MEXICO, EMPEROR OF. 



kidnappers, 534 ; Don Sebastian Lerdo de Teja- 

 da becomes temporary President, 534 ; his proc- 

 lamation, 535 ; attack on San Luis by the revo- 

 lutionists, 536 ; funeral of Juarez, 536 ; investi- 

 gation into the excesses committed on the 

 American frontier by Mexican soldiers, 536 ; re- 

 volutionary chiefs accept amnesty, 537 ; funeral 

 ceremonies of Juarez by the Masonic fraternity, 

 537 ; Lerdo de Tejada elected President, 537 .; 

 agricultural resources of Mexico, 537, 538; 

 geographical discoveries and explorations in, 

 343. 



XIII. Boundaries, 492 ; divisions of the re- 

 public, 492; populations, 492; capitals, 492; 

 Mexican cities, 492; officers of the Govern- 

 ment, 492; receipts and expenditures, 492; 

 debt, 493 ; army, 493 ; commerce, 493 ; ship- 

 ping, 493 ; railways, 493 ; telegraphs, 493 ; 

 schools and institutions, 494; tariff of Mata- 

 moras, 494 ; correspondence with the British 

 Government, 494; investigation of affairs on 

 the Texan frontier, 495 ; movements of In- 

 dians, 496 ; disturbances, 496 ; epizootic, 496 ; 

 banquet to American citizens, 496 ; decision 

 relative to imported merchandise, 496 ; mat- 

 ters before Congress, 496, 497 ; speech of Pres- 

 ident Lerdo, 497; expulsion of Jesuits, 498; 

 acts of the second session of Congress, 498 ; 

 biographical notice of President Lerdo, 499. 



XIV. Boundaries, 551 ; divisions, 551 ; pop- 

 ulation, 551 ; Government, 551 ; finances, 552; 

 public debt, 552; coinage, 552; product of 

 mines, 552 ; silver-mines of Sinaloa, 553 ; Low- 

 er California, 553 ; articles of export, 553 ; ag- 

 ricultural products, 553; total exports, 553; 

 relative imports, 554 ; exports from Yucatan, 

 554 ; shipping movement, 554 ; railways, 554 ; 

 railway contracts, 554 ; army, 555 ; public in- 

 struction, 555 ; President's message to Congress, 

 555 ; murder of the missionary Stephens, 556. 



XV. Boundaries, 497 ; divisions and popu- 

 lation, 497; Indians, 497; public affairs, 497; 

 governors of States, 497 ; finances, 498 ; com- 

 merce, 498 ; shipping, 498 ; opposition to the 

 Government, 498 ; statements of American 

 minister, 498 ; speech of the President, 499 ; 

 speech of the President at the opening of the 

 fall session of Congress, 500. 



MEXICO, FERDINAND MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH, 

 Emperor of. VII. History of, 502-504. 



MEYERBEER, GIACOMO. IV. Birth, 529 ; 

 musical compositions, 529 ; death, 530. 



MEYR, Dr. MELCHIOR. XI. Obituary, 596. 



MICHIGAN. 



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MICIIELET, JULES. XIV. Birth, 556 ; liter- 

 ary career, 556 ; writings, 556 ; death, 556. 



MICHIGAN. I. Its boundaries, 469; popu- 

 lation, 469 ; valuation of property, 469 ; per- 

 sonal liberty laws, 469; message of the Gov- 

 ernor to the Legislature, 469 ; acts of the Legis- 

 lature, 470 ; response to the call for troops, 

 470 ; extra session of the Legislature, 470 ; 

 troops sent into the field, 470; railroads, 471 ; 

 Upper Peninsula, 471 ; its copper-mines, 471 ; 

 organization of companies, 471; debt of the 

 State, 471 ; amendment to the State constitu- 

 tion, 471. 



II. Situation, 585 ; Legislature, 585 ; reso- 

 lutions of, 585; political organizations, 585; 

 resolutions of the Democratic organization, 

 585 ; nominations, 585 ; Republican nomina- 

 tions, 585 ; votes of the citizens, 585 ; troops 

 contributed, 585 ; railroads in the State, 585 ; 

 institutions of education, 585 ; salt-manufact- 

 ures, 586 ; State debt, 586 ; its Agricultural 

 College, 5. 



III. Legislature, 645 ; its resolutions, 645 ; 

 Democratic Convention and resolutions, 645 ; 

 do. Republican, 645 ; election, 646 ; troops 

 furnished to the army, 646 ; popular disturb- 

 ances in Detroit, 646 ; finances, 646 ; educa- 

 tion, 646 ; mineral resources, 646. 



IV. Finances, 530 ; fisheries, 531 ; white- 

 fish of the lakes, 531 ; copper-mines, 531 ; sa- 

 line springs, 531 ; agriculture, 531 ; troops sent 

 to the war, 532 ; correspondence with the pro- 

 vost-marshal, 532 ; report of a committee on 

 quotas, 533 ; difficulties, 533 ; raid from Cana- 

 da feared, 533 ; electi<*is, 533. 



V. Action of the Legislature, 566 ; receipts 

 and expenditures, 566 ; war bounty loan, 566 ; 

 war-fund account, 566; sinking-funds, 566; 

 trust-fund debt, 566 ; charges against the Gen- 

 eral Government, 566 ; troops raised by the 

 State, 566 ; agricultural products, 567 ; sheep 

 and wool, 567 ; lumber-trade, 567 ; mining 

 products, 567 ; shipments of copper, 567 ; Por- 

 tage Lake Harbor and Ship-Canal, 567 ; product 

 of apples, 567 ; new method of preserving 

 fruit, 567, 568 ; population of the largest towns 

 in 1864, 568; results of the April elections, 

 568. 



VI. Finances of the State, 507 ; taxes, 507 ; 

 meeting of the Republican Convention, 507 ; 

 do. of the Democratic, 508; election, 508; 

 who are negroes, etc., 508 ; penitentiary, 508 ; 

 State Reform School, 509 ; public schools, 509; 



