298 



MEXICO. 



orders for the government of citizens and dis- 

 posal of surrendered troops, 500; escape of 

 Marquez and execution of Vidaurri, 500 ; re- 

 turn of President Juarez to the capital, 500 ; 

 his address to the people, 500 ; reorganiza- 

 tion of the Government, 501 ; letter of con- 

 vocation, ordering an election of President and 

 members of Congress, and proposing amend- 

 ments to the Constitution, 501 ; result of the 

 election, 501 ; meeting of Congress, 501 ; sum- 

 mary of President's message, 501 ; reply of 

 the President of Congress, 501 ; unsettled 

 condition of the country, 502 ; insurrection in 

 Yucatan, 502 ; action of Congress for suppres- 

 sion of the revolt, 502. 



VIII. Area, 483; population, 483; States 

 in their order, 483 ; surface of the country, 

 483 ; rivers and lakes, 483 ; geographical for- 

 mation, 484; climate, 484; vegetation, 484; 

 races of population, 485 ; aboriginal inhabi- 

 tants, 485 ; products of the soil, 485 ; mineral 

 resources, 485 ; manufactures, 486 ; education, 

 486 ; insurrections during the past year, 487 ; 

 plot to assassinate the President, 487 ; revolu- 

 tionary movements, 487 ; pretensions of Mar- 

 tinez, instructions to him, 487; his proceed- 

 ings, 488 ; rebellion in Sinaloa, 488 ; grounds 

 of complaint, 488 ; address of Rivera, 488 ; 

 pronunciamiento, from Sierra Gorda, 489 ; 

 other insurrections, 489 ; one cause of dissatis- 

 faction, 490; Congress, 490; judiciary, 490; 

 Romero, 490 ; quiet in the summer, 490 ; re- 

 lease of Ortega, 491 ; fate of Patoni, 491 ; 

 address of the President to Congress, 491 ; 

 finances, 491 ; treaties, 491. 



IX. President, Benito Juarez, his career, 

 437; area, 437; population of the different 

 States, 437; schools, 437; population of prin- 

 cipal cities, 437 ; budget, 437 ; commerce and 

 shipping, 437; telegraphs, 437; session of 

 Congress, 437; trial of distinguished officials, 

 437 ; passage of railroad bills, 438 ; recognition 

 of Cuban belligerency, 438 ; policy of the Gov- 

 ernment, 438 ; address of President Juarez to 

 the Mexican Congress, 438 ; reply of the Pres- 

 ident of the Congress, 438 ; claims of citizens 

 of the United States against the Mexican Gov- 

 ernment, 439 ; treaty with Prussia, 440 ; friend- 

 ly note of the Prussian charge d'affaires to the 

 Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations, 440; 

 reply of the Mexican minister, 440 ; meeting 

 of the fifth Congress, 440 ; message of Presi- 

 dent Juarez, 440 ; honors to ex-Secretary Sew- 



ard, 441 ; outbreak of dissensions, 441 ; insur- 

 rections, 441 ; circular of the Minister of Fi- 

 nance in reference to goods shipped to Mexican 

 ports, 442. 



X. Government, 494; area, 494; popula- 

 tion, 494; population of cities, 494; budget, 

 494 ; imports and exports, 494 ; shipping, 494 ; 

 railroads and telegraphs, 494; political situa- 

 tion, 494; revolutionary proclamations, 494; 

 exactions of revolutionists, 495 ; action of Gov- 

 ernment, 495 ; suppression of revolt, 495 ; open- 

 ing of Congress, 495 ; message of President, 

 495 ; report of Minister Romero on the " free 

 zone," 496 ; claims against Treasury, 496 ; 

 suspension of writ of habeas corpus, 496 ; 

 amendment to Constitution creating Senate, 

 496 ; seizure of the Forward*, 496 (see Nary, 

 U. ) ; defeat of the revolutionary General 

 Cardena, 496 ; remarks of President Juarez on 

 adjournment of Congress, 497; earthquake, 

 497; General Martinez's rebellion, 497; cap- 

 ture of Guaymas by revolutionists, 497 ; cap- 

 ture of the Forward by the Mohican, 497 ; 

 capture of rebel Generals Negrete and Villa, 

 497; reopening of Congress and message of 

 President, 498; amnesty bill, 498; executive 

 order thereon, 499 ; Tehuantepec route, 499 ; 

 railroads and telegraphs, 499. 



XI. President, 508 ; area, population, 508 ; 

 finances, etc., 508 ; railroads and telegraphs, 

 508 ; Tehuantepec Railroad, 508 ; extra ses- 

 sion of Congress, 508 ; new cabinet, 508 ; 

 regular session of Congress, 508 ; presidential 

 election, 509; organization of new Congress, 

 509; insurrectionary movements, 509, 510. 



XII. Boundaries, 529 ; States, with popula- 

 tion and capitals, 529; population of chief 

 cities, 529 ; ministry, 529 ; army, 530 ; imports 

 and exports, 530 ; port movements, 530 ; rail- 

 roads and telegraphs, 630; revenues for 1870, 

 530 ; expenditures, 530 ; national debt, 530 ; 

 public instruction, 530 ; taking of the city of 

 Oajaca, 531 ; recapture of Zacatecas, 531 ; 

 dissensions among the revolutionists, 531 ; plan 

 of the revolutionists, 531 ; deaths from small- 

 pox, 532; disorders, 532; Zacatecas won by 

 the Government, 532 ; successes of the revolu- 

 tionists, 532; railroad enterprises, 532, 533; 

 condition of the Treasury, 533 ; defeat of revo- 

 lutionists, 533 ; end of the campaign, 533 ; de- 

 feat of General Ceballos, 534 ; pacification of 

 the western part of the republic, 534 ; Govern- 

 ment forces enter Monterey, 534; abductions by 



