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Connecticut. State election on constitutional amend merit*, 

 208; James E. Kncllnh appointed Senator In Congress, 

 908 ; biographical sketch, '208 ; Convention of the Green- 

 back party, 904; resolutions, 204; Democratic Liberal 

 Convention In February, 205; nominations, 200; pint- 

 form, -Jo:.; KfpuMiu:!!! Convention, 1405; nominations, 

 90ft; platform, 205, 206; Greenback party Convention, 

 206; Liquor Prohibition party nominations, 200 ; election 

 of Democratic candidates, 206 ; J. T. Waito elected to Con- 

 gress, 206; organization of General Assembly, 206, 207; 

 tax assessments, 207 ; State finances, 207 ; savings-banks, 

 907; Insurance companies, 207 ; railroads, 207 ; Industrial 

 condition, 207 ; freshet at Sprague, 207 ; public schools, 

 207,208; public Institutes, 203; W. II. Uarnutn elected 

 Senator, 203 ; spring session of the Assembly, 208 ; amend- 

 ments to the constitution passed, 208, 209 ; amendments 

 proposed, 209; Republican Convention In August, 209; 

 nominations, 209; platform, 209; Democratic Liberal 

 Convention, 210; nominations, 210; platform, 210, 211; 

 Greenback party Convention, 211; election, 211 ; consti- 

 tutional amendments approved, 211 ; success of Demo- 

 cratic ticket, 211; Warner elected to Congress, 211; 

 meeting of Legislature, 211; finances In 1876, 211. 



Constitutional Amendment. Known as the Blalne amend- 

 ment. 172; report on, 172; amendment, 178; passed, 174. 



CoNYNuiiAM, Marquis of. Biographical sketch, 212. 



COOPER, HENRY. Senator from Tennessee, 131 ; on count- 

 ing the electoral vote, 160. 



COOPER, PETER. Presidential candidate, biographical sketch, 

 212. 



Cotta Rica. Area and population, 212, 218 ; public officers, 

 218; revenue and expenditures, 218; budget, 218; com- 

 merce, 218; railway,218; telegraph-line, 218; revolution, 

 213; Herrera provisional President, 213; condition of 

 the country In December, 218. 



Cotton. Aggregate crop of the United States, 218; crops of 

 several States, 214; Sea-Island cotton, 214; annual crops 

 from 1829,214; total exports for six years, 214; home 

 consumption, 214 ; cotton industry of Great Britain, 214 ; 

 consumption of European countries, 214 ; total Imports, 

 supplies, and deliveries in England and on the Continent, 

 U& 



Cox, 8. 9. Representative from New York, 181 ; raises a 

 question of order, 163; resolution on federation, 168; 

 offers joint resolution relative to the issue of silver coin, 

 208. 



Cremation. Practised among the ancients, 216; processes 

 and apparatus proposed, 217; arguments for cremation, 

 216; cremation societies, 216; congress at Dresden, 216, 

 217; addresses, 217; proposed temple In Gotha, 217; 

 furnace at Washington, 217 ; cremation of Baron de Palm, 

 217,218. 



CKKMI-.K, CAMILLI. A French general, biographical sketch, 

 218. 



CBONIN, E. A. Disputed elector of Oregon, 652, 658. 



CROOK, General. Encounters with Indians, 48. 



CUMMINS, Bishop J. D. An American clergyman, biograph- 

 ical sketch, 218. 



DusnuAN, CHARLOTTE S. An American actress, biographical 

 sketch, 218, 219. 



CUSTBR, GEORGE A. An American general, 48 ; biographical 

 sketch, 219. 



Dakota. Meeting of Legislature, 219; condition of country, 

 219; locust devastations, 219, 220; taxation, 220: rail- 

 roads, 220; the Governor on the Black Hills, 220; bill re- 

 lating to the creation of a Huron Territory, 220 ; elections, 

 220. 



DAVID, FtLicmr 0. A French oompOMr, biographical 

 fatten, 990. 



