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267; recommitted and members added, 267; report 

 of majority, 267 ; minority outmanoeuvred, 267 ; fifteen 

 delegates retire, 267; remaining members continue 

 the sitting, 267 ; form a constitution, 268 ; action of 

 convention, 268 ; adjournment, 268 ; absentees return, 

 268; form a new convention, 268; new committees, 

 268; unseat four other members, 268; conflict of the 

 parties, 268 ; proceedings of the military, 268 ; reorgan- 

 ization of convention, 269; constitution formed, 269 ; 

 its provisions, 269 ; on suffrage, 269 ; equality of ne- 

 groes, 269 ; declaration of rights, 269 ; candidates for 

 office nominated, 270 ; order for a general election, 

 270; result of the elections, 271 ; meeting of the Legis- 

 lature, 271 ; surrender of the government to the civil 

 authorities, 272 ; military changes, 272 ; second session 

 of the Legislature, 272 ; proclamation of the Governor, 

 273 ; veto message, 273 ; bill passed, 273 ; the Governor 

 impeached, 273 ; proclamation of the Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, 274; declares Legislature adjourned, 274 ; Gov- 

 ernor Reed disregards the impeachment, 274 ; applies 

 to the Supreme Court, 274 ; another proclamation of 

 the Lieutenant-Governor, 275 ; judges sustain the 

 Governor, 275 ; quo warranto issued against the Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, 275 ; his proceedings, 275 ; new 

 Legislature meet, 275; impeachment set aside, 275; 

 its proceedings, 276 ; message of the Governor, 276 ; 

 finances, 276 ; taxation, 276 ; public lands, 277. 



FOBCE, PETEB. Birth, 277; death, 277; pursuits, 277. 



France. Area, 278 ; decrease of agricultural population, 

 278 ; population of each department, 279 ; colonial 

 possessions, 279 ; budget, 279 ; debt, 280 ; army, 280 ; 

 navy, 280; its condition, 280; commerce, 281; rail- 

 roads, 281 ; Legislature, 281 ; discussion of the budget, 

 281 ; reorganization of the army, 282 ; new loan, 282 ; 

 elections, 282 ; claims of the Napoleonic dynasty, 282 ; 

 treaty with Mecklenburg, 283 ; between France and 

 Siam, 283 ; Eastern question, 283 ; France and the 

 United States, 284 ; remonstrances on behalf of native 

 Christians of Japan, 234. 



France, The Press of, in 1868. The press law, operation 

 of, 284; papers and circulation, 284; letter of the 

 Emperor, 284 ; new press law submitted to the Corps 

 Le"gislatif, 285 ; how received, 285 ; by the press, 285 ; 

 debates, 285 ; passed, 285 ; instructions to prefects of 

 departments, 286 ; new papers started, 287 ; La Lan- 

 terne, 287; imitators, 287 ; prosecutions, 287 ; change 

 of the Moniteur Universel, 287 ; press trials, 288 ; Siecle, 

 288 ; Temps, 288 ; Avenir National, 288 ; Patrie, 288 ; 

 weeklies, 288. 



French Exhibition. One of the awards, 289 ; how awards 

 given, 289 ; Pacific Mills Relief Society, 289 ; object, 

 289 ; organization, 290 ; success, 290. 



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GATES, General WILLIAM. Birth, 291 ; death, 291 ; ca- 

 reer, 291. 



Geographical Explorations and Discoveries. Limited re- 

 sults of the year, 291 ; death of explorers, 291 ; ex- 

 plorations in the Arctic region, 292 ; Swedish expe- 

 dition, 292 ; German expedition, 292 ; Captain Hall, 

 292 ; exploration of Greenland, 293 ; do. of Iceland, 

 293 ; Alaska, 293 ; coast of Labrador, 293 ; British Co- 

 lumbia, 294 ; United States, 294 ; the Western region, 

 295; Lower California, 295; mountain elevations in 

 Mexico and Central America, 296 ; railroad explora- 

 tions from Lake Nicaragua to the Atlantic Ocean, 297 ; 

 explorations of the Belize River, 297 ; rain record of 

 Hayti, 297 ; population and trade of South American 

 States, 297; gold-fields of Venezuela, 298; statistics 



of Brazil, 298 ; scientific excursion from Curico in 

 Chili, 298 ; railway from Cordova to Jujuy, 298 ; Bol- 

 laert's explorations in Southern Peru, 299; earth- 

 quakes in South America, 299 ; statistics of Europe, 

 299, 300; do. of Asia, 301, 302; explorations in China, 

 the East-Indian Archipelago, Africa, Australia, etc., 

 803, 304. 



