IN HEX OF CONTENTS. 



793 



' 668; officers, 688; rela- 



tions with tin- i:.-r..nn. .1 Dutch, 008; discussions, 609. 

 HOB. Birth, 889 ; pursuits, 869; death, 00. 



Keutt. Government, 009 ; area, 009 ; population, 609 ; joint 

 German Confederation, 609. 



/. Discovery, 669; nature, 609; use*, 600; exper- 

 iments, 670. 



Rhode ItlawL M.-ctlni; of Republicans In convention, 

 670; proceedings, 670; Democratic Convention, 670; 

 proceedings, 670 ; election, 670 ; Inauguration of tho 

 070; proceedings, 671; session of the Legis- 

 lature, C71 ; acts passed, 671 ; Narragansot Indians, 671 ; 

 decline to become citizens, 671. 



RIOUMOMD, DBA.*. Birth, 671 ; career, 671 ; death, 672. 



ROGERS, ANDREW J. Representative from Now Jer.ey, 121; 

 on representation and taxation, 146 ; on the Civil Bights 

 bill, 201 ; on the bill to relieve officers, 216. 



ROGERS, HENRY D. Birth, 673; pursuits, 673; death, 673. 



Hainan Catholic Church, Organization and numbers, 678; 

 organisation and numbers In England, 673; negotiations 

 of tho Italian Government with the Pope, 674 ; allocu- 

 tion of the Pope, 674; allocution against Russia, 671; 

 r>'|>ly of the Russian Government, 675; letter to the 

 ;ollc bishops on tho canonization of martyr*, 676; 

 second National Council In the United States, 676; mem- 

 bers, 676; pastoral letter. 67" ; views on the emancipa- 

 tion of slaves, 677; dispatch to the Pope, 673; reply, 



era. 



Ross, JOHN. Birth, 678 ; pursuits, 678 ; death, 678. 



Ruftia. Government, 67S ; area, 678 ; population, 67S ; 

 revenue, 679 ; attempt to assassinate the Emperor. 671) ; 

 congratulations of the Emperor by tho United States, 

 679 ; reply of Prince Gortcbakoff, 679 ; letter of the 

 Emperor, 6SO ; war In Central Asia, 680 ; Incorporation 

 of Tashkcnd with tho empire, GSO; insurrections In the 

 Caucasus, 681 ; emancipation, 6S1 ; Russiflcation of I'o- 

 land, CSS. 



Bw*ian America. Situation, 682; extent, 682; history, 

 C-_'; ri.,r<. :-_'; productions, 6S2; climate, 688 ; sold to 

 the United States, 683. 



RUTHEEFOBD, JOHN. Birth, 683; pursuits, 683; death, 684. 



San Domingo. Area, 684 ; population, 681 ; government, 

 684; visit of Secretary Seward, 684. 



San Salvador. Seo Central America. 



Bxt-UBr RT, WILLARD. Senator from Delaware, 124 ; on the 

 reconstruction committee, 188 ; on the exclusion of 

 Southern members, ISO; on the constitutional amend- 

 ment 191 ; on the Civil Rights bill, 197 ; on the Freed- 

 men's Bureau, 207; on the bill to relieve officers, 219; 

 on admission of Colorado, 288. 



Saxe. Government, 684 ; area, 684 ; population, 684. 



Saacony. Government, 684 ; area, 684 ; population, 684 ; 

 revenue, 684 ; In the German war, 684, 



Schaumburg-Hppe. Government, 634 ; area, 634; popula- 

 tion, 684 ; tides with Prussia, 634. 



Schlewcig-ffoUtein. Treaty arrangements, 6S4 ; govcrn- 

 \ merit, 684; area, 685; population, 685. 



fktiwii rtburg. Government, 685 ; area, 685 ; population, 

 <>.) ; sides with Prussia, 685. 



&OOTT, WrxFiELn. Birth, 685; career, 695; death, 686. 



SRVTOX, WH.LIAM. Birth, 687; pursuits, 687; death, 687. 



BVWAXD, "VILLIAM H. I>tter on sending ^constitutional 

 amen.lniHit ;,. State*. 196; action of tin- \'-w York Sen- 

 ate- relative to, M t ; views on tho President's position, 

 758; do. on H Philadelphia Convention, 7.V, 



BH*LLABAROBR, SA*UEI.. Representative from Ohio, 124; 

 on representation and taxation, I4G. 



