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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



of the Federal commander, 41 ; instructions of the 

 United States Attorney -General, 41; do. of the 

 Postmaster - General, 41; do. of President Grant, 

 41 ; letter of Baxter to President Grant, 41 ; do. of 

 Brooks, 43 ; Baxter to the Legislature, 43 ; do. to 

 President Grant, 43; position of affairs, 43; cap- 

 ture of the judges, 43 ; letter to the Federal com- 

 mander, 43; session of the Supreme Court, 44; com- 

 promise proposed by the United States Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, 44; rejected by Baxter, 44 ; accepted by Brooks, 

 44 ; dispatches from President Grant, 45 ; reply of 

 Baxter, 45; do. of Brooks, 45; application of the Legis- 

 lature, 45; proclamation of the President, 46; opin- 

 ion of the Attorney-General, 46-i8 ; Constitutional 

 Convention, 49 ; amendments made to the constitu- 

 tion, 49, 50; Democratic Convention, 50; nomina- 

 tions, 50; resolutions, 50; Republican Convention, 

 51; resolutions, 51; election, 51 ; contest for the pos- 

 session of the Executive office, 51 ; movements of 

 Lieutenant-Governor Smith, 51 ; action of Congress, 

 52 ; State debt, 52. 



Army of the United States. Expenditures of the depart- 

 ment, 52 ; strength of the army, 52 ; recruiting, 52 ; 

 military divisions, 53 ; mortality statistics of the ar- 

 my, 53 ; national cemeteries, 54 ; survey of the lakes, 

 54 ; explorations, 54 ; work of the Engineer Corps, 54 ; 

 arsenals, 54 ; service of the Signal-Office, 54 ; transfer 

 of the commanding general from Washington to St. 

 Louis, 55. 



ARNOTT, NEIL. Birth, 55; career as a physician, 55; 

 writings, 56; death, 56. 



Ashantee. Retreat of the Ashantees, 56 ; progress of Eng- 

 lish military operations, 56 ; capture of the Adansi 

 Hills, 57 ; terms of peace, 57 ; negotiations broken off, 

 58 ; battle o'f Amoaful, 58 ; last stand of the enemy, 

 59; the King's palace, 59; close of operations, 60; 

 terms of settlement, 60; native allies, 61; effects of 

 English success, 61 ; important meeting of kings and 

 chiefs, 62; successful results. 63. 



Asia. Organization of trans-Caspian territory, 63 ; af- 

 fairs in Afghanistan, 63; do. in Kashgar, 63; dispo- 

 sition of the Chinese Government, 64; advance in 

 Japan, 64; British India, 64; conflicts in Persia, 64; 

 complications between France and the Emperor of 

 Anam, 64; Central Asian Railway, 64. 



Astronomical Phenomena and Progress. Minute struct- 

 ure of the polar photosphere, 64; the transit of Ve- 

 nus, 65; asteroids, 65; comets, 65; meteors, 65; the 

 zodiacal light, 66; inner satellites of Uranus, 66; stel- 

 lar parallaxes, 66; periods of binary stars, 66; distri- 

 bution of the bright fixed stars, 66; the companion of 

 Procyon, 67; nebula near Eta Argus, 67; Burnham's 

 catalogue of new double stars, 67; results of spectro- 

 ecopic observations, 68; gold medal of the Royal As- 

 tronomical Society, 68; planetary researches of Le- 

 verrier, 69; recent changes in the form and position 

 of nebulae, 69. 



ATTDUBON, Mrs. LUCY B. Decease of, 640. 



Australia and New Zealand. Area and population, 70; 

 the natives, 70; rapid decrease, 70; educational sys- 

 tem of New South Wales, 70 ; do. of Victoria, 70 ; 

 do. of South Australia, 71; do. of West Australia, 71; 

 do. of Queensland, 71; do. of New Zealand, 71; do. of 

 Tasmania, 72; Episcopal Church population, 72; Cath- 

 olic Church population, 72; revenue, expenditure, and 

 debt of the colonies, 72; commerce, 72; railroads, 72; 

 live-stock, 72. . 



Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Reigning family, 73; area 

 and population, 73; ministry, 73; budget, 73; savings- 

 banks, 73; universities, 73; schools, 74; students, 74; 



periodicals, 74; agricultural produce, 74; commerce, 

 74; shipping, 74; post-offices, 75; development of the 

 landwehr, 75; provincial Diets, 75; laws against the 

 Church in the Diet, 75; outlines of the four laws, 75; 

 debates upon them in Parliament, 75, 76; state of the 

 conflict, 76; trial by jury introduced, 76; the Enipe- 

 ror visits the Emperor of Russia, 77; do. visits Bohe- 

 mia, 77; proceedings, 77; cis-Leithan Austria, 77; 

 meeting of the legislative delegations of Austria and 

 Hungary, 77; the exhibition at Vienna, 78. 



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BABCOCK, JAMES F. Decease of, 640. 



BACON, DAVID W. Birth, 78; career, 79; character, 79; 

 death, 79. 



BAILEY, ALEXANDER H. Decease of, 632. 



BAILEY, SILAS. Birth, 79; career, 79; death, 79. 



BAIRD, WILLIAM S. Decease of, 648. 



BALLEVAIN, ADOLFO. Birth, 79; political career, 79; 

 death, 79. 



BANCROFT, GEORGE. Retires from Berlin, 264. 



Baptists. Statistics, 80; regular Baptists in America, 80; 

 Home Mission Society, 81; Historical Society, 81; 

 Educational commission, 81; Missionary Union, 81; 

 Burmah Missionary Convention, 82; American Bible 

 Union, 82; Southern Baptist Convention, 82; Eastern 

 Conference of German Baptists, 82; convention in the 

 Eastern Provinces, 83; Free-will Baptists' statistics, 

 84; General Conference, 84; proceedings, 84; Sun- 

 day-school Union, 85; Missionary Society, 85; Con- 

 ference in New Brunswick, 85; do. in Nova Scotia, 

 85; Seventh-Day Baptists' Conference, 85; Educa- 

 tional Society, 85; Tract Society, 85; General Con- 

 ference, 86; proceedings, 86; Tunkers' National Con- 

 vention, 86; Particular Baptists in England, 86; an- 

 niversary, 86 ; General Baptists' Association, 87 ; 

 Baptists in Russia, 87. 



BARCLAY, J. T. Decease of, 658. 



BARTLETT, HOMER. Decease of, 629. 



BAYARD, THOMAS F. Senator from Delaware, 150 ; on 

 the Louisiana bill, 236. 



BAYLOR, RICHARD. Obituary notice of, 623. 



BAZAINE, Marshal. Escape from prison, 327. 



BEATON, Mrs. Decease of, 626. 



BECK, JAMES B. Representative from Kentucky, 150; on 

 the civil rights bill, 202. 



BEDLE, JOSEPH D. Elected Governor of New Jersey, 

 604. 



BEKE, CHARLES TILSTONE. Birth, 88; traveler, geolo- 

 gist, geographer, and ethnologist, 88; writings, 86; 

 death, 88. 



Belgium. Reigning family, 88; area, 88; population by 

 provinces, 89; social statistics, 89; emigration, 89; 

 population of cities, 89; Legislature, 89; voters, 89; 

 religion, 89; budget, 89; note from the Government 

 of Germany, 90; attack" on the ministry, 90; elections, 

 90; International Congress on questions of warfare, 

 90; session of the Chambers, 91; Brussels, its im- 

 provements, 91. 



BELKNAP, Secretary of War. Orders General Sheridan 

 to New Orleans, 493. 



BELL, SAMUEL N. Appointed Chief-Justice of Supreme 

 Court in New Hampshire, 599. 



BENEDICT, DAVID. Birth, 91; writings, 91; death, 91. 



BENNETT, ALVTN. Decease of, 635. 



BILLINGS, HAMMATT. Decease of, 658. 



Bisif ARCK, Prince. Remarks on the law relative to edu- 

 cation in Alsace-Lorraine, 362; on the envoy to the 

 Pope, 362; on the relations of Germany and Austria, 



