UNITED STATES (1870-72). 



struction of the Southern States, 696; the 

 ratification of the fifteenth amendment a con- 

 dition precedent to the restoration of the 

 Southern States to the Union, 697 ; sixteenth 

 amendment, 697; religious amendment, 697; 

 proclamation of the President in reference to 

 the compensation of labor, 697; decision of 

 the Supreme Court involving the question of 

 the status of the State of Texas, 697 ; opinion 

 of Chief-Justice Chase, 697; dissenting opin- 

 ion of Justice Grier, 698 ; decision of the Su- 

 preme Court in reference to the paper-money 

 issued by the Confederate States, 699 ; visit of 

 Chief-Justice Chase to Charleston, 700 ; letter 

 in response to an invitation to attend the me- 

 morial decoration of the graves of Federal 

 soldiers, 700 ; private letter on public topics, 

 700 ; meeting of the Colored National Con- 

 vention, 700 ; resolutions, 700 ; resolutions of 

 the Irish National Republican Convention, 

 701 ; resolutions of a National Labor Conven- 

 tion, 701 ; meeting of the National Temper- 

 ance Convention, 702 ; resolutions, 702 ; reso- 

 lutions of the National Capital Convention, 

 703 ; meeting of the National Woman Suf- 

 frage Convention, 703 ; a delegation of the 

 National Colored Convention calls upon Presi- 

 dent Grant, 703 ; speech of Mr. Harris, 703 ; 

 reply of the President, 703 ; Darien Ship- 

 Canal, 704; different routes, 704; negotia- 

 tions between the United States and Colombia, 

 704 ; a scientific expedition sent to explore 

 the isthmus, 704; influence of the canal on 

 commerce, 705 ; distances saved, 705. 



X. Census, 724 ; ratification of fifteenth 

 amendment, 724 ; census of cities, 725 ; sere- 

 nade of the President, 725 ; his speech, 725 ; 

 speech of Colfax, 725 ; speech of Sumner, 726 ; 

 letter of Chief -Justice Chase, 726 ; proclama- 

 tions of the President on neutrality, 726, 727 ; 

 letter of the Secretary of State to the Prussian 

 minister, 727; resignation of the Attorney- 

 General, 727 ; of the Secretary of the Interior, 

 727 ; decision of Supreme Court on the legal 

 tender of Government notes, 728 ; on the au- 

 thority of Congress to tax the circulation of 

 State banks, 729 ; on the right of a State to tax 

 shares of a national bank, 729 ; on an invest- 

 ment in Confederate bonds, 730; Southern 

 Commercial Convention, 730 ; its proceedings, 

 730 ; National Labor Congress, 731 ; on the 

 removal of the capital, 732; Irish National 

 Congress, 732 ; reports of a committee of 



Congress on disorders in Southern States, 

 733. 



XI. Corean expeditions (see Corea) ; rela- 

 tions with Great Britain (see Diplomatic Cor- 

 respondence) ; reduction of debt, 18 ; mediates 

 between Spain and South American republics. 

 18; relations with Cuba, 18; with San Domin- 

 go, 18; changes in the cabinet, 744; treaty 

 with Great Britain, 744 ; can Congress impose 

 a tax on the salary of a State officer ? 744 ; le- 

 gal-tender act, 744 ; reversal of opinion of the 

 Supreme Court, 745 ; other opinions of the 

 court, 746 ; annexation of San Domingo, 746 ; 

 state of the case, 746 ; position of General 

 Grant on the question, 747; Ku-klux bill of 

 Congress, 747 ; views of Senators, 747 ; proc- 

 lamation of the President, 747 ; proclamation 

 of the President suspending the writ of habeas 

 corpus, 748; act of Congress providing for 

 civil-service reform, 748; the commissioners, 

 748; their report, 748; rules recommended, 

 748 ; address of Democratic members of Con- 

 gress, 749 ; reception of President Grant at In- 

 dianapolis, 750 ; public opinion on the proceed- 

 ings, 750; dissatisfaction at St. Louis, 750; 

 meetings in Cincinnati, 750 ; consequences, 

 750; Democratic proceedings in Montgomery 

 County, Ohio, 750 ; C. L. Vallandigham's 

 views, 750 ; views, on public affairs, of John 

 Q. Adams, 750 ; letter of Chief -Justice Chase 

 to C. L. Vallandigham, 750 ; speech of Jeffer- 

 son Davis at Atlanta, 750 ; Conservative rso- 

 lutions at Parkersburg, "West Virginia, 751 ; 

 National Labor Congress, 751 ; resolutions, 

 751 ; National Colored Convention, 752 ; pro- 

 ceedings, 752 ; convention in Columbia, S. C., 

 752 ; address, 752 ; letter of Charles Sumner, 

 752 ; female suffrage conventions, 753 ; resolu- 

 tions, 753 ; Convention of Chiefs of Police, 

 753 ; proceedings, 753 ; Commercial Conven- 

 tion, 754 ; proceedings, 754. 



XII. National projects suggested during the 

 year, 771 ; changes in the Supreme Court, 772 ; 

 slave contract not invalidated by emancipation, 

 772 ; promissory note for a slave valid, 772 ; 

 relation of the civil to the ecclesiastical courts 

 of the country, 772 ; decision of Justice Miller 

 in the case of Watson et al. ts. Jones et al., 

 772 ; rights of citizens in Territories, 773 ; set- 

 tlement of Alabama claims, 773 ; northwestern 

 boundary -line, 773 ; decision of the Emperor 

 of Germany, 773 ; public park on the Yellow- 

 stone River, 773 ; number of Representatives 



