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troops, 552 ; Governor's appeal, 552 ; call for 

 General Beauregard, 553 ; affairs in New Or- 

 leans before its capture, 553 ; address of Gov- 

 ernor Moore to the citizens with regulations 

 relative to Federal forces, 553 ; military opera- 

 tions in the State, 554. 



III. Organization'of the provisional judi- 

 ciary, 585 ; provost court, 586 ; district courts, 

 586 ; provisional court, 587 ; Supreme Court, 

 588; movements for a reorganization of the 

 State government, 589 ; plan commenced, 589 ; 

 registry, 589 ; delegates to Washington, 590 ; 

 answer of President Lincoln, 590 ; constitu- 

 tions of Louisiana, 590 ; two parties, 590 ; ad- 

 dress of Central Executive Committee, 591 ; 

 correspondence with Free State Committee, 

 591 ; petition of colored people to be registered 

 as voters, 591 ; proclamation of General Banks 

 to the people, 592 ; election, 593 ; views of the 

 Free State General Committee, 593 ; nomina- 

 tions for Governor, 593 ; no State government 

 created by the election, 593 ; Confederate elec- 

 tion, 594 ; regulations of General Banks rela- 

 tive to the labor of freedmen, 594, 595. 



IV. Proceedings relative to the formation 

 of a State government, 475 ; the basis, 475 ; 

 order of General Banks relative to the qualifi- 

 cations of voters, 476; candidates for Gov- 

 ernor, 476 ; the vote, 476 ; the inauguration, 

 477 ; oath of office, 477 ; order of President 

 Lincoln, 477 ; order of General Banks relative 

 to the election of delegates to a State Conven- 

 tion, 478 ; election, 478 ; convention assem- 

 bles, 479 ; vote on the constitution, 479 ; its feat- 

 ures, 479 ; franchise of colored persons, 479 ; 

 views of General Banks, 479 ; board of educa- 

 tion for freedmen, 480 ; free labor, 480 ; fail- 

 ure of crops, 480 ; receipts of produce at New 

 Orleans, 480 ; Provisional Court, 480 ; the va- 

 lidity of its organization, 480; opinion of 

 Judge Peabody, 480. 



V. Government, 508 ; draft, 508 ; members 

 of Congress elected, 509 ; registration, 509 ; 

 proclamation of acting Governor Wells, 509 ; 

 resignation of Governor Hahn, 510; address 

 of General Hurlbut, 510; close of Governor 

 Allen's administration, 510 ; address of Gov- 

 ernor Wells, 510 ; reorganization of parishes, 

 511 ; discussion as to the validity of the State 

 government, 511 ; State election ordered, 511 ; 

 qualification of voters, 511 ; Democratic Con- 

 vention at New Orleans, 511 ; resolutions, 

 512; extract from an address of the Nation- 



al Conservative Union party, 512 ; platform, 

 512; nomination of Governor Wells and ex- 

 Governor Allen for Governor, 513 ; position 

 of Governor Wells, 513; result of the No- 

 vember election, 513 ; resolutions of Radi- 

 cal Republicans, 513 ; extra session of the Leg- 

 islature, 514; majority and minority reports 

 of a committee in relation to calling a con- 

 stitutional convention, 514 ; election of Sena- 

 tors, 514 ; status of freedmen, 514 ; adoption 

 of the amendment to the Federal Constitution, 

 614, 515 ; labor system, 515 ; demoralization 

 of the negroes, 515 ; freedmen's schools, 515 ; 

 results of confiscation in New Orleans, 515 ; 

 sugar-estates liable to confiscation, 515 ; let- 

 ter of Chief-Justice Chase to an assembly of 

 blacks, 515. 



VI. Session of the Legislature, 447; con- 

 stitutional amendments considered, 447; acts 

 of Legislature, 447 ; veto, 447 ; Governor's 

 views, 447 ; debate on the message, 447; bill 

 passed over the veto, 448; resolutions sent 

 to President Johnson, 448 ; oath for electors, 

 448; city election, 449; dispatch of Presi- 

 dent Johnson, 449 ; order of General Can- 

 by against the Mayor of New Orleans, 449 ; 

 proceedings of the mayor, 449; message to 

 the City Council, 449 ; seats contested, 449 ; 

 changes in the government of New Orleans 

 in five years, 449; action of the Legislature 

 on a State Convention, 450; origin of the 

 constitution, 450 ; report of the delegation to 

 Washington, 450 ; election of parish officers, 



451 ; Radical meeting, 451 ; speech of Mr. 

 Shannon, 451 ; speech of Dr. Dostie, 451 ; 

 efforts for universal suffrage, 451 ; public meet- 

 ings, 451 ; plan to reconvoke the convention, 



452 ; charge of Judge Abell to the grand-jury, 

 452 ; report of the mayor to the President, 

 453 ; reply, 453 ; proclamation 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; letter of General Baird, 

 455 ; riot in New Orleans, 455 ; letters of Gen- 

 eral Sheridan, 456 ; letter of President John- 

 son, 456 ; reply of Sheridan, 456 ; answer of 

 the Secretary 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. 



