INDEX OF COST: 



777 



Sai'tray, Subterranean, beneath the city of London, 881 : 

 i a commencement, 631 ; length, 63-2 ; details of a portion 

 of the line, 688 ; trial trip, 683. 



Ration, details of the old ration to the soldier, 633 ; details 

 of the present ration, 633. 



BKAGAH, JOHN II., appointed Postmaster-General, 158. 



Resolution, on the duty of the soldiers of the army relative 

 to slave*, 227. 



Retaliation measures of between Confederate and Federal 

 Governments, 151. 



ErrxoLDS, JOBS H M member of Congress, 166: let the 

 present laws be enforced, 214; rally under the folds of 

 the stars and stripes, and the country will be saved, 214. 



Rhode Iriand. its boundaries, 633; political divisions, 633; 

 manufacturers. 634; Personal Liberty Bill, 6*4; 

 action of the Legislature, 634 ; troops of the State, 634 ; 

 extra session of the Legislature, 635; Message of the 

 Governor, 635; acts, 635; force furnished to the United 

 States, 635: instructions of Legislature of to her com- 

 missioners to the Peace Conference, 564; export' of rice 

 prohibited, 165. 



EiCHAKsox,Wii.i.iA3i A-, member of Congress, 225: on the 

 cause of the war. 244. 245 ; on the statements of General 

 Scott relative to the battle of Bull Enn, 245, 246. 



Richmond, Confederate Congress adjourn to meet at, 140. 



RICKCTT'S battery at Bull Eur. 



EOBZBTSOX. JOBS, sent by Virginia as Peace Commissioner 

 to the Southern Confederacy. 730. 



Romney, its situation, 636; skirmish at 37. 

 : A S3. W. S., biographical notice c : 



Boas, JOHN, his proclamation to the Cherokee*. 373. 

 A., appointed Commissioner to Europe, 160. 



Riutia, its size, 636 ; races of people, 636 ; Government, 636 ; 

 causes of disturbance, 636 ; outbreak in Poland, 637 ; 

 circumstances, 637 ; agronomic societies suppressed, 

 C37 : serfdom of Russia. 635: numbers. 635; condition of 

 serfs. 635; ways of becoming free, 635: territorial ac- 

 quisitions. 639 ; conduct towards the United States. 639 ; 

 finances, 639; internal improvements, 639; education, 

 639 



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Sacramento City, loss by floods in 1S61, 93. 



SACLSBrET, WILLAED. Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 

 166 ; Delaware was the first to adopt the Constitution, 

 and will be the last to do any act looking to separation, 



:K. CoL EOBEBT C n at Bull Enn, S2-S6: biographical 

 notice of. '.' 



SCHLOSSBB, FUXDKICH CL, birth, 640 ; pursuits, 640 ; writ- 

 Ings, 640. 



SCOTT, General 'WIXTTKLD, views on the danger to the 

 Union, 123; hU statements relative to the battle at Bull 

 Enn. 246 ; order announcing the issue of demand notes 

 to pay the soldiers, 299. 



SCKEBK, ECGEXE, birth, 640; occupation, 640 ; writings, 640. 



Sequestration Act of Confederate Congress, 165. 



SEWAED, "W. H., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; 

 presents the memorial from New Tork City, 

 remarks, ISO; on the state of public affairs. 192 : offers a 

 minority report relative to the propositions of the Peace 

 Conference, 220; speech in Boston, 450 ; speech at Xew 

 York, Dec. 22. 1560, 530 ; instructions to General Mc- 

 Clellan relative to escaped slaves of insurgents, 646 ; 

 letter to the commissioners from South Carolina, 711 ; 

 second note, 713 ; letter to Governor Hicks, 716. 



SeicelFs Point. Us situation, 640 ; attack on the batteries, 

 640 ; results, 640. 



SHAW LEMUTL, birth. 640; pursuits. 640; public offices, 649. 



buEEM AN General THOMAS W., proclamation to inhabitant* 

 of South Carolina 644 ; biographical notice, 



of, 724. 



