INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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NAPOLEON, Louis, Emperor. Speech on opening the 

 legislative session,* 274; address in the Council of 

 State on the abolition of the'livrets, 275; speech to 

 the soldiers at the camp of Chalons, 278 ; message to 

 the Legislative Body, announcing the oasis of pro- 

 posed reforms, 278 ; decree concerning the Senatus 

 Consultum, 279 ; speech from the throne on the 

 opening of the legislative session, 280. 



Wavy, United States. Condition at the beginning of the 

 year, 469 ; the English and French naval forces, 470 ; 

 inadequacy of the American fleet, 470 ; reorganiza- 

 tion of the navy, 470 ; North Atlantic station, 470 ; 

 South Atlantic station, 470 ; Pacific station, 470 ; 

 Alaska, 471 ; Sandwich Islands, 471 ; reconnoissance 

 of the Pacific Islands, 471 ; European station, 471 ; 

 Asiatic station, 471 ; views of the Government in 

 reference to the future of the navy, 472 ; establish- 

 ment of the torpedo corps, 472 ; navy-yards, 472 ; 

 number of men in the service, 472 ; expenditures, 

 472 ; bill in reference to assimilated rank between 

 naval officers, 472 ; views of the Secretary on the 

 subject, 472 ; report of the Board of Visitors to the 

 Naval Academy at Annapolis, 473 ; appointment of 

 A. E. Borie as Secretary of the Navy, 473 ; succeeded 

 by George M. Robeson, 473 ; international university 

 boat-race on the Thames, 473. 



Nebraska. Area, 473 ; population, 473 ; value of prop- 

 erty, 473 ; annual product of skilled and unskilled 

 labor, 473; growth of the State, 473; rivers^ 473; 

 soil, 464 ; character of the land, 474 ; railroads, 474 ; 

 provisions for the encouragement of education, 474 ; 

 reorganization of the common-school system, 474 ; 

 session of the Legislature, 475 ; passage of an election 

 law, 475; its provisions, 475 ; Registration Act, 475 ; 

 amendment of the Marriage Act, 475 ; law concern- 

 ing the running at large of stock, 475. 



NESMITH, JOHN. Birth, 475 ; death, 475 ; early life, 475 ; 

 pursuits, 476 ; discoveries and inventions, 476 ; char- 

 acter, 476. 



Netherlands, Government, 476; area, 476; population, 

 476 ; population of large cities, 476 ; population of the 

 Dutch colonies, 476 ; budget, 476 ; public debt, 476 ; 

 army, 476 ; the fleet, 476 ; merchant -navy, 476 ; divis- 

 ions of the Scheldt, 477 ; proposed ship-canal through 

 the isthmus of North Holland, 477. 



Nevada. Boundaries, 477; area and population, 477; 

 valuation of property, 477 ; manufacturing capital, 

 477; mineral productions, 477; physical character- 

 istics of the State, 478 ; climate, 478 ; Legislature, 

 478 ; State debt, 477 ; ratification of the fifteenth 

 amendment, 478 ; educational provisions, 478. 



New Hampshire. Meeting of the Republican Convention, 

 478 ; nominations, 478 ; congressional conventions, 

 478; organization of the State Republican Committee, 

 478 ; Republican platform, 478 ; meeting of the Dem- 

 ocratic Convention, 479; nominations, 479; resolu- 

 tions, 479 ; the election, 479 ; meeting of the Legisla- 

 ture, 479 ; ratification of the fifteenth amendment, 

 479 ; railroad legislation, 430 ; tax on savings-banks 

 funds, 480 ; State constabulary, 480; State debt, 480 ; 

 manufacturing capital, 480 ; material resources, 480 ; 

 appointment of a chief justice, 480. 



