INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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SCHNEIDER, EUGENE. A French manufacturer, 702; bio- 

 graphical sketch of; 702. 



BCHUEZ, GAEL. Senator from Missouri, 188; on the resump- 

 tion of specie payments, 148-154. 

 SEIDL, JOHANN G. An Austrian poet, 702; biographical 



sketch of, 702. 



SELWTN, WILLIAM. An English clergyman, 702; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 702. 



SENGEB, WILLIAM U. Decease of, 587. 

 - SHANLY, CHABLES D. Decease of, 574. 

 SHELDON, GATLOB. Decease of, 588. 



SHERMAN, JOHN. Senator from Ohio, 188 ; reports the bill 

 for the resumption of specie payments, 146; remarks, 

 146-152 ; on education in the District of Columbia, 178. 

 SINGEB, ISAAC M. Decease of, 579. 

 SLADE, JAMES M. Decease of, 574. 

 SMITH, Mrs. GEBBIT. Biographical sketch of, 702. 

 SMITH, H. B. Representative from New York, 138; on the 



bill to improve the currency, 144. 

 SMITH, JQSEPH. Decease of, 588. 



South Carolina, Session of the Legislature, 708 ; committee 

 of investigation, 703; action, 703; investigation of State 

 bonds, 703; charges against the State Treasurer, 704; 

 trial and result, 704; judge elected by the Legislature, 

 704; acts of the session, 704; State finances, 705; taxable 

 property, 705; taxes, 705; schools and teachers, 705; 

 State institutions, 705 ; centennial resolutions, 706 ; new 

 session of Legislature, 706; judges elected, 706; Governor 

 refuses to commission them, 706; popular action, 706; 

 State census, 706 ; population, 707. 

 SPACKMAN, HENBT 8. Decease of, 578. 

 Spain. Kuler, 707; movement of population, 707; finances, 

 707; debt, 707; army, 707; railroads, 707 ; proclamation 

 of Alfonso, 707 ; his reception at Madrid, 707 ; relations 

 with the Pope, 708; decree relative to church property, 

 708 ; draft of a new constitution, 708, 709 ; new ministry, 

 709 ; note of the papal nuncio to the bishops, 709 ; Cortes 

 convoked, 709 ; the Carlist movement, 709 ; military oper- 

 ations, 710, 711; defeats of the Carlists, 712 ; indemnity in 

 the Virginius case, 712 ; insurrection in Cuba, 712. 

 SPALDING, IBA. Decease of, 588. 

 Specie Payments. Act for the resumption of, 217. 

 SPBAGUE, CHABLES. An American poet, 718; biographical 



sketch of, 718. 



SPBAGUE, WILLIAM. Senator from Khode Island, 138; on 

 compulsory education, 176 ; relative to counting the elec- 

 toral vote for President, 205. 



STANHOPE, PHILIP H. An English historian, 718; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 718. 



STEMMLEB, JOHN A. Decease of, 574 

 STEVENSON, JOHN W. Senator from Kentucky, 188 ; on specie 



payments, 153. 

 STEWABT, HOUSTON. A British admiral, 713; biographical 



sketch of, 718. 



STILES, JOSEPH C. Decease qf, 574. 

 ST. LEONABDS, EDWABD BUBTENSHAW STTGDEN, Baron. A 



British peer, 714; biographical sketch of, 714. 

 STOCKTON, JOHN P. Senator from New Jersey, 188; on com- 

 pulsory education, 175. 



STOBEB, BELLAMY. Biographical sketch of, 714. 

 STBUENSEE, GUSTAV. A German novelist, 714 ; biographical 



sketch of, 714. 



Suez Canal. Its business, 263 ; bought by England, 265. 

 Surf-Car. A valuable invention, 714; how constructed, 714; 



how used, 715; its services, 715. 



Sweden and Norway. Sovereign, 716 ; Council of State, 716 ; 

 area and population of Sweden, 716 ; budget, 717 ; debt, 

 717; navy, 717; railroads, 717; commerce, 717; shipping, 

 717; area of Norway, 717; population of towns, 717; com- 

 merce, 718; railroads, 718; the Swedish Kiksdag, 718; its 



proceedings, 718; Storthing of Norway, 718 ; Its proceed- 

 ings, 718. 



