INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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decree of the Government, 628 ; lease of the Bay of 

 Samana to the United States, 628. 



SAULSBURY, WILLARD. Senator from Delaware, 120 ; on 

 fifteenth amendment, 150 ; on repudiation, 182. 



SAWYER, FREDERICK A. Senator from South Carolina, 

 120 ; moves an amendment to fifteenth amendment, 

 165. 



SCHENCK, ROBERT C. Representative from Ohio, 120 ; on 

 the bill to strengthen the public credit, 184. 



SEATON, SAMUEL WORTHINGTON. Birth, 628 ; death, 623 ; 

 pursuits, 628. 



REWARD, W. H. Visits Alaska, 13. 



Sewage, Use of Town. Conveyance from the town to the 

 country, 629 ; distribution throughout the district to 

 be irrigated, 629 ; application to the soil or crops, 

 630; value of town sewage, 631. 



SHERMAN, JOHN. Senator from Ohio, 120 ; on fifteenth 

 amendment, 164 ; on the public debt, 187 ; on the 

 public credit, 176. 



SHERMAN, W. T. Becomes general of the army, 30 ; or- 

 der appointing commanding general of Georgia, 310. 



SMITH, TOULMIN. Birth, 632; death, 632; pursuits, 632. 



South Carolina. Meeting of the Legislature, 633; major- 

 ity of colored members, 633 ; proceedings, 633 ; legis- 

 lation to secure the enforcement of the Civil Rights 

 Bill, 633 ; reorganization of the militia, 633 ; law in ref- 

 erence to contracts and Confederate notes, 633 ; popu- 

 lar sentiment in reference to Federal appointments in 

 the State, 634 ; controversy in regard to the election 

 of municipal officers in Charleston, 634 ; labor and 

 capital, 635 ; resolutions of the State Labor Conven- 

 tion, 635 ; finances, 636 ; operations of the Land Com- 

 mission, 636 ; schools, 636 ; lunatic asylum, 636 ; peni- 

 tentiary, 636 ; decrease in the value of property, 637 ; 

 number and value of live-stock in 1860 and 1869, 637 ; 

 census of 1869, 637. 



Spain. Ministry of the Provisional Government, 637 : 

 area and population, 637 ; budget, 637 ; army and 

 navy, 637; continuance of civil war, 638; election for 

 the Cortes, 638; protest of ex-Queen Isabella, 638 ; 

 organization of the Constituent Cortes, 639 ; report 

 of the Committee appointed to prepare a new 

 Constitution, 639; budget, 640; discussion of the 

 Constitution in the Cortes, 640 ; adoption and pro- 

 mulgation of the Constitution, 640 ; republican oppo- 

 sition, 641 ; popular opinion in reference to the new 

 Government, 641 ; dissatisfaction among the people, 

 642 ; the Cuban question, 642 ; letter of King Luiz of 

 Portugal concerning the Spanish throne, 642 ; declara- 

 tions of General Prim in reference to the state of 

 affairs, 642 ; movements of the republicans, 643 ; 

 measures of the Government against the republicans, 

 643 ; reconstitution of the Cabinet, 644 ; question of a 

 candidate for the throne, 644. 



SPRAGUE, WILLIAM. Senator from Rhode Island, 120; 

 on the public debt, 187. 



STANLEY OF ALDERLET, EDWARD JOHN. Birth, 644; 

 death, 644; career, 644. 



STANTON, EDWIN M. Birth, 645 ; career, 645 ; death, 646. 



STEVENSON, JOHN W. Elected United States Senator 

 from Kentucky, 378. 



STEWART, CHARLES, Rear-Admiral. Birth, 646 ; death, 

 646 ; early life, 646 ; career, 646, 647. 



STEWART, WILLIAM M. Senator from Nevada, 120 ; 

 moves to consider joint resolution, 121 ; on the fif- 

 teenth amendment, 133. 



STOCKTON, JOHN P. Senator from New Jersey, 191 ; on 

 reconstruction, 201. 



