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Taylor, Fort, its location, 875; Armament, 675. 



TAYLOB, Lieutenant-Colonel, bears a letter from Jefferson 

 Davis to President Lincoln, 150. 



Telegraph, Electric, progress in 1861, C75; communication 

 with San Francisco, 675 ; on the lower Amoor, 675 ; con- 

 nection between Europe an<l America through Russia, 

 675; by the Atlantic Ocean, 676; smaller enterprises, 



Telegraphic Despatches, their seizure a violation of the 

 Constitution, 230. 



Tennettee, instructions of Legislature to commissioners 

 to Peace Conference, 565. 



Its boundaries, 676: population, 676; sessions of its 

 Legislature, 676: members, when elected, 676; vote for 

 President, 677 ; extra session of the Legislature called, 

 677 ; evils complained of. 677 ; conservative sentiment, 

 677 ; New York resolutions, how received, 677 ; election 

 of delegates to a State Convention, 677 ; vote on the 

 Convention, 67S : answer of the Governor to the Presi- 

 dent's proclamation. C73 ; address of citizens, 678 ; Legis- 

 lature convenes, 673; message to, 678; Commissioner 

 from the Confederate States, 679 ; letters from citizens, 

 679 : military league made with the Confederate States, 

 679; articles, 679; declaration of Independence, 6SO; 

 ordinance to adopt the Provisional Constitution, 650 ; a 

 military force organized, 631 ; fundamental law of the 

 State, 6S1 ; payment of debts to Northern citizens pro- 

 hibited, 632; progress of military affairs, 632; Union 

 Convention in East Tennessee, 653; acts of the Legisla- 

 ture, 633 ; efforts to procure arms, 633 ; message of the 

 Governor, 654; call for men, 634; second call, 685; 

 burning of bridges in East Tennessee, 65o. 

 Message of the Governor on extortions, 144. 



Tennessee, East, martial law in, 153, 441. 



Territories, their division as proposed by the Crittenden 

 amendments to the Constitution, 174 ; organized in 1501, 

 685; Dakotah, its size, 655; boundaries, 635; Colorado, 

 its size, 636; boundaries, 636; Nevada, its size, 656; 

 boundaries, 656. 



Texas, boundaries, 636 ; government, 636 ; population, 

 656 ; secession sentiment of the people, 636 ; Governor 

 refuses to call a session of the Legislature, 637; his 

 views, 637 ; call for a convention, how made, 637 ; action 

 of the Governor, 657 ; Legislature convened, 633 ; reso- 

 lutions relative to a State Convention, 683; vote of the 

 State for members of the Convention, 633 ; ordinance of 

 secession, 635 ; vote of the people upon it, 639 ; vote at 

 the Presidential election, 639; difficulty between the 

 Governor and the State Convention, 639 ; action of the 

 Convention, 690 ; condition of affairs, 690 ; war loan, 

 690; United States forces in Texas, 690; surrender of 

 Twiggs, 690 ; seizure of public property, 690 : surrender 

 of Major Sibley, 691 ; surrender of Colonel Reeve, 691 ; 

 address of ex-Governor Houston to the people. 692 ; his 

 letter to the people in favor of the Confederate Govern- 

 ment, 692 ; intercourse with Northern people prohibited, 

 692 ; state of affairs at the close of the year, 693 ; troops 

 in the field, 693 ; crops, 693. 



THOMAS, Col. F. J., killed at Bull Run, 84. 



THOMAS, FRANCIS, member of Congress, 210; on the risht 

 of the Government to use the forts for other purposes 

 than the defence of the States, 210. 



THOMAS, GEORGE H., biographical notice of, 724. 



THOMAS, PHILIP, resigns as Secretary of Treasury. 704. 



THOMPSON} JACOB, resigns as Secretary of the Interior, 704. 



TOXPKINS. Lieut, commands the cavalry in the skirmish at 

 Fairfax Court-Honse, 294. 



TOOMBS, KOBEET, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; the 

 Union is dissolved, 176; men are arming to defend the 

 separation, 176. 



