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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



plications of electricity, 294; experiments in elec- 

 trolysis, 295 ; visibility of the electric spark, 295 ; ef- 

 fects of electricity on seeds, 295 ; observations of 

 atmospheric electricity, 295; electrical countries, 296. 



ELDBIDGE, CHARLES A. Representative from Wisconsin, 

 131 ; on reconstruction, 210, 219, 236. 



ELIOT, THOMAS D. Representative from Massachusetts, 

 131 ; on investigating the New Orleans riot, 202. 



EMMANUEL, VICTOR. King of Italy, birth and accession, 

 408. 



ENGLES, WILLIAM MORRISON. Birth, 296; career, 296; 

 literary labors, 296 ; death, 296. 



Europe. Area and population, 296; continued political 

 agitation, 297 ; Confederation of German States, 297 ; 

 affairs in Austria, 297 ; policy of Russia, 297; matters 

 in Denmark, 297 ; disturbances in Turkey, 297 ; Fenian 

 agitation in Great Britain, 297 ; Reform party, 297; at- 

 tempt to overthrow the Government in Spain, 297; 

 new Constitution in Austria, 298; elections in Ger- 

 many, Prance, and Italy, 298. 



EVANS, GEORGE. Birth, 298; career, 298; death, 298. 



ETBE, ex-Governor of Jamaica. His arrest, 414. 



FARADAY, MICHAEL. Birth, 298 ; education, 298 ; scien- 

 tific researches, 299 ; works, 299 ; death, 298. 



FARRAGUT, ADMIRAL. In command of the European 

 squadron, 526. 



Fenian Brotherhood. Activity, 299 ; efforts to obtain bel- 

 ligerent rights, 299 ; uprising in Ireland, 299 ; conven- 

 tions and public meetings, 299; invasion of Canada, 

 300 ; meeting of Fenian Congress, 300 ; proceedings, 

 300; reports, 300; Fenian riot at Manchester, 300; 

 union of Roberts and Stephens parties, 300; address 

 of Senate, 300 ; hopes of ultimate success, 300. 



FESSENDEN, WILLIAM P. Senator from Maine, 131 ; on 

 suffrage in Kebraska, 158 ; on repeal of the amnesty 

 clause, 178; on removals from office, 188, 194 ; on re- 

 construction, 238. 



FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY. Birth, 301 ; studies, 301 ; labors, 

 301 ; death, 301. 



Finances of the United States. Improved aspect of fiscal 

 affaire, 302; actual receipts and expenditures for the 

 first quarter of the fiscal year, 302 ; estimates for the 

 remainder of the year, 302; reduction of the debt, 

 302 ; change in the character of the debt, 302 ; state- 

 ment of indebtedness June 30, 303; summary state- 

 ment of debt November 1, 304 ; views respecting the 

 excess of currency, 304 ; contraction of the currency, 

 304 ; prospective resumption of specie payments, 304 ; 

 consolidation of the debt, 304; importance of con- 

 tracting the currency, 305 ; views of Secretary of the 

 Treasury, 305; opposition views, 305; retiring the 

 circulation of national banks, 306 ; policy of the Gov- 

 ernment respecting specie payments, 306; payment 

 of the public debt, 306 ; statement of the condition 

 of the debt, 306, 307 ; redjction of debt, 307 ; opinion 

 of the Commissioner of the Revenue, 307 ; sources 

 of revenue, 308; ability of the country to sustain 

 taxation, 308; amount of business in leading commer- 

 cial cities, 308 ; consumption of various necessities, 

 309 ; fall in prices, 309 ; operation of the revenue law, 

 in regard to available sources of revenue, 309 ; tax on 

 spirits, 309 ; tax on fermented liquors, 309 ; on tobac- 

 co, 309 ; receipts from stamps, 309, 810 ; recapitula- 

 tion of receipts, 310; redemption of bonds, 310; report 

 of Senate Finance Committee, 310 ;. daily prices of 

 gold at New York, 311 ; bullion deposited at the mint, 



312; prices of railroad shares, 312; imports and ex- 

 ports of specie, 312. 