New Jersey. The Legislature, 480 ; legislation, 480 ; 

 finances, 480 ; school fund, 481 ; State Normal School, 

 481 ; number of patients in the Lunatic Asylum, 481 ; 

 valuation of taxable property, 481 ; militia force, 481 ; 

 Reform School for Juveniles, 481 ; geological survey, 

 431 ; Camden and Amboy Railroad, 481 ; increase of 



passengers, 482; receipts, 482; the Stevens battery, 

 482 ; births, marriages, and deaths, 482 ; New Jersey 

 and Sandy Hook pilots, 482 ; election for members of 

 the Legislature, 481 



New York. Finances, 483; complaints concerning the 

 management of canals, 483 ; legislation in reference 

 to canals, 483; railroad statistics, 483 ; earnings and 

 payments, 484; proposed aid to railroads, 484; veto 

 by Governor Hoffman, 484; railroad legislation, 484 ; 

 the Susquehanna Railroad war, 484 ; salt-springs, 484 ; 

 insurance companies, 484 ; banks, 484 ; school statis- 

 tics, 485 ; public institutions, 485 ; home for disabled 

 volunteer soldiers, 485 ; new capitol building at Al- 

 bany, 485 ; militia, 485 ; meeting of the Legislature, 

 485 ; business of the session, 486 ; charges of bribery 

 and corruption against members of the Legislature, 

 486; report of the Investigating Committee, 486 ; law 

 for the suppression of bribery, 486 ; vote on the 

 fifteenth amendment, 486 ; irregularity in the action 

 of the Legislature, 486 ; letter of Governor Hoffman 

 concerning the same, 486 ; adoption of a resolution 

 rescinding the vote on the fifteenth amendment, 487 ; 

 annual meeting of the State Temperance Society, 

 487 ; resolutions, 487 ; assembling of the State Tem- 

 perance Conventions, 487 ; resolutions, 487 ; conven- 

 tion of the Woman's Suffrage Association, 487; reso- 

 lutions, 487; Democratic Convention, 488; nomina- 

 tions, 488; resolutions, 488 ; Republican Convention, 

 489 ; nominations, 489 ; resolutions, 489 ; vote on the 

 new State constitution, 489 ; its provisions, 489 ; re- 

 sults of the election, 490; Legislature for 1870, 490. 



NIEL, ADOLPHB. Birth, 490; death, 490; career, 490. 



NORTON, DANIEL S. Senator from Minnesota, 120 ; on 

 the public debt, 190. 



North Carolina. Session of the Legislature, 491 ; ratifi- 

 cation of the fifteenth amendment, 491 ; defeat of the 

 bill favoring a removal of political disabilities, 491 ; 

 decision of the Supreme Court affirming the consti- 

 tutionality of the homestead law, 491 ; intermarriage 

 of white and colored citizens held unlawful by the 

 Supreme Court, 491 ; controversy between the mem- 

 bers of the bar and the judges of the Supreme Court, 

 491; disorders, 492; admonitory proclamation of Gov- 

 ernor Holden, 492 ; condition of affairs in the disorder- 

 ly districts, 492 ; course to be pursued by the Execu- 

 tive, 492; Governor Holden applies to the Legisla- 

 ture for amendments to the militia law, 493 ; the bill 

 introduced for this purpose, 493 ; opposition thereto, 

 493 ; meeting of the Legislature, 493 ; tenure of office 

 of the members, 493 ; policy of the Government in 

 reference to the State debt, 493 ; removal of political 

 disabilities, 493 ; views thereon of Governor Holden, 

 494; financial condition, 494; public schools, 494: 

 charitable institutions, 494. 



OUtuaites, United States. Abernethy, Elisha Smith, 512 ; 

 Adkins, Rev. Joseph, 508; Aiken, Rev. Silas, 505; 

 Alberti, George F., 515 ; Allen, Richard L., 520 ; Al- 

 lyn, Judge Joseph P., 510; Angell, William Pitt, 497 ; 

 Arnold, Jonathan E., 511; Avery Ephraim K., 522; 

 Ayer, Dr. Benjamin, 506. 



Bahnson, Right Rev. George F., 520; Baker, David 

 Jewett, 517 ; Baldwin, Alexander W., 523 ; Bangs, 

 Rev. Heman, 522 ; Barker, James W., 514 ; Barnes, 

 Major-General James, 498; Barstow, Brevet Briga- 

 dier-General Wilson, 502; Bascom, Oliver, 523 ; Bates, 

 Martin W., 495; Beakman, Daniel Frederick, 504; 