Totrcxr, ISAAC, resolution of censure as Secretary of th 

 Navy passed the House of Representatives, 'Jlu. 



TOWXSEXD, CoL, at the battle of Great Bethel, 844. 



Treason, Secretary Reward's letter denning, 853. 



Trent, steamer, how employed, 693 ; passengers, 698 ; board- 

 ed by officers from the San Jacinto, 693 ; the English 

 report, 698 ; an officer's report, 691 ; protest of Mason 

 and Slidell, 604 ; details, 695. 



TBCMBCLL, LYMAX, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166 ; 

 on slavery in Arizona, 190 reply to Senator Davis, 192; 

 on the condition of affairs, 223 ; on the acts of President 

 Lincoln, 233 ; on the object of the war, 241. 



TUCKER, GEORGE, birth, 695 ; education, 695 ; public offices, 

 695 ; writings, 695. 



TWIGGS, Gen., surrenders the ordnance depot at San Anto- 

 nio, Texas, 319, also 090 ; dismissed from the army by 

 order of the President, 319. 



Tylite, Island, its situation, 695 ; reconnoLssance of, 695 ; 

 occupied, 695. 



TYLER, JOHN, member of Confederate Congress, 165 : de- 

 spatch to, relative to the attack on Snmter, 137 ; address 

 of at opening of Peace Conference, 663, 564. 



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United States, population, 696; election of President, 696; 

 principle represeated, 696; officers of the Government 

 in 1560, 69? j opinion of the Attorney-General on the 

 right of a State to secede, 697; do. on collection of duties 

 in a seceded State, 697; right of the Government over 

 public property. 697 ; right of the Government to make 

 war upon a State, 693 ; affairs in the Southern States, 

 699; speech of Stephens on the prosperity of the Union, 

 699; President Buchanan's message, 699; attitude of 

 South Carolina, 699; resignation of Secretary Cobb, 700; 

 resignation of Secretary Cass, 700; reason, 700; state of 

 public sentiment at this time, 700; affairs in South 

 Carolina, 701 ; resignation of Secretary Floyd, 701 ; rea- 

 son, 701; correspondence, 701 ; arrival of Commissioners 

 from South Carolina at Washington, 701 ; object, 701 ; 

 letter to the President, 702 ; .his reply, 702 ; manner of 

 their reception, 702: President's views on the move- 

 ment of Major Anderson, 703; reply of the commis- 

 sioners, 703; rejected by the President, 703; President's 

 message of Jan. 8th, 703 ; principles governing his con- 

 duct, 703; resignation of Secretary Thompson, 704; 

 correspondence relative thereto, 704; resignation of 

 Secretary Thomas, 704 ; reason?, 704 ; John A. Dix ap- 

 pointed to the Treasury, 704; views of the Government 

 at this time, 705; decision respecting Fort Sumter, 705; 

 commissioner Hayne, of South Carolina, arrives at "Wash- 

 ington, 705; the proposition to him, 705 : letters of Sen- 

 ators to the President, 705 ; reply of Secretary Holt, 705 ; 

 a final reply to demand for Fort Sumter, 706; Virginia 

 peace resolutions, 707 ; mission of ex-President Tyler, 

 707; action of the President, 708; armistice charged on 

 President Buchanan, 70S; sentiments of the people, 709; 

 close of Mr. Buchanan's term of office, 709 ; inauguration 

 of Mr. Lincoln, 709 ; the change which had taken place 

 since November, 709; the policy of the President de- 

 clared. 710; commissioners from South Carolina arrive 

 at Washington, 710; letter to Secretary Seward, 710; his 

 reply, 711 ; commissioners* response, 712; military move- 

 ments in New York, 713 ; preparation of transports, 713 ; 

 sail from the port, 714; excitement, 714; affairs at 

 Charleston, 714; Virginia commissioners visit the Presi- 

 dent to inquire as to his policy, 714; his answer. 715; 

 capture of Sumter, 715; proclamation of President Lin- 

 coln, 715; call for troops by the Secretary of War, 715; 

 answers of the Governors of the respective States, 716 ; 