SHKMAX. General WILLIAM T, takes command tn Ken- 

 tucky, 406 ; biographical notice of, 728. 



SHEKMAX, .Ions, member of the Senate, 225 ; on the act* of 

 the President, 234 ; on the conduct of the war, 236, 237 ; 

 on the cause of the war, 243. 



Ship Island Expedition, itt destination, 290: island oc- 

 cupied by a Confederate force, 291 ; evacuated, 291 ; oc- 

 cupied by Federal troops, 291 ; captures of Confederate 

 Teasels, 291 ; General Butler commands the military 

 force, 291 ; first troops composing the expedition, 291 ; 

 landing on the island, 291; proclamation of General 

 Phelps, 291 ; other troops added, 292. 



SICKLES, DANIEL E^ member of Congress, 166; on the pres- 

 ent condition of things, 214. 



SIEGEL, FEAXZ, biographical notice of, 786. 



SLXGLETOX, O. E., member of Congress, 166; refuses to serve 

 on the Compromise Committee, 201. 



Slaret, Federal Government had no control over them in 

 the States before the war, 641 ; its relation to the slaves 

 of insurgents, 641; slaves called contrabands meaning 

 of the term as thus applied, 641 ; Gen. Butler's corre- 

 spondence with the Secretary of War in regard to them, 

 and reply of that functionary, 641. 642; correspondence 

 relative to execution of Fugitive Slave law between 

 - Marshal in Kansas and Attorney-General, in July, 

 642: Confiscation Act approved Aug. 6.1 -?A. C4i; Secre- 

 tary Cameron's second letter to Gen. Butler, 642, 643; 

 Secretary Caleb Smith's statement of the position of the 

 Government on the question, at Providence, Ang. 16, 

 1S61, 643 ; Gen. Fremont's proclamation, Ang. 80, 1561, 

 643 : President Lincoln's modification of the proclama- 

 tion. Sept 11, 1S61, 644; Instructions of Secretary Cam- 

 eron to Gen. T. W Sherman, Oct 14, 1W1, 644: Gen. 

 Sherman's proclamation, NOT. 8, 1S61, 644 ; Gen. Dix's 

 proclamation to inhabitants of Eastern shore of Vir- 

 ginia, Xov. 17, 1S61, 644: Gen. Halleck's order prohibit- 

 ing fugitives from entering the lines of the camps of the 

 army, 644: Col. Cochrane's address. 645; Secretary Cam- 

 eron's address, 645; Secretary Chase's orders respecting 

 fugitive slaves to be employed on cotton and other plan- 

 tations at Port Eoyal, Xov. 80, 1561. 645, 646: Secretary* 

 Seward's instructions to Gen. McClellan in regard to 

 escaped slaves of insurgents, 64G. 



SLZiiiiEE. Lieut. ADAM J., takes possession of Fort Pickets, 

 57:1 



S UDELL, JOHX. Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166: on the 

 free navigation of the Mississippi. 154: withdraws, 

 800; speech on the occasion, 200; seized on board the 

 steamer Trent, 693. 



SMITH. CALEB, statement of the position of Government in 



regard to fugitive slaves. 643. 

 SMITH, CHARLES F., biographical notice of. 724. 



SMITH. E. K.. arrives at Bull Bun with troops, S5; appoints 

 CoL \V. M. Churchill provost-marshal in East Tennes- 

 see, 441. 



South Carolina determines to attack Fort Snmter, 132; 

 her members retire from Congress, 206: description of, 

 646: debate on Secession in Legislature of, in 1S50. 646, 

 647 : electoral vote of the State cast for Breckenridge, 

 6, 1S60, 647; act passed by Legislature calling a 

 State Convention to meet at Columbia, Dec. 17, 1S60, 

 647; Message of Gov. Gist 647: military bill passed, 

 647: Gov. Gtifs farewell Message, Dec., 1560. 647: 

 Gov. Piekens' Inaugural, Dec. 10. i- Con- 



vention assembled, Dec, 17, 645 : Mr. Jamison's opening 

 address, 613 ; Convention adjourns to Charleston on c- 



