INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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Diplomatic Correspondence. The Alabama claims in the 

 House of Commons, 215 ; speech of Shaw Lefevre, 

 215 ; arbitration proposed, 215 ; speech of Lord Stan- 

 ley, 215 ; views of W. E. Forster, 215 ; remarks of J. 

 S. Mill, 215 ; do. of Gladstone, 216 ; treaty negotiated 

 by Reverdy Johnson, 216 ; reception of the Chinese 

 embassy at Washington, 217 ; treaty, 217 ; case of ex- 

 tradition in northern New York, 217 ; opinion of 

 Judge Hall, 217 ; English commission to inquire into 

 the neutrality laws, 217 ; recommendations, 218 ; ne- 

 gotiations relative to naturalization, 218 ; trouble in 

 Paraguay, 218. 



DIXON, JAMES. Senator from Connecticut, 124; on print- 

 ing extra copies of the President's message, 125. 



Dominion of Canada. When created, 219 ; effect of the 

 act of Parliament, 219; fourteen governments in 

 twenty-three years, 219 ; act of 1840, 219 ; clergy re- 

 serves, 219; Toronto University, 219; remodelled, 

 219 ; abolition of feudal rights, 219 ; railways, 219 ; 

 state rights, 220; powers of the local and general 

 governments, 220; trouble in Nova Scotia, 220; ac- 

 tion of Parliament, 220 ; the post-office act, 220 ; vari- 

 ous other acts, 220 ; local legislation, 221 ; Intercolo- 

 nial Railway, 221 ; revenue of the Provinces, 222 ; 

 united debt, 222 ; banks, 222 ; public officers, 222. 



DOOLITTLE, JAMES R. Senator from Wisconsin, 124 ; on 

 reconstruction, 147; on reconstruction, 151. 



DRAKE, CHARLES D. Moves amendment to the Arkan- 

 sas bill, 169. 



DOT-FIELD. GEORGE. Birth, 222 ; death, 222 ; career, 222. 



Dynamite. Nature, 223 ; how used, 223 ; force, 223 ; acci- 

 dents from nitro-glycerine, 223. 



Earthquakes. In the Island of Hawaii, 223 ; shocks, 223 ; 

 effects, 224 ; catastrophes, 224 ; other accounts, 224 ; 

 the tidal wave, 225 ; in South America, 225 ; first 

 shock in Peru, 225; numbers killed at Arica, 226; 

 other accounts, 226 ; curious effects at Arica, 226 ; 

 effects at Arequipa, 226 ; at Lima, 227 ; at Chincha 

 Islands, 227 ; other places in Peru, 227 ; disastrous 

 consequences in Ecuador, 228 ; at Quito, 228 ; at Val- 

 paraiso, 228 ; results, 228; tidal wave, 229 ; in Cali- 

 fornia, effects at San Francisco, 229-232 ; other shocks, 

 232 ; in other parts, 232 ; in Mexico, 233 ; in other 

 countries, 233. 



Eastern Churches. Definition, 234 ; statistics, 234 ; ad- 

 dress of the Pope, 234 ; the Armenians, 234 ; reply to 

 the Pope, 234 ; polygamy, 237. 



Ecuador. Area, 237; population, 237; commerce, 237; 

 elections, 237 ; arrangement with Chili, 237. 



EDMUNDS, GEORGE F. Senator from Vermont, 124 ; reso- 

 lution relative to the District of Columbia bill, 128 ; 

 on the President's reply, 128, 129. 



Egypt. Government, 237 ; ministers, 237 ; area, 237 ; 

 population, 237 ; army, 237 ; navy, 237 ; commerce, 

 237; speech of the Viceroy to the Assembly, 237; 

 contract with English Government, 237 ; slave-trade 

 Blue-Book, 238 ; declarations of the English consul, 238. 



ELDRIDGE, CHARLES A. Representative from Wiscon- 

 sin, 124 ; on the impeachment of the President, 142 ; 

 on the guarantee of a republican form of govern- 

 ment, 164. 



