390 



SMITH, REBECCA. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



SMITH, Mrs. REBECCA. XII. Obituary, 609. 



SMITH, RICHARD M. XI. Obituary of, 587. 



SMITH, SEBA. VIII. Birth, 692 ; death, 692 ; 

 writings, 692. 



SMITH, STANLEY, Earl of Derby. XIV. Bio- 

 graphical sketch of, 370. 



SMITH, STEPHEN, colored citizen. XIII. 

 Obituary of, 580. 



SMITH, Major THOMAS L. XI. Obituary of, 

 591. 



SMITH, THOMAS M. IV. Birth, 752 ; pur- 

 suits, 752 ; death, 752. 



SMITH, THOMAS U. XIV. Decease of, 648. 



SMITH, TOULMIN. IX. Birth, 632 ; death, 

 632 ; pursuits, 632. 



SMITH, TYLER, M. D., English physician and 

 medical writer. XIII. Obituary of, 598. 



SMITH, Commodore WILLIAM, U. S. N. XIII. 

 Obituary of, 569. 



SMITH, WILLIAM PRESCOTT. XII. Obitu- 

 ary, 629. 



SMITH, WYNDHAM. XII. Obituary, 640. 



SNYDER, Mrs. MARY. XII. Obituary, 638. 



SOBCLSUCIIIROFF, YASILY IVANOVITCII. XII. 

 Obituary, 647. 



SODA, BIBORATE OF. VI. Found in Cali- 

 fornia, 692 ; constituent parts of water, 692 ; 

 annual supply estimated, 692. 



SODA AND CHLORINE RESIDUES. VI. Nature 

 of, 692 ; utilizers, 692 ; treatment, 692 ; various 

 processes, 693. 



SODA AND SODA COMPOUNDS. VI. Processes 

 for the preparation of, 694; outline of Le- 

 blanc's, 695 ; theory of Leblanc, 696 ; other 

 processes, 697 ; preparation of soda chlorine, 

 etc., acids, 697; Kapp's soda process, 698; 

 process with baryta, etc., 698 ; process by di- 

 rect action on common salt, 698 ; soda from 

 cryolite, 699 ; oxidation of crude soda liquors, 

 699 ; preparation of pure soda, 699. 



SOLID BODIES, FLOW OF. VI. Explana- 

 tion, 700 ; experiments, 700 ; phenomena, 700. 



SOMMFJLLIER, GERMANE. XI. Obituary of, 

 599. 



SOMMERS, CHARLES G. VIII. Birth, 692 ; 

 death, 692 ; pursuits, 692. 



SOMERYILLE, Mrs. MARY FAIRFAX. XII. 

 Birth, death, 731 ; works, 731. 



SOPHIA WILHELMINA, Archduchess of Austria. 

 XIII. 52. 



SOPHRONITS, Patriarch of Alexandria. XIII. 

 His letter to the committee of the Protestant 

 Episcopal Church, 341. 



SORGHUM. VI. The sort of cane, 700; 

 cultivation, 701 ; expressing of the juice, 702 ; 

 purification, 703 ; processes, 705 ; sugar, 70G ; 

 other uses, 706 ; profits of culture, 707 ; year- 

 ly product, 707. 



SORSO, LOCI AMAT BI SAN FELLIPPO E. XI. 

 Obituary of, 604. 



SOl'LE, Re?. JOSHUA. VII. Birth and death, 

 689 ; clerical labors, 689. 



SOULE, PIERRE. X. Birth, 679 ; career, 

 679 ; death, 679. 



SOULOUQUE, FAUSTEV. VII. Birth and death, 

 690; military career, 690; political schemes, 

 690. 



SOUTH AFRICA. XI. Diamonds in, 253. 



SOUTH AMERICA. XII. Geographical dis- 

 coveries and explorations in, 339. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. I. Determines to attack 

 Fort Sumter, 132 ; her members retire from 

 Congress, 206 ; description of, 646 ; debate 

 on secession in the Legislature of, in 1850, 646, 

 647 ; electoral vote of the State cast for Breck- 

 inridge, November 6, 1860, 647; act passed by 

 Legislature calling a State Convention to meet 

 at Columbia, December 17, 1860, 647; mes- 

 sage of Governor Gist, 647 ; military bill passed, 

 647 ; Governor Gist's farewell message, Decem- 

 ber, 1860, 647; Governor Pickens's inaugural, 

 December 10, 1860, 647, 648 ; convention as- 

 sembled, December 17, 648; Mr. Jamison's 

 opening address, 648; convention adjourns to 

 Charleston on account of small-pox at Colum- 

 bia, 649 ; committees appointed by convention, 

 649 ; ordinance of secession, 650 ; Governor 

 authorized to appoint collectors of customs, 

 postmasters, etc., and incumbents to hold over 

 till such appointments are made, 650 ; discus- 

 sion on this subject, 650, 651 ; ordinance of 

 secession signed, 651 ; address to people of 

 Southern States, 651 ; declaration of causes, 

 prepared by Mr. Memminger, 651, 652 ; com- 

 missioners appointed to proceed to Washing- 

 ton and treat with the Federal Government for 

 the delivery of the forts, magazines, light- 

 houses, etc., to the sovereign State of South 

 Carolina, 651 ; the manner in which secession 

 was effected, 652, 653; declaration adopted, 

 653 ; Governor Pickens's proclamation, 653 ; 

 report of committee on relations with other 

 slaveholding States, 653; transfer of powers 

 of Congress to State Legislature by the con- 

 vention, 653 ; anxiety concerning forts in 

 Charleston harbor, and pledge of members of 



