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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



improvement of the country, 276; geographical ex- 

 plorations in, 340. 



EDDY, NORMAN. Obituary, 605. 



EDMUNDS, GEORGE F. Senator from Vermont, 119; on 

 the retrenchment amendment, 127; on a retrenchment 

 committee, 130; moves amendment to amnesty hill, 

 146-148; on the amnesty amendment, 181-183; on the 

 force bill, 176-178. 



Education in the United States, 702. 



Egypt. Government, 276; the succession, 277; the Khe- 

 dive's sons, 277; cabinet, 277; area, 277; population 

 of divisions, 277; population of chief cities, 277; re- 

 ceipts and expenditures, 277; navy, 277; commerce 

 of Alexandria, 277; periodical press, 277; schools, 

 277, 27; University of Cairo, 278; arrivals of vessels 

 in three principal ports, 278; railroads, 278; mails, 

 278; telegraphs, 278; Suez Canal, 278; receipts, 278; 

 movement of shipping in, 278; difficulties between 

 Egypt and Abyssinia, 279. 



ELDER, Eev. ALEXIS JOSEPH. Obituary, 604. 



Electricity. Telegraphy without insulation, 279; the aerial 

 telegraph, 279; the Alleghany system of time-signals, 

 280; improved electric clocks, 280; automatic regis- 

 tration of earthquake -shocks, 280; the magnetic 

 counter, 281; the electric tell-tale, 281 ; electro-chem- 

 ical copying-press, 282; duration of the electric spark, 

 282; spectrum of lightning, 282; electrical condition 

 of gas-flames, 282; experiments on, 282, 283; passage 

 of electricity through gases, 283; measuring atmos- 

 pheric electricity, 283; electricity of plants, 284; new 

 forms of battery, 284, 285. 



Electric Waves. Velocity of, 285. 



ELLIS, Eev. WILLIAM. Birth, death, 285; travels, 285; 

 works, 285; his wife, 286; her works, 286. 



ELY, WILLIAM MATHER. Obituary, 606. 



EMERSON, BENJAMIN D. Obituary, 629. 



EMERSON, Eev. BROWN. Birth, death, 286; career, 286. 



Emperor of GermanyHit* decision of the Northwest 

 boundary, 773. 



Epizootic. (See Horses.) 



ESPARTERO offered the title of Prince of Vergara by King 

 Amadeus of Spain, 741. 



Europe. Population, 286; German unity, 186; National 

 Assembly of France, 266; new election law proposed 

 by cis-Leithan Austria, 287; area and population of 

 the countries of Europe, 287; ecclesiastical statistics, 

 287; rejection of the revised Constitution of Switzer- 

 land, 287; table showing the nationalities of Europe, 

 287; percentage of nationalities, 287, 288; foreign col- 

 onies of European states, 288; geographical explora- 

 tions and discoveries, 340. 



EVARTS, WILLIAM M. (See Diplomatic Correspondence.) 

 Makes an argument in behalf of the United States, 

 before the Geneva Conference, 253. 



EWELL, Lieutenant-General EICHARD STODDARD. Birth, 

 death, 288; career, 288. 



FARNSWORTH, JOHN F. Eepresentative from Illinois, 

 119; on postal telegraphy, 121, 122. 



FARWELL, STEPHEN T. Obituary, 631. 



FAVRE, M. D. A Swiss contractor, 748; contracts to build 

 the St. Gothard Tunnel, 748. 



FAVROT, ALEXANDRE. Secretary to the Geneva Tribu- 

 nal, 246. 



FERN, FANNY. (See Mrs. Parton.) 



FERRY, ORRIS S. Senator from Connecticut, 119 ; an 

 amendment to civil rights amendment, 1G7; an am- 

 nesty, 171. 



FEUERBACH, LUDWIG MARIE. Birth, death, 328; career, 

 328; his philosophy, 328; works, 329. 



Fevers and Seioers. Men employed in sewers exempt 

 from fevers, 288; an investigation made in London, 

 288; statistics, 289. 



Finances of the United States. General remarks, 289 ; 

 receipts and expenditures for the quarter ending 

 September 30, 1871, 289; estimated receipts and ex- 

 penditures for the three quarters ending June 30, 

 1872, 289; actual receipts during the year ending June 

 30, 1872, 289 ; net expenditures for same period, 289,- 

 290; reduction of the debt for the year, 290 ; quarterly 

 reduction of the public debt, 290; receipts during the 

 quarter ending September 30, 1872, 290; expenditures 

 for same quarter, 290; estimated receipts and expen- 

 ditures for the three quarters ending June 30, 1873, 

 290 ; reduction in taxation since the close of the war, 

 290; table showing the amount of taxes returned from 

 the several sources of revenue from the organization 

 of the Internal Eevenue Department, 290; statement 

 of the outstanding principal of the public debt of the 

 United States, June 30, 1872, 291; receipts from in- 

 ternal revenue, 291 ; number of persons who paid 'the 

 income-tax, 291; table exhibiting a comparison of the 

 receipts from incomes, or profits on capital, 292; 

 items showing increase or decrease, 292; comparative 

 condition of the national banks for four years, 292; 

 official statement of the national banks of New York 

 City, 292, 293; statement of the State banks of New 

 York City, 293; the indebtedness of each State in the 

 Union, 293; the issue of bonds, 294; statistics of com- 

 merce, 294; changes in business and financial affairs 

 caused by the war, 294; justification of the present 

 protective system by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

 294; his views on the tariff system,- 295; argument in 

 favor of paper currency, 295; the aid of such currency 

 in the resumption of specie payments, 295; his reasons 

 for anticipating a permanent financial improvement 

 in the affairs of the country, 295; monthly range of 

 Government securities as represented by actual sales 

 at the New York Stock Exchange during 1872, 296; 

 table of gold at New York for each day during 1872, 

 297; table of sterling exchange for every day in the 

 year 1872, 298 ; prices of State securities during the 

 year 1872, 299; prices of railroad and miscellaneous 

 stocks during the year 1872, 300. 



Finland. (See Europe.) 



FINZI, FELICE. Obituary, 648. 



FISH, HAMILTON. Statement of the Geneva arbitration 

 made to, by the agent of the United States, 239-246. 



FISHER, Eev. GEORGE H. Obituary, 633. 



FISK, JAMES, Jr. Birth, death, 301 ; early life, 301; career, 

 301; character, 301. 



FLAKE, FERDINAND. Obituary, 623. 



Florida. Session of the Legislature,301; movement to im- 

 peach Governor Eeed, 301 ; substance of the charges, 

 301-303; adjournment of the High Court without ac- 

 tion, 303; the Lieutenant-Governor assumes the func- 

 tions of office, 303; controversy between Governor 

 Eeed and the acting-Governor, 303; "proclamation by 

 Governor Eeed of his authority as Executive, 303; 

 counter-proclamation of Mr. Day, 303, 304 ; the ques- 

 tion submitted to the Supreme Court, 304 ; the opin- 

 ion of the court, 304; dissenting opinion of Chief- 

 Justice Eandall, 304; reply of the court to Governor 

 Eeed's communication, 305; extra session of the 

 Legislature, 305 ; views of acting-Governor Day, 305; 

 impeachment proceedings resumed, 305; motion for 

 the discharge of the accused, 306; adjournment of the 

 Court of Impeachment and of the Legislature, 306; 



