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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



ter of the President, 513 ; letter of the Chief Justice, 

 514; indictment of the grand jury against Jefferson 

 Davis, 514; application of his counsel, 514; further ap- 

 plication, 516; report of a committee of the House of 

 Congress, 516; letter of the President, 517; letter of the 

 Attorney-General, 51T; further correspondence, 518. 



MILLER, GEORGE F. Representative from Pennsylvania, 

 124; nominates J. W. Jackson for chaplain, 129. 



Minnesota. Finances, 518; valuation of property, 518; 

 schools and 'funds, 518; charitable Institutions, 518; 

 views of the Governor on tho Constitutional Amend- 

 ment, 518; Republican Convention, 518; resolutions, 

 518; Democratic Convention, 519; resolutions, 519; 

 election, 519; views of the Legislature on Federal rela- 

 tions, 519 ; acts passed, 519 ; crops, 520. 



MINTURN, ROBERT B. Birth, 520 ; pursuits, 550 ; death, 520. 



Mississippi. Finances, 520 ; effect of cotton tax, 520 ; extra 

 session of the Legislature called, 520 ; views of the Gov- 

 ernor, 520 ; correspondence with the President, 521 ; 

 number of disabled soldiers, 521 ; State University, 521 ; 

 public distress, 521 ; population In 1866, 521, 522; action 

 of the Legislature, 522; case of Jefferson Davis, 522; 

 Constitutional Amendment rejected, 523 ; manufactures, 

 523 ; opinion of the Court of Appeals on the effect of se- 

 cession, 523. 



Missouri. Views of the Legislature on national affairs, 524 ; 

 on frauds at the ballot-box, 524; on the test oath, 524; 

 disorders in the State, 524; communication of the Gov- 

 ernor, 524 ; legality of the new constitution before the 

 courts, 524 ; other cases before the courts, 525 ; arrests 

 for violation of the Test Oath act, 525 ; releases, 525 ; 

 views of the Governor on the test oath, 525 ; State elec- 

 tion, 526 ; militia organization, 526 ; finances, 526 ; taxa- 

 ble wealth, 526; receipts, 526; debt, 526; railroad in- 

 terests, 527 ; the Federal Constitutional Amendment, 527. 



MONTEAGLE, THOMAS S. Birth, 527; pursuits, 527; death, 

 527. 



MoEEHBAi), CHARLES. Birth, 527 ; pursuits, 527 ; death, 527. 



MOREHEAD, JAMES K. Representative from Pennsylvania, 

 124; nominates James Presslers for chaplain, 129. 



MOREHEAD, JOHN M. Birth, 527 ; public life, 527 ; death, 

 527. 



MORISON, ALEXANDER. Birth, 527 ; career, 527 ; death, 528. 



MOKUILI., JUSTIN S. Representative from Vermont, 124; 

 moves that the House proceed to the election of Speaker, 

 126. 



MOKEISON, WILLIAM. Birth, 528; pursuits, 528; death, 528. 



MOESE, ISAAC E. Birth, 528 ; pursuits, 528 ; death, 528. 



MUNKOE, NATHAN. Birth, 528; pursuits, 528; death, 523. 



MCZZEY, REDBEK D. Birth, 523; pursuits, 528; death, 528. 



Nassau. Area, 529 ; population, 529 ; conquered by Prussia, 

 629. 



Navy, United States. Vessels in commission, 529; seamen 

 In the service, 529; the European squadron, 529; the 

 Asiatic squadron, 529; North Atlantic squadron, 529; 

 Gulf squadron, 529; South Atlantic squadron, 529; 

 North Pacific squadron, 530; South Pacific squadron, 

 530; Naval Academy, 530; character of future wars rel- 

 ative to vessels, 530 ; changes of a few years, 530 ; casual- 

 ties during the war, 530; trip of the Monitor Miantono- 

 rooh, 531 ; log cf, 531 ; report of Secretary Fox, 531 ; 

 burning of the Ironsides, 531 ; yacht race, 531. 



KKALE, JOHN M. Birth, 531; pursuits, 532; death, 532. 



Netherlands. Government, 532 ; population, 532 ; area, 532 ; 

 population of cities, 532; army, 532; commerce, 532; 

 Limburg and Luxemburg, 533 ; administration of Java, 



532; its results, 533; elections, 533; relations to foreign 

 powers, 534 ; public works, 534. 



