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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



board of inquiry at Baltimore, 651 ; special meeting of 

 the House of Bishops, 651 ; second Annual Congress, 651 ; 

 papers read, 652; Missionary Society, 652; Church in 

 Hayti, 652. 



Prussia. Emperor and ministry, 652 ; finances. 652 ; reduc- 

 tion of debt, 658 ; session of the Diet, 653 ; bills presented, 

 653; divisions, 653; the law for the management of 

 Church property, 654; discussion of the ecclesiastical 

 bills, 654 ; submission of priests, 654 ; Catholic Confer- 

 ence at Fulda, 655; Bishops of Paderborn and Breslau, 

 655; results of the elections, 655; synodical constitution 

 of the Evangelical Church, 655; sketch of Wernigerode 

 655 ; sketch of Benningsen, 655. 



Public Documents. Message of President Grant to Congress 

 on December 7, 18T5, 656; whiskey frauds extract from 

 the report of the Commissioner of Internal Eevenue, 658. 



QUAETLEY, FREDERICK W. Decease of, 574. 

 QUINOY, JOSIAH. Decease of, 571. 



QITINET, EDGAB. A French writer, 667 ; biographical sketch 

 of, 667. 



Railroads in the United States. The mania subsiding, 668 ; 

 miles laid in the year, 668 ; financial condition, 668 ; de- 

 faults in the payment of interest, 669 ; total bonded in- 

 debtedness, 669 ; miles of road in the several States, 669 ; 

 miles of road in New England, 670 ; business done dur- 

 ing the year, 670; earnings, 670; receipts, 670; capital 

 stock, 670; comparison with foreign railroads, 670; re- 

 sults, 671 ; accidents, 671 ; St. Louis Railroad Convention, 

 671 ; proceedings, 671, 672 ; memorial of Western grain- 

 producers, 678 ; recommendations, 673. 



RAINEY, JOSEPH H. Representative from South Carolina, 

 138; on the civil-rights bill, 163. 



RAMBERG, ARTHUR. A German artist, 678 ; biographical 

 sketch of, 673. 



RANDOLPH, THOMAS J. Biographical sketch of, 678. 



RAUSCHER, JOSEPH O. Cardinal, etc., 678; biographical 

 sketch of, 678. 



RAWLINSON, Sir HENRY. On the plans of England and Rus- 

 sia in the East, 4. 



READ, JOHN M. An American jurist, 674; biographical 

 sketch of, 674. 



READE, WILLIAM W. A British explorer, 674 ; biographical 

 sketch of, 674. 



Reformed Churches. Statistics, 674; mission statistics, 675; 

 General Synod, 675; proceedings, 675; action on July 4th, 

 675 ; Reformed Church in the United States, 676; statis- 

 tics, 676; General Synod, 676; proceedings, 676; Re- 

 formed Church of France, 677 ; divisions, 677 ; reference 

 to the Minister of Instruction, 677 ; Christian Reformed 

 Church of the Netherlands, 678. 



Reformed Episcopal Church. Statistics, 678; General 

 Council, 678; missionary districts, 678; the Church's 

 thirty articles as amended and adopted, 679 ; formation 

 of synods, 682. 



REMTTSAT FRANCOIS. A French statesman, 682; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 682. 



REYNOLDS, JOHN H. Decease of, 583. 



Rhode Island. Session of the Legislature, 688 ; election of 

 Senator, 683; conflict of authority between the State 

 Constable and United States Marshal, 683; legislative 

 reports on, 683; action of the Legislature, 684; Sinking 

 Fund Commissioners, 684 ; Superintendent of Charities, 

 684; Republican Convention, 684; nominations, 684; 

 Democratic Convention, 685; nominations and resolu- 

 tions, 685; Prohibition Convention, 685; nominations 



and resolutions, 685; National Union Republican Con- 

 vention, 685; nominations and resolutions, 685; results 

 of the election, 685; session of the Legislature, 686; its 

 action, 686; State census, 686; cotton manufactures, 687 ; 

 valuation of property, 687 ; banks, 687 ; railroads, 687 ; 

 school statistics, 687 ; State-prison, 687 ; militia, 687. 

 RICE, ALEXANDER II. Governor of Massachusetts, 480; bio- 

 graphical sketch of, 480. 

 RICHARDSON, WILLIAM A. Decease of; 587. 

 RIPLEY, HENBY J. An American clergyman, 688 ; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 688. 



ROBERTS, General B. 8. Decease of, 572. 

 ROBERTS, ELLIS H. Representative from New York, 138; 



on the term of the presidential office, 208. 

 ROBEBTS, JOHN W. Decease of, 572. 

 RODBERTUS JOHANN K. A German statesman, 688; bio- 

 graphical sketch of, 688. 



Roman Catholic Church. Promotions of cardinals, 688; 

 schismatic church of Utrecht, 688 ; policy of Prussia and 

 Germany, 688; encyclical addressed to the archbishops 

 and bishops of Prussia, 699; circular dispatch of Bis- 

 marck, 690 ; protest of the German bishops, 690 ; action 

 of the Government, 691; Catholic Congress of Germany, 

 691 ; encyclical to the Swiss bishops, 691 ; action of Rus- 

 sia against the United Greek Church, 692 ; council of 

 Irish bishops, 692 ; the school law in New Brunswick, 

 698 ; hostility to the Church in New Jersey, 693; course 

 of Mexico, 693 ; action of Brazil, 698 ; deaths in the 

 Church, 698. 



ROOSEVELT, JAMES I. An American jurist, 698 ; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 694. 

 RTTBEN, CHRISTOPH. A German painter, 694; biographical 



sketch of, 694. 



RUCKEBT, HBTNRICH. A German historian, 694 ; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 694. 



Russia. Reigning family, 694; area and population, 694; 

 spread of Russian language, 695 ; revenue and expendi- 

 tures, 695; debt, 695; commerce, 695; shipping, 696; 

 railroads, 696; canal system of the empire, 696; opera- 

 tions in Central Asia, 696 ; expedition against the Toork- 

 oman tribes, 696; other expeditions, 697; views of 

 Rawlinson on the movements of Russia in Asia, 698; 

 convention with Japan, 699 ; numbers banished to Si- 

 beria, 699 ; circular relative to an international declaration 

 of war principles, 699; International Telegraphic Con- 

 gress, 699. 

 RYAN, EDWARD. A British lawyer, 700 ; biographical sketch 



of, 700. 

 RYERSON, MARTIN. Decease of, 576. 



SACK, KARL H. A German theologian, 700; biographical 

 sketch of, 700. 



Saghalien.An island, 410 ; area and population, 410. 



SAINT- GEORGES, JULES H. V. A French dramatic author, 

 700 ; biographical sketch of, 700. 



Samoan Islands. Situation and number, 700; population, 

 700; religious denominations, 700; exports, 700; natives, 

 701 ; war, 701 ; permanent government established, 701 ; 

 laws, 701. 



SARGENT, AARON A. Senator from California, 188 ; relative 

 to counting the electoral vote for President, 188. 



SAULSBURY, ELI. Senator from Delaware, 188; moves an 

 amendment to the specie-payment bill, 153 ; relative to 

 military interference in Louisiana, 211. 



SAVIGNY, KARL F. A Prussian diplomatist, 701 ; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 701. 



SCHNAASK, KARL. A German art-historian, 701 ; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 701. 



