INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Pennsylvania^ description of, 563, 569 ; minerals of, 569 ; 

 Governor Curtin's inaugural, 569 ; resolutions of Legis- 

 lature of, January 17 and 24, 569 ; Message of Governor 

 Curtin on military affairs, April 9, 569, 570 ; militia law 

 passed, April 12, 570; law to punish treason, passed 

 April 13, 570; excitement in Philadelphia on the 15th 

 of April, 570, 571 ; Mayor Henry's speech, 571 ; Governor 

 Curtin's proclamation convening an extra session of 

 Legislature, April 30, 571 ; movement of troops under 

 call of the President, 571 ; acts of the Legislature in 

 regard to the war, at extra session, 571, 572 ; loan of 

 $3,000,000 authorized, 572 ; esolutions of Legislature, 572; 

 Pennsylvania troops in United States service, 572 ; arms 

 owned by the State, 572 ; members of Congress elected 

 on Union issues, 572, 573 ; debt of Pennsylvania, 573 ; 

 railroad progress in the State, 573 ; instructions of 

 Legislature to Commissioners to the Peace Conference, 

 564. 



Pensacola Say, description of, 573; Fort Pickens taken 

 possession of by Lieutenant A. J. Slemmer, 573 ; Fort 

 Pickens reenforced, 12-16 April, 573 ; Wilson's regiment 

 stationed on Santa Eosa Island, 573, 574 ; daring exploits 

 of Federal troops, 574; attack on "Wilson's regiment, 

 October 8, 574 ; bombardment of Forts Barrancas and 

 McRae by Fort Pickens and of Fort Pickens by the 

 Confederate forts and batteries, 574, 575; Colonel 

 Brown's conclusions, 575. 



Perrygvitte, description of, 575. 



Personal Liberty Laws, motives which led to their enact- 

 ment, 575 ; the sixth section of the Fugitive Slave Law, 

 575, 576 ; Governor Morgan (N. Y.), recommends their 

 repeal, 576 ; Governors Washburn (Me.), Banks (Mass.), 

 and Packer (Penn.), make similar recommendations, 

 576 ; recommendation of the Governor of Ohio, 577 ; 

 law of Rhode Island, 577 ; do. of Vermont, 577 ; do. of 

 Maine, 577; do. of Connecticut, 577; do. of Massachu- 

 setts, 577 ; do. of New York, 578 ; New Jersey has 

 no law, 578; law of Pennsylvania, 578; Indiana and 

 Illinois no law, 578 ; law of Michigan, 578 ; Ohio, 578 ; 

 Wisconsin, 578 ; number of fugitives in twenty years, 

 579. 



Petroleum, supply of the springs, 579 ; how raised to the 

 surface, 579; location of springs, 579; decline in price, 

 579; exports of, 580; Oil Creek, 580; probable duration 

 of the supply, 580 ; its uses, 580. 



PIIELPS, Gen., commands first body of troops sent to Ship 

 Island, 291; arrival, 291; landing, 291; issues a procla- 

 mation, 291 ; its effect, 292. 



Philippi, its situation, 581; skirmish at, 581; details, 581. 



Pickens, Fort, reinforcement of, 511, 708. 



PICKENS, Gov. F. W., (S. C.,) inaugural, Dec. 10, 1860, 647, 648 ; 

 proclamation, 633; speech, Dec. 21, 654; his cabinet, 

 654, 655; correspondence with Major Anderson relative 

 to surrender of Fort Sumter, 656 ; letter to President 

 Buchanan relative to surrender of Fort Sumter, 656; 

 address to the people on the taking of Fort Sumter, 

 657. 



FIERCE, Gen. E. W., commands the expedition to Great 

 Bethel, 343. 



Piers at Southport, England, 581 ; the form, 581 ; manner of 

 driving the piles, 5S1 ; advantages of the method, 581. 



Pig Point, its situation, 581 ; skirmish at, 581. 



PILLOW, Gen. GIDEON, occupies Columbus, Ky., 103; his let- 

 ter on exchange of prisoners, 5S2. 



Planters apply to Confederate Government for relief, 145 J 

 reply of the Secretary of the Treasury, 145. 



POLK, Gen. LEONID AS, enters Kentucky, 403; his pastoral 

 letter, 480 ; letter relative to an exchange of prisoners, 

 583. 



