INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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mala, 82 ; San Salvador, 83 ; Nicaragua, 83 ; peace 

 restored, 83 ; decree exempting certain articles from 

 import dues, 84. 



CHASE, SALMON P. Chief Justice of the United States, 

 463; decision in the Yerger case, 463; opinion in 

 Texas case, 697; concerning paper-money, 699; visit 

 to the South, 700 ; letters, 700. 



CJiemistry.K new fluorescent substance, 84 ; ammonium 

 alloys and nascent-hydrogen tests, 84 ; experiments 

 upon the ammonium-amalgam, 85 ; jargonium, a new 

 element, 5; apomorphia, 86; artificial production 

 of Alizarin, 86; artificial production of ice, 86; new 

 v chrome green, 87; new method of obtaining oxygen, 

 87; manufacture of oxygen on the large scale, 87; 

 sulphide-of-carbon light, 88; substitution of sodium 

 for phosphorus in lucifer matches, 88 ; ozone and 

 sea-phosphorescence, 88 ; absorption of gases by 

 charcoal, 89 ; new explosive powders, 89 ; prevention 

 of nitroglycerine explosions, 90 ; the aniline colors, 

 90; artificially-colored wines, 90; lowering of tem- 

 peratures in saline solutions, 91 ; recovery of sulphur 

 from alkali waste, 91 ; reduction of oxides by hydro- 

 gen, 92 ; new method of extracting iodine, 92 ; crys- 

 tallization of metallic oxides, 92 ; protection of wood- 

 work from fire, 93 ; decomposition by sunlight, 93 ; 

 hydro-fluoric acid, 93 ; analysis of varieties of carbon, 

 94; ignition-point of vapors, 94; nitrification, 94 ; un- 

 wholesome food, 95 ; purifying water by chemical in- 

 gredients, 96; phosphates in wheat, 96. 



Chili. Government, 97 ; debt, 97 ; army, 97 ; area and 

 population, 97 ; commerce, 97 ; finances, 97 ; re- 

 form meetings, 97; operations against the Indians 

 of Araucania, 98 ; industrial pursuits, 98, 99 ; com- 

 merce, 99. 



China. Area and population, 99 ; government officers, 

 99 ; feelings toward foreign residents, 99 ; letter of 

 Earl Clarendon to Mr. Burlingame, defining views of 

 English Government on Chinese relations, 100 ; views 

 expressed by Lord Stanley, 100 ; policy of English 

 officers in China condemned, 101 ; collision between 

 Chinese and English sailors, 101 ; Foo-Chow, 101 ; 

 Han-Kow,102; Canton, 102; Kin-Kiang, 102 ; Amoy, 

 103; Ning-Po, 103; Swatow, 103; Tien-Tsin, 103; 

 Che-Foo, 103 ; Nin-Chang, 104 ; Ta-kow and Tai- 

 Wan-Foo, 104; Nanking and Kiung-Chow, 104; 

 Hong-Kong, 104; commercial intercourse with for- 

 eign countries, 105 ; Manchoo race, 105 ; imports, 

 105 ; arsenal at Shanghai, 106 ; treaty between United 

 States and China, signed, 106 ; treaty with Austria, 

 108 ; printing establishments, 106 ; statistics of Prot- 

 estant missions in China, 106. 



CLARENDON, Earl. Letter to Mr. Burlingame on Eng- 

 lish relations to China, 100. 



CLEVELAND, CHARLES DEXTER. Birth, 107 ; death, 107 ; 

 pursuits, 107 ; published works, 107. 



COLE, CORNELIUS. Senator from California, 120 ; on fif- 

 teenth amendment, 163. 



COLFAX, SCHTTTLER. Representative from Indiana, 120 ; 

 Speaker of the House, 120 ; presides in the Senate, 

 171. 



Colombia, United States of. Area, 107 ; population, 103 ; 

 divisions, 108 ; proceedings of Congress, 108 ; nego- 

 tiations with United States concerning Darien Canal, 

 108; treaty, 103 ; rejected by the Senate of Colombia, 

 110; action of the United States, 110; financial con- 

 dition of the country, 111 ; importation of coolies, 

 111. 