BHEHMAX, Jom. Senator from Ohio, 124 ; on exclusion of 

 Southern members, 162 : on tbo President's power to re- 

 move office-holders, 242-250. 



SHERMAN, Gen. W. T. Appointed Lieutenant-General, Si 



SMITH, AUGUSTUS W. Birth, 689; pursuits, 089; death, 

 -.-... 



SMITH, GREEK CLAV. Representative from Kentucky, 124 ; 

 nominates Charles B. Parsons for chaplain, 129. 



SMITH, JOSBPII M. Birth, 690; career, 690; death, 69<X 



Soda, Btborate o/. Foucd In California, 002; constituent 

 parts of water, 692 ; annual supply estimated, 692. 



Soda and Chlorine Residues. Nature, 692; utilizers, 092; 

 treatment, 692 ; various processes, 698. 



Soda and Soda Compound*. Processes for the prepara- 

 tion of, 694; outline of Leblanc's, 695; theory of Le- 

 blnnc, 696 ; other processes, 697 ; preparation of soda 

 chlorine, etc., acids, 697; Kapp's soda process, 698; pro- 

 cess with baryta, etc., 693; process by direct action on 

 common salt, 693 ; soda from cryolite, 699 ; oxidation 

 of crude soda .liquors, 699 ; preparation of pure soda, 

 699. 



Solid Bodies, flow of. Explanation, 700 ;' experiments, 700 ; 

 phenomena, 700. 



Soryhnm. The sort of cane, 700; cultivation, 701 ; express- 

 Ing of the juice, 702; purification, 708; processes, 705; 

 sugar, 706; other uses, 706; profits of culture, 707, 

 yearly product, 707. 



&>uth Carolina. Futility of criminal laws, 707; modifica- 

 tions, 707; stay law, 703; session of the Legislature; 

 708 ; Its acts, 703 ; public debt, 703 ; penitentiary, 703 ; 

 schools, 703 ; Imprisonment for debt, 708 ; rice crop, 708 ; 

 amendment to the Federal Constitution, 709; civil rights 

 of negroes, 709 ; exports of cotton, 709 ; manufactures, 

 709. 



Spain. Government, 687 ; area, 087 ; population, S7 ; 

 finances, 687; debt,6S7; commerce, 6S7; army, 687 

 military revolt, 637; resignation of the O'Donnell min 

 1>trv, 638; proclamation of tho revolutionary junta, 

 688; war with Chill and Peru, 688. 



SPAKKS, JARED. Birth, 688; career, 688; death, 688. 



SPEED, J. Attorney-General, 518 ; on the case of Jefferson 

 Davis, 513. 



STANSBERY, HEXBY. Attorney-General, 517; letter on the 

 case of Jefferson Davis, 517. 



STANTON, Knwi.v M. Secretary of War, 518 ; report on the 

 case of Jefferson Davis, 513. 



STEVENS, THADDEUS. Representative from Pennsylvania, 

 124 ; offers resolution for a joint committee on recon- 

 struction, 128; nominates James G. Butler for chaplain, 

 I-.''.); offers a series of joint resolutions, 130; on Senate 

 amen.lrm-nts to reconstruction resolution, 139,140; on 

 rring President's Message, 141 ; on an amendment to 

 the Constitution, 146; reports from joint committee, 

 155; reports from joint committee, 1S2; offers bills, 

 183; on the Constitutional Amendment, 183; on the 

 Memphis riots, 23>. 



STEWART. WILLIAM M. Senator from Nevada, 124 ; on the 

 Freedmcn's Bureau bill, 205; on admission of Colorado, 

 : offers resolutions of universal amnesty and univer- 

 sal suffrage, 748. 



STII.WI:I.L, THOMAS N. Representative from Illinois, 124; 

 offers a resolution, 148. 



STOCKTON, , Ions P. Senator from New Jersey, 124 ; report 

 of the Judiciary Committvc on his right to a scat, 990; 

 on bis right to a seat In tho Senate, 238-230. 



v ROBERT F. Birth, 709; career, 710; death, 710. 



STREET, AUGUSTUS. Birth, 711 ; pursuits, 711 ; death, 711. 



Sugar. Varieties of cane. 711; qualities and composition 

 of cane-juice, 712; manufacture of raw suirors, 712; 

 improvements, 713 ; processes of refining, 714 ; IBM owe- 



