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bounty, 503 ; charitable institutions, 503 ; supplies for 

 sufferers in the British possessions, 503 ; land under 

 cultivation, 504 ; mineral wealth, 504 ; railroads, 504 ; 

 manhood suffrage in the Legislature, 504 ; manner of 

 voting on it, 504 ; Democratic Convention, 505 ; reso- 

 lutions, 505 ; Republican Convention, 506 ; acts of the 

 Legislature, 506. 



Mississippi. Vigor of military rule relaxed, 506; orders, 

 506 ; delusions of freedmen, 506 ; convention to frame 

 a constitution, 506 ; the Conservative element, 506 ; 

 memorial to Congress for power to declare civil 

 offices vacant, 507 ; protest, 507 ; extract, 507 ; proc- 

 lamation of the Governor relative to conspiracies 

 to seize State lands, 508 ; his statement, 508 ; state 

 of the treasury, 508 ; relief measures, 508 ; the 

 constitution, 509 ; bill of rights, 509 ; suffrage 

 qualifications, 509 ; political equality, 510 ; efforts 

 to effect a compromise, 510 ; school system, 510 ; 

 lotteries, 510 ; preparations for election, 510 ; ordi- 

 nance relative to contracts, 511 ; opposition con- 

 vention, 511 ; resolutions, 511 ; action of the 

 Democrats, 511; Republican platform, 511; Demo- 

 cratic Convention, 511 ; resolution on the enormities 

 of the radical party, 512 ; disclaimer as to slavery, 

 512 ; resolutions on the Constitutional Convention, 

 512 ; address to associations, 513 ; another conven- 

 tion, 513 ; address to freedmen, 513 ; military order as 

 to elections, 513 ; McDowell in command, 514 ; order 

 removing State officers, 514 ; resistance of the Gov- 

 ernor, 514 ; correspondence with the Provisional 

 Governor, 514, 515 ; results of the election, 515 ; fail- 

 ure of the constitution, 515 ; proposal to choose pres- 

 idential electors forbidden, 516 ; claims of the Re- 

 publicans, 516 ; statements, 516 ; resolutions, 516 ; 

 convention of land-owners, 516. 



Missouri. Population, 517 ; immigration, 517 ; assessed 

 value of property, 517 ; railroads, 517 ; aid of the 

 Legislature, 517; penitentiary, 518; public schools, 

 518 ; registration act, 518 ; its features, 518, 519 ; Demo- 

 cratic Convention, 519 ; Republican Convention, 520 ; 

 resolutions, 520 ; second convention, 520 ; resolutions, 

 520 ; Democratic Convention, 521 ; nominations, 521 ; 

 resolutions, 521 ; registration, 521 ; result of the elec- 

 tion, 521 ; taxation, of the State University, 521 ; 

 opinion of the court, 521 ; statue of Thomas H. Ben- 

 ton unveiled, 522. 



MONAGAS, JOSE T. Birth, 522 ; death, 522 ; career, 522. 



MOKEHEAD, CHARLES S. Birth, 522 ; death, 522 ; career, 

 522. 



MORRILL, JUSTIN S. Senator from Vermont, 124 ; on the 

 cotton tax, 200. 



MORTON, OLIVER P. Senator from Indiana, 124; on re- 

 construction, 153. 



NARVAEZ, RAMON N. Birth, 523 ; death, 523 ; career, 523. 



Navy of the United States. Reduction of the force, 524 ; 

 European > squadron, 524; ships, 524; commander, 

 524 ; cruise of Admiral Farragut, 524, 525 ; Asiatic 

 squadron, 525 ; ships, 525 ; commander, 525 ; visits 

 to Japan, 525 ; change of commanders, 525 ; North 

 Atlantic squadron, 526 ; ships, 526 ; commanders, 526 ; 

 South Atlantic squadron, 526 ; ships, 526 ; commander, 

 526 ; North Pacific squadron, 526 ; ships, 526 ; com- 

 mander, 526 ; South Pacific squadron, 527 ; ships, 527 ; 

 commander, 527; earthquake on South American 

 coast, 527 ; tidal wave, 527 ; standard for the navy, 527 ; 

 academy, 527; surveys, 527; receipts and expendi- 

 tures, 527. 



