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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



35 ; pay of the convention, 35 ; adjournment, 35 ; pro- 

 test of members, 36 ; their address to the people, 36 ; 

 removal of municipal officers of Little Rock, 37 ; the 

 correspondence, 37; order for the disposition of 

 troops, 37 ; polls kept open frauds, 37 ; constitution 

 ratified, 38 ; votes, 38 ; report of commanding officer, 

 38 ; meeting of the Legislature, 38 ; public buildings 

 closed against them, 38; forcibly opened, 38; the 

 State admitted to representation in Congress, 39 ; 

 jurisdiction turned over to the civil authorities, 39 ; 

 orders of Gen. Gillem, 39 ; disturbances, 39 ; procla- 

 mation of the Governor. 39 ; martial law in 'ten coun- 

 ties, 40 ; action of the Legislature, 40 ; finances, 40 ; 

 assessments, 40 ; taxes, 40 ; vote for President, 40 ; 

 bill to admit, 1G9 ; protest, 175. 



Army of the United States. Progress of its reduction, 

 40 ; its strength, 41 ; expenses of the Department, 41 ; 

 do. Ordnance Department, 41 ; do. Commissary, 41 ; 

 bounties, 41 ; cost of reconstruction at the South, 41 ; 

 Quartermaster's Department, 41 ; Inspection Bureau, 

 41 ; Freedmen's Bureau, 41 ; expenses, 41 ; cadet 

 corps, 42 ; artillery school, 42 ; military telegraphy, 

 42 ; changes of military districts, 42 ; troops, how 

 employed, 42; at the South, 43; dropping officers, 

 43 ; gathering the remains of soldiers, 43 ;" grand 

 reunion," 43. 



Asia. War between Russia and the Khan of Bokhara, 

 43 ; progress of British India, 44 ; Wahabees, 44 ; 

 China commerce and treaties, 44; Japan, its gov- 

 ernment, 44; area and population of Asia, 44. 



Astronomical Phenomena and Progress. The total solar 

 eclipse, 44 ; efforts of the French, English, and Ger- 

 man Governments, 44; reports of observations of 

 various parties, 45 ; the Austrian expedition, 45 ; the 

 English expedition, 46; the North-German expedi- 

 tion, 46 ; report of Commander Perrin, 47 ; do. of 

 another commander, 47 ; the lunar crater Linne", 47 ; 

 other supposed changes in the moon, 48 ; new vari- 

 able spot on the moon's surface, 48 ; heat given out 

 by the moon, 49 ; solar and planetary tables, 49 ; sec- 

 ular variations of the elements of the earth's orbit, 

 49 ; distance of the sun, 50 ; asteroids, 50 ; observa- 

 tions of nebulae, 51 ; suspected change in a nebula, 

 52 ; stellar spectra, 52 ; a new comet, 52 ; spectrum 

 of comet II., 1868, 52; colors of Saturn, 53; color of 

 the moon and stars, 54 ; fall of rain as affected by the 

 moon, 54 ; the Melbourne telescope, 54. 



Australia. Population of the five English colonies, 55 ; 

 Australian trade, 55 ; extent of Australia, 55 ; popu- 

 lation of New South Wales, 55 ; imports, 55 ; gold 

 yield, 55 ; Victoria, its population, 56 ; details, 56 ; 

 Western Australia, 56; Queensland, its population, 

 56 ; Tasmania, 56 ; New Zealand, population, 57 ; de- 

 tails, 57 ; statistics, 57 ; outbreak, 57. 



Austria. Government, 57 ; area, 57 ; provinces and pop- 

 ulation, 58 ; religious statistics, 58 ; ministry, 58 ; Par- 

 liament, 58 ; budget, 58 ; army and navy, 59 ; circular 

 of the ministry, 59 ; second do., 59 ; laws of Parlia- 

 ment relating to civil rights, and restricting the 

 church influence, 59 ; opposition of the bishops, 60 ; 

 reply of Baron von Beust to the Allocution of the 

 Pope, 60; agitation in Bohemia and Moravia, 61; 

 riots at Prague, 61 ; Galician Diet, 61 ; Tyrolese 

 Diet, 61 ; new commercial treaty, 61. 



Baden. Government, 62 ; population, 62 ; ecclesiastical 



statistics, 62 ; debt, 62 ; army, 62. 

