306 



MISSISSIPPI. 



ernor's message, 511 ; action of Legislature, 

 511; chancery courts, 512; free schools, 512; 

 act to provide for issuing certificates of indebt- 

 edness by State, 512; militia law, 513; ex- 

 emption law, 513 ; act in regard to defence of 

 insanity in cases of homicide, 513 ; tax-bill, 

 513 ; finances, 514 ; lands sold for delinquent 

 taxes, 514 ; charitable institutions, 514 ; ques- 

 tion of color in, 514; railroads, 515 ; immigra- 

 tion, 515 ; constitution of " Central Immigra- 

 tion Society," 515 ; population, 516 ; agricult- 

 ural products of six counties, 516. 



XL Finances, 522 ; schools, 522 ; State Uni- 

 versity, 522; Alcorn University, 523; public 

 institutions, 523; Ku-klux disturbances, 523, 

 524; session of Legislature, 524; measures, 

 524, 525 ; election, 525 ; opinion of Attorney- 

 General on terms of office, 525, 526 ; census 

 statistics of 1870, 526, 527; session of new 

 Legislature, 527. 



XII. Session of the Legislature, 645 ; legis- 

 lation, 545 ; new law providing for the man- 

 agement of the penitentiary, 545 ; reapportion- 

 ment of the State, 546 ; Democratic Convention 

 and resolutions, 546; results of the election, 

 546 ; general condition of affairs in the State, 

 546; finances, 546, 547; railroads, 547; rail- 

 road legislation, 547 ; projected railroads, 647 ; 

 improvement of harbors, 547; schools, 647, 



548 ; penitentiary, 548 ; Insane Asylum, 648 ; 

 statistics of occupations, 548 ; of agriculture, 

 548 ; of manufactures, 548 ; of newspapers and 

 periodicals, 548 ; of libraries, 549 ; of churches, 



549 ; of pauperism and crime, 549. 



XIII. Legislative session, 513 ; the subsidy 

 investigation, 513; collection of debts from 

 railroads, 513 ; political canvass, 513 ; Repub- 

 lican State Convention, 513 ; nominations, 513 ; 

 resolutions, 513; Conservative Convention, 

 514 ; nominations, 514 ; resolutions, 514 ; 

 proclamation of the Governor relative to the 

 legality of an election, 515; extra session of 

 the Legislature, 515 ; its proceedings, 515 ; 

 election, 515; revenue, 515; debt, 516; pub- 

 lic institutions, 516. 



XIV. Condition of affairs, 568 ; serious 

 conflict at Vicksburg between blacks and 

 whites, 568 ; statement of citizens, 568 ; proc- 

 lamation of Governor Ames, 569 ; address from 

 the tax-payers of Warren County, 569 ; ex- 

 tracts, 569, 5,70:; Governor Ames's statement, 

 570 ; proclamation against rioters in Warren 

 County, 671 ; proclamations of the Mayor of 



MISSOURI. 



Vicksburg, 571 ; extra session of the Legisla- 

 ture called by the Governor, 571 ; the Govern- 

 or's message, 672; reports of majority and 

 minority of the committee, 572; address by 

 Conservative members, 673 ; congressional in- 

 vestigation, 574; finances, 574; funding bill, 

 574; Equalization Board, 574; its duties, 574; 

 State debt, 574 ; railroads in the State, 

 575. 



XV. Tax-payers' organization, 512; pro- 

 ceedings, 512 ; petition and appeal to the Legis- 

 lature, 512 ; business of the Legislature, 513 ; 

 Alcorn University, 613; State finances, 513; 

 charitable institutions, 514; Democratic Con- 

 vention, 614; nominations and resolutions, 

 614; Republican Convention and nominations, 

 514; resolutions, 614; disturbances of the 

 peace, 615 ; letters of the Governor to Presi- 

 dent Grant, 515 ; reply through the Attorney- 

 General, 516; outbreak in Coahoma County, 

 516 ; dispatch of Senator Alcorn, 516 ; remon- 

 strance of Democratic Committee against pro- 

 ceedings of the Governor, 617; results of tho 

 election, 517; Democratic address, 617; testi- 

 mony of Republicans, 617 ; amendments to the 

 constitution ratified, 518. 



MISSISSIPPI RIVER EXPEDITION. I. Gun- 

 boats ordered by Fremont, 293 ; the gunboats, 

 293 ; their armament, 293 ; under command of 

 Andrew H. Foote, 293. 



MISSOURI. I. Its boundaries, 477 ; popula- 

 tion, 477; vote, 477; public sentiment of the 

 people, 477 ; views of Governor Jackson, 477 ; 

 vote to hold a convention, 477 ; it assembles, 

 478 ; address of the commissioners from Geor- 

 gia, 478 ; report of the Committee on Federal 

 Relations, 478; minority report, 478; details 

 of the action of the convention, 479; action 

 of the Governor, 479 ; war loan, 480 ; excite- 

 ment in the Legislature on the capture of Camp 

 Jackson, 480 ; proclamation of General Harney, 

 480 ; interview of Governor Jackson and Gen- 

 eral Price with General Lyon, 481 ; views o^ 

 General Lyon, 481; Governor Jackson's ac- 

 count of the interview, 481 ; order from the 

 War Department to General Harney, 482; 

 proclamation of General Lyon, 482; move- 

 ment of troops commenced, 483 ; proclamation 

 of Colonel Boernstein, 483; proclamation of 

 General Lyon to the people, 483; enlistment 

 of troops, 484; Fremont ordered to Missouri, 

 484 ; address of General Sweeny, 484 ; march 

 of General Lyon to Springfield, 485 ; his troops, 