Nebraska. Area,, 528 ; population, 528 ; new capital, 528 ; 

 railroads, 528 ; assessments, 529 ; condition and re- 

 sources, 529 ; school lands, 529 ; coal-fields, 529 ; inter- 

 nal improvements, 530 ; railroads, 530 ; immigration, 

 530 ; organization of the militia, 530 ; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral's office, 531 ; education, 531 ; Normal School, 

 531 ; State Library, 531 ; insane, 531 ; penitentiary, 

 532; Republican Convention, 532; resolutions, 532; 

 Democratic Convention, 532 ; suffrage qualifications, 

 532. 



Netherlands. Area, 532; population, 532; army, 532; 

 navy, 532 ; debt, 532 ; commerce, 532 ; railways, 533 ; 

 elections, 533 ; opening of the Chambers, 533 ; pro- 

 ceedings, 533 ; new ministry, 533. 



Nevada. Elections, 533; suffrage question, 533; liabili- 

 ties in the transport of passengers, 533 ; opinion of 

 Justice Miller, 534 ; railroads, 534 ; mining operations, 

 534; White Pine district, 534; its features, 534 ; yield, 

 534 ; the ore, 534. 



New Hampshire. Finances, 535 ; war bounties, 535 ; 

 organization of the militia, 535 ; report of the Adju- 

 tant-General, 535 ; codification of the laws, 535 ; rate 

 of interest, 535 ; common schools, 536 ; statistics, 536 ; 

 Agricultural College, 536 ; State Geological Survey, 

 537 ; State Library, 537 ; Asylum for the Insane, 537 ; 

 deaf and dumb, 537; penitentiary, 538; convicts, 538; 

 commutation of punishment, 538 ; State Reform 

 School, 538 ; banking institutions, 538 ; insurance 

 commissioners, 538 ; agricultural resources, 539 ; pres- 

 ervation of fish, 539 ; Democratic Convention, 539 ; 

 resolutions, 539; Republican Convention, 540; elec- 

 tions, 540. 



New Jersey. Proceedings of the Legislature, 540 ; with- 

 drawal of assent to the fourteenth amendment of the 

 Federal Constitution, 540 ; declaration of the preamble, 

 540 ; objections to the amendment, 540 ; veto of the 

 Governor, 541 ; passage over the veto, 541 ; action of 

 Congress, 541 ; indignation of the Legislature, ,541 ; 

 its resolutions, 541 ; the question of negro suffrage, 

 541 ; repeal of the registry law, 542 ; Republican Con- 

 vention, 542; resolutions, 542; Democratic Conven- 

 tion, 542 ; resolutions, 542, 543 ; second convention, 

 543; results of election, 543; duties from railroads, 

 543; State finances, 543; children, 544; bridging the 

 Delaware, 544 ; rights of the Episcopal clergy, 544 ; 

 penitentiary, 544. 



New York. Constitutional Convention, 544 ; features 

 of the new constitution, 544 ; session of the Legis- 

 lature, 545; resolutions, 645; general legislation, 

 545; railroad claims for help, 545; action of the 

 Legislature, 545 ; veto, 545 ; mismanagement of 

 the Erie Railroad, 546 ; reports of investigating com- 

 mittee, 546; charges made by a member of the 

 House, 546 ; proceedings, 546 ; the canal system, 546 '> 

 a Canal Convention, 547 ; resolution, 547 ; the action 

 recommended, 547 ; action of the Legislature, 547 ; 

 report of a committee to the Republican Convention, 

 547 ; views of Democratic and Republican Conven- 

 tions, 548; impeachment of a canal commissioner, 

 548 ; convention to protest against British imprison- 

 ment, 548 ; Republican Delegate Convention, 548 ; 

 Working-men's Convention, 549 ; Republican Nomi- 

 nating Convention, 549 ; resolutions, 549 ; Democratic 

 Nominating Convention, 549 ; resolutions, 549 ; elec- 

 tions, 550; decision of Court of Appeals on test-oaths, 

 550; revenues of the State, 551 ; debt, 551 ; finances of 

 the canals, 551 ; salt-springs, 551 ; penitentiaries, 551. 



North Carolina. State Constitutional Convention, 552 ; 

 exclusion of reporters, 552 ; bill of rights, 552 ; time 

 of elections, 552 ; oaths, 552 ; judiciary, 552 ; elective 



