INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



propriety of Dnrell's decisions, 232; protection from 

 domestic violence appeals to the force of the nation, 

 233; the United States is not. authorized to order a 

 new election in Louisiana, 233; we can only guaran- 

 tee a republican form of government, 233; the word 

 " form " is not a matter of chance as it occurs in the 

 Constitution, 234; if the three branches of a State 

 government collude together, but preserve the repub- 

 lican " form," would Congress have power to inter- 

 fere ? 234; order a new election in Louisiana, and you 

 have established a precedent that must impair elec- 

 tive government, 235; let the remedy for frauds be 

 found in the courts, 235; you do not know how the 

 election has gone in Louisiana, and until you do you 

 have no right to interfere, 235; what is our right of 

 interference? 235; based on two grounds, 235; the 

 facts, 237; this is no mere question of party triumph, 

 237; what the people say, 237; shall this conspiracy 

 to overthrow a State be successfully accomplished ? 

 238; Congress not authorized to pass the pending 

 Mil, 238 ; further discussion, 239; no final action, 239. 

 In the House, a bill to confer jurisdiction on the 

 Criminal Court of the District of Columbia passed, 

 239; the bill reported, amended, and passed in the 

 Senate, 269 ; amendments concurred in by the House, 

 240; report of the Senate committee on transporta- 

 tion, 240. 



CONBXING, ALFRED. Decease of, 625. 



CONKLING, ROSCOE, Senator from New York, 150; on in- 

 flation, 198. 



Connecticut. Assembling of the Democratic Convention, 

 240; platform, 240; Republican Convention, 241; nom- 

 inations, 241; platform, 241; results of the election, 

 241; financial condition of the State ; 241; value of 

 taxable property, 242 ; school-fund, 242 ; savings- 

 banks, 242; depositors, 242; normal and the scientific 

 schools, 242; receipts for public schools, 242; insane 

 hospitals, 243; industrial and reform schools, 242; 

 the Reformatory Home, 242; State-prison, 242; acts 

 of the Legislature, 242; license law, 242; naturalization 

 and elections, 244; insurance companies, 244; fish- 

 culture, 244; social statistics, 244; State-House, 245. 



CONWAY, FREDERICK B. Decease of, 650. 



CORNELL, EZRA. Birth, 245; enterprising pursuits, 245; 

 benefactions, 246; death, 246. 



Costa Eica. boundaries, 247; government, 247; army, 

 247; navy, 247; sources of revenue, 247; debt, 248; 

 schools, 248; commerce, 248; crops, 248; railroads, 

 248; attempt to overthrow the government, 248; map, 

 249; political factions, 249. 



Cottm. Production of 1874 in the United States, 249; the 

 movement for twelve months, 249; ports, 249; re- 

 ceipts, 249; exports, 249; stock, 249; shipments over- 

 land, 250; distribution of the crop by States, 250; 

 crops for a series of years, 250; cotton-manufacturing 

 industry of the United States, 250; capacity and con- 

 sumption of cotton-mills, 251 ; cost of manufacturing, 

 251; spinning-spindles in the United States, 251; kind 

 and quantity of goods produced, 252; exports of cot- 

 ton-manufactures, 252; imports of cotton-manufact- 

 ures, 252; do. exports, 252; imports and consumption 

 - of cotton in Europe, 253. 



COWDIN, ROBEET. Decease of, 644. 



COWLES, EDWARD P. Decease of, 661. 



Cox, SAMUEL S. Representative from New York, 150; 

 on applying proceeds of land-sales to support educa- 

 tion, 178. 



CROCKER, ALV AH. Decease of, 663. 



CROSBY, ALPHETTS. Birth, 253; career as a scholar, pro- 

 fessor, and author, 253; death, 234. 



CBOSS, Rt. Hon. RICHARD A. Biographical sketch of, 



370. 



CROXTON, JOHN T. Decease of, 632. 

 CHUVEILHIER, JEAN. Birth, 254; physician, professor, 



and author, 254; death, 254. 

 Cuba. The struggle in, 778. 

 CURTIS, BENJAMIN R. Birth, 254; career as a jurist, 254; 



death, 254. 



GUSHING, CALEB. Appointed minister to Spain, 265. 

 GUSHING, WILLIAM B. Birth, 255; naval career, 255; 



death, 255. 



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Dakota. Reconnoitring expedition in the Territory, 255; 

 its strength, 255; course of the expedition, 256; re- 

 sults, 256 ; game-region, 256 ; varieties, 257. 



Darfour, Sultan of. War with Egypt, 279. 



DECAZES, Duke Louis CHARLES. Biographical sketch 

 of, 330. 



DE CISSET, Louis OCTAVE C. Biographical sketch of, 329. 



Delaware. Republican Convention, 257; nominations, 

 257; platform, 257; Democratic Convention, 258; nom- 

 inations, 258 ; platform, 258; results of the election, 

 258; biography of Governor Cochran, 258 ; public 

 debt, 258; railroads, 259; assets, 259; revenue, 259; 

 taxing railroads, 259; schools, 259; peach-crop, 259. 



DEMAEEST, WILLIAM. Decease of, 633. 



Denmark. The sovereign. 260; his family, 260; popula- 

 tion, 260; religions, 260; revenue and expenditure, 

 260; budget, 260; commerce, 260; shipping, 261; ar- 

 my and navy, 261 ; railroads and telegraphs, 261; resig- 

 nation of the ministry, 261 ; proceedings of the Legis- 

 lature, 261; resignations, 262; relations of Denmark 

 to Germany, 262; new session of the Legislature, 262 ; 

 North-Schleswig question, 262 ; centennial in Iceland, 

 262; the King's visit, 263 ; the national wealth, 263. 



DENNETT, JOHN R. Decease of, 659. 



DENNIS, THOMAS. Decease of, 655. 



DENT, Louis. Decease of, 628. 



DERBY, GEOEGE. Decease of, 642. 



DE WITT, THOMAS. Birth, 263 ; clerical career, S63; death, 

 263. 



DICKINSON, EDWAED. Decease of, 639. 



DICKINSON, RICHARD W. Decease of, 649. 



Diplomatic Correspondence. Rights of naturalized citi- 

 zens on returning home, 263; enlistment of American 

 citizens in foreign military service, 263; the desire 

 of Germany to obtain the island of St. Thomas de- 

 nied, 264; retirement of George Bancroft, 264; va- 

 grancy of Italian children, 264; instructions to the 

 United States minister to Spain, 265. 



Disciples of Christ. General Convention, 267; business, 

 267; report of Board of Missions, 267; Disciples in 

 Great Britain, 267. 



DISRAELI, BENJAMIN. First Lord of English Treasury, 

 369. 



District of Columbia. Bill to confer jurisdiction on the 

 Criminal Court, 239; investigation asked, 268; com- 

 mittee of Congress appointed, 268; report, 268; rec- 

 ommendation, 268; commissioners appointed towicd 

 up affairs, 269; form of government recommended by 

 the committee, 269; debt, 269. 



DODD, JOSEPH. Decease of, 659. 



DODGE, J. R. Remarks on over-production of crops, 9. 



DODGE, NATHANIEL S. Decease of, 624. 



Dominion of Canada. Further" enlarged, 270; future ex- 

 tent of the Dominion, 270; recent political proceed- 

 ings, 270; construction of a Pacific Railroad, 270; 

 charges made and investigation demanded, 270; re- 

 ports of surveys, 270; legislation of the Dominion 



