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the Prussian minister, 727; resignation of the Attor 

 ney-General, 727; of the Secretary of the Interior, 

 727; decision of Supreme Court on the legal tender 

 of Government notes, 728; on the authority of Con- 

 gress to tax the circulation of State banks, 729; 

 on the right of a State to tax shares of a national 

 tank, 729 ; on an investment in Confederate bonds, 

 730; Southern Commercial Convention, 730; its pro- 

 ceedings, 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. 



Uhiversalists. Numbers, 734; literary institutions, 734; 

 convention, 734 



Uruguay. Population, 734; imports and exports, 734; 

 public debt, 735; insurrection, 735; its settlement, 

 736. 



Venezuela. Population, 736; debt, 736; army, 730; intes- 

 tine wars, 736; triumph of the revolution, 737. 



Vermont. Constitutional Convention, 737; proceedings, 

 737; Legislature, 738; its action, 738; debt, 739; Re- 

 publican Convention, 739; resolutions and nomina- 

 tions, 739; Democratic Convention, 739; nominations 

 and resolutions, 739; State Temperance Society, 739; 

 railroad combinations, 740; Woman Conventions, 

 740; Penitentiary, 640; population, 740. 



VEBPLANCK, GULIAN C. Birth, 740; career, 740; death, 

 741. 



VICTOB EMMANUEL. Letter to the Pope on the Roman 

 question, 410; proclamation on taking possession of 

 Papal States, 414; speech at opening of Parliament, 

 415. 



VILLEMAIN, ABEL T. Birth, 742; pursuits, 742; death, 

 742. 



Virginia. Admission of, 743; session of the Legislature, 

 744; proceedings, 744; State debt, 744; taxation, 744; 

 views of the people, 745; declarations of the Com- 

 mittee of the Conservative party, 745; Eepublican 

 Convention, 746; their views, 746; election, 746; con- 

 test for the office of mayor in Richmond, 746, 747; 

 legal proceedings, 747, 748; population, 749; immi- 

 gration, 749; disaster at the capital, 749; on the 

 James and Shenandoah Rivers, 749; at the Spotswood 

 Hotel, 750. 



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WELCH, BARTHOLOMEW T. Birth, 750; career, 750; death, 

 750, 



Weft Virginia. Division of the old State debt, 750; ef- 

 forts for settlement, 751; action of the Governor, 751; 



legislative session, 751; Democratic State Conven- 

 tion, 751; resolutions, etc., 752; Republican Conven- 

 tion and nominations, 752; the disfranchisement ques- 

 tion, 752; registration, 753; legal decisions, 753; elec- 

 tion, 753; population, 753; State finances, 754; public 

 education, 754; charitable institutions, 754. 



WILLAED, EMMA H. Birth, 755; career and writings, 

 755; death, 755. 



WILLEY, WAITMAN T. Senator from West Virginia, 

 117; offers an amendment to the Virginia resolution, 

 152. 



WILLIAM, KING OP PKUSSIA. Speeches at opening of 

 North-German Parliament, 372, 375 ; speech at clos- 

 ing, 373; speech at Berlin on outbreak of war with 

 France, 375; asked to become Emperor of Germany, 

 65, 376; speech at Versailles to delegation from Par- 

 liament, 876 ; reply to Pope's request for aid against 

 Italian occupation of Rome, 663. (See German-French 

 War.) 



WILLIAMS, GEOEGE H. Senator from Oregon, 117; on 

 the Georgia bill, 123, 124; offers amendment to natu- 

 ralization bill, 186-190. 



WILLIAMS, ROWLAND. Birth, 756; pursuits, 756; death, 

 756. 



WILSON, HENRY. Senator from Massachusetts, 117; of- 

 fers amendment to the bill to admit Georgia, 145; 

 moves an amendment to the Virginia resolution, 153. 



Wisconsin. Acts of the Legislature, 756; vote on consti- 

 tutional amendments, 756; State finances, 757; educa- 

 tional funds, 757; war claims, 757; taxable property, 

 757; Deaf and Dumb Institution, 757; Insane Institu- 

 tion, 758; Penitentiary, 758; schools, 758; population, 

 758; other statistics, 759; railroad enterprise, 759. 



Wurtemberg. Area, 759; population, 759; army, 759; 

 legislative session, 759; elections, 759. 



Yacht-Race between Cambria and Dauntless. 531. 



YEAS AND NATS Senate. An amendment to Georgia 

 bill, 129; on the Georgia bill, 131; on amendment to 

 bill to admit Georgia, 145-147; on amendment to the 

 Virginia bill, 152, 153, 155, 158; on the Virginia bill, 

 158-16Q; on the Mississippi bill, 166; on Texas bill, 

 168; on amendment to the enforcement bill, 181, 182; 

 on the bill, 183. House. On resolution relative to 

 repudiation, 118; on resolution on tariff, 119; on the 

 Georgia bill, 131; on the bill to admit Georgia, 135; 

 on amendments to Georgia bill, 147; on the bill to ad- 

 mit Virginia, 157-160; on the Mississippi bill, 161; on 

 the Texas bill, 167; on the enforcement bill, 170; on 

 the naturalization bill, 185, 187, 188, 195-197; on the 

 resolution respecting Cuba, 204. 