FINCK, WILLIAM E. Representative from Ohio, 131 ; on 

 reconstruction, 218. 



FLANDERS, BENJAMIN F. Governor of Louisiana, 459. 



Florida. Made a part of Third Military District, 312; 

 placed under Colonel Sprague, 312 ; division of the 

 State into districts for registration, 312 ; Governor 

 Walker's proclamation respecting vacancies in civil 

 offices, 313; orders respecting secret meetings of 

 armed blacks, 313 ; first appointment to civil office, by 

 the military commander, 313 ; Republican Convention 

 met at Tallahassee, 313 ; registration of voters, 313 ; 

 order prohibiting civil officers from using influence in 

 reconstruction, 313 ; convention to organize Union 

 Conservative party, 313 ; resolutions, 313 ; additional 

 orders to civil officers respecting their influence in re- 

 construction, 313 ; continued efforts to organize a Con- 

 servative party, 314 ; results of registration, 314 ; 

 order relative to an election, 314 ; instructions for re- 

 vising registration lists, 314 ; result of the election, 

 315 ; question as to the legality of the measures re- 

 lating to reconstruction, 315 ; removal of sheriffs, 315 ; 

 education, 315 ; immigration, 315. 



FOSTER, LAFAYETTE S. Senator from Connecticut, 131 ; 

 on the reading qualification for voters, 140. 



FOULD, ACHILLB. Birth, 315; political career, 316; death, 

 315. 



France. Emperor and heir-apparent, 310 ; area and popu- 

 lation, 316 ; population of chief cities, 316 ; interesting 

 features of population, 816 ; annexation of colonies, 

 316; population of colonial possessions, 316; budget, 

 317; army, 317; fleet, 317; commerce, 317/318; move- 

 ment of shipping, 318 ; merchant navy, 318 ; state of 

 education, 318 ; Emperor's decree concerning changes 

 in the. administration, 318; text of letter to the Min- 

 ister of State, 318 ; text of the decree, 319 ; resignation 

 of the ministers, 319; sitting of the Chambers, 319; 

 reference of the Emperor to German and Mexican 

 questions, 319 ; reference to questions of homo policy, 

 320 ; resignation of Count Walewski, President of the 

 Assembly, 320 ; result of the elections, 320 ; letter of the 

 Emperor respecting the means of intercommunication 

 in France, 320 ; opening of the International Exhibi- 

 tion, 320 ; new session of the Chambers, 321 ; speech 

 of the Emperor, 321 ; the German question, 321 ; the 

 Roman question, 321 ; foreign policy, 321 ; conference 

 on the monetary question, 322. 



Freedmen. Condition, 322; exercise suffrage, 322; educa- 

 tion, 322 ; report of Gen. Howard, 322, 323. 



FREIJNGHUYSEN, FREDERICK T. Senator from New Jer- 

 sey, 131 ; on the leading qualification for voters, 141 ; 

 on removals from office, 189 ; on reconstruction, 229. 



French Exhibition. Origin, 324 ; numbers of exhibitors, 

 324; previous exhibitions, 324; plan of the Exhibi- 

 tion, 324; ventilation, 325; civil engineering and 

 public works, 325 ; electricity, 328; submarine cables, 

 329 ; insulating material, 330 ; electro-ballistic appara- 

 tus, 330; electric engraving-machine, 331; electricity 

 applied to stocking-looms, 331 ; heliography, 332 ; iron 

 and steel, 332 ; spiegeleisen, 335 ; transmission of 

 power, 335; cutting-tools, 336 ; sewing-machines, 337 ; 

 military appliances and models, 337; models and plans 

 of'mining, 338; working of miues. 338; boring, rock- 

 drilling, and coal-cutting machines, 339 ; coal-cutting 

 machines, 340 ; coal-pit fittings, 341 ; new prize at 

 Paris*, 341 ; pneumatic tubes, 343 ; artificial stones 

 and terra-cotta, 343 ; laces, 345 ; prizes, 345 ; gold 

 medals, 345 ; silver medals, 346 ; bronze medals, 346 ; 

 honorable mention, 347. 