DAVICH, CHAKLM. An American mathematician, biographi- 

 cal sketch, 22(i, 221. 



DAK, FRANCIH. An Hungarian itateirnan, biographical 

 sketch, 221, 222. 



DCCATCR, STEPHEN. An American commodore, biographical 

 sketch, 222. 



DTCENFELD-SciioNnt'Ro, Count VON. An AuitrUn general, 

 biographical sketch, 222. 



Delaware. Finances, 222- mute and Imbecile children, 228; 

 Republican Convention, 228; resolutions, 228; Demo- 

 cratic Convention, 228; resolutions, 228; Democratic 

 Convention, 224 ; nomination for Congress, 224 ; plat- 

 form, 224; Republican Convention, September 18th, 224; 

 nomination for Congress, 224; resolutions, 224; Prohibi- 

 tion party Convention, 226 ; election, 225 ; Association for 

 Improvement of Colored People, 225; disputed Jurisdic- 

 tion between State and National courts, Heal-O'Byrnc 

 assault case, 225 ; sketch of Chief-Justice Gilpin, de- 

 ceased, 225. 



DELITZBCH, JOHANNES. A German theologian, biographical 

 sketch, 225. 



Denmark. Royal family, 225, 226 ; members of Government, 

 226; area and population, 226; religious statistics, 226; 

 emigration, 226 ; revenue and expenditures, 226 ; public 

 debt, 226; military organization, 226; navy, 226; ship- 

 ping, 826; railroads and telegraphs, 226; postal statis- 

 tics, 226; party contentions In the Legislature, 226 ; legis- 

 lative debates, 226, 227 ; prolongation of the session, 227 ; 

 bill of land defense, 227 ; army bills, 227 ; appropriations 

 refused, 227 ; premature dissolution of the Folkethlng, 

 227 ; new elections, gains of the Left, 227 ; opening of the 

 new Folkething, 227 ; army laws submitted by the Gov- 

 ernment rejected, 227-229 ; meeting of the Rigsdag, 229 ; 

 budget, 229 ; session prolonged, budget amended, 229 ; 

 nature of the dispute about defenses between the Legisla- 

 ture and the Ministry, 229. 280 ; loan granted to the Dan- 

 ish West Indies, 280 ; industrial exhibition in Jutland, 

 280; statue of Tycho Brahe, 280. 



DERBY, Lord. Correspondence on the extradition treaty, 

 282. 



DESPOIS, E. A. A French scholar, biographical sketch, 280. 



DIAZ, N. V. A French painter, biographical sketch, 280. 



DIAZ, POKFIRIO Mexican general and President, declared 

 head of the Provisional Government, 545 ; his political 

 past, M5; sketch of his life, 547. 



DIDOT, A. FIRMIN. A French typographer, biographical 

 sketch, 230. 



DIEZ, F. C.--A German philologist, biographical sketch, 280, 

 281. 



Diplomatic Correspondence and Foreign Relations. 

 Chinese immigration, letter from Secretary of Legation 

 Seward, 231, 232; British extradition treaty, letter of 

 Secretary Fish on the Winslow matter, 282; letter of 

 Lord Derby on the same, 282, 288 ; reply of Secretary 

 Fish, 288; note from Ix>rd Derby refusing to extradite 

 Winslow without an assurance of his immunity from 

 trial for non-extraditable offenses, 288 ; Secretary Fish's 

 Instructions interpreting the treaty, 288, 284 ; Lord Der- 

 by's reply to Secretary Fish's arguments, 284, 285; Pres- 

 ident's message on the same subject, 285; note from Sir 

 Edward Thornton acceding to the position of the United 

 States until further notice, 285. 



Disciple* of Chritt. General Missionary Convention, 285. 

 286; Sunday-schools, 286; Woman's Board of Missions, 

 236. 



DISRAELI, BZNJAMIH. Created Earl of Beaeonsfleld, 8M. 



Dominion of Canada. Military college at Kingston, 286; 

 appropriations, 286 ; bills passed, 286, 287 ; district of 



