 605; imports and exports, 605; 

 movement of shipping, 605 ; number and tonnage of ves- 

 sels, 605 ; repeal of the municipal excise act, 605 ; non- 

 repeal of the newspaper stamp act, 605. 



Netad a. Proceedings of the Legislature, 605; November 

 elections, 605 ; resolutions of the. Republican Conven- 

 tion, 605 ; public debt, 605; silver mines, 606 ; the Com- 

 etock lode, 606; limit of productiveness, 606; shaft- 

 sinking, tunnelling and draining, 607; products of the 

 Comstock ledge, 607. 



Ifeto Hampshire. Political canvass, 607 ; result of the elec- 

 tions, 607; proceedings of the Legislature, 607; anti- 

 slavery amendment to the Federal Constitution ratified, 

 607; resolutions on national affairs, 607, 60S; State 

 finances, 608; banks, 608; statistics of common schools, 



608; troops furnished during the war, 608; Governoi 

 Smyth on the resources and products of the State, 608. 



New Jersey. Finances, 608, 609 ; number of men furnished 

 to the Federal armies, 609; war expenditures, 609; 

 " Soldiers' Children's Home," 609 ; organization of the 

 militia, 609 ; education, 609 ; " College for the Benefit of 

 Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts," 609 ; State Luna- 

 tic Asylum, 610 ; State Prison, 610 ; survey of marl and 

 iron ore region, 610 ; Governor Parker on the New Tork 

 quarantine, 610 ; railroad controversy, 610 ; amendment 

 to the Federal Constitution rejected, 610; Republican 

 and Democratic conventions, 610 ; results of the Novem- 

 ber elections, 611. 



New Tork. Troops furnished to the Federal Government, 

 611 ; the National Guard, 611 ; troops furnished by New 

 Tork City, 611; "Hall of Military Record," 611; treas- 

 ury receipts and payments, 611 ; funded debt, 611 ; direct 

 tax, 611 ; canal receipts and expenditures, 611 ; remarks 

 of Comptroller Robinson, 612 ; stock and debts of rail- 

 roads, 612 ; earnings of railroads, 612 ; banks, 612 ; con- 

 dition of common schools, 612 ; receipts and expendi- 

 tures, 612, 618; number of pupils receiving instruction, 

 613; charitable institutions, 618; State prisons, 613; 

 quarantine difficulties, 613 ; nomination and resolutions 

 of the Democratic and Republican Conventions, 613- 

 615 ; results of the elections, 615 ; vote on the Constitu- 

 tional amendment, 615 ; convention of colored men, 

 615; State census, 615; causes of decrease and increase 

 of population in towns, 616 ; population of the State by 

 counties, 616; population of New York City, 616; ratio 

 of representation, 616. 



Nicaragua. See Central America. 



Nomenclature and Notation, Chemical. Profound trans- 

 formation of chemical science, 616; opposing views, 

 617 ; remarks of Prof. Miller, 617 ; basis of the old and 

 new notations, 617 ; determination of weight and volume 

 ratios, 618; glance at the rise of the type theory, 618; 

 weight and volume of atoms and of molecules, 619 ; 

 analysis of the four leading types, 619 ; atomicity or 

 quantivalence of bodies, 620; the type theory not arbi- 

 trary, 620 ; table of elements and chemical values, 621 ; 

 nomenclature, 621 ; examples of the new notation and 

 the proposed new nomenclature, 622 ; sources of infor- 

 mation, 623. 



North Carolina. Proclamations of Gov. Vance, 623 ; or- 

 ders of Gen. Schofield, 623, 624 ; expressions of public 

 opinion, 624; W. W. Holden appointed Provisional 

 Governor, 625 ; proclamation of Gov. Holden for a con- 

 stitutional convention, 625 ; political parties, 626 ; meet- 

 ing of the convention, 626 ; remarks of the president, 626 ; 

 message of Gov. Holden, 626 ; appointment of commh- 

 tecs, 626; ordinances passed, 626, 627; despatch from 

 President Johnson in relation to the State debt, 627 ; war 

 debt repudiated, 627; ordinance of secession declared 

 null and void, 627 ; armed police and militia, 627 ; social 

 position of the people, 627 ; address of Mr. Reade to Presi- 

 dent Johnson, 628 ; reply of the President, 628 ; despatch 

 of the President to Gov. Holden, 628 ; action of the Legis- 

 lature, 628; address of Gov. Worth, 629; Provisional 

 Governor Holden relieved, 629 ; State debt, 629 ; losses 

 by the war, 629 ; employment of freedmen, 629 ; colored 

 equal rights league, 629. 



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Obituaries, American. Marlatt, A. G., 630; McDonald, 

 A. W., 680 ; Merseles, Jacob M., 680 ; Wright, Austin 

 H., 680; Milnor, Mrs. E., 680; Weld, L. L., 680; Ewen, 

 D., 630; Bartlett,W. P. G., 680; Fowler, CoL S., 680; 

 Kempshall, T., 630; Harper, J. M., 680; Bell CoL L, 



