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INDEX OF CONTEXTS. 



feat of the Danes, 742 ; further operations, 742 ; irritation 

 of the minor States, 743 ; threats of the English Gov- 

 ernment, 743 ; reverses of the Danes, 743 ; London Con- 

 ference, 743 ; treaty concluded, 743. 



SCIIMUCKER, SAMUEL M. Birth, 744 ; writings, 744 ; death, 

 744. 



SCHOOLCP.AFT, HENRY E. Birth, 744 ; pursuits, 745 ; death, 

 745. 



SEA I.SI-IELD, CHARLES. Birth, 745 ; writings, 745 ; death; 745. 



SEDG WICK, JOHN. Birth, 745; military career, 7-Jfl; death. 

 746. 



Sewers. The London system, 74G ; changes on account of 

 delects, 740; new system, 746; its operation, 747. 



SHERMAN, JOHN. Senator from Ohio, 219 ; on repealing the 

 fugitive slave laws, 249 ; on the emancipation of the 

 wives and children of colored soldiers, 269 ; on bounty 

 to volunteers and pay to soldiers, 315 ; on the commu- 

 tation clause of the enrolment act, 321. 



SHERMAN, Gen. W. T. Letter relative to recruiting agents 

 sent from the North to insurrectionary States for ne- 

 groes, 85 ; letter on the course to be pursued by subor- 

 dinate commanders of military districts to the inhabit- 

 ants, 42; address to his troops and instructions, 45 ; as- 

 signed to command departments of Ohio, Tennessee, and 

 Cumberland, 67 ; address to his troops on the capture of 

 Atlanta, S3 ; reply to Gen. Hood, 89 ; reply to the appeal 

 of the civic authorities of Atlanta, 90 ; letter to the 

 Louisville agent of the New York Associated Press, 91 ; 

 letter on the draft, 135 ; order relative to his inarch 

 through Georgia, 141 ; his order to inarch, 143 ; despatch 

 to the Secretary of AVar, 149; his order fur the govern- 

 ment of Savannah, 151 ; letter on raids in Kentucky, 

 451. 



Siemu n Process ( T/tf).lts invention, 748 ; manner of appli- 

 cation, 74S ; results of its operation in the manufacture 

 of iron, 749. 



SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN. Birth, 750 ; career, 750 ; death, 751. 



SINCLAIR, CATHARINE. Birth, 751; writings, 751 ; death, 751. 



SMITH, CALEB B. Birth, 751 ; public life, 751 ; death, 751. 



SMITH, GREEN C. Member of Congress from Kentucky, 

 219 ; on confiscation, 2S2 ; offers a resolution on the 

 conduct of the war, 383. 



SMITH, THOMAS M. Birth, 752 ; pursuits, 752 ; death. 752. 



South Carolina. Army operations unimportant, 752 ; effects 

 of the cannonade on Charleston, 752; mass convention 

 at Beaufort, 752 ; action of the secession Government, 

 7."..' ; message of Gov. Bonham, 752 ; inauguration of new 

 State officers, 753 ; men furnished to the army, 753. 



Spain. Area, 753; population, 753; finances, 753; debt, 

 753; fleet, 753; army, 753; commerce, 754; war with 

 San Domingo, 754 ; address of the ministry to the Cortes, 

 754 ; Cuba, 755 ; Porto Eico, 755. 



SPEKE, JOHN II. Birth, 755; discoveries, 755 ; death, 756. 



STEVENS, THADDEUS. Member of Congress from Pennsyl- 

 vania, 219 ; on confiscation, 279 ; on the freedom of slaves 

 in the army, 327. 



STRTJVE, FREDERICK G. W. Birth, 756 ; writings, 757 ; 

 death, 7?7. 



STUART, JAMES E. B. Birth, 757 ; military life, 757 ; death, 

 757. 



SUMNER, CHAELF.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 219 ; on 

 the oath required of a Senator 224, 231 ; on the exclusion 

 of witnesses on account of color, 236 ; on negro voters 

 In Montana, 237-240 ; on excluding colored persons from 

 cars in Washington, 242-244 ; on prohibiting the coast- 

 wise slave-trade, 246-249 ; on repealing the fugitive slave 

 laws, 249-251, 253 ; on amending the Constitution, 262 ; 

 on the admission of Senators from Arkansas, 311 ; on 

 repealing the commutation clause of the enrolment act, 

 819. 



