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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



MALLOBY, BOBEHT. Member of Congress from Kentucky, 

 219 ; on the date of issuing the emancipation proclama- 

 tion, 267; on the destruction of State Governments, 

 803 ; on the freedom of slaves in the army, 827, 828. 



Maryland. Meeting of the State Legislature, 496; res- 

 olutions relative to negro soldiers, 496; test vote rel- 

 ative to emancipation, 496 ; two reports of Committee 

 on Constitutional Convention, 496 ; majority report, 

 496; oath, 497; minority report, 497; oath of voters 

 struck out, 497; other amendments, 497; section rel- 

 ative to military interference, 497; letter of General 

 Wallace to Governor Bradford, relative to the election 

 of delegates, 498 ; reply of the Governor, 493 ; interrog- 

 atories to a delegate ordered by General Wallace, 499 ; 

 reply of the delegate, 499 ; interrogatories to voters, 499 ; 

 result of the election, 500 ; meeting of the State Con- 

 vention, 500 ; oath required of the members, 500 ; ma- 

 jority and minority report of amendments, 500 ; amend- 

 ments proposed, 500, 501 ; speech of Mr. Cushing on 

 paramount allegiance to the Federal Government, 501 ; 

 do. of Mr. Belt, 501 ; do. of Mr. Miller, 501 ; do. of Mr. 

 Eidgely, 501 ; vote, 502 ; speech of Mr. Valliant on com- 

 pensation to the owners of slaves, 502; objections to 

 emancipation, 502 ; objections to the Constitution, 503 ; 

 section relative to the qualification of voters, 503 ; sol- 

 diers' votes, 504 ; objections of the minority, 504 ; do. of 

 those opposed to the Constitution, 504 ; letter from Pres- 

 ident Lincoln, 504 ; letter of the Governor to the public 

 relative to the vote, 504 ; a case made and taken to the 

 Court of Appeals, 505 ; opinion of the Court, 505 ; tho 

 State election, 506 ; finances, 506 ; order of General Wal- 

 lace to aid slaves in securing freedom, 506 ; destruction 

 of property by the invasion of the enemy, 506. 



Massachusetts. Address of the Governor, 507; finances, 

 507; bounty fund, 507; quota of troops, 508; credits, 

 508 ; valuation of property, 508 ; saving? banks, 509 ; 

 taxes, 509 ; schools, 509 ; asylums, 509 ; coast defence, 

 509 ; political canvas, 509. 



MCCLELLAN, Gen. GEORGE B. Resigns as Major-General, 

 156; letter accepting the nomination for President, 

 794. 



McCuLLOCn, JOHN E. Birth, 510 ; pursuits, 510 ; writings, 

 510 ; death, 510. 



McDouQALL, JAMES A. Senator from California, 219; on 

 the oath of a Senator, 224 ; on amending the Constitution, 

 261 ; on the number of votes required in the Senate on 

 an amendment of the Constitution, 265 ; on confiscation, 

 237. 



McPnERSON, JAMES B. Birth, Cll ; military services, 511; 

 death, 511. 



MEEEWETDEK, FRANCIS. Birth, 511 ; writings, 511 ; death, 

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MERIAM, EBEN. Birth, 512 ; pursuits, 512 ; death, 512. 



Methodists, Numbers, 512; General Conference, 512 ; sub- 

 jects considered, 513; colored members, 513 ; resolutions 

 on the state of the country, 513; delegates to President 

 Lincoln, 514 ; missions, 514 ; Southern Convention, 514 ; 

 resolutions, 514 ; arrest of Bishop Kavanagh, 515 ; Af- 

 rican Methodists, 515 ; Methodist Conferences, 516; Brit- 

 ish Conferences, 516 ; Annual Conference of India, 516. 



Mexico. Eesolution in Congress relative to, 314 ; Position 

 of tho French, 517 ; the Juarists, 517 ; state of the 

 country, 517 ; military movements, 517 ; occupation 

 of Monterey by Juarez, 518 ; his position, 518 ; ar- 

 rival of Santa Anna, 518; order of Gen. Bazaine, 51 S; 

 blockade of the coast, 519 ; reply of Maximilian to the 

 French delegation at Miramar, 519; convention be- 

 tween France and Mexico, 520 ; Maximilian visits Borne, 

 620 ; goes to Mexico, 520 ; reply to the Prefect of Mex- 

 ico, 521 ; enters the capital, 521 ; excitement attending 



his arrival, 521 ; clemency, 521 ; reply of Juarez to hii 

 letter, 521; finances, 522; military organization, 523; 

