INDEX OF C" 



791 



public schools, 479; penitentiary, 470; militia. 479; 



: Jnstico Chase nndi-r i!>. 



Ijiv. .ratio and Republican Conventions, 



lion in Ndvrnilier. 480. 



3Iauach\uett.< " ml proceeding* of Legislature, 



480; the prohibitory liquor law, 480; petitions a: 

 monstrances, 480 ; seizure* by the constabulary force, 

 intlui -in -,- of the liquor question on general politi- 

 cal Issues, 481 ; State Temperance Convention and 

 resolutions, 481 ; MKVI. -publican Coim-n- 



tion, 488; nomination of candidates, 488; resolutions, 

 488; Democratic Convention and resolutions, 488; re- 

 sult of the November election, 483; finances, 488; 

 pul ilic schools, 488 ; agricultural college, 483 ; paupers, 

 : deaf and dumb a? ylum, 484 ; State prison, 484 ; 

 Hooslc Tunnel, 481 ; improvement of Boston harbor, 

 484; fisheries, 484. 



MAXIMILIAN, ALKXANDEB PHILIPP. Birth, 481; works, 

 484; death, -1st. 



MATNARD, HORACE. Representative from Tennessee, 131 ; 

 on suffrage In Nebraska, 167. 



MCCABPLE, WILLIAM H. Trial of, by military commis- 

 sion, 611. 



McDoro ALL, JAKES A. Birth, 484 ; public serrices, 485 ; 

 \484. 



MEAGIIER, THOMAS FRANCIS. Birth, 485; career, 485; 

 military services, 485 ; death, 484. 



MeckUnburg. Sovereign, 486 ; area and population, 486 ; 

 debt, 486; army. 480; shipping, 486. 



MEHIUCK, FLINT. Birth, 436 ; political services, 486 ; 

 death, 486. 



Metals. Extracting silver from lead, 487 ; iridium in Can- 

 ada, 487 ; chemically pure silver, 487; copper in pow- 

 der, 487; aluminium bronze and soldering, 488 ; works 

 in bronzed cast iron, 488 ; soldering iron and steel, 

 488 ; refining pig or cast Iron, 488 ; corrosion of cast 

 iron, 489 ; manufacture of steel, 489 ; analysis of blis- 

 ter steel, 489 ; native hydrate of iron, 489 ; tungsten 

 steel by Bessemer' s process, 489 ; test of steel-headed 

 rails, 490. 



Meteors. Meteoric shower of November, 490 ; observa- 

 tions at Washington, 490; do. at Richmond, 490; do. 

 at Albany, 490 ; do. at New Haven, 491 ; do. at To- 

 ronto, 491 ; do. at Haverford, Pa., 491 ; do. at Chicago, 

 492; do. at Ann Arbor, 492 ; do. at Indianapolis, 492; 

 do. at San Francisco, 492 ; do. at Chihuahua, 492 ; do. 

 at Pekln, 492 ; parallax of meteors, 492 ; summary of 

 deviations from known observations, 492, 493 ; record 

 of meteoric showers, 493. 



Methodists. Episcopal Church societies, 493 ; receipts, 

 493; literary institutions, 493; statistics of member- 

 ship, 493 ; annual conferences, 494 ; value of church 

 property, 494 ; Book Concern, 494 ; centenary contri- 

 butions, 494 ; statistics of Church South, 494 ; confer- 

 ences, 494 ; change of name, 495 ; organization of the 

 "Methodist "Church, 495; statistics, 495; contribu- 

 tions, 495 ; General Conference, 495 ; organic changes, 

 495; Methodist Protestant Church, 495; Wesleyan 

 Connection, 495 ; Evangelical Association, 495 ; statis- 

 tics, 495 ; meeting of General Conference, 495 ; reso- 

 lution in reply to overtures of union from M. E. 

 Church, 495 ; importance of securing lots along tho 

 Pacific Railroad for erecting churches, 495; African 

 churches, 496 ; Methodist Episcopal Church in Can- 

 ada, 496 ;. statistics, 496 ; statistics of the Wesleyan 

 Connection In Great Britain, 4% ; proceedings of the 

 Wesleyan Conference at Bristol, England, 496; Primi- 

 tive Methodists in Great Britain, 496 ; United Metho- 

 dist Free Churches, 496 ; Methodist New Connection, 

 496 ; Wesleyan Reform Union, 4!7. 



