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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Dn the wbrd "white," 193; what is the objection 

 to Chinese? 194; the simple question is a practical 

 one, how shall we serve our country? 195; motion to 

 reconsider agreed to, 195; has a Chinaman a natural 

 and moral right to become a citizen of the United 

 States? 195; he has not, 195; we may refuse it with- 

 out violating any right, 195; amendment rejected, 

 196; other amendments, 196; bill passed, 197; amend- 

 ments concurred in by the House, 197. 



In the House, a joint resolution on Cuba reported, 

 197; the resolution, 197; a substitute, 197; amend- 

 ment, 198; object of the resolution, 198; what is the 

 duty of the United States ? 198, 199; declarations of 

 Great Britain and Spain, 200; state of the question, 

 201; views of the minority, 202; is the acquisition 

 desired, 203; amendments offered, 204; substitute 

 adopted, 204; act appointing legal holidays in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, 204; other proceedings, 205. 



CONKLING, EOSCOE. Senator from New York, 117; on 

 the resolution to admit Virginia, 151 ; on the natural- 

 ization bill, 194 



Connecticut. Finances, 205; value of property, 205; rev- 

 enue, 205; claims, 205; banks, 205; railroads, 205, 

 212; statistics, 206; recommendations In Governor's 

 message, 207; schools, 207; charitable institutions, 

 207;. State reform schools, 208; State-prison, 208; 

 jails, 209; militia, 209; resolutions of Republican 

 State Convention, 210; Democratic resolutions, 210; 

 election returns, 211; proposed amendments to Con- 

 stitution, 211, 212; Legislature, 211; State capital, 

 212; pisciculture, 212; female suffrage, 218; United 

 States census, 213. 



CONY, SAMUEL. Birth, 213; career, 213; Governor of 

 Maine, 213; death, 213. 



Corrosion of Ship Plates. Experiments near St. Etienne, 

 France, 213; Henderson's alloy, 213; galvanometer, 

 213; relative corrosion of different materials, 214; 

 soft steel plates, 214. 



COSTA EICA. (See Central America.) 



Cox, SAMUEL S. Representative from New York, 117; 

 offers a resolution, 118. 



Cuba. (See Spain.) Action of United States of Colombia 

 concerning, 110; treatment of United States citizens, 

 214; emancipation, 242. 



CUTTING, FRANCIS BBOCKHOLST. Jurist and politician, 

 214; birth, 214; career, 214; death, 214. 



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DAHLGBEN, JOHN A. Rear- Admiral United States Navy, 

 214; birth, 214; death, 214; first cruise, 214; invents 

 Dahlgren gun, 214; midshipman, 214; commander, 

 215; captain, 215; at Charleston during war, 215; in- 

 vents rifled cannon and boat-howitzer, 215; charac- 

 ter, 215. 



DALE, Very Rev. THOMAS, M. A. Birth, 215; death, 215; 

 English clergyman, 215; poems, 215; works, 216; 

 . character as a preacher, 216. 



Darien Canal. Treaty concerning, 110; Atrato route, 

 111, 326; Medill's plan for surface canal, 111. 



DAVIS, GABBETT. Senator from Kentucky, 117; on the 

 Georgia bill, 127; on the resolution to admit Virginia, 

 151; offers amendment to enforcement bill, 182. 



DAVIS, NOAH. Representative from New York, 117; re- 

 ports a naturalization bill, 184. 



DAWES, HENRY L. Representative from Massachusetts, 

 117; reports amendment to Georgia bill, 147. 



Delaware. United States census, 216; Wilmington, 216; 

 agricultural statistics, 216; debt, 216; revenue, 216; 

 judicial decision as to constitutionality of State tax 



on railroad stock, 216; railroads, 216; public schools, 

 217; normal school, 217; colored schools, 217; resolu- 

 tions of colored citizens, 217; political canvass, 217; 

 white man's party, 217; Republican resolutions, 218; 

 Democratic Convention, 218; resolutions of indepen- 

 dent Democrats, 218; election returns, 218; election 

 disturbances, 219; Governor's message, 219. 



Denmark. Royal family, 219; cabinet, 219; area, 219; 

 population, 219; finances, 219; army, 219; navy, 219; 

 imports, 219; emigration, 219; meeting of Diet, 220; 

 speech of King, 220; politics, 220. 



DICKENS, CHARLES. Birth, 221; death, 221; parentage, 

 221 ; early career, 221 ; Pickwick Papers, 221 ; visits 

 to America, 222; works, 223; as a reader, 223; private 

 life, 224; ability as a writer, 224. 



DICKEY, OLIVEB J. Representative from Pennsylvania, 

 117; offers amendment to bill to admit Georgia, 147. 



Diplomatic Correspondence and Foreign Relations. China, 

 224; Corea, 224; piracy in Chinese waters, 225; Tien- 

 tsin riot, 225; France, recognition of the republic, 

 226; Great Britain, 227; Alabama claims, 227; fish- 

 eries, 228; Northwest boundary, 230; international 

 coinage, 231; Japan, treatment of Christians, 231; 

 North Germany protection of Germans in France, 

 232; rights of neutrals, 233; rights of legation, 233, 

 235; Spanish America, commercial relations with, 

 236; Spain, good ofHces of United States toward, 236; 

 claims of United States citizens against, 237; execu- 

 tion of Speakman and Wyeth, 240; seizure of the 

 Lloyd Aspinwall, 240; naturalized citizens of United 

 States in Cuba, 241; emancipation in Cuba, 242; Vene- 

 zuela, claims against, 242. 



Dominion of Canada. Trade with United States, 112- 

 115; Hudson's Bay Territory, 243; Manitoba, 243; 

 population, 244; legislation, 244; tariff, 244; railroads, 

 244; commerce, 245; apportionment of debt between 

 Ontario and Quebec, 245; banks, 245; silver coin 

 "nuisance," 245; canals, 246; withdrawal of imperial 

 troops, 246; fishery question, 228, 246; death of dis- 

 tinguished men, 246. 



DRAKE, CHARLES D. Senator from Missouri, 117; intro- 

 duces a bill to regulate the powers of the Supreme 

 Court, 117; on the Georgia bill, 120; offers an amend- 

 ment to the Virginia resolutions, 149, 153, 158. 



DUDLEY, BENJAMIN WINSLOW M., LL. D. Surgeon, 246; 

 birth, 246; career, 246; death, 246; skill in lithotomy, 

 246. 



DUMAS. ALEXANDBE DAVY, Sen. Birth, 247; parentage, 

 247; death, 247; clerk in employ of Duke of Orleans, 

 247; early literary success, 247; extravagance, 247; 

 " Three Guardsmen," 247; " Count of Monte Cristo," 

 248; chateau near St. Germain, 248; character, 249. 



DUBKEE, CHABLES. Birth, 249; career, 249; death, 249; 

 antislavery advocate, 249. 



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Earthquakes. Shock felt in Northeastern America, Oc- 

 tober 20th, 250; effects in New- York City, 250; ac- 

 count by A. C. Twining, 250; table of differences of 

 time, 251; statement by telegraphist at Quebec, 251; 

 effects at Albany, 252; effects in Canada, 252; shock 

 felt June 6th at Bogota, 252; shocks in France and 

 Mexico, 252; in Thibet, Nicaragua, and other places, 

 253; lecture by Prof. Forbes at London on earth- 

 quakes, 253. 



Eastern Churches. Visit of Greek Archbishop Lycurgos 

 to England, 253; movement for a closer union be- 

 tween Anglican and Eastern Churches, 253; letters 

 of Patriarch of Constantinople to Archbishop of Can- 



