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decision of the Supreme Court in reference to the 

 paper-money issued by the Confederate States, 699 ; 

 visit of Chief-Justice Chase to Charleston, 700 ; letter 

 in response to an invitation to attend the memorial 

 decoration of the graves of Federal soldiers, 700; 

 private letter on public topics, 700 ; meeting of the 

 Colored National Convention, 700 ; resolutions, 700 ; 

 resolutions of the Irish National Republican Con- 

 vention, 701 ; resolutions of a National Labor Con- 

 vention, 701 ; meeting of the National Temperance 

 Convention, 702 ; resolutions, 702 ; resolutions of the 

 National Capital Convention, 703; meeting of the 

 National Woman Suffrage Convention, 703 ; a delega- 

 tion of the National Colored Convention calls upon 

 President Grant, 703 ; speech of Mr. Harris, 703 ; re- 

 ply of the President, 703 ; Darien Ship Canal, 704 ; 

 different routes, 704 ; negotiations between the United 

 States and Colombia, 704 ; a scientific expedition sent 

 to explore the isthmus, 704 ; influence of the canal on 

 commerce, 705 ; distances saved, 705. 

 Universalists. Meeting of the General Convention, 705 ; 

 finances, 705 ; arrangements for celebrating the com- 

 ing centenary, 705; the Northwestern Conference, 

 705 ; statistics, 705 ; literary institutions, 706. 



Venezuela,. Area and population, 706 ; provision for the 

 payment of debts, 706 ; congressional measures, 

 706 ; treaty with the United States, 706 ; civil war, 

 706. 



Vermont. Proposed amendments to the constitution, 

 707 ; Democratic Convention, 707 ; resolutions, 707 ; 

 Republican Convention, 707 ; resolutions, 707 ; elec- 

 tion results, 708 ; meeting of the Legislature, 708 ; 

 finances, 708 ; schools, 708 ; rate of interest, 708 ; 

 Agricultural College, 708; insane statistics, 709 ; the 

 penitentiary, 709. 



VICKEBS, GEORGE. Senator from Maryland, 120 ; on the 

 fifteenth amendment, 140-142 ; moves an amendment 

 to fifteenth amendment, 166. 



Virginia. Disqualifying clauses of the new constitution, 

 709 ; discussion in Washington in regard to submit- 

 ting the constitution to a popular vote, 709 ; course 

 recommended by President Grant, 709 ; congressional 

 bill embodying the President's recommendations, 

 709 ; provisions thereof, 709 ; proclamation of the 

 President, fixing the time for the election, and sub- 

 mitting certain clauses to a separate vote, 709; joint 

 resolution of Congress for the removal from office of 

 those unable to take the test-oath, 710 ; order of Gen- 

 eral Stoneman making the removals, 710 ; difficulty 

 of obtaining competent men to fill the offices, 710 ; 

 removal of Governor Wells, 710 ; appointment of 

 General Canby to the command of the first military 

 district, 710 ; order of General Canby requiring all 

 officers of the provisional government to take the 

 test-oath, 711 ; reorganization of the military divis- 

 ions of the State, 711 ; regulations for conducting the 

 election, 711; classes of persons disqualified from 

 voting, 711 ; political canvass-parties, 711 ; conven- 

 tion of Republican delegates, 711 ; nominations and 

 resolutions, 711 ; action of dissenting delegates, 712 ; 

 address to the people by prominent Republicans, 712; 

 Convention of the Conservative party, 712 ; reports 

 of the Committee on Business, 712, 713 ; address to 

 the people, 713 ; election results, 713 ; members of 

 . the Legislature and the test-oath, 713 ; meeting of the 

 Legislature, 713 ; message of the Governor, 713 ; rati- 

 fication of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, 



714 ; election of United States Senators, 714 ; con- 

 vention of leaders of the radical Republican party, 

 714; proceedings, 714; majority report on the elec- 

 tion, 714 ; minority report, 714 ; passage of the bill 

 for the readmission of the State into the Union, 715; 

 military order of General Canby turning the State 

 government over to the civil authorities, 715 ; instal- 

 lation of Governor Walker, 716; proclamation an- 

 nouncing the consummation of reconstruction, 716 ; 

 cost of reconstruction, 716 ; the Caesar Griffin case, 

 716. 



Votes. For President and Vice-President of the United 

 States, 172. 



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WADE, BENJAMIN. Senator from Ohio, 120 ; President 

 pro tern, of the Senate, 120. 



WALKER, ROBERT JAMES. Birth, 717 ; death, 717 ; career, 

 717. 



WARNER, WILLARD. Senator from Alabama, 120 ; on the 

 fifteenth amendment, 147, 159, 163, 164. 



WASHBTJRNE, ELIHU B. Representative from Illinois, 

 120 ; reports a bill to repeal the Tenure-of-office law, 

 175 ; appointed minister to France, 272. 



Water-works. Pumping-engine of large capacity, 717 ; 

 diagram thereof, 718. 



WATTS, THOMAS. Birth, 718 ; death, 718 ; pursuits, 718. 



WEBB, JAMES WATSON. Minister to Brazil, 77 ; de- 

 mands his passports, 77. 



WELCKER, KARL THEODORE. Birth, 719; death, 719; ca- 

 reer, 719. 



West Virginia. Popular sentiment on the removal of po- 

 litical disabilities, 719; test-oaths, 719 ; finances, 719 ; 

 State debt, 720; schools, 720; normal schools, 720; 

 charitable and reformatory institutions, 720; Hos- 

 pital for the Insane, 720 ; meeting of the Legislature, 

 720; ratification of the fifteenth amendment, 720; con- 

 struction of a new State-house, 720 ; election of mem- 

 bers of the Legislature, 721 ; manufacturing and min- 

 ing interests, 721. 



WHISTLER, GEORGE WILLIAM. Birth, 721; death, 721; 

 pursuits, 721. 



WICKLIFFE, CHARLES A. Birth, 721 ; death, 721 ; career, 

 721. 



WILLET, WAITMAN T. Senator from West Virginia, 120 ; 

 on fifteenth amendment, 165 ; on repudiation, 182. 



WILLIAMS, GEORGE H. Senator from Oregon, 120 ; offers 

 an amendment to the joint resolution, 139, 163 ; on 

 the public debt, 189. 



WILSON, HENRY. Senator from Massachusetts, 120 ; on 

 the fifteenth amendment, 134 ; offers amendment to 

 the fifteenth amendment, 166 ; letter to President 

 Grant on affairs in Georgia, 308. 



Wire Tramways. Description of the system, 722. 



Wisconsin. General prosperity, 723 ; schools, 723 ; school 

 fund, 723 ; normal schools, 723 ; State University, 723 ; 

 charitable institutions, 723 ; Hospital for the Insane, 

 723; assigned causes of insanity, 724 ; State Prison, 

 724; cost of benevolent and penal institutions, 724; 

 National Military Asylum, 724; finances, 724; State 

 debt, 724; assessed valuation of property, 725; State 

 lands, 725; Republican Convention, 725; nomina- 

 tions, 725 ; resolutions, 725 ; Democratic Convention, 

 726 ; resolutions, 796 ; election results, 726 ; efforts 

 for improvements in the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, 

 726; resolutions of the convention, 727 ; session of the 

 Legislature, 727 ; measures, 727 ; election of United 

 States Senator, 727 ; judicial decision as to the power 

 of the Legislature to levy taxes for aid to railroads, 

 727. 