Georgia. Reassembling of the convention, 305 ; subjects 

 of discussion, 305 ; resolutions relative to powers, 

 305; constitution drafted, 306; declaration of princi- 

 ples, 306 ; military order, 306 ; the elective franchise, 

 306; elections, 306; education, 307; finances, 307; 

 measures of relief, 307 ; judiciary, 307 ; order of the 

 convention, 307 ; military interference, 308 ; resolu- 

 tions relative to political disabilities, 308; assassina- 

 tion of Ashburn, 308 ; election, 308 ; military order, 

 309 ; opposition convention, 309 ; nominations, 309 ; 

 address, 310 ; committee proceedings, 310 ; orders of 

 General Meade, 310, further orders, 311 ; result of the 

 election, 311; Legislature convened, 312; eligibility 

 of members, 312; action of Congress, 312 ; change of 

 military districts, 312 ; negro members of the Legis- 

 lature, 313; legislated from their seats, 313; details, 

 313; proceedings, 314; Senators to Congress, 314; 

 acts of the Legislature, 314 ; report on the state of the 

 republic, 314 ; extract, 314 ; action of the Democrats, 

 315 ; military organizations, 315 ; Governor's proc- 

 lamation, 315 ; Republican mass meeting, 315 ; in- 

 vestigation of disturbances, 316 ; Governor's procla- 

 mation, 316 ; order of General Meade, 316, 317 ; ad- 

 dress of Democratic General Committee, 317 ; finances, 

 318. 



Germany. Population, 318 ; North-German Confedera- 

 tion, 319 ; area, 319 ; population, 319 ; army, 319 ; fleet, 

 319; convention with the United States, 319 ; budget, 

 320 ; Parliament, 320 ; South-German States, 320 ; con- 

 vention of Radical parly, 320; resolutions, 320; labor 

 question, 320 ; universities of Germany, 321. 



Germany, The Press of, in 1868. Number of political 

 papers, 321 ; do. in proportion to population, 321 ; 

 important events in the history of the German press, 

 322 ; changes in the laws, 322 ; action of Saxony, 322 ; 

 do. of Wurtemberg, 322 ; do. of Bavaria, 322 ; do. of 

 Prussia, 322 ; do. in Mecklenberg-Schwerin, 323 ; in 

 the German provinces of Austria, 323. 



GIBSON, WILLIAM. Birth, 323; death, 323 ; pursuits, 323. 



GILLESPIE, WILLIAM M. Birth, 323 ; death, 323 ; pursuits, 

 323. 



GILMEB, JOHN A. Birth, 324 ; death, 324; pursuits, 324. 



GOBTCHAKOFF, Prince PETEB D. Birth, 324 ; death, 324 ; 

 career, 324. 



GBANGEB, FBANCIS. Birth, 324 ; death, 324 ; career, 325. 



GBANT, General U. S. Order relative to the oath of 

 members of the Louisiana Legislature, 434; letter 

 relative to disturbances in Louisiana, 438, 439 ; cor- 

 respondence with the President relative to the office 

 of Secretary of War, 648; letter on the statements of 

 members of the Cabinet, 656 ; retires from the War 

 Department, 742 ; letter to the President, 742 ; ac- 

 cepts the Republican nomination for President, 742 ; 

 elected President, 753. 



GBATSON, WILLIAM. Birth, 326 ; death, 326 ; pursuits, 

 326. 



Great Britain. Area, 326; population, 326; government, 

 326 ; the Reform Bill, 326 ; reform bills of former years, 

 326; occupation franchise, 327; lodger franchise, 327; 

 property franchise, 327; occupation franchise in 

 counties, 327 ; effects of the bill, 328 ; action of the 

 Lords, 328 ; Reform Acts of Scotland and Ireland, 328 ; 

 new Parliament to be elected, 328 ; Irish Church 



