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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Test of Iron by Magnetism. Discovery, 710; principle on 

 which it is based, 716 ; mode of application, with il- 

 lustrations, 716 ; actual results of the test shown, 716 ; 

 further illustrations of the use and application of the 

 test, 717 ; various experiments of Mr. Saxby, the dis- 

 coverer, with cuts, 717-719; experiments before chief- 

 engineers, 720 ; experiments with rolled plates, 729 ; 

 experiments with steel, 720; importance of the posi- 

 tion of the anvil in forging, 721 ;. value of the inden- 

 tion of Mr. Saxby shown, 721 ; what it detects, 721. 



THATCHEK, Admiral H. K. In command of North Pacific 

 squadron, 528. 



THAYER, M. RCSSELL. Representative from Pennsylva- 

 nia, 131 ; on removals from office, 186. 



THEODORE, King of Abyssinia. Letters to, 3, 4. 



THOMAS, Gen. GEORGE H. Coarse as military commander 

 in Tennessee, 705. (See Tennessee.) 



TIMON, Eight Rev. JOHN. Birth and death, 721 ; studies 

 and labors, 721 ; growth of his diocese, 721. 



Tobacco, Culture of. The crop in various parts of the 

 United States, 722 ; comparative production in several 

 States during several years, 722; different varieties 

 and qualities of the weed, 722 ; cultivation of tobacco, 

 722; preparation of the seed-bed, 722; the soil and its 

 preparation, 723; directions for setting out the plant, 

 723; cultivation of the growing plant, 723; depreda- 

 tions of insects, 723; pruning, 723; topping, 724; 

 treatment of suckers, 724 ; worming, 724 ; ripening, 

 724; preparation for harvesting and drying, 724; pro- 

 cess of harvesting, 724; curing by the method of 

 spearing, 723 ; curing by the pegging process, 725 ; 

 curing by the tying process, 725 ; hanging, 723 ; strip- 

 ping, 726 ; treatment of chewing-tobacco, 726 ; pack- 

 ing in bulks, or bulking, 726 ; ordinary process of 

 packing, 727. 



TORBET, Rev. JOSEPH. Birth and death, 727 ; education 

 and pursuits, 727 ; character, 727. 



TRUMBULL, LYM AN. Senator from Illinois, 131 ; on the 

 validity of certain proclamations, 176 ; on repeal of the 

 amnesty clause, 179 ; on reconstruction, 239. 



Tur key. Present ruler, 727; area and population, 727; 

 finances, 727; dependencies, 727 ; discontents and in- 

 surrections in the dependencies, 728; population of 

 Epirus and Thcssaly, 728 ; relations with Russia, 728 ; 

 visit of the Sultan to Paris, London, and Vienna, 728; 

 publication of the " Red-Book," its contents, 728 ; offi- 

 cial dispatch in the "Red-Book" on Cretan affairs, 

 729 ; telegram regarding the mission of Costaki Effendi 

 and Dr. Howe to Crete, 729 ; relations with Greece, 

 729; other documents relating to Crete and Greece, 

 729 ; scheme of new administration in Crete, 730 ; pro- 

 test against the removal of Cretan families, 730 ; fur- 

 ther documents relating to Cretan affairs, 730 ; progress 

 of liberal ideas in Turkey, 730 ; letter of Mustapha 

 Fazil Pacha to the Sultan on the condition of Turkey 

 and her institutions, and the remedy therefor, 730, 731 ; 

 letter of Zia Bey, 731. 



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Unitarians. Statistics of the society, 731 ; National Con- 

 ference of Unitarian and other Christian Churches, 

 732 ; American Unitarian Association, report of its 

 work, 732 ; Annual Conference of the Western Unita- 

 rian Churches statement of the operations of the 

 year, 732; action of the Conference, 732; Unitarianism 

 in England, 732 ; British and Foreign Unitarian Asso- 

 ciationits work, 732; 'movement for the union of 

 " Liberals," 733. 



