360 



POST, SAMUEL A. L. L. 



PRENTICE, GEORGE D. 



and population, 686 ; foreign possessions, 686 ; 

 finances, 686; budget of the colonies, 686; 

 debt, 686; navigation, 686; army and navy, 

 686 ; commerce, 686 ; legislation, 687 ; Lisbon, 

 687. 



XV. Sovereign, 639 ; area and population, 

 639; debt, 639; finances, 639; trade, 639; 

 articles of import and export, 639; shipping, 

 639 ; navy and army, 640 ; speech of the King 

 to the Cortes, 640 ; its acts, 640. 



POST, SAMUEL ADAMS LYONS LAW, teacher 

 and journalist. XIII. Obituary of, 558. 



POST-OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES. VIII. 

 Origin, 626 ; postmasters and dates, 626 ; 

 growth of the service, 626; postal receipts, 

 626 ; deficiency, 626 ; receipts and expendi- 

 tures for each State, 626 ; organization of the 

 Department, 627; post-roads, 627; finances, 

 627 ; postmasters, 628 ; franking and postage, 

 628 ; transportation of the mails, 629 ; letter- 

 carrier system, 630 ; dead letters, 630 ; money- 

 order office, 631 ; postal cars, 631 ; registered 

 letters, 631 ; oceanic mail service, 632 ; in- 

 crease of postal facilities, 633. 



XII. Condition of, 700. 



POTGIETER, EVERHARD J., a Dutch poet. 

 XV. Biographical sketch of, 640. 



POTTER, ALONZO. V. Birth, 703; educa- 

 tion, 703; labors, 703; works, 704; death, 

 704. 



POTTER, ASA. XII. Obituary, 631. 



POTTER, CAPRINI. XI. Birth, 630; musi- 

 cal pursuits, 630 ; death, 630. 



POTTER, CHANDLER E. VIII. Birth, 633 ; 

 death, 633 ; pursuits, 633. 



POTTER, CLARRSON N. XI. Representative 

 from New York, 182 ; on the reconstruction 

 bill, 139. 



XV. Representative from New York, 138 ; 

 offers a resolution fixing the term of the presi- 

 dential office, 206. 



POTTER, HORATIO, Jr. XIV. Decease of, 

 646. 



POTTS, GEORGE. IV. Birth, 680; career, 

 680 ; death, 680. 



POTTS, JOHN. XI. Obituary, 623. 



POUILAT, CLAUDE S. M. VIII. Birth, 633; 

 death, 633 ; pursuits, 633. 



POUND STERLING. XIII. Value of, act of 

 Congress relative to, 645. 



POURNAIS, JACOB. XI. Obituary of, 580. 



POWELL, LAZARUS W. I. Senator in Thir- 

 ty-sixth Congress, 166; offers a resolution to 



refer President's message, relative to the state 

 of the country, to a committee of thirteen, 168 ; 

 remarks, 168; on the acts of President Lin- 

 coln, 230; on the right of Senators from 

 Western Virginia to seats, 236 ; on the con- 

 duct of the war, 236-238. 



II. Senator from Kentucky, 256 ; on con- 

 fiscation, 372. 



III. Senator from Kentucky, 233 ; offers a 

 resolution relative to arrests, 234 ; remarks on 

 arrests, 237, 238; on the transfer of certain 

 suits to the United States Courts, 250 ; on the 

 suspension of the habeas corpus, 253 ; on the 

 discharge of state prisoners, 257 ; on compen- 

 sated emancipation in Missouri, 317, 318. 



IV. Senator from Kentucky, 219 ; on 

 amending the Constitution, 264 ; on emancipa- 

 tion of the wives and children of colored sol- 

 diers, 268. 



V. Senator from Kentucky, 205 ; on giving 

 freedom to families of colored soldiers, 218 ; 

 on the electoral vote of Louisiana, 226; on 

 recognizing the government of Louisiana, 278. 



VII. Birth, 627; political life, 627; death, 

 627. 



POWELL, Prof. XII. Exploration of the 

 Colorado River, 327. 



POWELL, W. BIRD. VI. Birth, 620 ; career, 

 620 ; death, 620. 



POWER, JOHN. XII. Death of, 330 ; works, 

 330. 



POWERS, HIRAM. XIII. Birth, 645 ; death, 

 645 ; career as a sculptor, 645. 



POWERS, Rev. PHILANDER 0. XII. Obitu- 

 ary, 630. 



POWERS OF CONGRESS TO ENFORCE CONSTI- 

 TUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. XIV. 797. 



PRATT, DANIEL D. IX. Elected United 

 States Senator from Indiana, 356. 



XII. Senator from Indiana, 119 ; moves 

 an amendment to amnesty bill, 147; on dis- 

 turbances at the South, 201. 



XIV. Senator from Indiana, 150 ; relative 

 to the compensation of Senators, 164-169; 

 on specie payments, 180. 



XV. Appointed Commissioner of Internal 

 Revenue, 743 ; sketch of, 743. 



PRATT, Colonel ZADOCK. II. Obituary of, 

 572. 



PRENTICE, GEORGE DENISON. X. Birth, 

 620 ; death, 620 ; early career, 620 ; editor of 

 the Louisville Journal, 620 ; opposes secession, 

 620. 