 Banks in the United States. List of, in operation under 



State laws, 62 ; national banks, 63 ; organization and 

 capital, 63 ; banks of New York city, 63 ; condition 

 of the national banks, 63 ; savings-banks in Massa- 

 chusetts, 63 ; do. in Rhode Island, 63 ; do. in Connec- 

 ticut, 64 ; do. in Vermont, 64 ; recapitulation, 64 ; rela- 

 tive number of depositors to the inhabitants, 64; 

 savings-banks of New York, 64 ; increase of deposits 

 in New York State, 64; the clearing-house, 64. 



Baptists. Meaning of the collective name, 65; regular 

 Baptists, 65 ; statistics, 65 ; anniversaries of the so- 

 cieties, 65; details, 66; Free-will Baptists, 66 ; statis- 

 tics, 66 ; societies, 66 ; colleges, 66 ; General Confer- 

 ence, 66 ; missions, 66 ; Liberal Baptists, 67 ; numbers, 

 67 ; other Baptist denominations, 67 ; statistics, 67 ; 

 Baptists of Great Britain, 67 ; do. on the Continent 

 of Europe, 67 ; missions in Asia, 68 ; do. in Africa, 

 69. 



BAUGHEB, HENRY L. Birth, 69 ; pursuits, 69 ; death, 69. 



Havana. Government, 69 ; population, 69 ; religious de- 

 nominations, 69 ; army, 69 ; finances, 69. 



BAVARIA, Louis I., ex-King. Birth, 70; career, 70; lib- 

 erality, 70 ; death, 70. 



BEACH, MOSES YALE. Birth, 70 ; pursuits, 70 ; death, 70. 



BECK, JAMES B. Representative from Kentucky, 124 ; on 

 the impeachment of the President, 138 ; on a minority 

 report on reconstruction, 163. 



Belgium. Government, 71 ; population, 71 ; ministry, 71 ; 

 budget, 71 ; army, 71 ; imports and exports, 71 ; ship- 

 ping, 71 ; elections, 71 ; active army, 71. 



BELL, HENRY H. Birth, 71 ; public services, 71 ; death, 

 72. 



BELL, SAMUEL DANA. Birth, 72 ; pursuits, 72 ; death, 72. 



BENJAMIN, JOHN F. Representative from Missouri, 149 ; 

 offers resolutions relative to reconstruction, 149. 



BERRYER, PIERRE ANTOINE. Birth, 72 ; career, 73 ; death, 

 73. 



BETTS, SAMUEL R. Birth, 74; judicial services, 74; 

 death, 74. 



BINGHAM, JOHN A. Representative from Ohio, 124 ; on 

 reconstruction, 150 ; reports a bill relative to recon- 

 struction, 160-162. 



BLAIR, FRANK P. Letter previous to the Democratic 

 Convention, 746. 



Bolivia. Limits, 74 ; population, 75 ; army, 75 ; expendi- 

 tures, 75; new Congress, 75; rights of citizenship, 

 75 ; contract with the National Bolivian Navigation 

 Company, 75. 



BOUTWELL, GEORGE S. Representative from Massachu- 

 setts, 124; on the impeachment of the President, 

 130 ; on the republican State guarantee, 165 ; reports 

 a joint resolution relative to the electoral college, 

 194. 



BRADBURY, WILLIAM B. Birth, 75 ; pursuits, 76 ; death, 

 76. 



Brazil. Government, 76; new ministry, 76; area, 76; 

 revenue, 76 ; imports and exports, 76 ; shipping, 76 ; 

 commerce of Santos, 77 ; speech of the Emperor to 

 the General Assembly, 77 ; difference with the minis- 

 try, 77 ; passage up the Paraguay River refused to 

 American gunboat Wasp, 78 ; remonstrance, 78 ; apol- 

 ogy, 78 ; emancipation, 78 ; war, 78. 



Bremen. Government, 78 ; area, 78; population, 78; debt, 

 78 ; commerce, 78. 



BREWSTER, Sir DAVID. Birth, 78 ; career, 79 ; death, 79. 



Bridges. Quincy Railway bridge, 79 ; railway bridge at 

 India Point, Providence, 80; bridge over the Alle- 

 ghany, 80 ; bridge strains, 81 ; method of determin- 

 ing, 81. 



BROOKE, Sir JAMES. Birth, 81 ; death, 81 ; career, 82. 



BROOKS, JAMES. Representative from New York, 124 ; 