POLK, TEUSTEN, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; on th 



condition of the country, 190; on the acts of President 

 Lincoln, 229, 233. 



POPE, JOHN, biographical notice of, 724. 



Population of Confederate States, 130. 



POETEE, Col. ANDKEW.at Bull Run, 82, 85; biographical no- 

 tice of, 723. 



POKTEE, FITZ JOHN, biographical notice of, 723. 

 ^ Port Royal Expedition, its object and destination, 289; 

 population and productions of the group of islands, 289; 

 date of sailing, 2S9; vessels of the expedition, 289; com- 

 manded by Com. S. F. Dupont, 289; the military forces 

 of the expedition, 289; commanded by Gen. T. W. 

 Sherman, 289; a galo of wind scatters the ships, 290; 

 arrival at Port Royal, 290; vessels enter the harbor, 

 290; a storm, 290; the forts, 290; attack on them, 290; 

 its plan, 290; captured, 290; loss, 290; results, 290. 



POWELL, LAZAKUS W., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166 ; 

 offers a resolution to refer President's Message, relative to 

 the state of the country, to a committee of thirteen, 168 ; 

 remarks, 168; on the acts of President Lincoln, 280; on 

 the right of Senators from Western Virginia to seats, 

 236; on the conduct of the war, 236, 233. 



PKENTISS, BENJAMIN M., biograpical notice of, 725. 



PRESTON, W. B., member of Confederate Congress, 165. 



Prisoners or persons arrested, a list of, 361. 



Prisoners, exchange of, difficulty of the question, 582; how 

 solved, 582; letter of Gen. Pillow, 582; reply of Gen. 

 Grant, 582 ; manner in which an exchange was made at 

 Cairo, 583; details, 583; treaty between Gens. Fremont 

 and Price, 584. 



Privateering, the law on the subject, 584; proclamation of 

 President Lincoln, 585 ; action of the Confederate States, 

 585; numbers, 586; the Petrel, 586; the Calhoun, 586; 

 Ivey, 586; Wm. H. Webb, 586; the Dixie, 586; the 

 Jeff. Davis, 687; her prizes, 587; the Bonita, 587; the 

 Sallie, 587; the James Gray, 587; prizes at New Orleans, 

 587; revenue cutters made privateers, 588; the Gordon 

 5S8; the Coffee, 588; the McRae, 588; the Lady Davis, 

 588; the Nina, 588; the Jackson, 58S; the Incarora, 

 588; the Yorktown, 588; the Everglade, 588; the Sa- 

 vannah, 588; discussion on the subject in the British 

 House of Lords, 589; action of foreign Governments, 

 590; one of the crew of the Jeff. Davis, 590; his trial 

 for piracy, 590 ; opinion of Judge Sprague, 590 ; trial of 

 the crew of the Savannah, 591; letter of Secretary 

 Welles as to letters of marque, 592 ; transfer of ships, 

 592; the Nashville, 593; the Sumter, 593; proclamation 

 of Pres. Davis granting letters to, 137 ; instructions to, 

 138; steamer Nashville, 593 ; her cruise, 593; the Sum- 

 ter, 593 ; her cruises, 593 ; escapes, 593. 



Protest of Southern Senators on the admission of California, 

 193. 



PBYOB, ROGER A., member of Congress, 166; on the object 

 of the military bill, 215; remarks at Charleston on the 

 attack upon Sumter, 137. 



Public Documents, Message of President Buchanan, De- 

 cember, 1860, 594; do. Jan. 8th, 1861, 598; inaugural of 

 President Lincoln, 600 ; Message of President Lincoln, 

 July 4th, 1861, 603; do. December, 1861, 607; inaugural 

 of President Davis, 612; Message of President Davis, 

 April 29th, 1861, 614; do. July 20th, 1861, 619; do. Nov. 

 18th, 1861, 622; proclamation of neutrality by Queen 

 Victoria, 624; decree of the Queen of Spain, 626; decree 

 of the King of Portugal, 626; views of the Emperor of 

 Russia, 626; Constitution of the Confederate States, 627. 



PUQH, GEO. E., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; there is 

 nothing which cannot be redressed promptly and in the 

 most efficacious manner, 170 ; the Northern people Jiad 

 no policy against slavery, 171 ; on the amendment of the 

 Constitution, 222. 