Colorado. (See Territories.) 



Commerce of the United States for 1869. Exports and im- 

 ports, 112; foreign commerce of the port of New 



York for a series of years, 112 ; duty-paying goods 

 entered for consumption, 112; for warehousing, 112; 

 foreign goods entered free, 112 ; imports of specie, 

 112 ; total foreign imports at New York, 112 ; classifi- 

 cation of same, 113 ; exports from New York, 113 ; 

 reexports from New York, 113; export of specie, 

 113 ; total exports from New York, 113 ; receipt of 

 customs at New York, 114 ; foreign imports and ex- 

 ports of the United States, 114. 



Commercial Conventions. At Memphis, 114; Southern 

 Pacific Railway, 114 ; Chinese labor, 115 ; immigra- 

 tion, 115; other proceedings, 115 ; at New Orleans, 

 115 ; freight transportation system between the West 

 and East, 115 ; Southern Pacific Railroad, 116 ; immi- 

 gration, 116 ; at Keok'uk, 116 ; improvements of the 

 Mississippi River and tributaries, 116; petition to 

 Congress for a World's Fair, 116 ; regulations for 

 bridges across the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, 118 ; 

 resolutions on transportation between the West and 

 East, 116 ; removal of the National capital, 116 ; at 

 Louisville, 117; Southern Pacific Railroad, 117; di- 

 rect trade with Europe, 117 ; immigration, 117 ; reso- 

 lutions on banking and finance, 117 ; other measures, 

 117 ; meeting of National Board of Trade at Rich- 

 mond, 117 ; proceedings, 117 ; laws against non-resi- 

 dent traders, 118 ; national finances, 118 ; transporta- 

 tion of freight between the West and East. 118. 



Congregationalists. Object of the American Congrega- 

 tional Union, 118 ; finances, 118 ; purpose of the 

 American Congregational Association, 118. 



Congress, United States. Third session of Fortieth con- 

 venes, 120 ; officers, 120 ; amendment to the Consti- 

 tution offered in the Senate, 120 ; amendment to the 

 Constitution offered in the House, 121 ; other amend- 

 ments, 121. 



In the Senate, joint resolution of amendment con- 

 sidered, 121 ; the joint resolution relative to voting, 

 121 ; better wait till the other House has completed 

 its action, 121 ; amendment relative to the mode of 

 amendment, 121; the States should have the power 

 of expressing their opinions, 122 ; every human being 

 should be enfranchised, 122 ; without regard to sex 

 or color, 122. 



In the House, motion to reconsider the vote by which 

 the bill to secure equal privileges to citizens was re- 

 committed, 122 ; last of the great measures growing 

 out of the war, 122 ; amendment necessary, 122 ; at the 

 formation of the Constitution, all its friends asserted 

 that there was power in it over the elective franchise, 

 123 ; there must be power in the Government to pro- 

 vide whatever is necessary for its preservation, 123 ; 

 consequences if the question of suffrage is vested in 

 the States, 123 ; meaning of the words, 123; one of two 

 things is true, 124 ; the powers existing in the States 

 are the measure of the powers which Congress may 

 exercise, 124 ; a republican form of government is to 

 be guaranteed, 124 ; does the Constitution prohibit 

 any State from regulating the right of suffrage ? 125 ; 

 the fcmrteenth amendment, 125 ; meaning of the word 

 " privileges," 125 ; other sections, 126 ; how the bill is 

 defensible, 126 ; object of the bill, 126; the power of 

 Congress, 127 ; the right of the State to determine the 

 qualification of electors is older than the Constitution, 

 127 ; what authority is there for this bill ? 127 ; it pro- 

 poses to regulate the State elections or members of 

 the State Legislature, 128 ; the measure originated in 

 hostility to the States, 128 ; no advocate of the Con- 

 stitution at the time of its adoption claimed for it the 

 power to prescribe the qualification of voters in the 

 States, 128; little force in the argument that the 



