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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



reports of committee on the subject, 28; election of Sen- 

 ator, 29 ; public schools, 29 ; debt, 29 ; resources, 29 ; so- 

 cial condition of the people, 29. 



Armenian Churches.-^ea Eastern Churches. 



Army of the United States. Troops in service, 80 ; progress 

 of disbanding, 30 ; measures of Congress regulating the 

 military establishment, 80; letter of General Grant rela- 

 tive to the army bills before Congress, 80 ; action of Con- 

 gress, 81 ; the military establishment of the country as 

 reorganized, 82 ; commanding officers of the new regi- 

 ments of cavalry, infantry, and reserve corps, 82 ; desig- 

 nations of regiments, 82 ;- military departments of the 

 country, 33; assignment of the military bands, 84 ; lieu- 

 tenant-generalship, 84 ; movements of troops, 34 ; esti- 

 mates of expenditures, 84 ; appropriations, 85 ; bounty 

 to volunteers, 85 ; grand aggregate of individuals on the 

 pension roll, 85 ; report of Commissioner of Pensions, 85 ; 

 Bureau of Military Justice, 36 ; Quartermaster's Depart- 

 ment, 86 ; Subsistence Department, 36 ; Medical Depart- 

 ment, 86; distribution of artificial limbs, 87; cemeteries, 

 87; sanitary measures, 37; engineer corps, 87 ; ordnance 

 department, 87 ; supplies during the war, 87 ; breech- 

 loading muskets, 88 ; cannon, endurance of, 83 ; stock of 

 war equipage, 38 ; "West Point Academy, 39 ; a board to 

 report on infantry tactics, 89 ; system of General Upton, 

 89. 



SHLEY, JAMES M. Representative from Ohio, 124 ; offers a 

 bill, 148 ; offers a resolution on protecting freedmen, 182. 



Asia. Progress of the Russians in Central Asia, 89 ; move- 

 ments in China, 39 ; relations of Japan to foreigners, 40 ; 

 British India, 40 ; area and population of countries in 

 Asia, 40. 



Astronomical Phenomena and Progress. Progress in 

 1866, 40 ; the temporary or variable star in Corona, 40 ; 

 eccentricity of the earth's orbit and its relations to gla- 

 cial epochs, 42 ; sun-spots, 42 ; spectra of some of the 

 fixed stars, the moon, and the planets, 43 ; comets, 43 ; 

 influence of tho tidal wave on the moon's motion, 44 ; 

 zodiacal light, 44 ; nebulze, 44 ; the force which prolongs 

 the heat and light of the eun and other fixed stars, 45 ; 

 asteroids, 46 ; astro-photometer, 46 ; works and memoirs, 

 46. 



A ustria. Government, 46 ; loss of territory, 46 ; population, 

 46; receipts, 46; army, 47; navy, 47; relations with 

 Prussia, 47; correspondence, 47; negotiations, 47; ex- 

 citement In the German provinces, 47; relations with 

 Italy, d8; new ministry, 48 ; its aim, 48; speech of the 

 foreign minister, 48; reorganization of the army needed, 

 48 ; attempt to assassinate the emperor, 48 ; difficulties 

 with Hungary, 48 ; Poles of Galicia, 49. 



AZEOLIO, MASSIMO T. Birth, 49 ; career, 49 ; death, 49. 



Baden. Government, 50 ; area, 50 ; population, 50 ; finances, 

 CO. 



BADGER, GEORGE E. Birth, 50 ; career, 50 ; death, 50. 



BAKER, JOHN. Representative from Illinois, 124; offers a 

 resolution, 141. 



BALL, DYEB. Birth, 51 ; pursuits, 51 ; death, 51. 



BANCROFT, GEOEGE. Delivers an oration on the anniversary 

 of Lincoln's death, 237. 



Banks. The new system, 51 ; number of banks, 51 ; increase 

 of circulation, 51 ; liabilities, 52 ; assets, 53 ; national 

 banks and State banks, 54 ; quarterly reports of associa- 

 tions, 54 ; European bank movement, 55 ; bank of 

 France, liabilities and assets of, 55. 



Baptists. Regular Baptists, 56; numbers, 56; Missionary 

 Union, 56 ; Publication Society, 56 ; Home Mission So- 



ciety, 56; American and Foreign Bible Society, 57; 

 Free Mission Society, 57; Historical Society, 57; French 

 Missionary Society, 57; Southern Baptist Connection, 

 57; Campbellites, 57 ; Free-Will Baptists, 57 ; Seventh- 

 Day Baptists, 58; Tunkers, 58"; other denominations, 

 68 ; churches in Great Britain, 58 ; do. on the Continent, 

 59 ; do. in Asia, 59. 