United Brethren in Christ. Mission statistics, 733 ; pub- 



lications, 733 ; general statistics, 733 ; literary institu- 

 tions, 733 ; next General Conference, 733. 



United States. Restoration of Southern States, 734 ; con- 

 stitutional amendment, known as article 14, 734 ; 

 States which have ratified the amendment, 734 ; pub- 

 lic meetings of colored people relative to elective 

 franchise, 734 ; Equal Rights League Convention, 734 ; 

 the resolutions of that body, 735; action of Congress 

 relative to elective franchise, 735 ; bills for the admis- 

 sion of Colorado and Nebraska, 735 ; the President's 

 vetoes of these bills, 735 ; the Reconstruction Act of 

 March 2d, 7.35 ; the provision of the act relating to fran- 

 chise, 736; the President's veto of the act, 736; the Sup- 

 plementary Bill, 736 ; leading provisions of this meas- 

 ure, 736 ; the President's veto, 736 ; the districts and 

 commanders, 736 ; an address setting forth the con- 

 gressional policy, 736 ; report of executive portion of 

 the committee, to Republican Senators and Repre- 

 sentatives, 737 ; resolution, 737 ; circular of the com- 

 mittee, 737 ; efforts of Mississippi and Georgia to 

 bring the question of reconstruction before the Su- 

 preme Court, 737; Secretary Stanton addressed note 

 to General Grant concerning powers of military com- 

 manders, 738 ; proceedings of the Cabinet with refer- 

 ence to the opinion of the Attorney-General on recon- 

 struction, 738, 739; order of the President through the 

 War Department to commanders of military districts, 

 739; first session of the Fortieth Congress, 739; reso- 

 lution of the Senate, calling on the President for orders, 

 etc., to military commanders, 740; dispatch of Gen- 

 eral Sheridan to General Grant, 740 ; General Grant's 

 reply, 740; supplement to the Reconstruction Act of 

 March 2d, 740 ; President vetoes the supplement, 740 ; 

 military commanders removed, 740; letters of General 

 Grant to the President on removal of officers, 740, 741 ; 

 removal of General Sheridan from Fifth Military Dis- 

 trict, 742 ; removal of General Sickles from Second 

 District, 742; order directing changes in the com- 

 manders of military districts, 742 ; resolutions of the 

 American Anti-Slavery Society, 743 ; Border State 

 Convention at Baltimore, 743 ; resolutions, 744 ; sus- 

 pension of Secretary Stanton, 744; appointment of 

 General Grant ad interim, 744 ; President communi- 

 cates to the Senate his reasons for removing the Sec- 

 retary of War. 744-748 ; correspondence between Gen- 

 eral Grant and Secretary Stanton, 749; President's 

 proclamation respecting affairs in Texas, 749, 750; do. 

 respecting the supremacy of the Constitution, 750; 

 amnesty proclamation, 751 ; President's visit to Ra- 

 leigh, 752 ; proposition to pay the funded debt in cur- 

 rency, 752; conventions of manufacturers with refer- 

 ence to this question, 752, 753. 



Universalisls. Statistics, 753 ; periodicals and institutions, 

 753; convention at Baltimore, 753; resolution on the 

 state of the country, 754; Northwestern Conference, 

 754 ; resolutions relative to continuing the particular 

 organization, 754 ; doctrinal controversy in the School 

 Street Church, Boston, 754; statistics of Universalism 

 in British America, 754; do. in England, 754. 



Uruguay. President, 754; area and population, 754; 

 imports and exports, 754 ; movements of vessels, 754. 



VELPEAU, ALFRED ARMAND Louis MARIE. Birth, 754 ; 

 education, 755; professional career, 755; published 

 works, 755 ; death, 754. 



Venezuela. President, 755 ; area and population, 755 ; debt, 

 expenditures and revenue, 755 ; entrances and clear- 

 ances in the ports, 755. 