Switserland.-lte divisions, 718; Legislature, 718; executive 

 718; area and population, 718; revenue, 718; army, 719' 

 railways, 719; division commanders, 719 ; Federal Assem- 

 bly, 719 ; the religious questions, 719 ; new Federal Coun- 

 cil, 719; expulsion of priests, 719; unconstitationality, 

 720; Board of Education at St.-Gall, 720; elections, 720. 



Telegraphy. The more recent improvements, 721 ; duplex 

 telegraph, 721 ; explanation, 721 ; quadruple! telegraph, 

 721 ; instruments used, 721 ; illustrations, 722 ; American 

 automatic system, 722 ; explanation, 728 ; electricity as a 

 lubricator, 724. 



Tmnessee. Legislation, 724 ; amendments to the constitution 

 proposed, 724; election of Senator, 724; State officers, 

 724; Legislature, 724; members of Congress, 724; in- 

 dustrial resources, 725; coal, 725; iron, 725; copper, 725; 

 marble, 725; fire-clay, 725; zinc, 725; climate, 726; crops, 

 726; forests, 726; live-stock, 726; products, 726; cotton 

 and tobacco, 726 ; railroads, 727. 

 TENNEY, SAMUEL G. Decease of, 571. 

 Texas. The new constitution, 727; reasons for the change, 

 727; provisions, 727,728; taxation for schools, 728; the 

 judiciary, 728; other features, 728; State officers, 729; 

 Democratic platform, 729; assessed value of property, 

 729; finances, 729; debt, 729; railroads, 729; State insti- 

 tutions, 730 ; Honey, the case of, 780. 

 THIBLWALL, CONNOP. An English bishop, 730 ; biographical 



sketch of, 780. 



THOMAS, General LOBENZO. Decease of, 578. 

 THOMASIUS, GOTTFBIED. A German theologian, 730; bio- 

 graphical sketch of, 730. 

 THOMPSON, MOBTIMEB. Decease of, 577. 

 THUBMAN, ALLEN G. Senator from Ohio, 188 ; on the re- 

 sumption of specie payments, 149-151 ; on compulsory 

 education, 172-174 ; relative to counting the electoral vote 

 for President, 187, 188, 193-196, 200 ; on military interfer- 

 ence in Louisiana, 209-218. 



TISZA, KOLOMAN. An Hungarian statesman, 730 ; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 730. 

 TOLDY, FBANZ. An Hungarian author, 730 ; biographical 



sketch of, 780. 



T'OUNG- CHE. Emperor of China, 118; decease of, 118. 

 TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON. Representative from Pennsylva- 

 nia, 138; on the Bureau of Education, 171. 

 TBACY, FBEDEBIOK U. Decease of, 571. 

 Trumpet, Fog. An Austrian invention, 731 ; its undoubted 



value and capacities, 731. 



Turkey. Its sovereign, 731 ; sons of the Sultan, 782 ; area 

 and population, 732 ; debt, 782 ; army, 732 ; navy, 732 ; 

 railroads, 732 ; Eoumania, how governed, 782 ; details, 

 732; Servia, its ruler, 738; area and population, 733; 

 Samos, its area and population, 733 ; Montenegro, area 

 and population, 733; insurrection in the Herzegovina, 

 733; its situation, 734; population, 734; religions, 734; 

 cause of insurrection, 734; military operations, 734; fir- 

 man of the Sultan, 785 ; another decree, 735 ; views of 

 Kussia, 785 ; another firman, 736 ; commission appointed 

 to see to its execution, 736 ; circular of the Austrian 

 Chancellor to the great powers of Europe, 736 ; Turk- 

 ish convention with Austria, 739 ; new ministry in Servia, 

 739; elections, 739; legislation in Eouinania, 740; famine 

 in Asia Minor, 740 ; riot in Beyrout, 740. 



UECHTBITZ, FBIEDBICH. A German poet, 741 ; biographical 

 sketch of, 741. 