Bavaria Government, 59 ; area, 59 ; army, 59 ; war in Ger- 

 many, 59. 



BEAUMONT, DE LA BONNIERE. Birth, 59 ; career, 59 ; death, 

 59. 



BECK, CHARLES. Birth, 59 ; pursuits, 59 ; death, 60. 



Belgium. Government, 60 ; area, 60 ; finances, 60 ; com- 

 merce, 60; action of Legislative Chambers, 60; difficulty 

 with Holland, 60. 



BINGHAM, JOHN A. Representative from Ohio, 124 ; offers 

 joint resolutions for an amendment of the Constitution, 

 131 ; on representation and taxation, 147 ; reports from 

 joint committee, 182; offers a resolution, etc., 195; en 

 admission of Tennessee members, 223. 



BLT/NT, EDMUND. Birth, 60 ; pursuits, 60 ; death, 60. 



Bolivia. Population, 61 ; army, 61 ; civil war, 61 ; protests 

 against the alliance of Brazil, Uruguay, etc., 61 ; dispute 

 with Chili, 61. 



Bone-Black. Nature, 62 ; modes of reburning, 62 ; Leplay 

 and Cuisinier's process with steam, 63; Beane's process, 

 68; disposition of refuse bone-black, 64. 



BOTJBBOH, MAEIB AMELIE. Birth, 64 ; career, 64 ; death, 65. 



BOUTWELL, GEOBGE G. Representative from Massachusetts, 

 124; against admission of Tennessee members, 223. 



BOYNTON, C. B. Elected chaplain of the House, 180. 



BBAINABD, THOMAS. Birth, 65 ; pursuits, 65 ; death, 65. 



BEANDE, WILLIAM T. Birth, 65 ; pursuits, 66 ; death, 66. 



Brazil Government, 66 ; ministry, 66 ; American minister, 

 66 ; army, 66 ; navy, 66 ; commerce, 66 ; area, 66 ; popu- 

 lation, 66; liberation of slaves, 66; decree opening the 

 Amazon River to foreign bottoms, 66; tho Amazon 

 country, 67 ; proceedings of Parliament, 67 ; immigra- 

 tion, 67. 



Bremen. City, 68 ; area, 68 ; population, 6S ; commerce, 68. 



Bridges. Hudson River at Albany, 68 ; Cincinnati suspen- 

 sion, 69; Connecticut River, 69; Susquehanna bridge, 

 70; illustrations, Tl, 72. 



British, Jfbrth America. Government, 73 ; Cabinet, 73 ; 

 reciprocity treaty with the United States, 73 ; confer- 

 ence, 73 ; American propositions, 73 ; fisheries, 74 ; mem- 

 orandum of delegates, 74 ; report to the British minister, 

 74 ; Canadian trade with the "West Indies and Brazil, 75 ; 

 negotiations, 75 ; Fenian disturbances, 75 ; Canadian Par- 

 liament, 76 ; address of the Governor-General, 76 ; speech 

 of LordMonck, 76; confederation, 77 ; annexation to the 

 United States, 77 ; action of the United States Congress 

 on relations with Canada, 77; Red River settlement, 73; 

 copper mines, 78; gold mines, 79; coal-fields, 80; com- 

 merce, 80 ; imports into Canada for the fiscal year end- 

 ing June, 1866, 81 ; exports do., 81 ; imports and exports 

 of eastern provinces, 82 ; product of the fisheries, 82 ; 

 act for the union of, 657. 



BROOKS, JAMES. Representative from New York, 124 ; on 

 admission of representatives of Southern States, 126 ; on 

 representation and taxation, 146. 



BROOMALL, JOHN M. Representative from Pennsylvania, 

 124; offers a resolution to change the basis of repre- 

 sentation in Congress, 130 ; offers a resolution on recon- 

 struction, 144. 



BROWN, B. GKATZ. Senator from Missouri, 124 ; offers reso- 

 lution relative to equal suffrage, etc., 140. 



BUCKALEW, CHAKLES R. Senator from Pennsylvania, 124; 

 on the basis of representation, 152 ; offers an amendment 

 to committee's proposition, 189. 



