ELECTRIC WAVES. 



EMMONS, EBENEZER. 



179 



quake-shocks, 280 ; the magnetic counter, 281 ; 

 the electric tell-tale, 281 ; electro-chemical 

 copying%ress, 282; duration of the electric 

 spark, 282 ; spectrum of lightning, 282 ; elec- 

 trical condition of gas-flames, 282 ; experiments 

 on, 282, 283; passage of electricity through 

 gases, 283 ; measuring atmospheric electricity, 

 283 ; electricity of plants, 284 ; new forms of 

 hattery, 284, 285. 



ELECTRIC WAVES. XII. Velocity of, 285. 



ELGIN, JAMES BRUCE. III. Birth, 358; 

 death, 358 ; public services, 358. 



ELIOT, THOMAS D. III. Representative 

 from Massachusetts, 324 ; on the admission of 

 members from Louisiana, 324. 



V. Representative from Massachusetts, 

 205 ; on reconstruction, 249 ; on freedmen's 

 affairs, 294-296. 



VI. Representative from Massachusetts, 

 124 ; on report of conference committee, 212. 



VII. Representative from Massachusetts, 

 131 ; on investigating the New Orleans riot, 

 202. 



X. Birth, 276; death, 276; member, of 

 Congress, 276 ; takes part in organization of 

 Republican party in Massachusetts, 277 ; again 

 in Congress, 277 ; friend of colored race, 277. 



ELLENBOROUGU, EDWARD LAW, Earl of. XL 

 Birth, death, career, 288. 



ELLEEY, Commodore FRANK. XL Obituary 

 of, 572. 



ELLET, CHARLES, Jr. II. Birth, 412 ; edu- 

 cation, 412 ; pursuits, 412 ; death, 412. 



ELLIOT, GEORGE T., M. D. XL Obituary 

 of, 569. 



ELLIOTSON,JOHN. VIII. Birth, 246 ; death, 

 246 ; career, 246. 



ELLIOTT, CHARLES, an English admiral. XV. 

 Biographical sketch of, 265. 



ELLIOTT, CHARLES. IX. Birth, 246 ; death, 

 246 ; pursuits, 246. 



ELLIOTT, CHARLES L. VIII. Birth, 246; 

 death, 246 ; pursuits, 246. 



ELLIOTT, CHARLOTTE. XL Obituary of, 

 601. 



ELLIOTT, DAVID. XIV. Birth, 282 ; cleri- 

 cal career, 282 ; death, 282. 



ELLIOTT, ROBERT B. XIV. Representa- 

 tive from South Carolina, 208 ; on the civil- 

 rights bill, 208. 



ELLIS, Sir HENRY. IX. Birth, 247 ; death, 

 247 ; pursuits, 247 ; works, 247. 



ELLIS, JOHN W. I. Birth, 284 ; education, 



284; offices in North Carolina, 284; elected 

 Governor, 284 ; orders the forts to be seized, 

 284; letter of, to President Buchanan, 537, 

 538; answer of, to President Lincoln's call, 

 538, 539 ; proclamation of, 539 ; message of, 

 539. 



ELLIS, Rev. WILLIAM. XII. Birth, death, 

 285 ; travels, 285 ; works, 285 ; Ms wife, 286 ; 

 her works, 286. 



ELLSWORTH, EPHRAIM E. L Birth, 284; 

 education, 284 ; organizes the Chicago Zouave 

 corps, 284 ; raises a regiment of volunteers in 

 New York, 284 ; cause of his death, 285. 



ELLSWORTH, WILLIAM W. VIII. Birth, 

 247 ; death, 247 ; pursuits, 247. 



ELY, ALFRED. VI. Birth, 283; pursuits, 

 283 ; death, 283. 



ELY, Rev. SAMUEL R., D. D., Presbyterian 

 clergyman. XIII. Obituary of, 564. 



ELY, WILLIAM MATHER. XII. Obituary, 

 606. 



ELZEY, ARNOLD. XL Obituary of, 571. 



EMANCIPATION. II. In the District of Co- 

 lumbia, passage of the bill for, 343, 344 ; mes- 

 sage of President Lincoln to Congress on 

 emancipation with compensation, 720; proc- 

 lamation countermanding the emancipation 

 order of General Hunter, 720 ; appeal to the 

 border States on emancipation, 721 ; reply of 

 their congressional representatives, 722 ; proc- 

 lamation of emancipation, 725 ; do., 736 ; re- 

 taliatory proclamation, 737; military necessity 

 of, 794. 



XL In Brazil, 84, 85. 



EMERSON, BENJAMIN D. XII. Obituary, 

 629. 



EMERSON, Rev. BROWN. XII. Birth, death, 

 286 ; career, 286. 



EMIGRATION. III. Arrivals at New York 

 in 1863, 359 ; nationalities, 359 ; increase of 

 emigration, 359 ; benefits, 359. 



XIII. To the United States, 757; countries 

 represented, 758 ; distribution of sex and age, 

 758 ; occupations, 758. 



EMMANUEL, VICTOR, King of Italy. VII. 

 Birth and accession, 408. 



EMMET, ROBERT, lawyer, justice New York 

 Superior Court. XIII. Obituary of, 562. 



EMMONS, Prof. EBENEZER. I. Taconic Sys- 

 tem, 670. 



II. Birth, 359 ; death, 359 ; pursuits, 359 ; 

 geological views, 360 ; how received, 360 ; his 

 treatment, 361. 



