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Democratic Convention, 451 ; address to Presi- 

 dent Lincoln, 451 ; letter of General Sherman 

 relative to raids of the enemy, 452 ; procla- 

 mation of the President declaring martial law, 

 452 ; arrests of citizens, 453 ; treatment, 453 ; 

 order relative to the poll-book, 453 ; elections, 

 453; proclamation of the Governor, 453; 

 state of the slaves, 4 A ; rebel State govern- 

 ment, 454. 



V. Population decreased, 458 ; troops fur- 

 nished to the Federal armies, 458, 459 ; claims 

 against the Federal Government, 459 ; public 

 debt, 459; sinking-fund, 459; table showing 

 the decline in value of taxable property, 459 ; 

 measures for the reorganization of the militia, 

 459, 460 ; unsettled condition of affairs at the 

 beginning of the year, 460 ; guerrilla bands and 

 internal disorders, 460 ; act of the Legislature 

 reorganizing the militia, 460 ; repealed at the 

 extra session in May, 461 ; order of General 

 Palmer in relation to arrests and the protec- 

 tion of colored people, etc., 461 ; surrender of 

 Colonel Getner to General Hobson, 461 ; sur- 

 render of Patterson, Norwood, Roddy, Malone, 

 and Harper, 461 ; question as to the u homes " 

 of disbanded Southern soldiers, 461 ; opinion 

 of the Attorney-General, 461 ; order of the 

 Secretary of War, 461 ; disorganization of la- 

 bor, 461 ; condition of the colored population, 

 462 ; order of General Palmer making free 

 the wives and children of colored soldiers, 

 462 ; amendment to the Federal Constitution 

 rejected by the Legislature in February, 462 ; 

 remarks of Governor Bramlette, 4^52 ; com- 

 pensation to owners of enlisted slaves, 462, 

 463 ; great decline in the value of slave-prop- 

 erty, 463 ; effect of emancipation on the value 

 of real estate, 463 ; State election, 463 ; views 

 of the Conservatives, 463 ; speech of General 

 Palmer, 463 ; order of General Palmer in re- 

 lation to the elections, 464; proclamation of 

 Governor Bramlette as to the qualifications of 

 voters, 464 ; result of the election, 465 ; com- 

 plaints of interference of the military, 465 ; 

 difficulties between civil and military authori- 

 ties, 465; interference of General Palmer in 

 several cases, 465 ; application by the Govern- 

 or for his removal, 465; order of General 

 Palmer after the adoption of the constitutional 

 amendment by three-fourths of the States, 

 466 ; withdrawal of martial law, 466 ; corre- 

 spondence of General Palmer with Secretary 

 . Stanton in relation to the migration of negroes, 



466 ; order retaining General Palmer in com- 

 mand of the department, 466 ; meeting of the 

 Legislature in November, 466; constitutional 

 amendment again rejected, 466 ; Freedmen's 

 Bureau, 466 ; charitable institutions, 466. 



VI. Quiet in the State, 423 ; finances, 423; 

 resolutions of Union members of the Legisla- 

 ture, 424 ; Freedmen's Bureau question, 424 ; 

 views of the Governor, 424 ; correspondence 

 with General Palmer, 424; feelings toward 

 the f reedmen, 424 ; convention of Uni6n sol- 

 diers, 424 ; resolutions of Democratic Con- 

 vention, 425 ; Lynch law, 425 ; robberies of 

 railroad-trains, 426; amendment to the Fed- 

 eral Constitution, 426. 



VII. Action of the Legislature, 421; elec- 

 tion of Senator, 421 ; rejection of amendment 

 to Federal Constitution, 421 ; resolutions on 

 Federal relations, 421 ; lawless operations of 

 the " Regulators," etc., 422 ; political cam- 

 paign, 422; Democratic Convention, 422; 

 Republican Convention, 423; Third Party 

 Convention, 423 ; election of Representatives 

 to Congress, 423; result of State election, 

 423; inauguration and death of Governor 

 Helm, 423; finances of the State, 423; edu- 

 cational matters, 424; lunatic asylums, 424; 

 penitentiary, 424; Legislature of 1867-68, 

 424; resolutions on Federal relations, 424; 

 provision for election of Governor, 425 ; call 

 of Democratic Convention of 1868, 425. 



VIII. Legislative sessions, 404; acts and 

 resolutions, 404 ; memorial to Congress against 

 the exclusion of representatives, 404; resolu- 

 tions on a general amnesty, 404, 405; peni- 

 tentiary, 405; insane asylums, 405; school 

 system, 405; State expenses, 405; political 

 conventions, 405. 



IX. Disorders, 377; extra session of the 

 Legislature, 377 ; measures adopted, 377 ; rati- 

 fication of the fifteenth amendment, 377 ; Re- 

 publican Convention, 377; resolutions, 377; 

 Democratic Convention, 378; election, 378; 

 meeting of the General Assembly, 878 ; elec- 

 tion of United States Senator, 378 ; financial 

 condition, 378 ; insufficiency of the revenue 

 causes, 378 ; charitable institutions, 378 ; peni- 

 tentiary, 378; judicial decision affirming the 

 powers of a State to tax United State bonds, 

 379; constitutionality of the civil-rights bill, 

 379 ; internal improvements, 379 ; encourage- 

 ment to immigration, 379. 



X. Population, 423 ; State valuation, 423 ; 