 events, 523 ; military operations, 523 ; tour of the em- 

 peror, 524 ; letter to the Minister of State unfolding his 

 policy, 524 ; civil organization, 524 ; decree, 524 ; collis- 

 ion with the Church party, 525 ; letter from the Pope, 

 526 ; arrival of a Nuncio in Mexico, 527 ; letter of Maxi- 

 milian to the Minister of Justice, 527 ; decree of relig- 

 ious toleration, 527 ; resolution in United States Housa 

 of Representatives, 527 ; inquiry of the French Govern- 

 ment, 528 ; letter of Secretary Seward to Mr. Dayton, 

 523; replies of Mr. Dayton, 528; state of the empire 

 at the close of the year, 529. 



MEYERBEER, GIACOMO. Birth, 529 ; musical compositions, 

 529 ; death, 530. 



Michigan. Finances, 530 ; fisheries, 531 ; white fish of the 

 lakes, 531 ; copper mines, 531 ; saline springs, 531 ; agri- 

 culture, 531 ; troops sent to the war, 532 ; correspond- 

 ence with the provost marshal, 532 ; report of a commit- 

 tee on quotas, 533 ; difficulties, 533 ; raid from Canada 

 feared, 533 ; elections, 533. 



Microscope. Improvements, 533 ; decrease in the angles, 

 534 ; how to advance in high powers, 534 ; binocular ar- 

 rangements, 534 ; new method of illuminating opaque 

 objects, 535. 



Military Surgery and Medicine. State of surgery at the 

 beginning of the war, 536 ; improvement in instruments, 

 536 ; tourniquets, 537 ; styptics, 537 ; transportation of 

 the wounded soldier, 537 ; different means adopted, 538 ; 

 railroad cars, 538 ; constructed by Sanitary Commission, 

 540 ; use of deadly missiles, 540 ; treatment of gunshot 

 wounds, 541 ; extracting bullets, 541 ; secondary hem- 

 orrhage, 542 ; trephining, 542 ; treatment of gunshot frac- 

 tures, 543; apparatus, 544; splints, 545; cradles, 546; 

 amputation, 516, 547 ; gangrene, 547 ; the scorbutic con- 

 dition, 543 ; antesthetics, 543. 



Minnesota.'- Public lands, 549 ; lumber, 549 ; railroads, 549 ; 

 finances, 519 ; correspondence with the Provost Marshal 

 General, 549 ; elections, 549 ; Indians, 549. 



Mississippi. Affairs in the northern part of the State, 549 ; 

 efforts to employ freedmen, 549 ; corn crop, 550 ; refu- 

 gees, 550 ; their condition, 550 ; military expeditions, 

 550 ; arrest of the Catholic bishop, 550. 



Missouri. Action of the Legislature on a State Convention, 

 551 ; election of members, 551 ; regulations of General 

 Rosecrans relative to voting, 551 ; elections, 552 ; meet- 

 ing of the Legislature, 552 ; troops furnished to the Fed- 

 eral army, 552; State debt, 552; public schools, 553; 

 new State officers Inaugurated, 553 ; wealth of the State, 

 553 ; meeting of the State Convention, 553 ; proceedings, 

 553, 554; emancipation adopted, 554; how received by 

 the people, 554 ; motion to submit the amendments to a 

 vote of the people, temporarily laid on the table, 554 



MOCQTTARD, JEAN F. C. Birth, 554 ; services to Louis Na- 

 poleon, 554; death, 555. 



MORRILL, LOTT M. Senator from Maine, 219 ; offers a bill 

 relative to bail in cases of aiV'-t, 223; on colored 

 voters in Montana, 2S9 ; on cojored voters in Washing- 

 ton, 241. 



MOERIS, GEORGE P. Birth, 555; writings, 555; death, 555. 



MORTON, MARCUS. Birth, 555; pursuits, 555; death, 555. 



MYERS, LEONARD. Member of Congress from Pennsylva- 

 nia, 219 ; offers a resolution on rV v nstruction, 332. 



MULLIGAN, JAMES A. Birth, 556 f '^Uitary services, 556, 

 death, 556. 



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Jfavy, Confederate. Three classes of vessels, 5EC ; letter 

 from Earl Pvussell relative to Earns, 556 ; reply of the 