STOKES, WILLIAM B. Representative from Tennessee, 



STOW, BARON. Birth, 648 ; death, 648; pursuits, 643; 

 works, 648. 



STRANGFORD, PERCY ELLEN ALGERNON FREDERICK WIL- 

 LIAM SMYTHE. Birth, 648 ; death, 648 ; pursuits, 648. 



Subterranean Home. Subterranean cemeteries, 649 ; 

 operations of the Commission of Sacred Archaeology, 

 649 ; study of the ancient catacombs by De Ross, 649 ; 

 discovery of itineraries, 650 ; cemetery of St. Calixtus, 

 652 ; importance of the rude scribbling of ancient 

 visitors, 652 ; paintings in the catacombs, 652 ; speci- 

 mens of gilded glass, 653 ; the Christian sarcophagi, 

 654; mode of construction of the cemetery, 654. 



Suez Canal. Opening of, 4 ; influence on commerce, 36 ; 

 bonds held by Egypt, 236 ; festivities of the opening, 

 237; distances saved, 237; official regulations for 

 navigation, 238. 



SUMNER, CHARLES. Senator from Massachusetts, 120; 

 on postponing the joint resolution of amendment, 

 121 ; on the fifteenth amendment, 139-141, 145, 147, 

 159 ; on fifteenth amendment, 162 ; offers an amend- 

 ment to the fifteenth amendment, 167 ; offers amend- 

 ment to bill to repeal tenure-of-offlce law, 180 ; on the 

 public credit, 196 ; discussion in the British Parlia- 

 ment of his speech on the Alabama claims treaty, 317. 



Sweden and Norway. Government, 655 ; area and popu- 

 lation, 655 ; budget, 655 ; debt, 655 ;, exports and im- 

 ports, 655; merchant navy, 655; ice-trade of Norway, 

 655; discussion of the revision of the act of union, 

 655. 



Sioedenborglans. Session of the General Convention of 

 the New Jerusalem Church, 655; proceedings, 655 ; 

 statistics, 656. 



Switzerland. Area and population, 656; budget, 656; 

 new constitution adopted by the canton of Zurich, 

 656; provisions thereof, 656; International Labor 

 Congress at Basle, 657; proceedings, 657 ; Internation- 

 al Peace Congress at Lausanne, 658; resolutions, 

 658. 



TALLMADGE, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS. Birth, 658 ; death, 

 658 ; career, 958. 



Telegraphic Cable. Organization of the French Cable 

 Company, 659 ; provisions of the charter, 659 ; de- 

 scription of the cable, 659 ; physical character of the 

 ocean-bed along the route, 659 ; question as to right 

 of foreign countries to land cable upon United States 

 territory, 659 ; position of the United States Govern- 

 ment thereon, 659; action of Secretary Fish, 660; 

 action of the Massachusetts Legislature, 660; opinion 

 of Attorney-General Hoar, 660. , v i 



Teleiconography, Principle of the instrument, 661 ; ad- 

 vantage over the camera lucida, 661. 



Tennessee. State of society, 661 ; proclamation of Gov- 

 ernor Brownlow, calling out the State Guards to 

 suppress disorders, 661 ; military order of General 

 Cooper, 662; proclamation of Governor Brownlow, 

 declaring martial law, 662 ; efforts of the people to 

 induce the Executive to withdraw the militia, 662 ; 

 opening of the political canvass, 662 ; disruption of 

 the Republican Convention, 662 ; nomination of rival 

 Republican candidates for Governor, 662 ; views of 

 Mr. Stokes, 663; sentiments of Governor Senter, 663 ; 

 election results, 663 ; decision of the Supreme Court 

 denying the power of the Governor to set aside regis- 

 tration of voters, 663 ; meeting of the Legislature, 

 664; composition thereof, 664; resolutions in refer- 

 ence to the payment of the interest on the public 

 debt, 664 ; rejection of the fifteenth amendment, 665 ; 

 reasons therefor, 665; contest for election of United 

 States Senator, 665 ; election of Henry Copper, 655 ; 