TALLMADGE, NATHANIEL P. Birth, 757 ; pursuits, 757 

 death, 757, 



TANEY, EOGER B Birth, 757 ; public life, 75S ; death, 75S. 



Telegraph, Electric Principal great line?. 758; Anglo 

 Indian line, 753 ; Eussian Asiatic line, 759 ; mair 

 branches, 759 ; Collins' overland line, 759, 700 ; Atlantic 

 submarine line, 761 ; the cable, 761 ; weight and con- 

 struction, 762. 



TEN EYCK, JOHN C. Senator from New Jersey, 219 ; on 

 colored voters in Washington, 241. 



Tennessee, Measures taken to reorganize the State, 763; 

 their failure, 763 ; proclamation of Governor Johnson, 

 7i>3 ; despatch to the President relative 

 to the amnesty oath, 763 ; Mr. Lincoln's reply, 763 ; 

 causes of numerous failures in reconstruction, 764 ; con- 

 vention in Knoxville, 764 ; call for a State Convention, 

 764; it assembles, 764; calls a State Convention to elect 

 members to a Constitutional Convention, 764 ; appoints 

 an electoral ticket, 764 ; report of the business commit- 

 tee, 764 ; proclamation of Gov. Johnston relative to ap- 

 pointing State officers and establishing tribunals, 765; 

 proclamation relative to the Presidential election, 765 ; 

 protest made to President Lincoln, 765 ; report of the 

 proceedings, 766 ; reply of the President, 766 ; rejoinder 

 to Mr. Lincoln, 767; election, 767; meeting of another 

 convention to appoint delegates to a Constitutional Con- 

 vention, 767 ; resolve themselves into a Constitutional 

 Convention, 767; proceed to amend the Constitution, 

 767 ; reports, 767 ; amendments proposed, 76S ; adopted, 

 70-i; resolution relative to voters, 763; oath required, 

 70S; nominates State, officers, 769; the election, 769; 

 proclamation of Gov. Johnson, 769 ; military operations 

 in the State, 769 ; regulations relative to prostitutes at 

 Nashville, 770 ; their beneficial effects, 770. 



Territories of the United States. Their number, 771 ; 

 Arizona, 771; Colorado, 771; Dakota, 771; Idaho, 771; 

 Indian Territory, 772 ; Montana, 772 ; Nebraska, 773 ; 

 Ne\v Mexico, 773; Washington, 773; Utah, 774. 



Texas. Success of agriculture, 775; military operations, 

 775 ; Union sentiment, 775. 



THOMSON, ROBERT D. Birth, 775; pursuits, 775; death, 775. 



TOTTEN, JOSEPH G. Birth, 775 ; military services, 775 ; 

 death, 775. 



TKUMBULL, LYMAN. Senator from Illinois, 219 ; on the oath 

 of a Senator, 228 ; on colored voters in Montana, 239 ; 

 on amending the Constitution, 257 ; on confiscation, 2b7. 



Turkey. Its Government, 775 ; area, 776 ; population, 776 ; 

 religious denominations, 776 ; revenue, 776 ; army, 776 ; 

 edict relative to the press, 776; missionary stations, 

 776; Danubian Principalities, 776; legislative assem- 

 blies, 777 ; proceedings, 787 ; new constitution, 777. 



United States. Modification of the amnesty proclamation, 

 773 ; proclamation of the President, 77S ; efforts to circu- 

 late the proclamation, 77S ; letter of Gen. Longstreet to 

 Gen. Foster, 778; number of persons required to inaugu- 

 rate a new State, 778 ; letter of the President to Gen. 

 Grant, 779 ; reply, 779 ; President's letter to a public meet- 

 ing in New York, 779 ; attempts to negotiate peace, 779 ; 

 visit of Messrs. Jaques and Gilmore to Eichmond, 779 ; 

 proceedings, 730 ; attempts to arrange preliminaries with 

 Confederates in Canada, 780 ; correspondence 730, 781, 732 

 proposition of Mr. Lincoln, 782: failure, 782; move- 

 ments relative to the Presidency, 783; declination of 

 Mr. Chase, 783 ; nomination of Mr. Lincoln by legislative 

 and other bodies. 788 ; movements in opposition, 733 ; 