Electricity. Submerged uninsulated cables, 239 ; electric 

 lights for light-houses and ships, 239 ; light at Dunge- 

 ness, 240; value for signals, 240; experiments in 

 electrolysis, 240 ; new batteries, 241 ; electric piano, 

 242; magnetic alphabetical telegraph, 242; electric 

 apparatus for blasting purposes, 242 ; electro-capil- 

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lary paper, 243 ; an improved voltastat, 243 ; a new 

 exciting liquid, 244 ; decomposing action of the vol- 

 taic arc on certain substances, 244 ; color effects of 

 electric discharges, 244 ; the electric spark in a 

 vacuum, 245; magnetism and molecular changes, 

 245; the aurora borealis as a weather prognostic, 

 245; effects of lightning, 246. 



ELLIOTSON, JOHN. Birth, 246 ; death, 246 ; career, 246. 



ELLIOTT, CHAS, L. Birth, 246 ; death, 246 ; pursuits, 246. 



ELLSWORTH, WILLIAM W. Birth, 247 ; death, 247 ; pur- 

 suits, 247. 



ENGLE, Rear- Admiral FREDERIC. Birth, 247 ; death, 247 ; 

 career, 247. 



Europe. Aspect, 247 ; revolution in Spain, 247 ; move- 

 ments in Cuba, 248 ; English war in Abyssinia, 248 ; 

 Russia's advance eastward, 248 ; Candia, 248 ; Roman 

 question, 248 ; party of progress, 248 ; Liberal party 

 in France, 248 ; overthrow of Queen Isabella, 249 ; 

 area and population of countries, 249 ; progress of 

 statistical science, 250. 



EVARTS, WILLIAM M. Appointed Attorney-General, 754. 



FARNSWORTH, JOHN F. Representative from Illinois, 

 124 ; on the impeachment of the President, 138 ; on 

 reconstruction, 151 ; reports a bill to admit Alabama, 

 168. 



FARRAGUT, Admiral D. G. Commands the European 

 squadron, 524 ; his cruise in European waters, 521. 



Finances of the United States. Receipts of the Govern- 

 ment, 250 ; receipts and expenditures, 250 ; do. for 

 the year ending June 30, 1868, 251 ; increase of the 

 debt, 251 ; total receipts since the close of the war, 

 251 ; actual reduction of debt, 251 ; statement of the 

 indebtedness of the United States, 252 ; changes 

 made at the close of the war, 253 ; course pursued by 

 the Treasury Department, 253 ; questions of impor- 

 tance connected with the national debt presented 

 during the year, 253 ; currency for payment of five- 

 twenty bonds, 253 ; acts of Congress authorizing the 

 issue of five-twenty bonds, 254 ; act limiting the 

 amount of greenbacks, 255 ; the funding bill of 1868, 

 255 ; proposition to suspend the payment of the prin- 

 cipal of the debt, 255 ; coin contracts, 255 ; recom- 

 mendations of the Secretary of the Treasury, 256 ; 

 circulation of national banks, 256 ; irredeemable 

 paper, 256 ; commercial relations of the United States 

 to other countries, 256 ; increase in the products of 

 domestic industry, 257 ; all articles produced in other 

 countries at a greater profit than in the United States, 

 257; unusual condition of affairs, 257; influence of 

 irredeemable paper to increase the cost of manufac- 

 tures, 258 ; fluctuation of prices, 258 ; increase of 

 wages, 258 ; average weekly expenditure of families, 

 258 ; compared with average weekly wages, 259 ; 

 weekly wages, 259; modification of the system of 

 direct taxes, 259 ; basis of the tariff, 260 ; causes in- 

 terfering with the rapid development of the country, 

 260; aspect of financial affairs, 260; bullion, 260; 

 coinage, 260 ; fluctuation in prices of principal arti- 

 cles, 261 ; resumption of specie payments, 261 ; treas- 

 ure movement at New York, 262 ; prices of shares 

 at the Stock Exchange, 263 ; daily price of gold, 264 ; 

 Government securities, 265. 



Florida. Progress of reconstruction, 265 ; convention 

 called, 266 ; remonstrance of citizens, 266 ; order of 

 General Meade relative to the State courts, 266 ; or- 

 ganization of the State Convention, 266 ; discord com- 

 menced, 266 ; committee on elections, 267 ; report, 