Jfeefao. Condition of affair* at the beginning of the year. 

 407; withdrawal of French troop*, 497; farewell proc- 

 lamation of Marshal Bazalne, 407 ; movement* of 

 Maximilian, 497 ; concentration of Imperialists, 497; 

 decree proclaiming martial law In the city of Mexico, 

 497; capture of Pucbla by Diaz, 498; Maximilian be- 

 leged at Queretaro, 498 ; capture of the entire 1m- 

 P< rial force at Queretaro, 498 ; decree of Btcobedo, 

 498 ; Maximilian'* requests of General Eocobedo, 496 ; 

 proclamation to the people, 498 ; prisoners shot near 

 Zacatecas, 496 ; fears for Maximilian, 498; appeal of 

 the Emperor of Austria to the Government at Wash- 

 ington. 4'.H : Minister Campbell directed to communi- 

 cate the desire of the Government to Juarez, 499 ; re- 

 ply of the Mexican authorities, 499 ; trial of Maximil- 

 ian, 499; intercession In bis behalf, 499; accusation 

 against him, 499 ; conviction and execution of Maxi- 

 milian, 500; capitulation of the city of Mexico, 500; 

 orders for the government of citizen . and disposal of 

 surrendered troops, 500 ; escape of Marqucz and exe- 

 cution of Vidaurri, 500; return of President Juarez to 

 the capital, 500 ; his address to the people, 500 ; reor- 

 ganization of the government, 501 ; letter of convoca- 

 tion, ordering an election of President and members 

 of Congress, and proposing amendments to the con- 

 stitution , 601 ; result of the election, 501 ; meeting of 

 Congress, 501 ; summary of President's message, 501 ; 

 reply of the President of Congress, 501 ; unsettled con- 

 dition of the country, 502; insurrection in Yucatan, 

 502 ; action of Congress for suppression of the revolt, 

 502. 



MEXICO FERDINAND MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH, history of, 

 late Emperor of, 502-504. 



Miantonomoh, The. Cruise of, 530. 



Michigan. Finances, 504 ; debt, taxes, &c., 604 ; elections, 

 504 ; Constitutional Convention, 604 ; proposed 

 changes in the constitution, 504, 505 ; legislative pro- 

 ceedings, 505 ; railroads, 605 ; common schools, 605 ; 

 banks, 505 ; State prison, 506 ; reform school, 605 ; 

 Detroit House of Correction. 505, 506 ; salt manufacture, 

 606; iron and copper, 506 ; wheat and wool, 506; fruits, 

 506 ; sorghum, 506 ; lumber, 606 ; monument to dead 

 soldiers, 506. 



Military Commisstong. Petition of Jefferson Davis for re- 

 lease from confinement, 507; writ ordering his ap- 

 pearance before the Circuit Court at Richmond, 607 ; 

 order of the President for his surrender to the United 

 States Marshal, 508; return of the writ and surrender 

 of Mr. Davis to the Court, 508 ; proceedings In Court, 

 608, 509 ; release of Davis on bail, 510 ; proceedings 

 of the November term of tho Court, 510 ; order for 

 postponement of the trial, 511 ; the McCardle case, 

 611. 



MILLS, ABRAHAM. Birth, 611 ; professional career, 511 ; 

 published works, 511 ; death, 611. 



Minnesota. Growth, 611 ; finances, 511 ; receipts and ex- 

 penditures, 612; debt, 512; school fund, 518; edn- 

 catlenal facilities, 512; State university, 512; soldiers' 

 claims, 612 ; State prison, 512 ; House of Refuge and 

 asylums, 513; agriculture of tho State, 513; area and 

 population, 513; railroads, 613; timber, 513; State 

 election, 613; legislature, 513. 



Minnesota, The. Cruise of, 530. 



MIHAMON, MIOUEL. Ills early military career, 513; po- 

 litical life, 513 ; later years, 514. 



Legislative action on constitutional amend- 

 ment, 514 ; becomes part of Fourth Military District, 

 614 ; steps taken to test the validity of the recon- 

 struction act, 514; substance of the petition for that 

 purpose, 514 ; proclamation of the Governor on duties 