Nevada. Progress, 534; mining, 535; agriculture, 635 

 views of the Governor, 535 ; increase of territory, 585 

 elections, 585 ; export of bullion, 535. 



Neio Hampshire. Meeting of the Republican State Con- 

 vention, 585 ; resolutions, 535 ; meeting of the Demo- 

 cratic Convention, 536; resolutions, 536; acts of the 

 Legislature, 536 ; tax on U. S. bonds, 537 ; finances, 537 ; 

 public education, 537; Insane Asylum, 537; House of 

 Reformation, 537 ; penitentiary, 537 ; agriculture, 537 ; 

 manufactures, 537 ; elections, 537. 



New Jersey. Finances, 538 ; colleges, 538 ; agricultural do., 

 638 ; endowments, 538 ; Increase of population, 538 

 Agricultural Society, 588 ; culture of fruits, 533 ; Insects, 

 638 ; geological survey. 539 ; penitentiary, 539 ; charita- 

 ble institutions, 589 ; Sanitary Commission, 539 ; claims 

 against the United States, 539 ; disabled soldiers, 539 ; 

 acts of the Legislature, 539 ; proclamation of the Gov- 

 ernor for an extra session, 539 ; objects, 539 ; acts, 539 ; 

 elections, 539. 



New York. Finances. 540; State debt, 540; taxes, 540; 

 U. S. deposit fund, 540 ; canal fund, 540 ; canal debt, 

 541 ; enlarged canals, 541 ; other improvements, 541 ; 

 views of the Governor, 541 ; action of the Legislature, 

 641; commerce of the Erie Canal, 541 ; military organi- 

 zation, 542; military agencies, 542 ; schools, 542; nor- 

 mal do., 542 ; university convocation, 542 ; excise law In 

 New York City, 543 ; action of the courts, 543 ; verdict 

 in the case of Colonel North, tried In 1864, 543 ; anti-rent 

 troubles, 543 ; resolutions of the Legislature on national 

 affairs, 544; Impeachment of Judge Smith, 644; presi- 

 dential reception by the Senate, 544; prisons, 544; sta- 

 tistics of State census, 544; cholera, 545; Democratic 

 Convention, 545 ; Republican do., 545 ; right of a Con- 

 federate officer to vote, 546 ; elections, 546. 



.NIBLACK, WILLIAM E. Representative from Indiana, 124 ; 

 offers a resolution to admit Southern members to the 

 floor, 183. 



Nicaragua. See Central America. 



Nitroleum. Its nature, 546 ; how produced, 546 ; action of 

 flame on it, 547; as a blasting agent, 547; experiments, 

 647; action, 547; accidental explosions, 54S; force for 

 blasting, 548 ; restrictions in transportation, 548 ; plans 

 to secure safety, 548 ; how used, 549 ; to render tempora- 

 rily non-explosive, 549. 



NORTHBROOK, FRANCIS T. B. Birth, 552 ; career, 552 ; death, 

 653. 



North Carolina. Action of the people on the ordinance of 

 secession, 549 ; extra session of the Legislature called, 549 ; 

 debt, 549; State assets, 550; valuation of property, 

 550; act relating to negroes, 550; State banks, 550; re- 

 port of legislative committee on extinction of their 

 charters, 550 ; during the Revolution charters of corpo- 

 rations, with all other laws, ceased to exist, 550 ; chari- 

 table institutions, 551 ; disabled soldiers. 551 ; State Con- 

 vention reassembled, 551 ; history of affairs, 551 ; proceed- 

 ings of the convention, 551; its powers discussed, 551; 

 constitution revised, 551 ; rejected by the people, 551 ; 

 candidates for Governor, 552 ; resolutions of parties, 552 ; 

 election results, 552 ; action of the Legislature on the 

 amendment to the Federal Constitution, 552 ; conven- 

 tion of colored persons, 552. 



North German Confederation. See Germany. 



NOTT, ELIPUALET. Birth, 553 ; career, 553 ; death, C53. 



Olituaries, American. Skinner, Dr. P. II., 554; Stillman, 

 Thos. B., 554 ; McKenly, Jacob K., 554 ; Hickey, Gen- 



